No. 24 USC Lacrosse Visits SDSU, Hosts Jacksonville
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2 0 1 9 U S C W O MEN ’ S L AC ross E 2 Conference Championships • 3 NCAA Appearances • 34 All-Conference Selections • 7 IWLCA All-Americans 2015 & 2016 MPSF Coach of the Year Lindsey Munday • 3 MPSF Players of the Year • 2 MPSF Rookies of the Year For release: Feb. 20, 2019 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] No. 24 USC Lacrosse Visits SDSU, Hosts Jacksonville SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GAME #2 • Friday, Feb. 22 • 1 p.m. PT 1-0 Overall • 0-0 Pac-12 • IWLCA Rank: No. 24 No. 24 USC (1-0) at San Diego State (2-0) 1-0 Home • 0-0 Away • 0-0 Neutral Aztec Lacrosse Field • San Diego, Calif. SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 7-0 (1.000) • STREAK: W7 LAST MEETING: W, 17-7 (April 13, 2018 • McAlister Field) FEBRUARY STREAM: SDSU Athletics YouTube 9 Hofstra (P12+) W 15-10 OPPONENT WEB: GoAztecs.com 22 at San Diego State (YouTube) 1 p.m. 24 Jacksonville (P12+) 12 p.m. GAME #3 • Sunday, Feb. 24 • 12 p.m. PT No. 24 USC (1-0) vs. Jacksonville (1-0) MARCH McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif. 1 at Boston College 3 p.m. ET SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 1-0 (1.000) • STREAK: W1 3 at Boston University (PLN) 12 p.m. ET LAST MEETING: W, 13-10 (May 12, 2017 • Gainesville, Fla.) STREAM: Pac-12+ USC Stream 8 at Arizona State * (P12+) 5 p.m. MT OPPONENT WEB: JUDolphins.com 10 Virginia Tech (P12+) 12 p.m. 15 at Colorado * (P12+) 3 p.m. MT 17 at Oregon * (P12+) 1 p.m. CROSSEXAMINATION 23 California * (P12+) 12 p.m. • USC is ranked No. 24 in the IWLCA coaches poll; the 43rd con- 25 Stanford * (P12LA/BA) 4 p.m. secutive week that the Trojans are ranked in the poll. • The Women of Troy have earned double-digit victories in each 29 at California * (P12+) 5 p.m. of the program’s last four seasons. 31 at Stanford * (P12BA) 1 p.m. • Seventh-year head coach Lindsey Munday is 80-38 all-time. • The Trojans are 40-12 all-time in home games and are 36-10 at APRIL McAlister Field. 5 Colorado * (P12LA/M) 3 p.m. • USC is a combined 8-0 against this weekend’s foes (7-0 vs. SDSU; 1-0 vs. JU). 7 Oregon * (P12LA) 1 p.m. • Trojan Fr. Chelsea Kovinsky has an older sister Hailey Kovinsky who is a sopho- 14 at Stony Brook 12 p.m. ET more defender for San Diego State. 20 Arizona State * (P12+) 2 p.m. LOS ANGELES – No. 24-ranked USC lacrosse (1-0) travels south to take on San 25 Pac-12 Tournament Quarterfinals % TBD Diego State (2-0) on Friday (Feb. 22) at 1 p.m. PT and then returns home to host 26 Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals % TBD Jacksonville (1-0) at McAlister Field at noon PT on Sunday (Feb. 24). The Women 28 Pac-12 Tournament Final % TBD of Troy look to secure a 2-0 start to their season for only the third time in program history (2016, 2017) when they face the Aztecs. USC owns a 7-0 record over SDSU * Pac-12 conference game and is 3-0 as the Aztecs’ visitor, but San Diego State has already claimed wins over Bold indicates home game played at McAlister Field fellow Pac-12 foes Oregon and California. % Pac-12 Tournament • Papé Field • Eugene, Ore. 2019 marks the second season of Pac-12 women’s lacrosse. USC previously played in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation where it won consecutive league and tournament titles (2016, 2017). Last year, the Trojans finished third in the Pac-12 @USCTrojansLax standings and were defeated in the semifinals of the league tourney. At 10-8, the Trojans were not selected to the NCAA tournament, which broke a string of three consecutive postseason appearances. 2019 PAC-12 STANDINGS Now in her seventh season, head coach Lindsey Munday (80-38) leads an PAC-12 PCT. OVR. PCT. experienced and battle-tested squad into a quest for a fourth NCAA berth. The Arizona State 0-0 -- 1-0 1.000 Trojans welcome a pair of new assistant coaches in Duke men’s lacrosse star #24 USC 0-0 -- 1-0 1.000 Deemer Class and U.S. Lacrosse women’s national team defender Katie Hertsch. #14 Colorado 0-0 -- 1-1 .500 Oregon 0-0 -- 1-2 .333 2018 IWLCA All-American and Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year Kerrigan Miller returns #21 Stanford 0-0 -- 0-1 .000 after she led the team in goals (36), points (49), and caused turnovers (40). Now a California 0-0 -- 0-4 .000 junior, Miller also racked up 48 draws and 38 ground balls as a do-it-all sophomore. On offense, the Trojans bring back seven of last year’s top eight scorers. In addition as of February 19, 2019 to Miller, the USC attack includes junior Izzy McMahon (30g), sophomore Kelsey PAC-12 WOMEN’S LACROSSE CONTACT Huff (31g), junior Kaeli Huff (30g), sophomore Sophia Donovan (20g), junior Hope Heather Ward | [email protected] Anhut (18g), and senior Emily Concialdi (17g). All-Pac-12 and IWLCA All-Region choice Jackie Gilbert leads the Trojans defense. She had 86 draw controls in 2018, with 25 ground balls and 22 caused turnovers. Juniors Morgan Kuligowski (16gb, 10ct) and Natalie Byrne (17gb, 9ct) also return to a veteran defense alongside sophomore Lizzy Wagner (10gb, 5ct). 2019 USC WOMEN OF TROY ## NAME POSITION HEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Courtney Hutchinson Defense 5-7 So. Alpharetta, Ga. (Milton HS) 2 Katie DeFeo Attack 6-3 So. Millersville, Md. (Severna Park HS) 3 Erin Bakes Midfield 5-7 Fr. Miami, Fla. (Ransom Everglades HS) 4 Ashley Hill Attack 5-2 Jr. Novato, Calif. (Marin Catholic HS) 5 Emily Concialdi Attack 5-3 Sr. Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (Yorktown HS) 6 Jackie Gilbert Defense 5-10 Sr. Pleasanton, Calif. (Amador Valley HS) 7 Kelly Johansen Attack 5-5 Jr. Glen Head, N.Y. (North Shore HS) 8 Natalie Byrne Defense 5-8 Jr. West Linn, Ore. (West Linn HS) 9 Morgan Kuligowski Defense 5-4 Jr. Great Falls, Va. (Langley HS) 10 Gabbi Klein Attack 5-9 Sr. Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) 11 Lizzy Wagner Defense 5-2 So. San Francisco, Calif. (St. Ignatius Preparatory School) 12 Finley Ueland Attack 5-7 Fr. Doylestown, Pa. (Central Bucks West HS) 13 Devon Heaney Defense 5-8 So. Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City HS) 14 Emily Stallings Midfield 5-10 So. Dallas, Texas (Hockaday School) 15 Hope Anhut Attack 5-8 Jr. Skillman, N.J. (Hopewell Valley Central HS/St. Joseph’s) 16 Kelsey Huff Midfield 5-4 So. Eastport, N.Y. (Eastport-South Manor HS) 17 Amanda Flayhan Attack 5-3 Jr. Waccabuc, N.Y. (John Jay HS/Michigan) 18 Emily Shields Defense 5-4 Jr. Westfield, N.J. (Westfield HS) 19 Kerrigan Miller Midfield 5-5 Jr. Bayport, N.Y. (Bayport-Blue Point HS) 20 Katie Ramsay Midfield 6-0 Fr. Darien, Conn. (Darien HS) 21 Chelsea Kovinsky Attack 5-10 Fr. Baltimore, Md. (Roland Park Country School) 22 Izzy McMahon Attack 5-2 Jr. Bardonia, N.Y. (Saddle River Day School/Army) 23 Sarah Westover Attack 5-6 So. Sacramento, Calif. (St. Francis HS) 24 Sarah Larkin Attack 5-2 Jr. Orlando, Fla. (Bishop Moore HS) 25 Camille Stafford Defense 5-2 So. Huntington, N.Y. (Huntington HS) 26 Hannah Upshaw Goalie 5-7 Jr. Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill HS) 28 Kaleigh Brennan Defense 5-5 Fr. Summit, N.J. (Summit HS) 30 Nicole Macolino Midfield 5-5 Fr. Ridgewood, N.J. (Ridgewood HS) 37 Kaeli Huff Midfield 5-6 Jr. Eastport, N.Y. (Eastport-South Manor HS) 38 Riley Hertford Goalie 5-8 So. Lake Oswego, Ore. (Lake Oswego HS) 44 Madi O’Brien Midfield 5-2 So. Glen Mills, Pa. (Garnet Valley HS) 99 Sophia Donovan Midfield 5-9 So. Santa Clara, Calif. (Menlo School) USC COACHES AND STAFF NAME PRONUNCIATION GUIDE HEAD COACH Hope Anhut ANNE-hut, like “put” Kaeli Huff KAY-lee Lindsey MUNDAY, 7th year (Northwestern ‘06) Kaleigh Brennan KAY-lee Kelly Johansen jo-HAN-sen ASSISTANT COACH Natalie Byrne like “burn” Chelsea Kovinsky co-VIN-skee Deemer CLASS, 1st year (Duke ‘16) Emily Concialdi conch-ee-AL-dee Morgan Kuligowski coo-leg-OW-skee ASSISTANT COACH Katie DeFeo duh-FAY-oh Nicole Macolino mack-oh-LEE-no Katie HERTSCH, 1st year (Hofstra ‘11) Sophia Donovan so-FEE-uh Izzy McMahon muck-MANN DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Megan WARD, 3rd year (North Carolina ‘16) Devon Heaney HEY-nee Kerrigan Miller CARE-igg-enn ATHLETIC TRAINER Riley Hertford HURT-ferd Finley Ueland YOU-lend Karin DOWEN, 3rd year SONI MCALISTER FIELD Soni McAlister Field is the home of USC women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse. Thanks to a generous $150,000 donation from Hobart and Soni McAlister, a new field was built on the corner of 30th Street and Hoover Street in 1998. The field served as the home of USC soccer for 14 years before lacrosse was added as USC’s 21st varsity sport in 2012. Trojan lacrosse played its first season in the spring of 2013, and hosted Massachusetts in their first game at the field on February 10. In 2000, a permanent scoreboard was installed in the southwest corner of the field.