Race For The Plane: No. 10 USC Sweeps St. John's

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Race For The Plane: No. 10 USC Sweeps St. John's

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Sophomore Jessica Gysin led No. 10 USC with 14 kills Saturday as the Women of Troy improved to 9-0 with the 3-0 sweep of St. John's.

LOS ANGELES -- Sophomore Jessica Gysin (Los Gatos/St. Francis HS) hit a team-high 14 kills with a .406 hitting day (14-1-32) Saturday as the No. 10 USC Women of Troy swept the St. John's Red Storm, 3-0 (30-22, 30-17, 30-20), at the Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C.

USC (9-0) has now recorded seven 3-0 sweeps this season with six of them on the road or a neutral site. The team was probably happier with this sweep which would allow them to catch its 2 p.m. flight after the 11 a.m. Eastern start in Columbia.

St. John's (9-1) suffered its first loss of the season and finished with a 2-1 record in the tournament.

Junior Asia Kaczor (Wroclaw, Poland/College of Southern Idaho) added 10 kills and five block assists for the Women of Troy. Kaczor was named to the Gamecock Invitational All-Tournament team and named tournament MVP. It was the second time this season that Kaczor earned MVP honors.

This season, Kaczor has a 5.38 points-per-game average with a 4.69 kills-per-game average.

Junior Diane Copenhagen (Saratoga/St. Francis HS) had eight kills and no errors for a .400 day (8-0-20) and was also named to the all-tournament team while senior All-America libero Debora Seilhamer was named outstanding libero for the tournament.

Freshman setter Taylor Carico (Manhattan Beach/Mira Costa HS) had 40 assists for USC, posting 121 for the tournament (13.44 apg).

At 12-12 in the first game, USC pulled away with seven straight points on Gysin's serve. Three straight blocks by the Women of Troy keyed the way on the way to the first game win.

The Women of Troy pulled away again with a 12-11 lead in game two, using an 18-6 run to close out the game.

USC plays at Pepperdine on Thursday (Sept. 14) in a 7 p.m. match that will be broadcast on ESPNU.


SJU 22-17-20
USC 30-30-30
Records: USC (9-0), St. John's (9-1)
Kills: Jessica Gysin 14 (USC); Latoya Blunt 12 (SJU)
Team: SJU USC
1 .211 .324
2 .200 .441
3 -.028 .212
Totals .132 .327

[beachman]

Not that LBS is much better, but the U$C schedule is a real joke so far....yeah they play Pepperdine in a few days, but other than that you can't exactly talk about how tough their schedule has been......I am sure that Mick didn't want to take any chances with this team, but with a schedule like theirs at least their non-conference record will be outstanding....once the PAC starts things could change but they will finish in the top 4 !

[Barefoot In Kailua]

SC should already add 2 loses (to the Bruins) to their win/loss record for the year.

[reiker21]

What is USC record so far this season?

[IdahoBoy]

The article says 9-0

[canyoudigit]

beachman said:

Not that LBS is much better, but the U$C schedule is a real joke so far....yeah they play Pepperdine in a few days, but other than that you can't exactly talk about how tough their schedule has been......I am sure that Mick didn't want to take any chances with this team, but with a schedule like theirs at least their non-conference record will be outstanding....once the PAC starts things could change but they will finish in the top 4 !

They already have wins over ranked Tennessee and Utah, to go along with the tough Pac-10 schedule and upcoming matches with Pepperdine and Purdue. Is it the toughest schedule? No. But it's pretty good and I'm not sure why you're complaining. Oh yeah, you're just bitter that they are good.

[roofed!]

barefootinkailua said:

SC should already add 2 loses (to the Bruins) to their win/loss record for the year.

We shall see but I don't think it is automatic that the Bruins will tag 2 wins over USC this season. I'm sure Haley and his players will work hard to maintain their 5-year winning streak (11 matches, if I am right) over the Bruins.

[roofed!]

beachman said:

Not that LBS is much better, but the U$C schedule is a real joke so far....yeah they play Pepperdine in a few days, but other than that you can't exactly talk about how tough their schedule has been......I am sure that Mick didn't want to take any chances with this team, but with a schedule like theirs at least their non-conference record will be outstanding....once the PAC starts things could change but they will finish in the top 4 !

I believe Haley wants to bring his team along, with 4 starting newcomers (Gysin, Carico, Johansen and Kaczor), slowly and to allow the team to get used to each other and develop its chemistry. Last season, USC started the season with tough OOC schedule (Penn State, Hawaii, Notre Dame, Florida, Texas A&M and Pepperdine) with a reshuffled line-up due to the loss of OHs (Gysin and Florian), new passers (Copenhagen and Bishop) and a new setter (Siljegovic). That team never gained its confidence, especially the younger hitters, and limped throughout most of the season.

We'll see how the USC team stacks up against the Pac-10 once conference matches start.

[Barefoot In Kailua]

roofed said:

barefootinkailua said:

SC should already add 2 loses (to the Bruins) to their win/loss record for the year.

We shall see but I don't think it is automatic that the Bruins will tag 2 wins over USC this season. I'm sure Haley and his players will work hard to maintain their 5-year winning streak (11 matches, if I am right) over the Bruins.

The Bruins look like world beaters at this point....now watch them lose and disappoint me the same way they have the past couple of seasons.

[uscyaaa]

or let's see what happens when the kids at UCLA actually start going to class in late September....

of course USC should have a difficult time with Oregon...seeing how well the Ducks did at the Pyramid this year....

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