USC @ UCLA 11-23-18 WVB

Dear Readers~




On November 23, 2018 the USC Trojans traveled across town to Pauley Pavilion to play their cross town rivals, the UCLA Bruins, in a game of women's volleyball to end their 2018 indoor regular season. When these two teams played each other at the Galen Center back in mid September, with UCLA being the visitors and USC having home court advantage, the game ended with USC winning all 3 sets. It was because of this that UCLA wanted revenge, and also because this game was their last game of the regular season and was their senior night.


This game at Pauley Pavilion was much closer than the game at the Galen Center. The first set ended 25-23 in favor of USC. The second set had a similar outcome with it ending 25-22 USC. With USC winning the first two sets, UCLA knew they couldn't let USC win a third on home court and also on senior night. The third set ended 25-22 in favor of UCLA. The fourth set ended 25-22 in favor of UCLA as well, so with each team winning two sets, a fifth and final set was in order. this set ended 15-9 with USC beating their cross town rivals, UCLA.


At the end of the night, UCLA ended it's regular season with an overall record of 13-14 while USC ended their regular season 13-7.


It was a night full of plays. There were 5 types of moves the scorekeepers kept tabs on. Those where kills, digs, blocks, assists, and aces. The leaders in kills were Brooke Botkin, with 21, for USC and Mac May, with 16, for UCLA. The leaders in digs were Brooke Botkin, with 25, for USC and Zana Muno, with 35, for UCLA. The leaders in blocks were Madison Murtagh, with 5, for USC and Emily Ryan, with 6, for UCLA. The leaders for assists were Raquel Lazaro, with 50, for USC and Kylie Miller, with 39, for UCLA. The leaders for aces were Raegan LaGrand, with 4, for USC and Emily Ryan, with 4 as well, for UCLA.


With it being senior night, UCLA recognized their seniors. They include Middle Blocker, Kyra Rogers and Defensive Specialist, Zana Muno.


Don't forget to follow the above players on Instagram: @madisonmurtagh, @raquelitalc, @brookebotkin, @zanamuno, @emilyryan14, @kyliemiller10, @macmay3, and @kyra_rogers


Stay tuned for my latest blog post when that comes out next. If you would like your favorite sport or team covered, let me know down below and until next time, Miller out




~J. Miller