Volleyball Falls At #17 USC

Friday, November 14

Los Angeles, Calif.

10:00 PM

Rutgers University

11-16,2-13Big Ten

USC

20-5,11-4Big Ten

Rutgers

Southern California

Photo by: Ben Lerner

Nov 15 | Women's Volleyball

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Rutgers opened its West Coast trip on Friday night, falling to No. 17 USC at the Galen Center.

The Trojans topped the Scarlet Knights 25-13, 25-17, 25-10.

STANDOUT STATS

Sophomore Lily Bolen collected her 11^th career double-double and ninth of the season with 20 assists and a team-leading 10 digs. She is now 54 assists away from the century mark on the season. Bolen also had an ace to move her into a three-way tie for eighth on the rally-era season leaders list with 32 on the year. She needs one more to move into a tie for seventh.
Sophomore Aspen Maxwell and junior Zora Hardison each had seven kills on the night.
Maxwell and Hardison, along with freshman Imani Howell, each had two blocks against the Trojans.

KEY MOMENTS

SET 1 (13-25) | The hosts led from the jump, climbing out to a 7-1 lead to start. Zora Hardison had back-to-back points with a solo block and swing down the middle to cut RU's deficit to 9-5. The Trojans, however, responded by outscoring the Scarlet Knights, 8-2, to take a double-digit advantage. Aspen Maxwell and Lexi Visintine led the attack with three kills each.

SET 2 (17-25) | USC opened with another hot start with a 5-1 edge, but Rutgers kept within striking distance early. Imani Howell got a hold of the over pass for RU to trail 9-7, Maxwell sent a rocket to the back right corner for the Scarlet Knights to play down 10-8 and Visintine tooled the block as Rutgers continued to fight behind 11-9. From there, USC grew its advantage using a 9-3 run to go up 20-12 en route to the two-set lead.

SET 3 (10-25) | It was the Trojans once again establishing a lead from the start as USC opened on a 7-1 run. RU committed 12 attack errors while USC hit a match-best .400 with only one miscue on 25 swings. Hardison contributed with four kills.

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