Schedule and ReSultS1-1 Overall • AVCA Ranking: No. 20-0 Home • 0-1 Away • 0-1 Neutral

March8 vs. Cal State Northridge $ W 5-0 at No. 1 Pepperdine L 5-013 Bakersfield 4p.m.14 No.4FloridaState 12:30p.m. LoyolaMarymount 2p.m. LMUvs.No.4FloridaState 3:30p.m. No.6UCLAvs.No.4FloridaState 5p.m.15 PoolPlay(FSU,LMU,UCLA) 9a.m.19 vs. Arizona % 12 p.m. HT at Hawai’i 1 p.m. HT20 vs. Nebraska % 12 p.m. HT21 Pool Play (UA, UH, Neb.) % 9 a.m. HT22 Bracket Play (UA, UH, Neb.) % 10 a.m. HT25 Pepperdine 5p.m.27 CalStateNorthridge(P12N) 3p.m. Oregon(P12N) 4:30p.m. Oregonvs.CSUN 6p.m.

april3 LoyolaMarymount(P12N) 1:30p.m. LMUvs.UCLA(P12N) 3p.m. UCLA(P12N) 4:30p.m.5 atBakersfield 10a.m.12 USAV Invitational (Team) # 9 a.m.13 USAV Invitational (Pairs) # 9 a.m.19 Pac-12 Invitational (Team) * 8 a.m.20 Pac-12 Invitational (Pairs) * 9 a.m.26 at Arizona 9 a.m. vs. Boise State & 11 a.m.

May2 AVCA Championship (Team) ^ 9 a.m. CT3 AVCA Championship (Team) ^ 9 a.m. CT4 AVCA Championship (Pairs) ^ 9 a.m. CT

All times PST unless otherwise notedBoldindicates home match at Merle Norman Stadium$ at Zuma Beach | Malibu, Calif.% at Queen’s Beach | Honolulu, Hawaii# USAV Invitational | Hermosa Beach, Calif.* Pac-12 Invitational | Santa Monica, Calif.& at Arizona Sand Volleyball Courts | Tucson, Ariz.^ AVCA Championship | Gulf Shores, Ala.

2013AVCASemifinalist•2013AVCAPairsChampionsKirbyBurnhamandSteviRobinson1AVCATeamSelection•2AVCAAll-Americans•MerleNormanStadium

UniversityofSouthernCaliforniaSportsInformation•3501WattWay•HER103•LosAngeles,Calif.•(213)740-8480•Fax:(213)740-7584Asst.Director(Women’sSandVolleyball):JeremyWu•Office:(213)740-3807•Cell:(213)379-3977•E-mail:jjw@usc.edu

No.2TrojansHostFirstHomeMatchesof2014

Forrelease:Mar.11,2014

LOSANGELES– The second-ranked USC women’s sand volleyball team (1-1) plays itsfirsthomematchesof2014whenithostsBakersfield(1-1)onThursday(March13). TheWomenof Troy and the Road Runners faceoff at 4 p.m. PT atMerleNormanStadium.Thenextday(March14),USCtakesonNo.4FloridaState(2-0)at12:30p.m.,andLoyolaMarymount(1-2)at2p.m.Inapairofneutralmatches,LMUwillplayFSUat3:30p.m.,andNo.6UCLAwill takeon theSeminolesat5p.m.Lastyear,theTrojanswent7-3inhomematchesafterMerleNormanStadiumopenedonMarch7.

Eachteamdualmatchconsistsoffivematchesbetweenpairs,witheachmatcha best-of-three sets in rally scoring. The Nos. 4 and 5 teams (and, if available, a No.6non-scoringteam)willplayduringthefirst45minutesofeachdual,followedby the Nos. 1, 2, and 3 teams in the second 45 minutes of each scheduled dual.

USC, Florida State, and Loyola Marymount will participate in a 20-pair single-elimination bracket-play tournament on Saturday, March 15, with matches set to begin at 9 a.m. PT. All matches will be streamed live on the USCTrojans.com Pac-12 Networks portal.

TRACK THE TROJANS: USC’s home matches will be webcast on the USCTrojans.com Pac-12 Networks portal page with former Northeastern player and Winthrop assistant coach Paul Duchesne calling the action. A complete schedule, with links to the live stream, is available onUSCTrojans.com. Fans of theWomenof Troycan also follow @USCSandVBall on Twitter for score updates. The Trojans are also activeonInstagram(USCSandVBall)andonFacebook(USCSandVBall).

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Match #3No.2USC(1-1)vs.Bakersfield(1-1)Merle Norman Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.Thursday, March 13 - 4 p.m. PTTV/WebStream:USCTrojans.com (Paul Duchesne)OpponentWeb:www.GoRunners.com

Match #4No.2USC(1-1)vs.No.4FloridaState(2-0)Merle Norman Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.Friday, March 14 - 12:30 p.m. PTTV/WebStream: USCTrojans.com (Paul Duchesne)OpponentWeb:www.Seminoles.com

Match #5No.2USC(1-1)vs.LoyolaMarymount(1-2)Merle Norman Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.Friday, March 14 - 2 p.m. PTTV/WebStream: USCTrojans.comOpponentWeb:www.LMULions.com

@USCSandVBall

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No.1::KirbyBurnham/SaraHughes 1-1 0-0 1-1

No.2::KellyClaes/AlexaStrange 1-1 0-0 1-1

No.3::SamHirschmann/NatasaSiljkovic 1-1 0-0 9-8

No.4::BriaRuss/BrookeFournier 0-1 0-0 0-1

No.5::NicoletteMartin/AllieWheeler 0-1 0-0 0-1

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## Name Ht. Yr. Hometown(Prev.School)1 LaurenSieckmann 5-11 So. Omaha,Neb.(ElkhornSouthHS/Pepperdine)2 AlexxMurphy 6-1 Fr. LagunaBeach,Calif.(LagunaBeachHS)3 BriaRuss 5-9 Jr. LongBeach,Calif.(LongBeachPolyHS)4 NatasaSiljkovic 6-3 Gr. Uzice,Serbia(SchoolofEconomy)5 KirbyBurnham 6-2 Sr. NewportBeach,Calif.(NewportHarborHS)10 BrookeFournier 5-8 Sr. RedondoBeach,Calif.(SouthTorranceHS/Arkansas)11 EveEttinger 6-2 Jr. SantaBarbara,Calif.(SantaBarbaraHS)12 AllieWheeler 5-11 Fr. Saratoga,Calif.(ArchbishopMittyHS)13 KatiDuddridge 5-6 Jr. SantaAna,Calif.(FoothillHS)14 SaraHughes 5-10 Fr. CostaMesa,Calif.(MaterDeiHS)15 AlexaStonish 5-7 Jr. StonyBrook,N.Y.(WardMelvilleHS/Stetson)20 Sam Hirschmann 5-10 Sr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Marymount HS) 22 PaigeHines 5-11 Fr. Encinitas,Calif.(LaCostaCanyonHS)24 AlexaStrange 6-0 So. SanClemente,Calif.(SanClementeHS/Nebraska)25 MaryBuckingham 6-0 Gr. NewportBeach,Calif.(NewportHarborHS/California)30 KellyClaes 6-2 Fr. Placentia,Calif.(ElDoradoHS)34 SevanaDvorak 5-9 Fr. LagunaBeach,Calif.(LagunaBeachHS)35 NicoletteMartin 5-9 Fr. Anaheim,Calif.(CanyonHS)

HeadCoach AnnaCollier(thirdyear),USC‘77AssistantCoach AndrewFuller(secondyear),VirginiaTech‘06VolunteerAssistantCoach MistyMay-Treanor(firstyear),LongBeachState‘99DirectorofOperations KylieAtherstoneStrength&ConditioningCoach Chris ChaseAthleticTrainer Abigail Wonnell

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Team Rec. Prev.1 Pepperdine 0-0 12 USC 0-0 43 Long Beach State 0-0 24 FloridaState 0-0 35 Hawai’i 0-0 56 UCLA 0-0 67 Nebraska 0-0 78 SaintMary’sCollege 0-0 NR9 FloridaInternational 0-0 810 Stanford 0-0 NR as of Feb. 28, 2014 (Preseason)

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Burnham .........................................BURN-umClaes .................................................... CLAYSCollier ........................... AW-nuh CALL-ee-errDuddridge ..................... KAY-teeDUD-ridgeDvorak .................sev-ANN-uhde-VOR-ackEttinger ............................................ET-ing-jerFournier ............................................ for-NEERMay-Treanor ........................... MAY-TRAY-norRuss ................................................... BREE-uhSieckmann .................................... SICK-menSiljkovic ........ nuh-TAW-shuh SHILL-koh-vitchStonish ........................................... STOW-nish

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AnnaBillerCollier, who coached women’s beach volleyball teams inapairofOlympics,isinherthirdseasonasUSC’sfirst-everheadcoach of women’s sand volleyball.

Collier, a USC graduate, guided the Women of Troy to a 16-8 record in 2013anda thirdplacefinish in the teamportionof theAVCACollegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship. The No. 1 team ofKirbyBurnhamandSteviRobinsonwontheAVCApairsnationaltitleandbecameUSC’sfirst-everAll-Americansinthesport.

She coached USC to a 7-4 record in 2012, the sport’s inaugural season as an NCAA-sponsored “emerging” sport, and sent two USC teams to the pairs championshipofthefirstAVCApairstourney.

ShehasledtwoU.S.teamstofifth-placeOlympicfinishes:HollyMcPeakandNancyReno(1996 Atlanta Games) and Annette Davis and Jenny Johnson (2000 Sydney Games). Collier has coached beach volleyball since 1990, and has worked with standouts Misty May-Treanor,KerriWalsh,NicoleBranagh,RachelWacholderandAngieAkers.

AsheadcoachfortheU.S.SeniorA2BeachNationalTeam,sheledteamstofirstandfifthplacefinishesatthe2012WorldUniversityChampionshipsinBrazil.ShecoachedU26andU23A2U.S. squadsat the2010TeamFISUWorldUniversityChampionships inTurkeyandcoached the U26 U.S. squads at the 2011 championships in China. She served as coach of TeamUSAatthe2013SummerWorldUniversityGamesinRussia.

On top of her duties, she is a USAV High Performance coach and a founding member of the USAV Beach Coaching Accreditation Program Cadre. She is currently a faculty member (teaching a variety of kinesiology classes) at Santa Monica (Calif.) Junior College, where she has spent the past 32 years. She began as the women’s cross country and track andfieldcoach,andwonthreeCaliforniaStatechampionships.

Collierplayedprofessionallyonthebeachforsevenseasonsbetween1978and1989,andposted10Top10finishesamongher20tournamentappearances.AtUSC(asAnnaBiller)shewasonthetrackandfield,volleyball,andswimmingteamsandwasatwo-timeAll-Americanintrackasamemberofthe800-meter(1975)and400-meter(1977)relayteams.CollierearnedadegreeinphysicaleducationfromUSCin1977.

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uniVeRSity infoRMationLocation ......................................... Los Angeles, CaliforniaFounded ........................................................................ 1880Enrollment ...................... 38,000(17,500undergraduates)Campus Size ........................................................ 150 AcresPresident .................................................Dr.C.L.MaxNikiasAthletic Director ................................................ Pat HadenSenior Woman Administrator ............ Dr. Donna C. HeinelNationalAffiliation .......... NCAADivisionIEmergingSportConference ...................................................... UnaffiliatedNickname ..................................... Trojans/WomenofTroyFightSong ............................................................... Fight OnColors .................................................... Cardinal and GoldMascot ..................................................................... TravelerHome Court (Cap) ............. Merle Norman Stadium (500)

Sand Volleyball StaffHead Coach ................................. Anna Collier (3rd year)Alma Mater ............................................................. USC,‘77Collier’sRecordatUSC .............................................. 24-13Collier’sCareerRecord .............................................. 24-13Assistant Coach ......................... AndrewFuller(2ndyear)Vol. Assistant Coach ............ Misty May-Treanor (1st year)Director of Operations ............................. KylieAtherstoneSandVolleyballOfficePhone .................... (213)740-0855Athletic Trainer ........................................... Abigail WonnellTrainingRoomPhone .................................. (213)740-0891

SPoRtS infoRMationDirector ........................................................... Tim TessaloneMailing Address ............................. USC Sports Information ................................................................... Heritage Hall 103 ................................................ Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601OfficePhone ................................................ (213)740-8480Sand Volleyball SID ............................................ Jeremy WuOfficePhone ................................................ (213)740-3807OfficeFax ..................................................... (213)740-7584Mobile Phone .............................................. (213)379-3977E-Mail ................................................................ jjw@usc.eduUSCTicketOffice ......................................... (855)WEPLAY4Website .............................................. www.usctrojans.com

Sand Volleyball hiStoRyFirstSeasonofSandVolleyball* ................................. 2012FirstHeadCoach ............................................ Anna CollierAll-TimeRecord ........................................................... 24-13All-TimeAVCAPostseasonRecord ................................ 2-2Team National Championships ........................................ 0Pairs National Championships ............................... 1 (2013)AVCA Team Appearances ............................................... 1All-America Selections ....................................................... 2* First season women’s sand volleyball scholarships awarded at USC

2014 teaM infoRMationLetterwinnersReturning/Lost ......................................8/6StartersReturning/Lost ................................................6/4Newcomers ....................................................................... 10ClassBreakdown(Sr./Jr./So./Fr.) .................5/4/2/7

2014 uSc Quick factSLASTTIMEOUT: Playing at Zuma Beach in Malibu, Calif., USC defeated Cal State Northridge,5-0, in itsfirstdualmatchoftheyearbutsuffereda5-0 losstoNo.1-ranked Pepperdine on March 8.

OPPONENT SERIES RECORDS: The Trojans won each of their matches againstBakersfieldin2013;thefirstwasa5-0victoryonMarch14andthesecondwasa4-1winintheUSAVInvitationalonApril20.USCfacedFloridaStateonceeachin2012and2013.Inthefirstmeeting,theSeminolesclaimeda4-1winontheirhomecourts(March24).FSUcameoutwesttofacetheWomenofTroyatMerleNorman Stadium in 2013 and edged USC, 3-2, on March 10. The Seminoles are one of just three teams that have ever beaten the Trojans. The other two are Long Beach State and Pepperdine. USC is 6-0 all-time against Loyola Marymount and went 3-0 against the Lions in 2013.

ALL-AMERICANNATIONALCHAMPIONS: Senior KirbyBurnham teamed with SteviRobinsonto produce a 25-4 record as a pair in 2013. The tandem won their last eight consecutive matches including four at the AVCA pairs championships on May5,2013,toclaimUSC’sfirst-everindividualchampionshipinsandvolleyball.Theywereeachlaternamedthefirst-eversandvolleyballAll-AmericansinUSChistory.

AHEARTFORART: Junior AlexaStonishisafineartsmajoratUSC’sfamedRoskiSchool of Art and Design. She emphasizes and is an enthusiast in photography. Some of Stonish’s work has been featured in the Artleticson-campusexhibitthatdisplays the works of USC student-athletes.

INHERBLOOD:FreshmanSevanaDvorak comes from some esteemed volleyball bloodlines. Her father, RudyDvorak, was an All-American setter at USC in 1986 andledtheTrojanstothe1985and1986NCAAFinalFourasanall-tournamentselection each year. He went on later to have a successful pro beach career. Sevena’s uncle DustyDvorakwasatwo-timeAll-AmericansetteratUSC(1979-80)wholedTroytothe1977and1980NCAAtitlesbeforeheguidedtheU.S.toa gold medal at the 1984 Olympics. He is regarded as America’s greatest men’s volleyballsetterandisamemberoftheUSAVandUSCAthleticsHallofFames.Her aunt DeidraDvorakplayedatStanfordandinEurope,whileanotheruncleDrakeDvorak played at San Diego State.

CHILDRENOFTHECORN: USC’s sophomore class of AlexaStrange and LaurenSieckmann were each Nebraska Cornhuskers previously. Strange is a Southern California native (San Clemente, Calif.) and joins the Women of Troy following asuccessfulspringatNebraskawhereshewaspartoftheNo.1pairwithKelseyRobinson. Strange has extensive international sand experience andwas alsoa member of the Cornhuskers’ indoor volleyball team. Sieckmann, who is from Omaha, Neb., committed to the Cornhuskers as one of the top players in the nation and left high school early to participate in spring drills with the team in 2012. By the spring of 2013, she had played a fall of indoor volleyball at NCAA DII WayneStateCollege,andwasplayingsandvolleyballexclusivelyatPepperdine.Sieckmann enrolled at USC in the fall of 2013 and must sit out the 2013-14 season per NCAA transfer rules.

CONVERSIONFACTORS:TheWomenofTroyhavebenefittedfromtheconversionof several former indoor volleyball stars. NatasaSiljkovic completed her indoor career as a middle blocker in the fall of 2012 and stepped foot onto a sand court forthefirsttimein2013.Sheplayedatcourtsthree,four,andfiveandproduced15winsfortheTrojans.Asagraduatestudent,Siljkovicisexpectedtocontributemightily from court three this season. JuniorBriaRuss was a mainstay at USC’s top twocourtsin2013,herfirstseasononthesandaftersheappearedin26matchesfor the USC indoor team as a freshman. All-American Kirby Burnham, SamHirschmann, and EveEttinger are each also former member’s of USC’s indoor squad. Graduate MaryBuckingham lettered for California’s indoor team in 2009.

RECRUITINGCLASS: The Trojans signed one of the top recruiting classes in the countryforthe2013-14season.Regardedasoneofthetopindoorsettersinthenation, SaraHughes(MaterDeiHS/SantaAna,Calif.)announcedshewouldfocussolely on sand volleyball making her the top sand volleyball recruit in the nation. HugheswasaFab50selectionandclaimedaplethoraofindividualaccoladesontheindoorcourt.ShealsoarrivesatUSCwithawealthofexperienceonthebeach as winner of tournaments and championships from 2011-13. AllieWheeler (ArchbishopMittyHS/SanJose,Calif.)ledherschooltoa34-0markandthe2012CIFCentralCoastchampionshipasa seniorandwasamemberof theUSAVHigh Performance Beach U19 program.

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PROMDATE:FreshmanKellyClaes should be shopping for prom dresses. Instead, she will play a key role in the Trojans’ 2014 season. Claes completed high schoolgraduationrequirementsasemesterearlyandleftElDoradoHSto jointhe Women of Troy. She was named to the Volleyball MagazineGirls Fab 50andistheonlyplayeronthelistthatwillplaysandvolleyballexclusivelyatthecollegiate level. With her arrival, the Trojans signed the top sand volleyball recruit in consecutive years. USC signed top sand recruit SaraHughes in 2013.

STAFF INFECTION: With the addition three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor, the Trojans boast one of the most broadly experienced coaching staffs in the nation. May-Treanor formerly was anassistant coach at her alma mater Long Beach State before she joined one of her mentors AnnaCollieron theTrojanstaff. Fuller isa formerVirginiaTechplayerwhoalsocoachesaprobeachpair.Eachassistantbringsgreatdepthto the Trojans’ ability to run drills and develop skills in addition to some valuable experienceontheinternationallevel.

USCALUMSONTHEBEACH: USC women’s volleyball players have shined on the pro beach world circuit, both internationally and domestically. Some of the top Women of Troy stars have included 2012 London Olympic silver medalists AprilRoss and JenniferKessy(winnersof24tournaments,includingthe2009FIVBWorldChampionship); Tracy Lindquist (12-year pro);Geena Urango, Jessica Gysin, and KeaoBurdine(youngbeachstars);BibianaCandelas (indoor All-American who won the first-ever Collegiate Nationals Beach Championship in 2006);PaulaWeishoff(anindoorOlympianandVolleyballHallofFameinductee);andMikiMcFadden (indoor Olympian). The USC men also have a strong tradition including such pro tourney winners as TimHovland, AdamJohnson, PatPowers, SteveTimmons, SteveObradovich, and RonLang.

LAST SEASON: USC went 16-8 in its second year. All eight of the Trojans losses were tooneof three teams:FloridaStateonce,Pepperdine three times,andLong Beach State four times. Four of USC’s losseswere by a 3-2margin andcamedownto thefinalpoints in thethirdsetof thedecidingpairsmatchup.TheTrojansfinishedwitha7-3markathomeinthenewlyopenedMerleNormanStadiumandweregiventheirfirst teambidtotheAVCAchampionships.USCdefeatedNorthFloridaintheopeningroundbutlosttoPepperdineinthenextmatchup. The Trojans came back to defeat Louisiana-Monroe to reach the nationalsemifinalsbeforefallingtonationalchampionLongBeachState,3-2,inthesemifinalmatch.KirbyBurnham and SteviRobinson completed an eight-matchwinningstreaktoclaimthepairschampionshipandbecameUSC’sfirst-ever sand volleyball All-Americans.

oVeRallOverallRecord ......................................................... 1-1Home ......................................................................... 0-0Away .......................................................................... 0-1Neutral ....................................................................... 1-0

AgainstRankedOpponents ................................... 0-1Against Unranked Opponents ................................ 1-0WhenUSCisRankedHigher ................................... 1-0WhenUSCisRankedLower .................................... 0-1

In 5-0 Matches .......................................................... 1-1In 4-1 Matches .......................................................... 0-0In 3-2 Matches .......................................................... 0-0

StReakSLongest Win Streak ........................................ 1 (Mar. 8)Longest Losing Streak ................................... 1 (Mar. 8)Active Streak ........................................................ Lost 1

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Merle Norman Stadium is the new on-campus home to the USC women’s sand volleyball program. Located on the east side of University Park Campus on Figueroa Streetacross from theGalenCenter, itfeatures three courts with sand from the U.S. Olympic Training Center. The palm tree-encircled stadium also has bleachers and a grass berm for spectator seating, a scoreboard and audio system, lighting, restrooms, showers, and multiple team storage areas.

Ground was broken to build the new venue in July of 2012 under the generous donations of Jack and Helen Nethercutt and John and Melinda Muller, and a large sum from an anonymous donor. The Mullers haveadaughter (Erica)on the2013 squad.AUSCalumnus, Jack Nethercutt served as vice president of marketing and later President of Merle Norman Cosmetics in 1973. He left the company to pursueother ventures but returned to his presidency in March of 2002 and now serves as Chairman of the Board with his wife Helen as Vice Chairman.

The stadium is named for Nethercutt’s great aunt and namesake of the cosmetics corporation, Merle Nethercutt Norman. Both Jack and Helen are active in local LosAngeles non-profit groupsandcharitiesandareGalenFounders,membersoftheScholarshipClub, and Conquest supporters of the USC Trojan Marching Band.

On Thursday, March 7, 2013, USC officially openedand dedicated Merle Norman Stadium in conjunction with the sand volleyball program’s alumni match. The NethercuttswereonhandtocuttheribbonwithfirstTrojan head coach Anna Collier and athletic director Pat Haden. USC All-America alumnae and Olympic beach volleyball silver medalists Jennifer KessyandApril Rosschristened the sand in their return tocampus for the special match.

TheWomenofTroyplayedtheirfirstdualmatchinthestadium on Sunday, March 10, 2013, and earned a 4-1 victory over Loyola Marymount. USC produced a 7-3markonitshomesandatMerleNormanStadiumin 2013 and is now 7-3 overall.

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§USCisamongmorethan40schoolsthatnowfieldawomen’ssandvolleyballprogram as the sport begins its third season as an NCAA “emerging sport”.

§The sport initially had 10 years to get at least 40 schools to sponsor sand volleyball for two consecutive years and thereby become established as an NCAA “championship sport”, but has now reached the minimum number in just three seasons.

§NCAAsandvolleyballcompetitionissimilartothatofcollegiatetennis.Eachteam competition is called a dual and consists of fivematches betweenpairs.Thewinningteamneedstowinatleastthreeofthefivematches.Theseparate matches will be best-of-three set competitions, with rally scoring to 21pointsinthefirsttwosetsandto15inthethird.Teamsmustwinsetsbyatleast two points. Some competitions will also feature a pairs’ championship through bracket play.

§Players switch sides of the court every seven points in a 21-point set and every fivepointsina15-pointset.

§Coachesmaycommunicatewithplayersonlyduringtimeouts/betweensets.§Players must wear a two-piece uniform (i.e. shorts or briefs and a top), or a

one-piece, but not the traditional bikini worn in pro beach events.§Scholarships are awarded on an equivalency basis, with the ceiling on the

number of allowable scholarships set to grow in coming years. Players with indoor volleyball scholarships can participate in sand volleyball, but players receiving sand volleyball aid may not compete on the indoor team.

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#1Lauren Sieckmann

So. • 5-11

#3Bria ruSSJr. • 5-9

#5kirBy Burnham

Sr. • 6-2

#2aLexx murphy

Fr. • 6-1

#4nataSa SiLjkovic

Gr. • 6-3

#10Brooke Fournier

Sr. • 5-8

#12aLLie WheeLer

Fr. • 5-11

#15aLexa StoniSh

Jr. • 5-7

#11eve ettinger

Jr. • 6-2

#13kati DuDDriDge

Jr. • 5-6

#20Sam hirSchmann

Sr. • 5-10

#24aLexa Strange

So. • 6-0

#30keLLy cLaeS

Fr. • 6-2

#22paige hineS

Fr. • 5-11

#25mary Buckingham

Gr. • 6-0

#34Sevana Dvorak

Fr. • 5-9

#14Sara hugheS

Fr. • 5-10

#35nicoLette martin

Fr. • 5-9

anDreW FuLLerAsst. Coach • 2nd Year

anna coLLierHead Coach • 3rd Year

miSty may-treanorVol. Asst. Coach • 1st Year

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2014 USC SAND VOLLEYBALL RESULTS AND STATISTICS Current AVCA Ranking: No. 2

Overall Record: 1-1 as of Saturday, March 8, 2014

DUAL MATCH RESULTS

Date Opponent Score Record 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Opp. Rank Mar 8 vs. Cal State Northridge $ 5-0 W 1-0 W W W W W No. 2 NR Mar 8 at Pepperdine 5-0 L 1-1 L L L L L No. 2 No. 1 Mar 13 Bakersfield Mar 14 Florida State Mar 14 Loyola Marymount Mar 19 vs. Arizona % Mar 19 at Hawai’i Mar 20 vs. Nebraska % Mar 25 Pepperdine Mar 27 Cal State Northridge Mar 27 Oregon Apr 3 Loyola Marymount Apr 3 UCLA Apr 5 at Bakersfield Apr 26 at Arizona Apr 26 vs. Boise State & Bold indicates home match at Merle Norman Stadium $ at Zuma Beach, Malibu, Calif. | % at Queen’s Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii | & at Arizona Sand Volleyball Courts, Tucson, Ariz.

PAIRS RECORDS Pair No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 Dual Tourn. Overall Burnham/Hughes 1-1 -- -- -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Claes/Strange -- 1-1 -- -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Ettinger/Fournier -- -- -- 1-0 -- 1-0 -- 1-0 Fournier/Russ -- -- -- 0-1 -- 0-1 -- 0-1 Hirschmann/Siljkovic -- -- 1-1 -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Martin/Wheeler -- -- -- -- 0-1 0-1 -- 0-1 Russ/Wheeler -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 -- 1-0 Totals 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 5-5 -- 5-5

TEAM DUAL AGATE RESULTS Match #1: No. 2 USC 5, Cal State Northridge 0 Zuma Beach | Malibu, Calif. Saturday, March 8, 2014 Records: USC (1-0), CSUN (0-3) 1. Burnham/Hughes (USC) def. Allen/Haina (CSUN) 21-11, 21-11 2. Claes/Strange (USC) def. Boyd/Hinger (CSUN) 21-11, 21-17 3. Hirschmann/Siljkovic (USC) def. Dawson/Kaul (CSUN) 21-6, 21-7 4. Ettinger/Fournier (USC) def. Randazzo/Serna (CSUN) 21-5, 21-8 5. Russ/Wheeler (USC) def. Haake/Miler (CSUN) 21-12, 21-17 Order of finish: Not available Match #2: No. 1 Pepperdine 5, No. 2 USC 0 Zuma Beach | Malibu, Calif. Saturday, March 8, 2014 Records: USC (1-1), Pepperdine (2-0) 1. Dykstra/Strehlow (PEP) def. Burnham/Hughes (USC) 21-17, 21-14 2. Knudsen/Larsen (PEP) def. Claes/Strange (USC) 21-18, 21-15 3. C. Racich/T. Racich (PEP) def. Hirschmann/Siljkovic (USC) 21-16, 21-15 4. Cook/Messing (PEP) def. Fournier/Russ (USC) 21-13, 21-11 5. Adelhelm/Asprey (PEP) def. Martin/Wheeler (USC) 15-21, 21-16, 17-15 Order of Finish: 4, 1, 2*, 3, 5

PAIRS RESULTS AND STATISTICS

KIRBY BURNHAM / SARA HUGHES (1-1) Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 1 W Natalie Allen/Mahina Haina (CSUN) 21-11, 21-11 24 6 51 .353 7 3 1 1 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 1 L Skylar Dykstra/Becca Strehlow (Pepperdine) 21-17, 21-14 21 11 46 .217 3 0 0 2 Totals 45 17 97 .289 10 3 1 3

KELLY CLAES / ALEXA STRANGE (1-1) Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 2 W Marissa Boyd/Casey Hinger (CSUN) 21-11, 21-17 19 3 28 .571 15 1 5 4 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 2 L Delaney Knudsen/Kelley Larson (Pepperdine) 21-18, 21-15 27 3 35 .686 7 2 1 4 Totals 46 6 63 .635 22 3 6 8

EVE ETTINGER / BROOKE FOURNIER (1-0) Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 4 W Kelcie Randazzo/Stephanie Serna (CSUN) 21-5, 21-8 16 4 32 .375 32 2 7 4 Totals 16 4 32 .375 32 2 7 4

BROOKE FOURNIER / BRIA RUSS (0-1) Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 4 L Emily Cook/Katie Messing (Pepperdine) 21-13, 21-11 15 1 33 .424 17 1 2 4 Totals 15 1 33 .424 17 1 2 4

SAM HIRSCHMANN / NATASA SILJKOVIC (1-1) Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 3 W Brooke Dawson/Sam Kaul (CSUN) 21-6, 21-7 27 1 30 .867 18 3 5 2 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 3 L Caitlin Racich/Taylor Racich (Pepperdine) 21-16, 21-15 20 4 40 .400 12 1 1 3 Totals 47 5 70 .600 30 4 6 5

NICOLETTE MARTIN / ALLIE WHEELER (0-1) Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 5 L Sophie Asprey/Victoria Adelhelm (Pepp) 15-21, 21-16, 17-15 25 17 46 .174 62 2 3 9 Totals 25 17 46 .174 62 2 3 9

BRIA RUSS / ALLIE WHEELER (1-0) Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 5 W Julie Haake/Steffi Miller (CSUN) 21-12, 21-17 34 2 49 .653 17 1 6 9 Totals 34 2 49 .653 17 1 6 9

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Pair No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 Dual Tourn. Overall Kirby Burnham 1-1 -- -- -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Kelly Claes -- 1-1 -- -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Eve Ettinger -- -- -- 1-0 -- 1-0 -- 1-0 Brooke Fournier -- -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Sam Hirschmann -- -- 1-1 -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Sara Hughes 1-1 -- -- -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Nicolette Martin -- -- -- -- 0-1 0-1 -- 0-1 Bria Russ -- -- -- 0-1 1-0 1-1 -- 1-1 Natasa Siljkovic -- -- 1-1 -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Alexa Strange -- 1-1 -- -- -- 1-1 -- 1-1 Allie Wheeler -- -- -- -- 1-1 1-1 -- 1-1

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS AND STATISTICS #3 BRIA RUSS Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 5 W Julie Haake/Steffi Miller (CSUN) 21-12, 21-17 17 1 19 .842 11 0 4 4 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 4 L Emily Cook/Katie Messing (Pepperdine) 21-13, 21-11 6 0 14 .429 14 1 0 2 Totals 1-1 23 1 33 .667 25 1 4 6

#4 NATASA SILJKOVIC Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 3 W Brooke Dawson/Sam Kaul (CSUN) 21-6, 21-7 11 1 13 .769 7 3 2 1 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 3 L Caitlin Racich/Taylor Racich (Pepperdine) 21-16, 21-15 9 2 15 0.467 2 1 1 2 Totals 1-1 20 3 28 0.607 9 4 3 3

#5 KIRBY BURNHAM Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 1 W Natalie Allen/Mahina Haina (CSUN) 21-11, 21-11 12 4 28 .286 3 3 0 0 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 1 L Skylar Dykstra/Becca Strehlow (Pepperdine) 21-17, 21-14 13 5 25 .320 2 0 0 0 Totals 1-1 25 9 53 .302 5 3 0 0

#10 BROOKE FOURNIER Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 4 W Kelcie Randazzo/Stephanie Serna (CSUN) 21-5, 21-8 7 2 16 .313 16 0 2 3 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 4 L Emily Cook/Katie Messing (Pepperdine) 21-13, 21-11 9 1 19 .421 3 0 2 2 Totals 1-1 16 3 35 .371 19 0 4 5

#11 EVE ETTINGER Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 4 W Kelcie Randazzo/Stephanie Serna (CSUN) 21-5, 21-8 9 2 16 .438 16 2 5 1 Totals 1-1 9 2 16 .438 16 2 5 1

#12 ALLIE WHEELER Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 5 W Julie Haake/Steffi Miller (CSUN) 21-12, 21-17 17 1 30 .533 6 1 2 5 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 5 L Sophie Asprey/Victoria Adelhelm (Pepp) 15-21, 21-16, 17-15 12 9 32 .094 33 2 2 3 Totals 1-1 29 10 62 .306 39 3 4 8

#14 SARA HUGHES Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 1 W Natalie Allen/Mahina Haina (CSUN) 21-11, 21-11 12 2 23 .435 4 0 1 1 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 1 L Skylar Dykstra/Becca Strehlow (Pepperdine) 21-17, 21-14 8 6 21 .095 1 0 0 2 Totals 1-1 20 8 44 .273 5 0 1 3

#20 SAM HIRSCHMANN Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 3 W Brooke Dawson/Sam Kaul (CSUN) 21-6, 21-7 16 0 17 .941 11 0 3 1 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 3 L Caitlin Racich/Taylor Racich (Pepperdine) 21-16, 21-15 11 2 25 .360 10 0 0 1 Totals 1-1 27 2 42 .595 21 0 3 2

#24 ALEXA STRANGE Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 2 W Marissa Boyd/Casey Hinger (CSUN) 21-11, 21-17 5 3 8 .250 7 0 3 1 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 2 L Delaney Knudsen/Kelley Larson (Pepperdine) 21-18, 21-15 11 2 13 .692 3 0 0 3 Totals 1-1 16 5 21 .524 10 0 3 4

#30 KELLY CLAES Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 vs. Cal State Northridge No. 2 W Marissa Boyd/Casey Hinger (CSUN) 21-11, 21-17 14 0 20 .700 8 1 2 3 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 2 L Delaney Knudsen/Kelley Larson (Pepperdine) 21-18, 21-15 16 1 22 .682 4 2 1 1 Totals 1-1 30 1 42 .690 12 3 3 4

#35 NICOLETTE MARTIN Date Tournament (Round)/Dual Pos/Res Opponent (School) Score K E TA Pct D B SA SE 3-08 at No. 1 Pepperdine No. 5 L Sophie Asprey/Victoria Adelhelm (Pepp) 15-21, 21-16, 17-15 13 8 14 .357 29 0 1 6 Totals 0-1 13 8 14 .357 29 0 1 6