Skylar Field News Today

An eerie sense of familiarity for the Bruin pack emerged at the 14-13 mark in the fifth set. Two months ago, the Trojans sat at that very score before winning the contest a few points later.

Cal had an impressively strong defense through the first set, with Tara DeSa picking up hit after hit, tip after tip. Although USC maintained the lead throughout most of the set, the points they earned, were fought for harder than they must have expected.