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No. 17 Long Beach State Set for Rematches with LMU, USC
3/12/2021 9:00:00 AM | Women's Beach Volleyball
No. 17 ranked Beach heads to Los Angeles, Calif. for rematches against No. 7 Loyola Marymount and No. 1 USC.
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The No. 17 ranked Long Beach State women's beach volleyball team looks to bounce back from last week with rematches against No. 7 Loyola Marymount and No. 1 USC.
The Beach will head to Los Angeles, Calif. for a tri-dual with the Lions and Trojans taking on LMU at 10:00 a.m. and host USC at 12:00 p.m.
Long Beach State fell in the duals against both LMU and USC in the first go-around, with the Lions taking it 3-2 and the Trojans sweeping the Beach 5-0. It was the first time LBSU has been swept since April 20, 2019 against UCLA.
In a busy week last week, LBSU struggled going 1-3 with their lone win coming in a sweep over Vanguard.
The highlight of the week was certainly the duo of Skyler Germann and Alice Pratesi who continued their hot start to the 2021 campaign. The freshman and redshirt sophomore combination took home Big West Pair of the Week honors after going 3-1 with three-set victories in their duals against No. 7 Loyola Marymount and No. 9 Pepperdine. They are now 5-1 on the season.
ABOUT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
-Loyola Marymount stayed put in the AVCA rankings, coming in at No. 7 once again.
-LMU is currently 7-1 on the season after an undefeated week last week.
-In the first matchup of the season, the Beach and Lions battled back and forth but LMU would ultimately take the dual 3-2.
-The Beach and LMU have faced each other 18 times now and Long Beach State has won 16 of them.
ABOUT USC
-USC became the new No. 1 in the AVCA Collegiate Beach poll this week.
-The Trojans are still unblemished this season with a perfect 6-0 record, all against top 20 teams.
-In the first matchup of this season between the Beach and Trojans was a 5-0 sweep in favor of USC.
-In the 14 past matches between USC and Long Beach, USC leads it 9-5. The Trojans have won eight straight duals against the Beach with the last being in April of 2019.
