Post by roofed! on Oct 10, 2004 21:45:28 GMT -5
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The excitement from the football win did not carry all the way to the Lyon Center. The No. 17 California Golden Bears left the No. 2 Women of Troy shocked Saturday after a sweep. USC could not carry the momentum from a 3-1 defeat of No. 14 Stanford Friday.
Cal took USC by storm in three games to win the match (30-26, 30-27, 30-26). This is the first time that the Women of Troy have been swept since 2001 and the first one at home since 1999.
"Well it doesn't feel very good," USC coach Mick Haley said of the loss to Cal. "I think that we didn't prepare properly. We thought we were just going to come in here and just turn the water faucet on and we'd be ready to play."
The Golden Bears managed to beat USC in every statistic except for service aces. They took over USC in hitting percentage (.286), kills (53) and assists (57). Staci Venski was the leader of the Women of Troy with a .346 attack percentage.
In the first game against Cal, the Bears maintained a lead of at least two points. In the second and third game, USC never led by more than three.
"We're too young a team, too new of a team, we got too excited about winning last night and we just didn't shut it down,' Haley said. "You have to let last night be over last night."
Haley said he places the blame for the loss on himself rather than his team, saying he made mistakes off the courts while the team made them during the match.
"You have to come in here the next day (after the win over Stanford) and we have people who aren't ready to do that and it's probably my fault," Haley said. "I probably should have had them in here this morning having them sitting down focused and controlling their whole day."
Focus was the main reason that the Women of Troy could not find a victory over Cal. Outside hitter Keao Burdine said she felt the exact same way, saying that she thought the team let up.
"I felt like we were playing as individuals out there tonight," Burdine said. "We weren't playing together."
USC had much better luck with a 3-1 win (30-16, 30-20, 27-30, 30-26) against Stanford on Friday. Burdine led the team with 23 points, and Sarah Florian had 16 kills.
Emily Adams also had 15 kills, Bibiana Candelas registered 14 and Venski had 11.
The Women of Troy shut down the Cardinal in two straight games until they began to struggle in the third. Stanford was ahead in the fourth game 16-13, but USC managed to pull through for the win.
With the loss against Cal, USC drops to 9-3 and 4-2 in Pacific-10 Conference play. The Golden Bears ended the USC winning streak of 24 matches against Bay Area teams.
"I thought our focus was too wide, the game got going too fast because of our focus," Haley said. "We weren't focused on the important things. We got too excited and when that happens we lose a lot of energy not getting things done. But it starts with the coach."
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The excitement from the football win did not carry all the way to the Lyon Center. The No. 17 California Golden Bears left the No. 2 Women of Troy shocked Saturday after a sweep. USC could not carry the momentum from a 3-1 defeat of No. 14 Stanford Friday.
Cal took USC by storm in three games to win the match (30-26, 30-27, 30-26). This is the first time that the Women of Troy have been swept since 2001 and the first one at home since 1999.
"Well it doesn't feel very good," USC coach Mick Haley said of the loss to Cal. "I think that we didn't prepare properly. We thought we were just going to come in here and just turn the water faucet on and we'd be ready to play."
The Golden Bears managed to beat USC in every statistic except for service aces. They took over USC in hitting percentage (.286), kills (53) and assists (57). Staci Venski was the leader of the Women of Troy with a .346 attack percentage.
In the first game against Cal, the Bears maintained a lead of at least two points. In the second and third game, USC never led by more than three.
"We're too young a team, too new of a team, we got too excited about winning last night and we just didn't shut it down,' Haley said. "You have to let last night be over last night."
Haley said he places the blame for the loss on himself rather than his team, saying he made mistakes off the courts while the team made them during the match.
"You have to come in here the next day (after the win over Stanford) and we have people who aren't ready to do that and it's probably my fault," Haley said. "I probably should have had them in here this morning having them sitting down focused and controlling their whole day."
Focus was the main reason that the Women of Troy could not find a victory over Cal. Outside hitter Keao Burdine said she felt the exact same way, saying that she thought the team let up.
"I felt like we were playing as individuals out there tonight," Burdine said. "We weren't playing together."
USC had much better luck with a 3-1 win (30-16, 30-20, 27-30, 30-26) against Stanford on Friday. Burdine led the team with 23 points, and Sarah Florian had 16 kills.
Emily Adams also had 15 kills, Bibiana Candelas registered 14 and Venski had 11.
The Women of Troy shut down the Cardinal in two straight games until they began to struggle in the third. Stanford was ahead in the fourth game 16-13, but USC managed to pull through for the win.
With the loss against Cal, USC drops to 9-3 and 4-2 in Pacific-10 Conference play. The Golden Bears ended the USC winning streak of 24 matches against Bay Area teams.
"I thought our focus was too wide, the game got going too fast because of our focus," Haley said. "We weren't focused on the important things. We got too excited and when that happens we lose a lot of energy not getting things done. But it starts with the coach."
