Needing some more wins to have a shot at the NCAA Tournament, the UA volleyball team instead ran into a USC team playing at the top of its game Friday night.
In a match that didn't start until 9 p.m. ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ time, the Trojans swept UA 25-14, 25-15, 25-11 in Los Angeles to drop the Wildcats to 15-13 overall and 7-10 in the Pac-12.
UA has only three regular-season matches left: at No. 13-ranked UCLA on Sunday, at No. 16 Oregon on Tuesday and against ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ State at McKale Center next Saturday.
Against USC, the Wildcats hit only .026, making 17 errors to go with 19 kills. The Trojans (12-14, 8-9) hit .366.
Sofia Maldonado Diaz had eight kills for UA, while Emery Herman had 13 assists.
Sunday's match against first-place UCLA (21-4, 14-3) starts at 1 p.m. The Bruins swept visiting ASU 3-0 on Friday night.
