Arizona State traveled to Los Angeles to take on the USC Trojans in a showdown between two Pac-12 teams in the top 25. After a long and emotional match, the Sun Devils fell in five sets (25-23, 21-25, 18-25, 25-23, 9-15).
After falling behind two sets to one, the Sun Devils battled hard to steal the fourth set 25-23, forcing a fifth set. This was only the second conference game that went past three sets for ASU this season.
In the fifth set the Devils came out a little slow and made too many mental errors. They allowed the ball drop too much for it being a fifth set and seemed as if they were already defeated.