This is the game day post Long Beach State put up on their Instagram. Follow them on Instagram to keep up with their 2019 season and beyond: @lbsumvb
This is one of USC's Outside Hitters, 6'8 Senior #24 Ryan Moss on USC's game day post against Long Beach State. Follow @uscmensvolley on Instagram to follow along during their 2019 season and beyond
Dear Readers~
On Saturday, March 23, 2019 a #1 Long Beach State traveled to Los Angeles to take on #11 USC in a game of men's indoor volleyball. This was not a normal game. This was a big deal. Allow me to explain why. For those who don't know, prior to this game, USC was at 11-8, with 8 of those wins happening the previous 8 times they had a home game in the 2019 season. This means that going up against Long Beach State they have yet to lose a home game during the 2019 season. That's impressive until you realize that Long Beach State went into that game with a record of 19-0 by winning ever single game during the 2019 season. USC wanted to keep their streak alive of winning all home games while Long Beach State wanted to keep their streak alive by having a perfect record but as we all know, in order for one team to win, another team must lose. This asks the question: Will USC lose it's first home game or will Long Beach State lose it's first game of the 2019 season? Now it's time to cover the game.
The game was held at USC's north gym in Los Angeles, California on March 23, 2019. The first set was close. That set ended 25-21 in favor of USC. Long Beach State knew that they had to win the second set to stay in it. That second set would later end at 25-21 with USC coming out on top and leading 2 sets to none against the undefeated Long Beach State. Long Beach State knew that if they wanted to win this game they had to win the third, fourth, and fifth sets. The third set ended at 25-17 with a shocked audience. The streak of Long Beach was over. USC had just swept the previously undefeated Long Beach State in 3 straight sets there at USC. That game now has USC with 8 wins at home while Long Beach State goes from being undefeated at 19-0 to having lost 1 game of the 20 they've played this season with a record of 19-1.
No game is complete without saying who helped each team get their results. Up first is kills. The leader was USC's Ryan Moss, with 14 and the man on USC's game day Instagram post, while Kyle Ensing led Long Beach State with 9. The leader in aces was Long Beach State's TJ DeFalco, with 2, while Jack Wyett and Gianluca Grasso each got 1 ace a piece for USC. The leader in blocks was Sam Lewis, for USC with 4, while Simon Andersen, the man on Lon Beach State's game day Instagram post, and Nick Amado each got 1 block a piece for Long Beach State. The leader in assists goes to Chris Hall, of USC, with a total of 36 assists while Josh Tuaniga led Long Beach State with 25 assists of his own. The leader in digs was USC's Matt Douglas, with 9, while TJ DeFalco led Long Beach State with 5 digs of his own.
This is another one of USC's Outiside Hitters, 6'5 redshirt senior #20 Jack Wyett
The next game for Long Beach State is on the road again. This time they travel to Irvine, California to take on UCI at the Bren Events Center on Friday, March 29, 2019 at 7 pm Pacific Time. USC's next game is also on Friday, March 29, 2019 at 7 pm Pacific Time as they are host to Stanford at the Galen Center. Until next time, Miller out
~J. Miller
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