Dain Blanton, Megan Kraft, Delaynie Maple and USC are gunning for four straight titles

At USC Beach Volleyball, Dain Blanton, Delaynie Maple and Megan Kraft are looking to do something unprecedented in the world of NCAA Beach Volleyball: Win four consecutive NCAA Championships. They’ve won three straight, with 2023 being the biggest surprise of the bunch, if there is such a thing at USC. Now, they’re back for a fourth, doing everything they can to not think about winning a fourth straight. We chatted all about that, as well as:

• How the USC team culture continues to produce winner after winner after winner
• What it was like for Blanton to replace the legendary Anna Collier
• Kraft’s professional season playing with Emily Stockman and finishing with Terese Cannon
• How the previous generation of greats – Tina Graudina, Julia Scoles, Hailey Harward, Sammy Slater – paved the way for this current generation.

And a whole lot more.

SHOOTS!

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