USC and UC Santa Barbara Advance to MPSF Championship
April 28, 2011
Los Angeles - No. 1 seed USC and No. 7 seed UC Santa Barbara advanced to the MPSF Championship, to be played on Saturday in Los Angeles.
No. 1 USC 3, No. 4 UC Irvine 1
Tony Ciarelli had a match-high 23 kills and Murphy Troy added 17 kills to lead the No. 1-ranked USC men's volleyball team (23-2) to a 25-19, 22-25, 25-20, 25-23 victory over No. 2 UC Irvine (19-12) in a semifinal match of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament on Thursday (April 28) in front of 1,550 fans in USC's Galen Center.
No. 7 UC Santa Barbara 3, No. 6 Long Beach State
On Thursday night, the Gauchos defeated the Long Beach State 49ers for the first time all year in the MPSF Conference Semi-Final Match. With the win, the Gauchos advance to the MPSF Championship Match for the first time since 1996.