LOS ANGELES – With a young lineup on the floor, the Trinity Western men's volleyball team dropped a 3-1 (25-23, 22-25, 23-25, 16-25) decision against USC in the Spartans second match of the SAC Tournament at UCLA. 

The Spartans are now 2-1 in California, having started the trip with wins over Pepperdine and UC Santa Barbara. 

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TWU Head Coach Ben Josephson 
"It was a good battle. We played pretty well in the first set, but USC made some adjustments and they started playing at a way higher level. Their serving improved as well and our passers had a hard time in some sections. Then late, their attacking really got going. The lesson we talked about is that as long as the score doesn't show 25, we still have a chance to compete. I don't know that we squeezed every point out of that game competing at the level we want to compete at." 

UP NEXT 
The Spartans play UCLA in the final game of the SAC Tournament Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (PT).

SCHEDULE
Nov. 10 vs. Pepperdine – 3-2 W

SAC Tournament 
Nov. 12 vs. UCSB – 3-0 W 
Nov. 13 vs. USC – 3-1 L
Nov. 13 vs. UCLA – 4:30 p.m. (PT)

Nov. 14 vs. Pepperdine – 7 p.m. (PT)
Nov. 15 vs. Long Beach State – 6 p.m. (PT)
Nov. 16 vs. Long Beach State – 6 p.m. (PT)

TWU'S ALL-TIME RECORD vs. NCAA DIV. I OPPONENTS  
BYU – 2-2
Cal State Northridge – 1-1 
George Mason – 0-1 
Lewis – 2-2 
Long Beach State – 3-1 
Pacific – 3-1 
Pepperdine – 4-4
Purdue Fort Wayne – 2-0 
Stanford – 0-1 
UC Irvine – 0-1 
UCLA – 4-2
UC Santa Barbara – 2-2 
USC – 2-2

About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 29 Canada West team championships.

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