USC MEN S VOLLEYBALL GOES TO HAWAII FOR PAIR. Feb. 15, 2005 FOR RELEASE: SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE TIM TESSALONE, DIRECTOR

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1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS HER 103 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE: (213) FAX: (213) SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE TIM TESSALONE, DIRECTOR 2005 USC SCHEDULE/RESULTS (4-10 Overall, 3-10 NCAA, 1-6 MPSF) Date Opponent (USC-Opp. Rank) Time/Res. Jan. 7 =Cal State Northridge L 1-3 Jan. 7 =Pacific L 1-3 Jan. 8 =UC Santa Barbara W 3-0 Jan. 11 California (NG) W 3-0 Jan. 14 *at Stanford (12-8) L 0-3 Jan. 15 *at Pacific (12-9) L 2-3 Jan. 19 *at UC Irvine (13-12) L 1-3 Jan. 21 *at UCLA (12-1) L 1-3 Jan. 26 *UC San Diego (NG) (13-NR) W 3-0 Jan. 29 *Long Beach State (LC) (13-6) L 2-3 Feb. 1 at Cal Baptist (14-1 NAIA) L 1-3 Feb. 4 *Pepperdine (LC) (14-2) L 0-3 Feb. 8 Alumni (NG) W 3-0 Feb. 11 # Rutgers-Newark (NR-NR) W 3-0 Feb. 12 #Penn State (NR-4T) L 0-3 Feb. 17 *at Hawaii (NR-3) Feb. 18 *at Hawaii (NR-3) Feb. 23 *UC Santa Barbara (NG) Feb. 25 *Cal State Northridge (NG) March 1 Lewis (NG) March 4 *BYU (LC) March 5 *BYU (LC) March 10 *UCLA (NG) March 12 *UC Irvine (NG) March 17 *at Pepperdine March 18 *Pacific (NG) March 26 *Stanford (LC) March 30 *at UC San Diego April 2 *at Long Beach State 7:30 p.m. April 13 *at Cal State Northridge April 16 *at UC Santa Barbara April 23 MPSF Championships (at TBA) TBA April 28 MPSF Championships (at TBA) TBA April 30 MPSF Championships (at TBA) TBA May 5 NCAA Championships (at UCLA) TBA May 7 NCAA Championships (at UCLA) TBA =UC Santa Barbara Collegiate Invitational--USC seventh *Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match #Penn State Invitational Home matches (in bold) played in North Gym (NG) or Lyon Center (LC) All times are local to match site USC QUICK FACTS Location... Los Angeles, Calif., Enrollment... 30,000 Colors... Cardinal and Gold Nickname... Trojans Home Court (Capacity)... Lyon Center (1,300)/... North Gym (1,000) Conference... Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Head Coach... Turhan Douglas USC/Career Record , third year Assistants... T. Black, J. Morrison, B. Crisp VB Office Phone... (213) Press Row Phone(213) NG, LC Men s Volleyball SID... Tim Tessalone Sports Info. Office Phone... (213) Sports Info. Office Fax... (213) USC Official Web Site... FOR RELEASE: Feb. 15, 2005 USC MEN S VOLLEYBALL GOES TO HAWAII FOR PAIR THE FACTS The USC men s volleyball team (4-10 overall, 3-10 NCAA, 1-6 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) returns to MPSF play when it goes to No. 3 Hawaii (8-1, 6-0) for a pair of matches, first on Thursday (Feb. 17) and then Friday (Feb. 18). ON THE AIR All of USC s home matches are broadcast live over the internet on RANKINGS USC is not ranked in the current USA Today/CSTV/AVCA poll. Hawaii is third. OPPONENTS The USC-Hawaii series is knotted at 27-27, but the Trojans have lost the last 8 meetings. Troy last beat the Rainbows in 2000 (in the first round of the MPSF tourney) and last won in Hawaii in LAST MATCHES After sweeping the alumni (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) on Feb. 8 in the North Gym, Joao Grangeiro had a match-best 10 kills and 10 digs to lead the USC men s volleyball team to a 30-25, 30-22, sweep over Rutgers-Newark at the Penn State Invitational on Feb. 11. The Trojans outdid Rutgers-Newark in every statistical category: hitting percentage (.324 to.149), team blocks (14.5 to 9.5), digs (37 to 26) and aces (4 to 1). Chris McKniff and Andrew Vernon added 5 blocks each for Troy, while Grangeiro also had 4 blocks and 2 aces. The next day, Feb. 12, host No. 4 Penn State swept USC, 32-30, 30-27, Blake Tippett had a matchbest 17 kills (hitting.333) with 3 blocks, while Vernon added 11 kills (hitting.500), McKniff had 4 blocks and Grangeiro had 9 kills and 8 digs. VOLLEYBALL SCHOOL Besides the 4 NCAA crowns ( ) that USC s men have won, the Women of Troy have captured 6 national volleyball titles. USC s women won the AIAW trophy in 1976, 1977 and 1980, and the NCAA crown in Then, coach Mick Haley s 2002 and 2003 Women of Troy squads captured the NCAA titles. COACH TURHAN DOUGLAS Third-year USC head coach Turhan Douglas, a Trojan assistant the previous 3 seasons, was promoted to head coach in May of He was 6-25 in 2003 and 6-23 in Being a head coach was nothing new to the 35-year-old Douglas. In fact, he exhibited his head coaching ability at USC while an assistant. When Pat Powers his predecessor at Troy missed USC s home match against BYU in 2001 to be with his ill mother, Douglas stepped in and directed the Trojans to a 3-1 upset over the top-ranked, undefeated Cougars. Douglas was a successful junior college and club coach before he came to USC for the 2000 season. He was the men s head coach at Pierce Junior College in Woodland Hills (Calif.) for 2 seasons ( ) and guided his squad to the South Coast Conference title both years while going His 1999 team was the state runner-up and he was named the conference s Coach of the Year. He also was the head coach of Pierce s women s team for 6 seasons ( ). He also spent 6 years ( ) as the director and coach of the Santa Monica (Calif.) Beach Club. In 1998, his team won the USA Junior Olympics Boys 17-and-Under championship. He was an assistant with the Santa Monica Junior College men s team for 4 years ( ). Douglas was a reserve middle blocker on the 1991 Long Beach State team that won the NCAA title (defeating USC in the final). He also played 2 seasons at Pierce ( ). The 1987 Pierce squad won the state crown and the 1988 team was the state runner-up.

2 OLD AND NEW Eleven Trojan lettermen from 2004, including all six starters, return this season. But several of Troy s six new freshmen figure to break into the 2005 starting lineup, a sign that USC is a more talented and much deeper team than in recent years. GRANGEIRO Do-it-all 6-0 junior Joao Grangeiro, who coming into 2005 had started all 60 matches in his Trojan career, figured to move back to libero in 2005 (he played there the first half of 2003). But he instead stayed at outside hitter, where he started the past seasonand-a-half. He currently leads USC in digs (108) and aces (23), and is second in kills (131). Last year, he had a team-best 235 digs and 37 aces, plus 299 kills and 40 blocks. --He had 7 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-7). --He had 11 digs, 7 kills and 3 aces vs. Pacific (1-7). --He had 7 kills and 3 digs vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-8). --He had 12 kills (hitting.550), 8 digs, 4 blocks and 3 aces vs. Stanford (1-14). --He had a match-best 15 digs along with 7 kills vs. Pacific (1-15). --He had 14 kills (hitting.333), 6 digs, 3 blocks and 2 aces vs. UC Irvine (1-19). --He had a team-best 16 kills (hitting.303) and 11 digs vs. UCLA (1-21). --He had 8 kills, 4 digs and 3 blocks vs. UC San Diego (1-26). --He had 9 kills, 8 digs and 2 aces vs. Long Beach State (1-29). --He had 9 kills (hitting.368) and 4 digs vs. Cal Baptist (2-1). --He had a team-best 16 kills (hitting.400) and 8 digs vs. Pepperdine (2-4). --He had a match-best 10 kills and 10 digs vs. Rutgers-Newark (2-11), plus 4 blocks and 2 aces. --He had 9 kills, 8 digs and 2 aces vs. Penn State (2-12). TIPPETT Blake Tippett, a 6-4 senior, returns as a starter in 2005, but he ll battle all year through a shoulder injury. He began the 2005 season at outside hitter,but moved back to opposite hitter after 7 matches. He currently leads USC in kills (155). He played opposite hitter last spring when he posted a teambest 380 kills, 146 digs, 36 blocks and 20 aces. --He had 17 kills (hitting.343) vs. Cal State Northridge (1-7). --He had 12 kills (hitting.381), 11 digs, 5 blocks and 2 aces vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-8). --He had a match-best 14 kills (hitting.458) vs. Stanford (1-14). --He had a match-high 22 kills (hitting.633) with 8 digs and 3 blocks vs. UC Irvine (1-19). --He had 14 kills and 6 digs vs. UCLA (1-21). --He had a match-best 16 kills (hitting.333) vs. UC San Diego (1-26). --He had a match-best 23 kills (hitting.326) vs. Long Beach State (1-29). --He had 9 kills vs. Cal Baptist (2-1). --He had 7 kills vs. Pepperdine (2-4). --He had a match-best 17 kills (hitting.333) with 3 blocks vs. Penn State (2-12) USC Men s Volleyball Page USC MEN S VOLLEYBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Hometown (High School) 2 Jimmy Killian S Fr. Los Angeles (Loyola) 3 Sean O'Connor OH Fr. Carlsbad (La Costa Canyon) 4 Fernando Barron OH So. Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico (Cupeyville) 5 Jeff Bailey MB Sr. San Diego (Francis Parker) 6 J.T. Gilmour S Sr. Santa Ynez (Santa Ynez Valley Union) 7 Blake Tippett OH Sr. Newport Beach (Newport Harbor) 8 Andrew Vernon MB Fr. Joliet, IL (Joliet Township West) 9 Pedro Leal OH Sr. Rio de Janiero, Brazil (Pierce JC/Notre Dame) 11 Gio Altamura S So.* Manhattan Beach (Mira Costa) 12 Jake Lewis OPP Fr. Scottsdale, AZ (Brophy College Prep) 13 Juan Figueroa OH Fr. Levittown, Puerto Rico (Bayamon Military Acad.) 14 Joao Grangeiro OH-L Jr. Rio de Janiero, Brazil (Colegio Santo Agostinho) 15 Chris Jones MB Fr. Racine, WI (Washington Park) 16 Evan Burden L Jr.* Newport Beach (Corona del Mar) 17 Matt Mosko OPP So. Westlake Village (Viewpoint) 18 Chris McKniff MB Sr. Tucson, AZ (Sabino) 19 Danny Newman MB Jr.* Culver City (Windward) 20 Matt Anderson OH Fr.* Laguna Beach (Laguna Beach) Head Coach: Turhan Douglas (third year) Assistant Coaches: Tom Black (second yr.), Jamie Morrison (first yr.), Brandon Crisp (second yr.) Team Manager: Mark Cruz (third year) *Used up redshirt year USA TODAY/CSTV/AVCA POLL (Feb. 15, 2005) 1. UCLA 2. Pepperdine 3. Hawaii 4. Long Beach State 5. Penn State 6. BYU 7. UC Santa Barbara 8. Cal State Northridge 9. Stanford 10. UC Irvine 11. Pacific 12. Ohio State 13. Loyola-Chicago 14. George Mason 15. Lewis Others: USC SETTERS Although 6-7 senior J.T. Gilmour was the starting setter in 2004 (he had 973 assists, 53 blocks and 92 digs), it appears a freshman will handle the position this year: 6-4 Jimmy Killian, whose father, brother, sister and uncle all played at USC. Killian, the MVP of three of the past four Junior Olympics, arguably was the nation s top recruit last year out of Loyola High in Los Angeles (Calif.). Gio Altamura, a 6-0 sophomore who saw action in 20 matches last spring (he also was a Junior Olympics MVP), is also available to set. --Killian had 75 assists vs. Cal State Northridge (1-7), with 4 kills and 2 blocks. --Killian had 45 assists, 3 aces and 4 digs vs. Pacific (1-7). --Killian had 38 assists and 4 digs vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-8). --Killian had 36 assists and 4 blocks vs. Stanford (1-14). --Killian had 41 assists, 6 digs and 2 aces vs. Pacific (1-15) MPSF STANDINGS (as of Feb. 15, 2005) W L GB Pepperdine UCLA Hawaii Long Beach State UC Santa Barbara Pacific Cal State Northridge UC Irvine Stanford BYU USC UC San Diego Killian had 57 assists, 3 blocks and 2 kills vs. UC Irvine (1-19). --Killian had 58 assists, 7 digs and 3 aces vs. UCLA (1-21). --Killian had 44 assists, 7 digs and 3 blocks vs. UC San Diego (1-26). --Killian had 54 kills, 4 digs and 3 blocks vs. Long Beach State (1-29). --Gilmour had 33 assists, 4 kills and 2 blocks vs. Cal Baptist (2-1), while Altamura added 7 assists. --Gilmour had 38 assists and 3 kills vs. Pepperdine (2-4) while subbing for Killian, who was out after having a tonsillectomy. --Gilmour had 47 assists, 5 kills and 4 digs vs. Rutgers-Newark (2-11). --Gilmour had 43 assists, 5 kills and 6 digs vs. Penn State (2-12). LIBEROS Junior Evan Burden, at 5-10, starts again at libero. He started there the past year-and-ahalf (he had 169 digs in 2004). Junior starting outside hitter Joao Grangeiro, who spent the first half of 2003 at libero, is also available to play there

3 --Burden had 13 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-7). --Burden had 5 digs vs. Pacific (1-7). --Burden had 6 digs vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-8). --Burden had 5 digs vs. Stanford (1-14). --Burden had 8 digs vs. Pacific (1-15). --Burden had 7 digs vs. UC Irvine (1-19). --Burden had 11 digs vs. UCLA (1-21). --Burden had 6 digs vs. UC San Diego (1-26). --Burden had 4 digs vs. Long Beach State (1-29). --Burden had 6 digs vs. Cal Baptist (2-1). --Burden had 5 digs vs. Rutgers-Newark (2-11). OTHER OUTSIDE HITTERS The other outside hitter is 6-2 freshman Juan Figueroa from Bayamon Military Academy in Puerto Rico. He was a member of the Puerto Rican Junior National Team and was a two-time All-American at the Junior Olympics. Also available at outside hitter are 6-3 sophomore Fernando Barron, who saw action in 12 matches in 2004, and 6-5 redshirt freshman Matt Anderson. Sean O Connor, a 6-5 freshman who was a 2004 All-CIF San Diego honoree at La Costa Canyon High in Carlsbad (Calif.), will redshirt the 2005 season. The Trojans could get a boost if 5-10 senior Pedro Leal recovers from off-season kneecap surgery (he could be ready in February). He started on the outside in 2004, getting 191 kills, 95 digs and 24 aces. --Figueroa had 19 kills and 16 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-7) and Barron had 2 kills. --Figueroa had 8 kills and 8 digs vs. Pacific (1-7) and Barron added 2 kills. --Figueroa had 12 kills, 5 digs and 4 blocks vs. Pacific (1-15). --Figueroa had 15 kills and 5 digs vs. UCLA (1-21). --Figueroa had 11 kills (hitting.400) vs. UC San Diego (1-26). --Figueroa had 13 kills and 4 digs vs. Long Beach State (1-29). --Figueroa had a team-best 11 kills and 2 aces vs. Cal Baptist (2-1), while Leal saw his first action of the year as a libero. --Figueroa had 9 kills and 3 digs vs. Pepperdine (2-4). --Figueroa had 7 kills, 5 digs and 3 blocks vs. Rutgers-Newark (2-11), while Barron added 6 kills (hitting.400) and 4 digs off the bench. MIDDLE BLOCKERS Chris McKniff, a 6-10 senior who has 48 career starts (including all of 2004), will start again at middle blocker. He hit a team-best.328 in 2004 with 241 kills. He also had a team-high 113 blocks. The other middle could will be 6-8 freshman Andrew Vernon, a 2004 All-State pick out of Joliet (Ill.) Township West High who was a member of the 2003 U.S. Youth National Team. Vernon currently leads USC's regulars in hitting percentage (.397) and blocks (40). Also available in the middle are 6-9 junior Danny Newman, who saw action in two matches last spring after missing the previous two seasons with a knee injury, and 6-6 freshman Chris Jones, a two-time All-State selection from Washington Park High in Racine (Wis.) who was on the 2004 U.S. Junior National Team. Jeff Bailey, a 6-8 senior 2005 USC Men s Volleyball Page 3 middle blocker who started last year (he hit.295 with 199 kills and 64 blocks), will redshirt in 2005 to concentrate on his academics. --Vernon had 15 kills (hitting.609) vs. Cal State Northridge (1-7), while McKniff had 7 kills (hitting.308). --McKniff had 6 kills and 5 digs vs. Pacific (1-8), while Vernon had 5 kills (hitting.444) and Newman had 7 kills (hitting.500). --Vernon had 9 kills (hitting.500) and 4 blocks versus UC Santa Barbara (1-8), while McKniff had 3 kills and 3 blocks. --Vernon had 5 kills and 5 blocks vs. Stanford (1-14). --McKniff had 6 kills and 4 blocks vs. Pacific (1-14), while Newman had 9 kills (hitting.353) and 5 blocks and Vernon had 5 kills. --Vernon had 9 kills (hitting.312) with a match-best 5 blocks vs. UC Irvine (1-19), while McKniff added 6 kills and 4 blocks. --Vernon had 15 kills (hitting.609) and 4 blocks vs. UCLA (1-21), while McKniff added 5 kills and 4 digs. --Vernon had 9 kills (hitting.600) and 3 blocks vs. UC San Diego (1-26), while McKniff added 5 kills and 3 blocks. --Newman had 9 kills (hitting.750) and 3 blocks off the bench vs. Long Beach State (1-29), while Vernon had 7 kills, a match-best 6 blocks and 2 aces. --Newman started vs. Cal Baptist (2-1) and had 10 kills (hitting.692). --Vernon had 6 kills and 5 blocks vs. Rutgers- Newark (2-11), while Newman and McKniff each had 4 kills (McKniff added 5 blocks off the bench). --Vernon had 11 kills (hitting.500) vs. Penn State (2-12), while McKniff added 6 kills and 4 blocks. OTHER OPPOSITE HITTERS Matt Mosko, a physical 6-7 sophomore, was moved from middle blocker to opposite hitter this year and started there for the first 7 matches of He saw action in 15 matches last spring. Jake Lewis, a 6-5 freshman who was an All-State player at Brophy College Prep in Paradise Valley (Ariz.), will be Mosko s backup. --Mosko had 14 kills (hitting.500) and 4 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-7). --Mosko had 14 kills (hitting.357) and 5 digs vs. Pacific (1-7). --Mosko had 12 kills (hitting.400), 3 blocks, 3 digs and 3 aces vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-8). --Mosko had 5 kills and 3 blocks vs. Stanford (1-14). --Mosko had a match-best 17 kills vs. Pacific (1-15). --Mosko had 5 kills vs. UC Irvine (1-19). --Mosko had 4 kills and 2 blocks off the bench vs. Pepperdine (2-4). --Mosko had 8 kills (hitting.385) off the bnech vs. Rutgers-Newark (2-11). --Mosko had 4 kills vs. Penn State (2-12). NOTES Several USC players have Trojan relatives: Jimmy Killian comes from a family of Trojans: his father, Don, was a member of the 1977 USC NCAA championship men s volleyball team (he lettered in 1976 and 1977); his brother, Donny, played volleyball at USC in 2001 and then was a Trojan assistant coach in 2002 after playing three seasons at Pepperdine (twice playing in the NCAA Final Four, including on the NCAA runnerup Waves squad in 1998); his sister, Lauren, was a member of USC s 2002 NCAA championship and 2000 Final Four women s volleyball teams (she lettered from 1999 to 2002); his uncle, Doug, lettered in men s volleyball at Troy in 1982 and 1983 (the 1982 team finished third in the NCAAs); and his mother, Chris, is a USC graduate, along with a grandmother, two grandfathers (both played basketball at USC), a great grandfather, 2 other uncles, an aunt and numerous cousins...evan Burden s brother, Greg, was USC s libero for 3 seasons ( )...Several dozen of J.T. Gilmour s relatives attended USC, including his brother, Marcus, who was an outside hitter at USC ( ), his sister, Kathleen, who is a freshman setter/opposite hitter on the Women of Troy team that played in the 2004 NCAA Final Four, and his mother and father...blake Tippett is a third generation Trojan (his uncle, Hunt Williams, played soccer at USC). Assistant coach Tom Black's grandfather, Tom Nickell, was a USC vice president...chris McKniff s parents were athletes: his father, John, played basketball at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, while his mother, Sharon (Callahan), placed ninth in the high jump for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics as just a 16-year-old...Joao Grangeiro's father, Joao, played volleyball for Brazil in the 1980 Olympics...Matt Mosko's father, Steve, played football and lacrosse at Delaware, while his mother, Marianne, was on Delaware's basketball and volleyball teams...juan Figueroa's father, Juan Figueroa, and his mother, Mayra Pacheco, were sprinters for Puerto Rico's national track team (his father also was a basketball referee in 3 Olympics and worked the men's final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics that involved the USA's Dream Team); his sister, Rayma, is a junior outside hitter at Huron University...Jake Lewis' father, John, played baseball at Colorado and his brother, Nick, is a junior forward/center on San Diego's basketball team...pedro Leal participated in Brazil's 1994 sailing (laser boats) national championships.

4 Jimmy Killian -- #2 Att.: 6...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Kills: 4^...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Ast.: 75...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Aces: 3...(twice) Digs: 7^...(twice) BS: 2...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BA: 4... (vs. Stanford, 1/14) TB: 4^... (vs. Stanford, 1/14) Sean O'Connor -- #3 Fernando Barron -- #4 Att.: (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) Kills: 6... (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) Pct.: (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) Ast.: 1...(twice) Aces: 1...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Digs: 4... (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) BS: 1...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BA: 1...(twice) TB: 1... (3 times) Jeff Bailey -- #5 J.T. Gilmour -- #6 Att.: 8...(twice) Kills: 5^...(twice) Ast.: (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) Aces: 1... (vs. Penn State, 2/12) Digs: 6... (vs. Penn State, 2/12) BS: 1...(twice) BA: 2... (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) TB: 3... (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) Blake Tippett -- #7 Att.: 46...(vs. Long Beach State, 1/29) Kills: (vs. UC Irvine, 1/19) Pct.: (vs. UC Irvine, 1/19) Ast.: 4... (vs. Penn State, 2/12) Aces: 2...(twice) Digs: 12...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BS: 2...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BA: 5...(vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) TB: 5^...(vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) Andrew Vernon -- #8 Att.: 23...(twice) Kills: 15^...(twice) Pct.: (twice) Aces: 2...(twice) Digs: 2^... (4 times) BS: 1... (3 times) BA: 5... (4 times) TB: 6^...(vs. Long Beach State, 1/29) Pedro Leal -- #9 Ast.: 1...(vs. Pepperdine, 2/4) Gio Altamura -- #11 Att.: 1...(vs. Cal Baptist, 2/1) Kills: 1...(vs. Cal Baptist, 2/1) Ast.: 7...(vs. Cal Baptist, 2/1) BA: 1...(vs. Cal Baptist, 2/1) TB: 1...(vs. Cal Baptist, 2/1) 2005 USC MEN S VOLLEYBALL SEASON HIGHS Jake Lewis -- #12 Att.: 6... (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Kills: 2^... (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Digs: 1^... (vs. Pacific, 1/15) BA: 1...(twice) TB: 1^...(twice) Juan Figueroa -- #13 Att.: 40...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Kills: 19^...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Pct.: (vs. UC San Diego, 1/26) Ast.: 1... (3 times) Aces: 2...(vs. Cal Baptist, 2/1) Digs: 16^...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BS: 2...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BA: 4... (vs. Pacific, 1/15) TB: 4^... (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Joao Grangeiro -- #14 Att.: 30...(vs. Pepperdine, 2/4) Kills: 16...(twice) Pct.: (vs. Stanford, 1/14) Ast.: 3...(twice) Aces: 4... (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Digs: (vs. Pacific, 1/15) BS: 1...(vs. Long Beach State, 1/29) BA: 4...(twice) TB: 4^...(twice) Chris Jones -- #15 Evan Burden -- #16 Att.: 1...(vs. Cal Baptist, 2/1) Ast.: 3... (vs. Penn State, 2/12) Digs: 13...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Matt Mosko -- #17 Att.: (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Kills: 17^... (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Pct.: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Aces: 2...(twice) Digs: 5^... (vs. Pacific, 1/7) BS: 1...(twice) BA: 3...(twice) TB: 3...(twice) Chris McKniff -- #18 Att.: (vs. UC Irvine, 1/19) Kills: 7...(vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Pct.: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Ast.: 1... (vs. Penn State, 2/12) Aces: 2... (vs. Pacific, 1/7) Digs: 5^... (vs. Pacific, 1/7) BS: 1... (4 times) BA: 5... (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) TB: 5... (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) Danny Newman -- #19 Att.: (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Kills: 10^...(vs. Cal Baptist, 2/1) Pct.: (vs. Long Beach State, 1/29) Aces: 1...(vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) Digs: 1^... (3 times) BA: 5... (vs. Pacific, 1/15) TB: 5^... (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Matt Anderson -- #20 ^USC Career high (listed for kills, digs, total blocks only) (All Individual Hitting Pct.: minimum 10 attempts) USC Individual Highs Att.: (B. Tippett, vs. Long Beach State, 1/29) Kills: (B. Tippett, vs. Long Beach State, 1/29) Pct.:.750(D. Newman, vs. Long Beach State, 1/29) Ast.: (J. Killian, vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Aces: 4...(Joao Grangeiro, vs. Pacific, 1/15) Digs: 16 (J. Figueroa, vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BS: 2... (J. Killian, vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) 2... (B. Tippett, vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) 2.. (J. Figueroa, vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BA: 5... (B. Tippett, vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) 5... (Andrew Vernon, vs. Stanford, 1/14) 5... (Danny Newman, vs. Pacific, 1/15) 5... (Andrew Vernon, vs. UC Irvine, 1/19) 5... (A. Vernon, vs. Long Beach State, 1/29) 5... (A. Vernon, vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) 5... (C. McKniff, vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) TB: 6... (A. Vernon, vs. Long Beach State, 1/29) USC Team Highs Att.: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Kills: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Pct.: (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) Ast.: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) Aces: (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Digs: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BS: 8... (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BA: (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) TB: (vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) USC Team Lows Att.: (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) Kills: (vs. Stanford, 1/14) Pct.: (vs. Pacific, 1/15) Ast.: (vs. Stanford, 1/14) Aces: 1... (vs. UC San Diego, 1/26) Digs: (vs. Cal Baptist, 2/1) BS: 0... (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) 0... (vs. Stanford, 1/14) 0... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/19) 0... (vs. Pepperdine, 2/4) BA: 0... (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/7) TB: 6... (vs. Pacific, 1/7) Opponent Team Highs Att.: (Long Beach State, 1/29) Kills: (Long Beach State, 1/29) Pct.: (vs. Pepperdine, 2/4) Ast.: (Long Beach State, 1/29) Aces: 9... (Pacific, 1/15) Digs: (Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BS: (Cal State Northridge, 1/7) BA: (Pacific, 1/15) TB: (Pacific, 1/15) Opponent Team Lows Att.: (vs. Pepperdine, 2/4) Kills: (Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) Pct.: (UC San Diego, 1/26) Ast.: (UC San Diego, 1/26) Aces: 1... (Rutgers-Newark, 2/11) Digs: (UC San Diego, 1/26) BS: 0... (UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) 0... (UC San Diego, 1/26) BA: 0... (Cal State Northridge, 1/7) 0... (Pacific, 1/7) TB: 7... (UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) Individual Opponent Highs Att: (Brian Zodrow, Pacific, 1/15) Kills: (Evan Patak, UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) (N. Hagstrom, Long Beach State, 1/29) Pct.: (Keith Kowal, Penn State, 2/12) Ast.: (T. Hildebrand, Long Beach State, 1/29) Aces: 4... (Nils Dauburs, Pacific, 1/15) 4... (Shaun Dyk, Cal Baptist, 2/1) Digs: 12 (Aaron Mansfield, UC Santa Barbara, 1/8) (Paul Munoz, Long Beach State, 1/29) BS: 2... (Nils Dauburs, Pacific, 1/15) 2...(Teddy Lyles, Long Beach State, 1/29) BA: (Nils Dauburs, Pacific, 1/15) TB: (Nils Dauburs, Pacific, 1/15)

5 2005 STARTERS S MB MB OH OH OPP L Cal State Northridge Killian McKniff Vernon Tippett Grangeiro Mosko Burden Pacific Killian McKniff Vernon Figueroa Grangeiro Mosko Burden UC Santa Barbara Killian McKniff Vernon Tippett Grangeiro Mosko Burden California Killian McKniff Vernon Tippett Grangeiro Mosko Burden Stanford Killian McKniff Vernon Tippett Grangeiro Mosko Burden Pacific Killian McKniff Vernon Tippett Grangeiro Mosko Burden UC Irvine Killian McKniff Vernon Tippett Grangeiro Mosko Burden UCLA Killian McKniff Vernon Figueroa Grangeiro Tippett Burden UC San Diego Killian McKniff Vernon Figueroa Grangeiro Tippett Burden Long Beach State Killian McKniff Vernon Figueroa Grangeiro Tippett Burden Cal Baptist Gilmour McKniff Newman Figueroa Grangeiro Tippett Burden Pepperdine Gilmour McKniff Vernon Figueroa Grangeiro Tippett Burden Rugers-Newark Gilmour Newman Vernon Figueroa Grangeiro Tippett Burden Penn State Gilmour McKniff Vernon Figueroa Grangeiro Tippett Burden Hawaii Hawaii UC Santa Barbara Cal State Northridge Lewis BYU BYU UCLA UC Irvine Pepperdine Pacific Stanford UC San Diego Long Beach State Cal State Northridge UC Santa Barbara USC IN THE WEEKLY POLL DATE USA TODAY/CSTV/AVCA Preseason -- Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb. 8 NR Feb. 15 NR

6 USC Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 14, 2005) All matches RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES... ( 4-10) ( 2-2 ) ( 1-6 ) ( 1-2 ) CONFERENCE... ( 1-6 ) ( 1-2 ) ( 0-4 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE... ( 3-4 ) ( 1-0 ) ( 1-2 ) ( 1-2 ) ATTACK SET SERVE DIG BLOCKING ## STATS SUMMARY G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA Total B/G BE BHE Points Chris Jones Gio Altamura J.T. Gilmour Danny Newman Jimmy Killian Andrew Vernon Blake Tippett Joao Grangeiro Chris McKniff Matt Mosko Juan Figueroa Fernando Barron Jake Lewis Evan Burden Pedro Leal Matt Anderson TEAM 3 USC Opponents TEAM STATISTICS USC OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND ATTACK... Jan 07 vs Cal State Northridge L ,27-30,30-25, Kills Jan 07 vs Pacific L ,21-30,30-21, Errors Jan 08 at UC Santa Barbara W ,30-26, Total Attacks Jan 11 CAL W ,30-27, Attack Pct * Jan 14 at #8 Stanford L ,28-30, Kills/Game * Jan 15 at #9 Pacific L ,31-29,19-30,30-23, SET... * Jan 19 at UC Irvine L ,30-27,25-30, Assists * Jan 21 at UCLA L ,30-24,34-36, Attempts * Jan 26 UC SAN DIEGO W ,30-25, Assist Pct * Jan 29 LONG BEACH STATE L ,18-30,30-25,30-27, Assists/Game Feb 01 at California Baptist L ,30-28,22-30, SERVE... * Feb 04 PEPPERDINE UNIV L ,19-30, Aces Feb 11 vs Rutgers-Newark W ,30-22, Errors Feb 12 at #4 Penn State L ,27-30, Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Game SERVE RECEPTIONS... Errors Errors/Game Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE... Digs Digs/Game BLOCKING... Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks Per Game Block Errors BALL HANDLING ERRORS ATTENDANCE... Total Dates/Avg Per Date 4/363 7/860 Neutral site #/Avg 3/0 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak