Nevada (23-21) at No. 18 USC (38-12)
Thursday-Saturday, May 7-9, 2026
Los Angeles, Calif. - Dedeaux Field

Stream: B1G+
Radio: KPLY 630 AM/The Varsity Network App (PxP: John Ramey)

RENO, Nev. - Nevada (23-21) returns to SoCal for a non-conference series, visiting No. 18 USC.

The series will run Thursday through Saturday, with first pitch set for 7 p.m. the first two games from Dedeaux Field and Saturday's finale scheduled for 1 p.m.

All three games will be streamed on B1G+, and on the radio on KPLY 630 AM in Northern Nevada and online on The Varsity Network app with John Ramey on the call.

ABOUT USC
USC moved up to No. 18 in the D1Baseball Top 25 after a three-game sweep of Rutgers this past weekend. The Trojans went on to make it nine wins out of their last 10 with a 13-4 home victory over Cal State Fullerton Tuesday night at Dedeaux Field.

Jack Baseer leads the Trojans at the plate, battin .345 with 10 doubles and seven homers. Augie Lopez provides the pop, leading USC with 17 homers and sharing the team lead with 44 RBIs. Overall, five Trojan full-timers are batting .300 or better.

On the hill, Thursday night starter Mason Edwards brings a 7-0 record and 1.74 ERA, while striking out 132 over 72.1 innings. Grant Govel, slated to start Friday, is 9-1 with a 2.55 ERA whiile Adam Troy anchors the bullpen with 11 saves and 32 strikeouts over 25.2 innings.

AGAINST USC
Nevada and USC have met eight times prior, with the last meeting a midweek matchup in 2023.

The Wolf Pack captured that game, 3-2, behind six innings of two-run, three-hit ball from Peyton Stumbo, and solo home runs from Taylor Holder and Derek Tenney.

CHASING A MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP SPOT
Nevada has just one series left in Mountain West play, and at 12-9 is right in the mix for one of the six spots at May 21-24's Credit Union 1 Mountain West Baseball Championship.

While the Wolf Pack sits two games ahead in the loss column of three teams tied for the sixth and final spot, it has some work to do if it wants to climb back into the top two which earns a bye into the four-team, double-elimination portion. Nevada will do some scoreboard watching this weekend to see where it stands entering the final Mountain West weekend from May 14-16.

FACING A RANKED TEAM
This weekend's series at USC marks Nevada's first contests against a Top-25 team since facing No. 4 Oregon State for a pair of games April 16-17, 2024 in Reno. The Wolf Pack captured the latter of those two contests in a dramatic 11-10 victory, walking it off on JR Freethy's solo homer in the ninth.

DOBIE CARRIES STREAK INTO L.A.
Jayce Dobie, one of 15 national semifinalists for the John Olerud Two-Way Player Award, had at least one hit in each of the three games last weekend in San Diego, extending his hitting streak to 24 games.

Over this streak, Dobie is batting .412 (40-for-97) with seven homers, five doubles, and 24 RBIs Dobie's streak include five games with at least three hits, two of those being four-hit games (April 11-12 against San José State).