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The Three Torches 3/12: Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week

The Three Torches 3/12: Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week

The beach volleyball team had a pair earn a conference honor.

March 12, 2026

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🏐 Pair of the Week
🏊 5 qualifiers
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Best Duo. Beach volleyball duo Zoey Hanson and Sarah Wood were named the AVCA/CBVB Pair of the Week. Henson had Wood is 15-1 on the season and went 6-0 during the last week of play against No. 10 California, No. 13 LSU, No. 15 Stetson, No. 16 Grand Canyon, No. 18 Washington, Oregon and CSUN.

🔼 Wrapped Up. The swim and dive team wrapped up competition at the NCAA Zone E Championships. Five divers punched tickets to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Atlanta. Kate Miller, Jenna Jagielski and Moritz Wesemann will compete in the 1-meter. Wesemann and Laurent Gosselin-Paradis will compete in the 3-meter. Miller, Jagielski Gosselin-Paradis and Robert Gref will compete in the platform event.

🔼 Finale. The men’s basketball team fell in the Big Ten Tournament against Washington on Wednesday. The Trojans lost 83-79. Kam Woods led the team with 24 points. Jacob Cofie followed with 14 points. The men shot 44.9% from the field. USC ends this season 18-14 overall and 7-13 in Big Ten play.

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Best Man. The Big Ten honored Terrance Williams II with the Sportsmanship Award. Williams has been a Trojan for two seasons, serving as a leader for the team on and off the court. He appeared in 30 of the team's 31 games, starting in 13 of them. The graduate student is also a part of the team's community service efforts, volunteering at the Barack Obama Charter School and at Clayton Kershaw's Back to School event, to name a few.

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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, March 12

Friday, March 13

👟 Track & Field NCAA Indoor Championships
⚾️ Baseball at Northwestern @ 1pm PT | Watch
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. UCLA @ 3pm PT

Saturday, March 14

👟 Track & Field NCAA Indoor Championships
🏐 Beach Volleyball at Tampa/Florida State @ 9/11am PT
⚾️ Baseball at Northwestern @ 11am PT
🤽 Women’s Water Polo at Arizona State @ 12pm PT
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Penn State @ 12pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Penn State @ 5pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, March 15

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