No. 20 USC Lacrosse Hosts Sun Devils and Bulldogs
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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 17, 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] No. 20 USC Lacrosse Hosts Sun Devils and Bulldogs SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GAME #6 • Friday, March 19 • 3 p.m. PT 3-2 Overall • 1-0 Pac-12 • IWLCA Rank: No. 20 No. 20 USC (3-2, 1-0) vs. Arizona State (3-2, 1-1) 1-0 Home • 2-2 Away • 0-0 Neutral McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif. SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 5-0 (1.000) • STREAK: W5 EBRUARY LAST MEETING: W 16-10 (Apr. 20, 2019 • McAlister Field) F TV/STREAM: USC Live Stream (Carlo Jimenez) 13 at San Diego State (YouTube) W 20-6 OPPONENT WEB: TheSunDevils.com 23 at No. 5 Stony Brook (LSN) L 3-15 26 at No. 13 Boston College (ACCN) L 8-14 GAME #7 • Sunday, March 21 • 12 p.m. PT No. 20 USC (3-2) vs. Fresno State (1-5) MARCH McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif. 7 UC Davis (USC Stream) W 20-10 SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 5-0 (1.000) • STREAK: W5 12 at California * W 18-10 LAST MEETING: W 21-5 (Mar. 31, 2017 • McAlister Field) 14 at No. 21 Stanford * (P12N) PPD TV/STREAM: USC Live Stream (Carlo Jimenez) 19 Arizona State * (USC Stream) 3 p.m. OPPONENT WEB: GoBulldogs.com 21 Fresno State (USC Stream) 12 p.m. 26 Colorado * 4 p.m. CROSSEXAMINATION 28 Oregon * 12 p.m. • USC is ranked tied for No. 20 in the IWLCA coaches poll; the 63rd consecutive week that the Trojans are ranked in the poll. • The Trojans are the defending Pac-12 champions and were APRIL chosen to finish in a tie for first by the league’s coaches. 2 at Colorado * 12 p.m. • USC was on its way to Tempe, Ariz., to play ASU last year when 4 at Oregon * (P12N) 2 p.m. the team was ordered back to campus ahead of the spring 9 San Diego State 12 p.m. shutdown brought on by the COVID-19 world pandemic. The Trojans and the 16 California * 12 p.m. Sun Devils have not faced each other since the 2019 regular-season finale. 18 Stanford * # 1 p.m. • The Trojans are 48-11 all-time at McAlister Field and have won eight consecu- 23 at Arizona State * 3 p.m. tive games there since April 20, 2019; a 16-10 victory over Arizona State. • The Women of Troy improved to 9-0 all-time in league openers with an 18-10 MAY road win at California last week. 5 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD • USC has scored 20 goals twice this season. That total equals the seventh highest in a single game in program history; achieved seven other times previously. 6 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD • Ninth-year head coach Lindsey Munday is 104-44 all-time (.703) 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 – 20th-ranked USC (3-2, 1-0 Pac-12) returns to McAlister Field where % Pac-12 Tournament • Cagan Stadium • Stanford, Calif. it has won eight straight games and hosts Arizona State (3-2, 1-1) for a league # at LA Memorial Coliseum contest on Friday (March 19) at 3 p.m. PT and Fresno State (1-5, 0-0 MPSF) for a non-conference matchup at noon on Sunday (March 21). @USCTrojansLax The Trojans won their ninth consecutive league opener last week with an 18-10 victory over California in Berkeley, Calif. Due to COVID-19 protocols, USC’s top-25 meeting with Stanford was subsequently postponed. 2021 PAC-12 STANDINGS PAC-12 PCT. OVR. PCT. USC’s meeting with ASU is of particular significance because the teams have not #20 Stanford 1-0 1.000 2-0 1.000 met since 2019’s regular-season finale at McAlister Field. The Trojans won, 16-10, to claim the Pac-12 regular-season crown and then went on to win the Pac-12 #20 USC 1-0 1.000 3-2 .600 tournament championship. Last year, USC was 6-0 when it was en route to Tempe, Arizona State 1-1 .500 3-2 .600 Ariz., to face the Sun Devils before the team bus was ordered back to campus Colorado 0-0 -- 2-2 .500 ahead of the spring shutdown brought about by the COVID-19 world pandemic. Oregon 0-0 -- 0-4 .000 California 0-2 .000 1-4 .200 Through five games, graduate attacker Izzy McMahon leads the team with 15 points on nine assists and six goals. Sophomore attacker Ella Heaney tops all Trojans as of March 15, 2021 with 12 goals and midfielderKelsey Huff has 10 goals including her 17th-career hat PAC-12 WOMEN’S LACROSSE CONTACT trick last week. In the center circle, graduate transfer attacker Maddie McDaniel Josh Yuen | [email protected] has pulled in 50 draw controls including a season-best 15 against SDSU to open the year. Senior defender Lizzy Wagner leads field players with eight ground balls. 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. USC lacrosse is 48-11 (.814) all-time at McAlister Field and was undefeated in 2015 (7-0), 2016 (9-0), and 2017 (7-0). USC has also hosted home games at the LA @USCTrojansLax Memorial Coliseum and is 4-2 there.