No. 17 USC Women's Volleyball Drops Four-Set Decision to Indiana

Friday, October 3

Los Angeles, Calif.

7:00 p.m. PT

USC

10-3,1-2Big Ten

Indiana

12-1,3-0Big Ten

Indiana

Southern California

Photo by: Katie Chin

No. 17 USC Women's Volleyball Drops Four-Set Decision to Indiana

October 03, 2025 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Highlights Press Conference

The Trojans had a nine-match home win streak snapped by the Hoosiers

LOS ANGELES – The 17th-ranked USC women's volleyball team (10-3, 1-2 Big Ten) fell to Indiana (12-1, 3-0) in four sets (15-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-20) at Galen Center on Friday, Oct. 3.

KEY PLAYERS

So. MB Mia Tvrdy led all players with a career-high 17 kills (4e) scored on 26 swings for a .500 hitting rate. She also added three blocks (one solo) for a match- and career-high 19.0 points.
RS So. MB Leah Ford also hit .500 and had 10 kills (1e, 18att) to go with five blocks (one solo), two digs, and an ace.
Fr. S Reese Messer logged 45 assists and had three digs and a solo block.
RS So. OH London Wijay led the team with 10 digs and had nine kills and a block.
For the Hoosiers, Avry Tatum led with 14 kills and Jaidyn Jager had 12. Candela Alonso-Corcelles had eight kills and led all players with 12 digs. Victoria Gray had seven blocks (three solo) and added a pair of kills.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Trojans locked up a 25-15 win in the opening frame behind .414 hitting with 17 kills (5e) on 29 swings. Tvrdy was camera ready at the outset and led the way with seven kills on just nine attempts while Adonia Faumuina and Wijay each added three kills. Wijay also had a team-high four digs in the win. USC had no blocks but held the Hoosiers to .000 hitting with three kills and three errors on 15 attacks.
Both teams collected 15 kills in set two, but Indiana tried a different approach to hit .306 to USC's .231 and had an 18-12 edge in digs to even the match with a 25-22 win. Abigail Mullen led the Trojans with four kills and added two service aces and two blocks. Faumuina, Tvrdy, and Wijay were equal shareholders as each added three kills apiece.
The Hoosiers put up six blocks in the third and had the Trojans hitting negative for most of the set. Even as Indiana ran a continuation of its offensive onslaught, USC trimmed some of the 10-point IU lead to finish with a .086 hitting rate but still couldn't stop the Hoosiers from going up, 2-1, on a 25-19 win. Ford put up five kills in the third and Tvrdy tallied four more, but Jager logged six to power the Indiana offense.
USC led the fourth by as many as three points, 9-6, but a 6-1 Hoosier run was the final transaction needed to put the lead Indiana's side of the scoreboard for good. The Trojans clawed to within a single point at 19-18 but couldn't stop a Hoosier attack that hit .233 with 14 kills (7e, 30att) in a 25-20 win. USC had nine kills with three from Tvrdy and put up three blocks in the fourth-set effort.

UP NEXT

USC takes on 13th-ranked Purdue (11-2, 2-1 Big Ten) on Saturday (Oct. 4) in a 6:30 p.m. PT match that will be televised nationally on Big Ten Network. The Trojan-Boilermaker contest is also Pasifika Night at Galen Center. Visit USCTrojans.com/promos for information about a special T-shirt giveaway.

MATCH NOTES

USC fell to 3-1 in meetings with the Hoosiers.
The Trojans had a nine-match home win streak snapped and fell to 7-1 at Galen Center this season. It is the first home loss for USC since a 3-0 decision won by sixth-ranked Wisconsin on Nov. 14, 2024.
USC lost to an unranked opponent since it fell to Illinois in five sets on the road on Nov. 8, 2024.

For more information on the USC women's volleyball team and a complete schedule and results, please visit USCTrojans.com/WVB. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on Facebook, X, TikTok, and Instagram.