USC is back home and bringing a familiar crowd with it.
After four matches away from Los Angeles, the No. 16 Women of Troy open a six-match stretch at Galen Center this weekend with a reunion of former Pac-12 opponents.
Arizona comes first on Friday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. PT, followed by No.
23 Colorado on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. PT and Oregon State on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m.
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The weekend starts with the Wildcats on Big Ten Network, while the Colorado and Oregon State matches will stream on B1G+. USC and Arizona meet for the first time since a 3-0 Trojans win on Nov. 3, 2023 at Galen Center. USC has dominated the series overall, holding a 73-22 edge and winning 11 straight against Arizona, including the last 10 meetings.
Colorado arrives unbeaten at 6-0 and has given USC a tougher recent run. The Trojans lead the all-time series 23-4, but the Buffaloes took the last meeting, 3-2, on Oct. 27, 2023 in Boulder.
Oregon State, still a member of the Pac-12, rounds out the weekend. USC leads that series 63-10, has won six in a row, and beat the Beavers 3-0 in the last matchup on Sept. 24, 2023 at Galen Center.
USC has been strong in home openers over the years, going 40-10 all-time, and has won three of its last four such matches, all by straight-set sweep. The Trojans are also 231-64 at Galen Center since the arena opened in 2006, and they won 15 home matches there last season.
Brad Keller leads USC in his seventh year as head coach. Keller, who has coached both men’s and women’s programs at USC and UCLA, is 112-66 overall with the Trojans.
The Women of Troy are also making another appearance in the AVCA Coaches Poll, where they sit No. 16 for the 561st time in program history.
On the roster, redshirt senior outside hitter Adonia Faumuina is the lone senior. Redshirt junior outside hitter London Wijay leads USC in scoring at 4.15 points per set, good for 11th in the Big Ten, and her 3.62 kills per set rank seventh in the conference. At setter, USC’s junior averages 10.08 assists per set, which ranks fifth in the Big Ten.
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