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2 0 2 1 U S C W O MEN ’ S L AC ross E 3 Conference Championships • 4 NCAA Appearances 3-time League Coach of the Year Lindsey Munday • 40 All-Conference Selections • 8 IWLCA All-Americans For release: March 24, 2021 University of Southern California Sports Information • 3501 Watt Way • HER103 • Los Angeles, Calif. • (213) 740-8480 • Fax: (213) 740-7584 Assistant Director (Women’s Lacrosse): Jeremy Wu • Office:(213) 740-3807 • Cell: (213) 379-3977 • E-mail: [email protected] USC Hosts Buffs and Ducks For Pac-12 Bouts SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GAME #8 • Friday, March 26 • 4 p.m. PT 4-3 Overall • 1-1 Pac-12 • IWLCA Rank: RV USC (4-3, 1-1) vs. Colorado (3-3, 1-1) 2-1 Home • 2-2 Away • 0-0 Neutral McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif. SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 7-3 (.700) • STREAK: W1 EBRUARY LAST MEETING: W 12-3 (Apr. 28, 2019 • Eugene, Ore.) F TV/STREAM: USC Live Stream (Carlo Jimenez) 13 at San Diego State (YouTube) W 20-6 OPPONENT WEB: CUBuffs.com 23 at No. 5 Stony Brook (LSN) L 3-15 26 at No. 13 Boston College (ACCN) L 8-14 GAME #9 • Sunday, March 28 • 12 p.m. PT USC (4-3, 1-1) vs. Oregon (1-5, 1-1) MARCH McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif. 7 UC Davis (USC Stream) W 20-10 SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 7-3 (.700) • STREAK: W2 12 at California * W 18-10 LAST MEETING: W 16-0 (Apr. 7, 2019 • McAlister Field) 14 at No. 21 Stanford * (P12N) PPD TV/STREAM: USC Live Stream (Carlo Jimenez) 19 Arizona State * (USC Stream) L 9-20 OPPONENT WEB: GoDucks.com 21 Fresno State (USC Stream) W 20-7 26 Colorado * (USC Stream) 4 p.m. CROSSEXAMINATION 28 Oregon * (USC Stream) 12 p.m. • USC is the defending Pac-12 champion and was chosen to fin- ish 2021 in a tie for first place by the league’s coaches. • The Trojans are 49-12 all-time at McAlister Field. APRIL • Following the 2020 season’s stoppage due to the COVID-19 2 at Colorado * 12 p.m. world pandemic, USC did not play Colorado or Oregon. The 4 at Oregon * (P12N) 2 p.m. last time the Trojans played either team was in 2019. 9 San Diego State 12 p.m. • Gr. attacker Maddie McDaniel leads the NCAA in draw controls per game at 16 California * 12 p.m. 10.00 dcpg and ranks fifth in program history with 70 draw controls. 18 Stanford * # 1 p.m. • The Trojans lead the Pac-12 and rank 18th in the country for free-position per- 23 at Arizona State * 3 p.m. centage (.510) led by Sr. midfielder Kelsey Huff who is .750 (6-8) this season. • USC is unranked in the IWLCA coaches poll for the first time since May 2015, MAY snapping 63-week streak through which the Trojans were ranked in the poll. 5 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD • The Trojans have scored 20 goals three times this season. That total equals the seventh highest in a single game in program history. 6 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD • Ninth-year head coach Lindsey Munday is 105-45 all-time (.700) and was 8 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD named the 2019 Pac-12 Coach of the Year. * Pac-12 conference game Bold indicates home game played at McAlister Field LOS ANGELES – The USC lacrosse team (4-3, 1-1 Pac-12) closes the first half of its % Pac-12 Tournament • Cagan Stadium • Stanford, Calif. Pac-12 schedule as host to Colorado (3-3, 1-1) and Oregon (1-5, 1-1) at McAlister # at LA Memorial Coliseum Field. The Trojans have not met either team since the 2019 season and will renew their rivalry with the Buffaloes on Friday (March 26) at 4 p.m. PT before clashing @USCTrojansLax with the Ducks on Sunday (March 28) at noon. Both contests will be streamed live. The Trojans are at the halfway point of the season and look to build momentum through consistency. USC has had its way in the center circle as the Pac-12 2021 PAC-12 STANDINGS leader for draw control win percentage (.604) behind graduate attacker Maddie PAC-12 PCT. OVR. PCT. McDaniel’s 10.00 draw controls per game, which leads the country. #20 Stanford 3-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 Through seven games, senior midfielderKelsey Huff leads USC with 18 points (15g, Arizona State 2-1 .667 5-2 .714 3a) and is third on the team with 11 draw controls. Huff is a proven force on the USC 1-1 .500 4-3 .571 attack but has made opponents pay the price for putting her on the line where Colorado 1-1 .500 3-3 .500 she is 6-for-8 this season to lead the Pac-12. Graduate attacker Izzy McMahon Oregon 1-1 .500 1-5 .167 leads the team with 11 assists and has six goals. Sophomore attacker Ella Heaney California 0-4 .000 1-6 .143 tops all Trojans with 17 goals leads the league with a .680 shot percentage (eighth nationally). Senior defender Lizzy Wagner leads field players with 14 ground balls as of March 22, 2021 and has been disruptive on the crease with eight caused turnovers to date. Senior PAC-12 WOMEN’S LACROSSE CONTACT goalie Riley Hertford earned her 25th-career win last week and leads the team with Josh Yuen | [email protected] 18 ground balls and nine caused turnovers. Among Trojan newcomers, freshman attacker Madison Waters has scored seven goals and had her first-career hat trick against Fresno State. In her ninth year, head coach Lindsey Munday is 105-45 and was chosen as the 2019 Pac-12 Coach of the Year. 2021 USC WOMEN OF TROY ## NAME POSITION HEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Courtney HUTCHINSON Defense 5-7 Sr. Alpharetta, Ga. (Milton HS) 2 Madison WATERS Midfield 5-4 Fr. Bayport, N.Y. (Bayport Blue Point HS) 3 Erin BAKES Attack 5-7 Jr. Miami, Fla. (Ransom Everglades HS) 5 Shelby TILTON Midfield 5-7 Fr. Westlake Village, Calif. (Westlake HS) 8 Natalie BYRNE Defense 5-8 Gr. West Linn, Ore. (West Linn HS) 10 Ella HEANEY Attack 5-5 So. Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City HS) 11 Lizzy WAGNER Defense 5-2 Sr. San Francisco, Calif. (St. Ignatius Preparatory School) 12 Finley UELAND Attack 5-7 Jr. Doylestown, Pa. (Central Bucks West HS) 13 Devon HEANEY Defense 5-8 Sr. Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City HS) 14 Emily STALLINGS Midfield 5-10 Sr. Dallas, Texas (Hockaday School) 15 Isabelle VITALE Attack 5-5 Fr. Lloyd Harbor, N.Y. (Cold Spring Harbor HS) 16 Kelsey HUFF * Midfield 5-4 Sr. Eastport, N.Y. (Eastport-South Manor HS) 17 Sloane MURPHY Midfield 5-6 So. Denver, Colo. (Colorado Academy) 18 Maddie McDANIEL Attack 6-0 Gr. Severna Park, Md. (Severn School/James Madison) 19 Courtney KULIGOWSKI Midfield 5-5 Fr. Great Falls, Va. (Langley HS) 20 Katie RAMSAY Midfield 6-0 Jr. Darien, Conn. (Darien HS) 21 Maggie BROWN Midfield 5-4 Fr. Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS) 22 Izzy McMAHON Attack 5-2 Gr. Bardonia, N.Y. (Saddle River Day School/Army) 23 Claudia SHEVITZ Midfield 5-5 Fr. Wilmette, Ill. (New Trier HS) 24 Sarah LARKIN Attack 5-2 Gr. Orlando, Fla. (Bishop Moore HS) 27 Danielle CARSON Defense 5-5 So. Wantagh, N.Y. (Wantagh HS) 28 Kaleigh BRENNAN Defense 5-5 Jr. Summit, N.J. (Summit HS) 30 Nicole MACOLINO Midfield 5-5 Jr. Ridgewood, N.J. (Ridgewood HS) 31 Olivia DOOLEY Defense 5-8 So. Manhasset, N.Y. (Manhasset HS) 32 Michaela McMAHON Midfield 5-7 Jr. Bardonia, N.Y. (Saddle River Day School/Penn) 33 Delaney SWEITZER Goalie 5-9 So. Hatfield, Pa. (Chestnut Hill Academy) 35 Savannah SWEITZER Midfield 5-9 So. Hatfield, Pa. (Chestnut Hill Academy) 38 Riley HERTFORD Goalie 5-8 Sr. Lake Oswego, Ore. (Lake Oswego HS) 44 Madi O’BRIEN Midfield 5-2 Sr. Glen Mills, Pa. (Garnet Valley HS) 99 Sophia DONOVAN Attack 5-9 Sr. Santa Clara, Calif. (Menlo School) * denotes team captain USC COACHES AND STAFF NAME PRONUNCIATION GUIDE SONI MCALISTER FIELD HEAD COACH Kaleigh BRENNAN KAY-lee Soni McAlister Field is the home of USC Lindsey MUNDAY, 9th year Natalie BYRNE like “burn” women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse. Northwestern ‘06 Thanks to a generous $150,000 donation Sophia DONOVAN so-FEE-uh from Hobart and Soni McAlister, a new ASSISTANT COACH Devon/Ella HEANEY HEY-nee field was built on the corner of 30th Street Deemer CLASS, 3rd year Riley HERTFORD HURT-ferd and Hoover Street in 1998. The field served as the home of USC soccer for 14 years Duke ‘16 Courtney KULIGOWSKI coo-leg-OW-skee before lacrosse was added as USC’s 21st ASSISTANT COACH Nicole MACOLINO mack-oh-LEE-no varsity sport in 2012. Trojan lacrosse played Carley HORAN, 1st year Izzy/Michaela McMAHON muck-MANN its inaugural season in 2013, and hosted Massachusetts on February 10, in the USC ‘16 Claudia SHEVITZ SHEV-its historic first game on McAlister Field. Delaney/Savannah SWEITZER like “height” DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS In 2000, a permanent scoreboard was Kevin McLEMORE, 2nd year Finley UELAND YOU-lend installed in the southwest corner. In the Widener ‘11 Isabelle VITALE vie-TALLY summer of 2012, the field was moved east to accommodate construction of a new ATHLETIC TRAINER Carley HORAN huh-RAN fire station, which put a new entrance at Karin DOWEN, 4th year 30th and University Avenue.