NCAA Women
November 30, 2023
Consider these numbers:
USC has 1,613 kills this season.
Skylar Fields has 586 of them.
Her next closest teammate, Tyrah Ariail, has 210.
Fields led the Pac-12 in kills with 66 more than Arizona State’s Marta Levinka.
For that matter, only Giula Cardona of Evansville (593) and Kayley Cassaday of Tulsa (592) have more kills. Evansville is done for the season, while Tulsa is in the NIVC and plays Kansas City on Thursday. It will be quite a race between Cassaday and Fields to become the 2023 NCAA kills leader.
USC (18-12), which finished alone in fifth in the Pac-12, opens NCAA Tournament play Friday against America East-champion UMBC in Pittsburgh. The winner most likely plays top-seeded Pitt, the ACC champion that plays MEAC-champion Coppin State, on Saturday.
The focus,…
