USC Women's Volleyball Drops Five-Set Melee to Maryland

Thursday, November 5

College Park, Md.

7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT

USC

9-14,3-10Big Ten

Maryland

13-11,3-10Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Southern California	23	25	27	19	10	2
Maryland	25	20	25	25	15	3

Highlights

Photo by: Aaron Wilson

November 05, 2026 | Women's Volleyball

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The Trojans had four players in double-digit kills in a road loss to the Terrapins

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The USC women's volleyball team (9-14, 3-10 Big Ten) fell in five sets (25-23, 20-25, 25-27, 25-19, 15-10) to Maryland (13-11, 3-10) at Stephen M. Schanwald Pavilion at XFINITY Center on Thursday, Nov. 5.

KEY PLAYERS

RS Jr. OH London Wijay logged 20.0 points earned on 17 kills to go with four blocks, four digs, and a service ace. It was her 13th time in double-digit kills and her 17th in double-digit points.
So. OPP Abigail Mullen reached double-digit kills for the 15th time and put up 14.5 points on 12 kills to go with eight digs and five blocks.
RS Jr. MB Leah Ford set a new career high with 13 kills (1e, .571) and matched her career mark with 21 attacks and was one block shy of a double-double with nine to total 17.5 points.
Jr. MB Mia Tvrdy had 12 kills on a season-high 22 attacks (3e) and hit .409 with three blocks for her seventh match in double-digit kills and her 12th in double-digit points.
Jr. S Lilli Etter put up a career-high 53 assists and had 10 digs to produce her third double-double of the season (24th career) and added two blocks and a service ace.
So. LIB Taylor Deckert had 20 digs to log her 15th match in double digits; her fifth-career match with 20 or more digs.
For the Terrapins, Sydney Bryant led with 19 kills and two solo blocks for 21.0 points. Marlee Sivak put in 16 kills with nine digs and three blocks. Ava Brown had 10 kills and Eva Rohrbach had nine to go with eight blocks. Sara Toth put up 48 assists with 13 digs for a double-double and totaled 5.0 points on two kills, a service ace, and four blocks.

HOW IT HAPPENED

In a set in which it led by as many as five points, 15-10, USC allowed the Terrapins to chip away and claim a 25-23 win. It took 13 rallies for Maryland to notch its first kill and the Terps hit .000 until they had four kills, but Maryland ended the set hitting .267 with 13 kills (5e) on 30 attempts over the Trojans' .147 with 13 kills (8e) on 34 attacks. Wijay had five kills and Deckert put up five digs to lead the Trojans statistically.
The Trojans trailed in set two just once (1-0), led by as many as seven (13-6), and won by five (25-20) to even the match. USC collected 16 kills (3e) on just 29 attacks to hit .448 in the set and put up three more blocks as part of an effort to hold the Terrapins to .194 hitting with 12 kills (6e) on 31 attempts. Mullen and Ford were each responsible for five kills apiece in the win while Deckert put up five more digs to bring her total to 10 through two frames.
USC led the third by as many as five once again (14-9) but Maryland equalized at 19-all to force the set's seventh tie. From there, the Trojans had to fight tooth and nail to hang on for a 27-25 win as Wijay collected three kills and Ford added two down the stretch. The Terrapins went ahead, 23-22, for a moment and USC needed three set-point opportunities to close out the win for a 2-1 lead in the match.
After seven ties, the Terrapins went off on an 8-3 run to trigger the technical timeout with a 15-10 lead. From there, the Trojans came only within three points several times and Maryland wasn't truly threatened again en route to a 25-19 win to force set five. The Terps put up four blocks in the fourth and collected 15 kills (3e) on 29 swings to hit .414 over USC's .161 effort with 11 kills (6e) on 31 attacks.
Maryland logged just seven kills and needed only 16 attacks to hit .438 in the fifth set. USC had eight kills but totaled seven errors (23att) to hit .043 in a stunning 15-10 loss. The Terrapins rolled out to an early 4-1 lead and held off each of USC's comeback bids to complete the victory. Mullen, Ford, and Wijay each had two kills apiece in the fifth.

UP NEXT

USC takes on Rutgers (12-13, 3-10) in Piscataway, N.J. The Trojans and Scarlet Knights will meet at Jersey Mike's Arena on Saturday (Nov. 7) in a 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) match and be shown live on Big Ten Plus.

MATCH NOTES

USC falls to 6-2 all-time against Maryland and to 1-2 when the teams meet in College Park.
The Trojans go to 2-2 in the state of Maryland.
The Women of Troy played their fourth five-set match and fell to 1-3 in those contests. USC goes to 161-115 all-time in five-set matches, which includes 68-57 on the road. The Trojans are now 49-45 in five-set matches against Big Ten opponents.
USC put up 12.5 blocks to reach double-digit blocks for the 10th time this season.

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