This is #20 Jack Wyett, Outside Hitter for USC
Dear Readers~
On February 2, 2019 at 7 pm Pacific Time people were crowding into the Ben Event Center there in Irvine, California for the big game of #4 UCI hosting #15 USC. With UCI coming off of their fourth win in a row against Grand Canyon, UCI really wanted to beat USC and make it 5 wins in a row. USC is sitting at 1 win in a row after losing to Long Beach State and then beating Princeton before their game against UCI. The last time these two teams faced off, they were at the Galen Center, home to USC, with USC winning 3 sets to 1. USC wanted to beat UCI for a second time this season, especially since the game is at UCI with USC coming in as the visitors.
The first set ended 25-20 with UCI winning the first set to start the game. The second set was close, ending at 27-25 with USC winning that set. The third set ended 25-19, in favor of USC. UCI knew that if USC won this fourth set the game would be over. With both teams playing hard, the fourth set ended 25-23 with UCI winning the set and causing a fifth set to happen. With each team winning two sets each, pressure was on in the fifth set. That set ended 25-10 with UCI beating USC on home court and winning 3 sets to 2 against USC.
The leader in kills goes to UCI's Karl Apfelbach, with 19, while Ryan Moss led USC with 18 kills of his own. The leader for aces was a tie at 3 aces each. UCI's Joel Schneidmiller and USC's Chris Hall and Tyler Resnick each left with their 3 aces. USC's Tyler Resnick and Ryan Moss led in blocks, with 5 each, while UCI's Scott Stadick and Karl Apfelbach had 4 blocks each. UCI's Dante Chakravorti led in assists, with 50, while Chris Hall led USC in assists, with 42. Chris Hall also led in digs, with 18, while David Parker led UCI with 13 digs of his own.
UCI's next game will be on Thursday, February 14, 2019 against UCSD at the Ben Events Center, there at UCI at 7 pm Pacific Time while USC's next game is at Stanford at the Maples Pavilion on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 7 pm Pacific Time.
Just a fun fact about the USC Trojans: Many, and I mean MANY, AVP players went there. The ones I chose for this blog were Riley and Maddison Mckibbin (they're younger brother, Jameson, currently goes to USC and is a setter for their men's indoor volleyball wearing #10) Riley and Maddison vlog a lot of the 2018 AVP season so you can check them out on their YouTube Channel "The Mckibbin Brothers" for all of their cool content and I'll link my personal favorite video that they did down below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OgPKEBha2A I highly recommend checking it out and giving it a like. Make sure you follow them on Instagram as well: @Maddison.mckibbin, @riley_mack4, @jameson_Mckibbin, and their professional page @themckibbinbros
Riley is the one getting ready to set the ball while Maddison is on the far left of the picture. This is from my personal favorite video that they've done, so feel free to check them out on YouTube
Just a fun fact about UCI is that an AVP champion went there. His name is Ty Loomis and he won the 2017 San Francisco Open with Maddison Mckibbin, mentioned above. Ty didn't play in the 2018 AVP season so there's not much of a summary to give here so I apologize for that. I'll leave a link for the vlog that Ty was in down below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUmEEoovcZ4 Don't forget to follow him on Instagram: @tyroneloomis
This is Ty Loomis from the New York Vlog (Around the 5:25 mark)
That concludes my blog about the USC @ UCI men's indoor volleyball game. Don't forget to check out some of my other blogs like the ones over the NCAA men's and women's indoor volleyball, the AVP or P1440 if you like beach volleyball, or my story if you're looking for a good read. Until next time, Miller out
~J. Miller
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