USC Sports Round-Up: Women's Volleyball, Basketball On The Ascent

The latest in the world of Trojans athletics!

Your USC Trojans have had an active go of it lately, beyond the worlds of football and men's basketball.

With the Pac-12 conference crumbling, your USC women's beach volleyball team will be joining a new, seven-team Mountain Pacific Sports Federation league for the 2025 season, per USC Communications. After a final Pac-12 season in 2024, fellow future expats California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, and Washington will join the Trojans in the MPSF, along with Grand Canyon University.

Meanwhile, the No. 24-ranked USC women's non-beach volleyball club vanquished Cal, 3-1, on the 17th, to stay undefeated thus far this season. With the win, USC improves to a 18-9 record on the year (12-5 in the Pac-12). 6'2" senior outside hitter Skylar Mays notched her eighth double-double of the year with a team-most 21 kills, along with 12 digs.

Check out full highlights here.

On the women's basketball side, eighth-ranked standout freshman guard JuJu Watkins and your Women of Troy also just took down Seton Hall to remain undefeated early in the 2023-24 NCAA season, as The Los Angeles Times/Associated Press reveals.

6'4" junior center Rayah Marshall, a 2023 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year semifinalist, logged a 14-point, 14-rebound double-double while Watkins scored a team-most 15, helping USC secure a double-digit win over Seton Hall, 64-54, on Monday night.

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