Good Morning, Trojans. The women’s volleyball team has a big season coming up!

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⚾  Moving on!
🏐 2026 schedule
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Victory! The baseball team beat Texas A&M 7-1 on Monday to advance to the NCAA Super Regional for the first time since 2005. The Trojans head to Chapel Hill to take on North Carolina next weekend. Augie Lopez led the team with a home run and five RBIs. USC had a total of 12 hits. Chase Herrell earned the win on the mound after pitching 3.2 innings, striking out two batters and not allowing a run.

🔼 Schedule Reveal! The women’s volleyball team released its 2026 schedule. The Trojans will open the fall at the State Farm Volleyball Showcase on Aug. 29-30. The women will play a total of 10 nonconference matches. USC face each Big Ten opponent just once in a true round-robin schedule this fall for a total of 17 regular-season league matches.

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🔼 Welcome! The women’s volleyball team added Lilli Etter to its 2026 roster. Etter is a setter who is transferring from Boise State. She played in 60 matches at Boise State from 2024-25. She totaled 1,205 assists as a starter for the Broncos. Etter produced 32 matches with 20-plus assists and recorded 19 double-doubles with 22 contests in double-digit digs. She collected 513 digs (2.28 dps), 62 kills, 40 service aces, and 20 blocks during her time at BSU and was a two-time Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and a CSC Academic All-District Team choice as a sophomore.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

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