Sand Volleyball
    USC Women's Sand Volleyball Hosts 3 Days Of Competition This Week
    Women of Troy host CS Bakersfield, Grand Canyon on Thursday, No. 2 Long Beach State, No. 6 UCLA and Loyola Marymount on Saturday-Sunday.
    Eve Ettinger (left) and Alexa Stonish
    Eve Ettinger (left) and Alexa Stonish 
    

    March 12, 2013
    

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    All matches at Merle Norman Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.
    Free Live Stream:     USC Pac-12 Networks Portal (Paul Duchesne) 
    

    THURSDAY, MARCH 14
    

    Match #3
    No. 3 USC (1-1) vs. CSU Bakersfield  (0-0) -     1 p.m. PT
    Opponent Web: www.GoRunners.com
    

    Match #4
    No. 3 USC (1-1) vs. Grand Canyon (0-1)     - 5 p.m. PT
    Opponent Web: www.GCULopes.com
    

    Neutral Match
    CSU Bakersfield (0-0) vs. Grand Canyon (0-1)     - 3 p.m. PT
    

    SATURDAY, MARCH 16
    

    Match #5
    No. 3 USC (1-1) vs. Loyola Marymount (0-2)     - 9 a.m. PT
    Opponent Web: www.LMULions.com 
    

    Match #6
    No. 3 USC (1-1) vs. No. 2 Long Beach State (1-0)     - 11 a.m. PT
    Opponent Web: www.LongBeachState.com
    

    

    Match #7
    No. 3 USC (1-1) vs. No. 6 UCLA (0-1) - 3 p.m. PT
    Opponent Web: www.UCLABruins.com
    

    Neutral Match
    Loyola Marymound (0-2) vs. No. 6 UCLA (0-1) - 1 p.m. PT 
    

    LOS ANGELES - The No. 3-ranked USC women's sand volleyball team (1-1) hosts 3 days of competition over a 4-day span this week. First up, the Women of Troy welcome first-year programs Cal State Bakersfield (0-0) and Grand Canyon (0-1) to the new on-campus Merle Norman Stadium on Thursday (March 14) for dual matches between the teams, beginning with USC versus CSUB at 1 p.m., then CSUB meeting Grand Canyon at 3 p.m. and USC facing GCU at 5 p.m.
    

    Then on Saturday (March 16), No. 2 Long Beach State (1-0), new program No. 6 UCLA (0-1) and Loyola Marymount (0-2) visit for team dual match play, as USC takes on LMU at 9 a.m., followed by USC versus Long Beach State at 11 a.m., then LMU plays UCLA at 1 p.m. and ending with USC facing UCLA at 3 p.m. On Sunday (March 17) beginning at 9 a.m., 15 pairs teams from USC, UCLA and LMU will participate in a single elimination bracket tournament that will crown a pairs champion (the final is scheduled for 2 p.m.).
    

    The format for Thursday's and Saturday's team dual matches will consist of 5 matches between pairs, with each match being rally scoring best-of-3 sets. The Nos. 4 and 5 teams (and, if available, a No. 6 non-scoring team) will play in the first hour on the stadium's 3 courts, followed by the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 teams in the second hour of each dual match.