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Jan. 10, 2000
LOS ANGELES - The No. 2 ranked USC men's volleyball team opened its 2000 season by finishing second at the UC Santa Barbara Collegiate Invitational on Friday (Jan. 7), losing to No. 4 Pepperdine in the final, 15-9, 7-15, 15-6, 15-8.
The Trojans were hampered by poor passing (12 receiving errors) and serving (23 serving errors) against the Waves. Brook Billings led Troy with 23 kills, while Eli Fairfield had 17 kills while hitting .344. Pepperdine's Andre Breur had a match-best 26 kills while hitting .362.
USC advanced to the finals by beating Colorado State (15-11, 15-3, 15-3) and Cal Baptist (15-12, 17-16, 15-5) on Friday (Jan. 6) and then Loyola Marymount (12-15, 15-13, 15-4, 15-12) in Saturday's semifinal match.
USC next goes to No. 9 Penn State for a pair of matches this Friday and Saturday (Jan. 14-15).
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