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Jan. 31, 2001
LOS ANGELES -
The No. 6-ranked USC men's volleyball team had its school-record 19-match home winning streak snapped as junior outside hitter Mike Wall had a match-high 12 kills to lead No. 8 BYU to a 30-24, 30-20, 30-19 win over the Trojans in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match on Wednesday (Jan. 31) in the USC North Gym.
The Cougars improved to 4-0 overall while winning their MPSF opener, while USC dropped to 3-2 overall and in the MPSF.
BYU hit an astonishing .655 and had only 4 hitting errors in 58 attacks, while USC managed to hit only .149. The Cougars also outblocked Troy, 15.5 to 1.0.
A trio of Trojans' senior outside hitter Eli Fairfield, junior opposite hitter Brook Billings and junior middle blocker Beau Rawi'had 9 kills apiece. Senior outside hitter Trevor Julian served a match-high 3 aces.
Senior middle blocker Scott Bunker and junior outside hitter Joaquin Acosta added 9 kills for BYU. Four Cougars hit above .600: Bunker and junior outside hitter Jaime Mayol both hit .750, while Acosta hit .692 and Wall hit .625. Bunker had a match-best 8 blocks and senior setter Hector Lebron added 7 blocks.
BYU decisively outhit USC in each game, going .571 to .111 in the first game, .706 to .217 in the second and .700 to .135 in the third. USC's only lead of the match was at 5-4 in the third game.
USC, which was upset by UC Irvine in its previous outing, will try to snap its 2-match losing streak when it travels to No. 4 UCLA next Wednesday (Feb. 7) for a 7 p.m. MPSF contest.# # #
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