2 0 2 0 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: Feb. 6, 2020 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. 16 USC Lacrosse Opens 2020 at Hofstra SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GAME #1 • Saturday, February 8 • 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) 0-0 Overall • 0-0 Pac-12 • IWLCA Rank: No. 16 No. 16 USC (0-0) at Hofstra (0-0) 0-0 Home • 0-0 Away • 0-0 Neutral James M. Shuart Stadium • Hempstead, N.Y. SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 1-0 (1.000) • STREAK: W1 LAST MEETING: W, 15-10 (Feb. 9, 2019 • McAlister Field) FEBRUARY STREAM: Pride Production/Stretch Live 8 at Hofstra (StretchLive) 2 p.m. ET OPPONENT WEB: GoHofstra.com 15 Michigan (P12+) 12 p.m. 21 Boston College (P12+) 3 p.m. CROSSEXAMINATION 23 San Diego State (P12+) 12 p.m. • USC is ranked No. 16 in the IWLCA coaches poll; the 56th con- secutive week that the Trojans are ranked in the poll. MARCH • The Trojans are the defending Pac-12 champions. 6 Stanford * (P12+) 3 p.m. • Pac-12 coaches selected the Women of Troy to repeat as con- 8 California * (P12+) 12 p.m. ference champions in 2020 in a preseason poll. 13 at Arizona State * (P12+) 1 p.m. • The Trojans are 4-3 all-time in season openers and are also 4-3 15 Stony Brook (P12+) 12 p.m. all-time in road openers. This is only the second time that USC has started its 20 at Oregon * (P12N) 4 p.m. season on the road (2018 at Virginia Tech). 22 at Colorado * (P12N) 12 p.m. MT • USC is 13-15 (.464) all-time in games played on the East Coast (Eastern Time 27 Oregon * (P12+) 3 p.m. Zone) and was 1-3 in such games in 2019. • The Trojans return nine players that scored double-digit goals in 2019 to com- 29 Colorado * (P12+) 12 p.m. bine for 248 total goals. Eight scored more than 10 goals apiece including returning team leader Kelsey Huff (43). APRIL • All-American Sr. Kerrigan Miller is the two-time Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year. 4 at Jacksonville 1:30 p.m. ET • Eighth-year head coach Lindsey Munday is 95-42 all-time (.693) and was 10 at Stanford * (P12+) 3 p.m. named the 2019 Pac-12 Coach of the Year. 12 at California * (P12N) 2 p.m. 17 Arizona State * (P12N) 4 p.m. LOS ANGELES – The 16th-ranked USC women’s lacrosse team (0-0) opens its 2020 23 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD campaign with a Saturday (Feb. 8) tilt against Hofstra (0-0). The defending Pac-12 24 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD champion Trojans are 4-3 all-time in season openers and face the Pride in their 26 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD first match for the second year in a row. USC makes its first of two regular-season trips to the East Coast (Eastern Time) where the Women of Troy are 13-15 all-time. * Pac-12 conference game Bold indicates home game played at McAlister Field In her eighth year at the helm, Lindsey Munday returns nearly her entire % Pac-12 Tournament • Cagan Stadium • Stanford, Calif. championship squad from one season ago and is just five wins from reaching her 100th-career victory. All nine of the Trojans’ top scorers from 2019 are back. Led by junior All-Pac-12 midfielder Kelsey Huff who had 43 goals last season, these nine players all scored double-digit goals and combined for 248 goals a year ago. Eight of them scored 20 or more goals. @USCTrojansLax All-American midfielderKerrigan Miller (22g, 7a in 2019) enters her senior season as one of the program’s all-time leaders in ground balls (142) and caused turnovers (112); coming off back-to-back Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year awards. Junior All- 2020 PAC-12 STANDINGS Pac-12 goalie Riley Hertford takes the cage again after leading the conference in goals-against average (8.26 gaa) and save percentage (.498) last season. PAC-12 PCT. OVR. PCT. Arizona State 0-0 -- 0-0 -- All-Pac-12 attackers Emily Concialdi (30g) and Sophia Donovan (30g) also return California 0-0 -- 0-0 -- along with seniors Izzy McMahon (35g) and Hope Anhut (29g). Senior midfielder #18 Colorado 0-0 -- 0-0 -- Kaeli Huff (24g) is back and last year’s freshman phenoms are back as sophomore Oregon 0-0 -- 0-0 -- sensations. Katie Ramsay (20g, 4a) will assume duties in the draw circle and Erin #20 Stanford 0-0 -- 0-0 -- Bakes (15g, 6a) will look to contribute more in her second year. #16 USC 0-0 -- 0-0 -- On defense, the Women of Troy must replace the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year with the departure of captain Jackie Gilbert. Gilbert had 122 draw controls as of Feb. 3, 2020 a year ago and was a force on the crease with 33 ground balls and 29 caused PAC-12 WOMEN’S LACROSSE CONTACT Christie Aguilar | [email protected] turnovers. USC brings back senior defenders Natalie Byrne (21gb, 18ct) and Morgan Kuligowski (13gb, 10ct; and junior sparkplug Lizzy Wagner (30gb, 10ct). 2020 USC WOMEN OF TROY ## NAME POSITION HEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Courtney HUTCHINSON Defense 5-7 Jr. Alpharetta, Ga. (Milton HS) 3 Erin BAKES Midfield 5-7 So. Miami, Fla. (Ransom Everglades HS) 4 Ashley HILL Attack 5-2 Sr. Novato, Calif. (Marin Catholic HS) 5 Emily CONCIALDI Attack 5-3 Gr. Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (Yorktown HS) 6 Caroline CHEETHAM Midfield 5-8 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Episcopal School of Dallas) 7 Kelly JOHANSEN Attack 5-5 Sr. Glen Head, N.Y. (North Shore HS) 8 Natalie BYRNE * Defense 5-8 Sr. West Linn, Ore. (West Linn HS) 9 Morgan KULIGOWSKI Defense 5-4 Sr. Great Falls, Va. (Langley HS) 10 Ella HEANEY Attack 5-5 Fr. Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City HS) 11 Lizzy WAGNER Defense 5-2 Jr. San Francisco, Calif. (St. Ignatius Preparatory School) 12 Finley UELAND Attack 5-7 So. Doylestown, Pa. (Central Bucks West HS) 13 Devon HEANEY Defense 5-8 Jr. Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City HS) 14 Emily STALLINGS Midfield 5-10 Jr. Dallas, Texas (Hockaday School) 15 Hope ANHUT Attack 5-8 Sr. Skillman, N.J. (Hopewell Valley Central HS/St. Joseph’s) 16 Kelsey HUFF Midfield 5-4 Jr. Eastport, N.Y. (Eastport-South Manor HS) 17 Sloane MURPHY Midfield 5-6 Fr. Denver, Colo. (Colorado Academy) 18 Emily SHIELDS Defense 5-4 Sr. Westfield, N.J. (Westfield HS) 19 Kerrigan MILLER * Midfield 5-5 Sr. Bayport, N.Y. (Bayport-Blue Point HS) 20 Katie RAMSAY Midfield 6-0 So. Darien, Conn. (Darien HS) 22 Izzy McMAHON * Attack 5-2 Sr. Bardonia, N.Y. (Saddle River Day School/Army) 24 Sarah LARKIN Attack 5-2 Sr. Orlando, Fla. (Bishop Moore HS) 25 Camille STAFFORD Defense 5-2 Jr. Huntington, N.Y. (Huntington HS) 26 Hannah UPSHAW Goalie 5-7 Sr. Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill HS) 27 Danielle CARSON Defense 5-5 Fr. Wantagh, N.Y. (Wantagh HS) 28 Kaleigh BRENNAN Defense 5-5 So. Summit, N.J. (Summit HS) 30 Nicole MACOLINO Midfield 5-5 So. Ridgewood, N.J. (Ridgewood HS) 31 Olivia DOOLEY Defense 5-8 Fr. Manhasset, N.Y. (Manhasset HS) 33 Delaney SWEITZER Goalie 5-9 Fr. Hatfield, Pa. (Chestnut Hill Academy) 35 Savannah SWEITZER Midfield 5-9 Fr. Hatfield, Pa. (Chestnut Hill Academy) 37 Kaeli HUFF * Midfield 5-6 Sr. Eastport, N.Y. (Eastport-South Manor HS) 38 Riley HERTFORD Goalie 5-8 Jr. Lake Oswego, Ore. (Lake Oswego HS) 44 Madi O’BRIEN Midfield 5-2 Jr. Glen Mills, Pa. (Garnet Valley HS) 99 Sophia DONOVAN Attack 5-9 Jr. Santa Clara, Calif. (Menlo School) * denotes team captain USC COACHES AND STAFF NAME PRONUNCIATION GUIDE SONI MCALISTER FIELD HEAD COACH Hope ANHUT ANNE-hut, like “put” Soni McAlister Field is the home of USC Lindsey MUNDAY, 8th year Kaleigh BRENNAN KAY-lee women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse. Northwestern ‘06 Natalie BYRNE like “burn” Thanks to a generous $150,000 donation from Hobart and Soni McAlister, a new Caroline CHEETHAM CHEET-emm ASSISTANT COACH field was built on the corner of 30th Street Deemer CLASS, 2nd year Emily CONCIALDI conch-ee-AL-dee and Hoover Street in 1998. The field served Duke ‘16 Sophia DONOVAN so-FEE-uh as the home of USC soccer for 14 years Devon HEANEY HEY-nee before lacrosse was added as USC’s 21st varsity sport in 2012. Trojan lacrosse played ASSISTANT COACH Riley HERTFORD HURT-ferd Katie HERTSCH, 2nd year its inaugural season in 2013, and hosted Kaeli HUFF KAY-lee Massachusetts on February 10, in the Hofstra ‘11 Kelly JOHANSEN jo-HAN-sen historic first game on McAlister Field. VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Morgan KULIGOWSKI coo-leg-OW-skee In 2000, a permanent scoreboard was Mike GVOZDEN, 2nd year Nicole MACOLINO mack-oh-LEE-no installed in the southwest corner. In the Johns Hopkins ‘10 Izzy McMAHON muck-MANN summer of 2012, the field was moved east Kerrigan MILLER CARE-igg-enn to accommodate construction of a new DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Delaney SWEITZER like “height” fire station, which put a new entrance at Kevin McLEMORE, 1st year 30th and University Avenue.