{"id":222377,"date":"2026-03-27T01:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222377\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T01:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:45:07","slug":"no-3-usc-beach-volleyball-heads-to-austin-for-texas-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222377\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 3 USC Beach Volleyball Heads To Austin For Texas Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN \u2013 No. 3 USC Beach Volleyball (18-3) heads to Austin as they prepare for the Texas Invitational hosted by the University of Texas Longhorns on Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28. Over the two-day tournament, the Women of Troy will take on No. 16 Florida Atlantic, No. 17 North Florida, No. 12 LSU and No.6 Texas.
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\nMATCH #22 vs. No. 16 Florida Atlantic
\nFriday, March 27 at 9 a.m. PT
\nSeries History: 9-0
\nLast Meeting: March 15, 2026
\nResult: USC Won, 4-0
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\nMATCH #23 vs. No. 17 North Florida
\nFriday, March 27 at 1:30 p.m. PT
\nSeries History: 5-0
\nLast Meeting: May 2, 2025
\nResult: USC Won, 3-0
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\nMATCH #24 vs. No. 12 LSU
\nSaturday, March 28 at 10:30 a.m. PT
\nSeries History: 7-4
\nLast Meeting: March 7, 2026
\nResult: USC Won, 3-2
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\nMATCH #25 vs. No. 6 Texas
\nSaturday, March 28 at 12:30 p.m. PT
\nSeries History: Tied at 1-1
\nLast Meeting: Feb. 21, 2026
\nResult: USC Lost, 2-3
\nLive Stream: Longhorn Network
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\nLAST TIME OUT
\nThe Trojans spent Spring Break in Pompano Beach, Florida, playing in six matches across three days. USC went 3-1 in the Florida Atlantic Beach Invitational, securing wins against Tampa, No. 17 Florida Atlantic and No. 6 TCU, while dropping a game to No. 7 Florida State. The Women of Troy took a day off before playing TCU again, winning that match 3-2, then followed that with a 5-0 win in an exhibition against Palm Beach State. \u00a0\u00a0
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\nIN THE RANKINGS
\nUSC moved up the rankings after a strong Spring Break trip to Pompano Beach, Florida. The Women of Troy are third in the AVCA Coaches’ Poll and are fourth in the CBVB team rankings. Along with that, Zoey Henson<\/a> and Sarah Wood<\/a> are ranked fifth, while Ashley Pater<\/a> and Kennedy Coakley<\/a> are ranked sixth in the NCAA based on their performances this season. Henson and Wood have primarily played in the second flight, earning a 19-1 record this season. Pater and Coakley have spent most of their season in the first flight, securing a 16-5 record.
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\nSECOND FLIGHT, BEST FLIGHT
\nWhen looking at the records of all of USC’s flights this season, only one spot is undefeated this season \u2013 the second flight. Through 21 duals this season, no team has lost a match in that spot. The three pairs that competed in that spot include Zoey Henson<\/a> and Sarah Wood<\/a>, Ashley Pater<\/a> and Kennedy Coakley<\/a>, and Alana Embry<\/a> and Quincy Stephens<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN \u2013 No. 3 USC Beach Volleyball (18-3) heads to Austin as they prepare for the Texas Invitational…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-222377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}