USC Women's Volleyball Gets Garden State Win in Sweep of Rutgers

Saturday, November 7

Piscataway, N.J.

1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT

USC

10-14,4-10Big Ten

Rutgers

12-14,3-11Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Southern California	25	25	25	3
Rutgers	23	16	13	0

Highlights

Photo by: Sarah Fitzgerald

November 07, 2026 | Women's Volleyball

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The Trojans got 13 kills from Mia Tvrdy in a victory over the Scarlet Knights

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The USC women's volleyball team (10-14, 4-10 Big Ten) swept Rutgers (12-14, 3-11) in straight sets (25-23, 25-16, 25-13) to end a four-match losing streak on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Jersey Mike's Arena.

KEY PLAYERS

Jr. MB Mia Tvrdy matched her season high with 13 kills and hit a career-high .733 (0e) on 15 swings. She also led the team with six blocks (one solo). It was her eighth match in double-digit kills and her 13th in double-digit points.
RS Jr. OH London Wijay had eight kills, eight digs, three blocks, and an ace to log her 18th match in double-digit points.
RS Sr. OH Adonia Faumuina posted eight kills and hit .211 (4e, 19att).
So. OPP Abigail Mullen scored 9.5 points earned on seven kills (1e, 17att) and .353 hitting. She also had seven digs, three blocks, three assists, and a service ace.
RS Jr. MB Leah Ford put up six kills (0e) on 14 swings to hit .429 and added five blocks (one solo) for 9.0 points.
Fr. S Milly McGee put up 30 assists and had four blocks (one solo), three digs, two kills, and a service ace for 5.5 points.
So. LIB Taylor Deckert led all players with 14 digs and added a pair of assists
For the Scarlet Knights, Malia Romes led with eight kills and had two blocks. Skylar George put up seven kills with four digs while Karis Willow and Avery Jesewitz each added six kills apiece. Kenzie Dyrstad led Rutgers with 11 digs and Lily Bolen put up 17 assists with seven digs and had a kill.

HOW IT HAPPENED

USC hit .351 and registered 42 kills (9e) on 94 swings over Rutgers' .133 performance with 33 kills (19e) on 105 attempts. The Trojans also had more assists (35-29), service aces (6-1), digs (41-37), and blocks (12-4). It was the 11th match in double-digit blocks for the Women of Troy.
The Trojans hit .300 and got four kills each from Tvrdy and Wijay to take a 25-23 win in the opening frame. Both teams had 12 digs each, but USC collected five blocks to hold the Knights to a .125 hitting rate with 13 kills (8e) on 40 attacks. Rutgers led by as many as three points on several occasions, but a 3-0 run by the Trojans put USC in front, 18-16, and the Knights never equalized again as the Women of Troy closed out the set.
USC went in front, 2-0, with a 25-16 win in set two powered by .375 hitting and four more blocks to hold Rutgers to .133 hitting. Tvrdy added four more kills to her line while Mullen had three to collect seven of USC's 15 kills (3e, 32att). Rutgers led, 4-1, and stayed ahead until a 5-1 run by the Trojans put USC on top for good. Tvrdy's fourth kill of the set made it a six-point USC lead at 20-14 before a kill and a block by Ford put the final two points on the board for a Trojan win.
The Women of Troy never trailed in the third set and rolled away with a 25-13 win to complete the sweep. USC had 14 kills (2e, 32att) to register a .375 hitting percentage against the Scarlet Knights' .139 (10k. 5e) on 36 attacks. The Trojans put up 18 digs and added three more blocks but made their living from the service line with pressure that forced four aces. Faumuina, Wijay, and Tvrdy each had three kills apiece in the third.

UP NEXT

USC returns home for its final pair of regular-season matches at Galen Center and hosts Oregon on Thursday (Nov. 12) and Washington on Saturday (Nov. 14) for Senior Night. The Trojans and Ducks will be shown live on a Big Ten Plus stream at 6 p.m. PT while the USC-UW match will be carried by Big Ten Network with a 7 p.m. start.

MATCH NOTES

USC improves to 3-0 all-time against Rutgers; 2-0 in New Jersey.
The Trojans move to 2-0 in the Garden State.
USC put up 12.0 blocks to reach double-digit blocks for the 11th time this season.
The 3-0 win is the Trojans' seventh clean sweep of the season.

For more information on the USC women's volleyball team and a complete schedule and results, please visit USCTrojans.com/WVB. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on Facebook, X, TikTok, and Instagram.