{"id":456115,"date":"2026-09-07T09:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456115\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:42:23","slug":"beach-reaches-1000-career-kills-as-no-15-usc-beats-toreros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456115\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Reaches 1,000 Career Kills as No. 15 USC Beats Toreros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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SAN DIEGO \u2014 Nemo Beach<\/a> recorded the 1,000th kill of her college career Sunday afternoon at Jenny Craig Pavilion, but No. 15 USC took control in the middle of the match and swept San Diego 3-0 (23-25, 13-25, 21-25) to close the Jack Talmadge Volleyball Classic.<\/p>\n

Beach reached the mark on her first kill of the day, a swing that pulled the Toreros within 9-7 in the opening set. She finished with seven kills to put her at 1,006 for her career, all of them at San Diego.<\/p>\n

The first set went the distance. San Diego (2-3, 0-0 WCC)\u00a0trailed 22-17 and answered with three straight, then fell behind 24-20 and got back-to-back kills from Emma Brewer<\/a> and one from Beach to make it 24-23 before London Wijay ended it with a kill from the left side.<\/p>\n

Nothing came as easily in the second. The teams were even through eight ties, the last at 11-11, and USC (2-2, 0-0 Big Ten)\u00a0took 14 of the final 16 points from there. The Trojans closed the set with 10 in a row, nine of them with Wijay serving.<\/p>\n

San Diego came out of the break with its best stretch of the afternoon, taking four of the first five points and leading 6-2 in the third before USC answered with five straight. The Trojans pushed the lead to 22-16, and the Toreros responded with five in a row \u2014 kills by BayLea Sparks<\/a> and Beach around three USC attack errors \u2014 to get within 22-21. USC scored the last three points to end it.<\/p>\n

The margin showed up in the swing totals. San Diego hit .061 in the match on 28 kills and 21 errors in 115 attempts, while USC finished at .206 (38-16-107). The Trojans held an 8.5-1.0 edge in team blocks, with Mia Tvrdy accounting for six block assists on her own. The Toreros also gave away 11 service errors against two aces.<\/p>\n

Beach and Kierstyn Barton<\/a> led USD with seven kills each, and Ryann Knuth<\/a> added five to go with seven digs. Ella Fulton<\/a> was the most efficient Torero, hitting .500 with three kills in six swings, while Sparks and Brewer had three kills apiece. Kylie Munday<\/a> finished with 23 assists and nine digs, and Lauren Lynch<\/a> led all players on the floor for San Diego with 14 digs while handling 24 serve receptions without an error.<\/p>\n

Wijay and Abigail Mullen paced USC with nine kills each, and Leah Ford hit .417 with seven. Lilli Etter ran the offense for 27 assists, and libero Taylor Deckert had a match-high 15 digs. Announced attendance was 1,247.<\/p>\n

San Diego drops to 2-3 with the loss. USC moves to 2-2.<\/p>\n

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The Toreros head to Tempe, Ariz., for the Snyder-Park Classic at Desert Financial Arena. San Diego meets UC Davis on Friday, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m., faces host No. 7 Arizona State on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. on ESPN+ and closes against No. 25 Oregon on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m.
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