No. 16 USC Women's Volleyball Collects 3-0 Sweep of Oregon State

Sunday, September 13

Los Angeles, Calif.

2:00 p.m. PT

USC

4-3,0-0Big Ten

Oregon State

4-5,0-0Pac-12

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Oregon St.	15	21	21	0
Southern California	25	25	25	3

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Photo by: William Fosnot

September 13, 2026 | Women's Volleyball

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The Trojans got 14 kills from Abigail Mullen and put up 11 blocks in a win over the Beavers

LOS ANGELES – The 16th-ranked USC women's volleyball team (4-3) topped Oregon State (4-5) in three sets (25-15, 25-21, 25-21) at Galen Center on Sunday, Sept. 13.

KEY PLAYERS

So. OPP Abigail Mullen led all players with 16.5 points earned on 14 kills (5e, 30att, .300) to go with five blocks, four digs, and a pair of assists. It was her seventh match in double-digit points this season; her fifth in double-digit kills.
RS Jr. MB Leah Ford posted a team-best six blocks (two solo) and had eight kills (2e) on 17 attacks hit .353. She also had three digs and served a pair of aces to finish the day with a season-high 14.0 points.
Jr. S Lilli Etter handed out 28 assists and had four digs, one kill, and a block.
Off the bench, RS Fr. OH Quinn Loper logged career marks with 12.5 points earned on eight kills (3e, 18att, .278) and posted four service aces to go with a block and a dig.
So. LIB Taylor Deckert put up nine digs and had three assists.
RS Sr. OH Adonia Faumuina scored 9.0 points on eight kills and two blocks and put up three digs.
For the Beavers, AC Froehlich led with nine kills, six digs, and two blocks. Jackie Matias had 19 assists and a pair of digs. Taylor Treahy put up eight kills and had three digs and four blocks. Alana Marrs scored five kills and had a match-high seven blocks (one solo).

HOW IT HAPPENED

USC dominated the stat sheet and hit .248 over Oregon State's .059. The Trojans had more kills (43-29), assists (37-27), blocks (11-8), and service aces (6-3) than the Beavers but both teams had 33 digs each.
The Trojans opened set one on a 5-0 run and then pulled away to complete a 25-15 win for the 1-0 lead. Mullen collected five of her kills in the opening frame while Ford and Loper each had three apiece to lift the Women of Troy to a .314 hitting percentage (14k, 3e) on 35 attacks. Deckert picked up four of her digs in set one and the Trojans had two blocks as part of an effort to hold the Beavers to .075 hitting with 12 kills (9e) on 40 attempts.
USC went on top, 2-0, with a 25-21 win in the second set. Mullen tagged six more balls for kills while Faumuina and Loper collected three apiece. USC hit .278 with 16 kills (6e) on 36 attacks and racked up five blocks to help hold the Beavers to a .074 hitting percentage with nine kills (7e) on 27 attempts. Etter had 14 assists, two digs, and a block in set two.
The Trojans opened set three by building an early 6-1 lead but were caught at six-all before separating to close out the match on a 25-21 win. The Beavers stayed within two or three points most of the way until Loper scored three aces in a row to put USC on top, 21-16. Faumuina tipped one ball for the Trojans' 23rd point and the put match-point on the board on an overpass kill. Ford went quick to log her third kill of the set and secured the win for USC.

UP NEXT

USC stays home to host three matches at Galen Center next weekend. The Trojans welcome UC Davis (3-5) on Friday (Sept. 18), Pepperdine (6-3) on Saturday (Sept. 19), and UC Santa Barbara (4-4) on Sunday (Sept. 20). All three contests will be shown live on Big Ten Plus.

MATCH NOTES

USC improved to 64-10 all-time against Oregon State and has won the last seven matches over the Beavers.
The Trojans move to 3-1 in three-set contests this season.
USC goes to 233-65 all-time at Galen Center.
The Women of Troy met the Beavers for the first time since 2023 when both teams were still members of the Pac-12.

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.