NCAA VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: USC OPENS NCAA TOURNAMENT WITH VICTORY.Byline: Daily News The USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. women's volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team wasted little time making its presence felt in the NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
April Ross had 14 kills and 22 assists for the fourth-seeded Trojans (23-3), who limited the Flames (21-11) to a .143 hitting percentage. ``We did a good job of keeping our errors down tonight,'' USC coach Mick Haley said. ``The third game was a very good game for us because we were error-free and it's been a long time since we've performed that well. We're expecting a tougher match (today). Both setters ran the offense very well for us. Liberty played hard. They competed until the last minute.'' USC today will play the winner of Friday's late Duke-William & Mary match. In other matches: --Pepperdine d. North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. 3-0: The eighth-seeded Waves advanced to the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years with a 31-27, 30-26, 30-23 victory over the host Tar Heels Tar Heel or Tar·heel n. A native or resident of North Carolina. [Perhaps from the tar that was once a major product of the state.] (24-8). Pepperdine (23-3) was led by Kate Wilkins, who had 18 kills. Krista Bucholtz had 17 kills and Lyndsey Hache added 11 for the Waves. Pepperdine, which has won 13 consecutive matches, will play Florida next week at a site to be determined. Holly Strauss led North Carolina with 12 kills. --UCLA d. Penn 3-0: Kristee Porter had 17 kills as the Bruins (19-8) breezed to a 30-26, 30-25, 30-23 victory over the Quakers (18-7) in a first-round game at State College, Pa. Ashley Bowles and Lauren Fendrick had 12 kills apiece for UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , which plays tonight against the winner of Friday's Penn State-Fairfield match. |
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