Six former women’s volleyball players from St. Mary’s huddled together on the Galen Center court. Instead of uniforms, they wore jeans, spectators during USC’s sweep of UCLA in September.
At the center of the huddle was USC volleyball coach Brent Crouch. The St. Mary’s athletes, whom Crouch coached as an assistant for four years, joined groups of former players who watched Crouch’s first USC team at places like Stanford, California, San Diego and elsewhere.
“It feels good to have them come support us,” Crouch said. “It’s mostly really exciting to see them be successful. Now they’re out in the world.