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: February 22, 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. 15 USC Heads East For Two Top-15 Match-Ups SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GAME #2 • Tuesday, February 23 • 12 p.m. ET 1-0 Overall • 0-0 Pac-12 • IWLCA Rank: No. 13 No. 15 USC (1-0) at No. 5 Stony Brook (1-1) 0-0 Home • 1-0 Away • 0-0 Neutral Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, N.Y. SERIES HISTORY: USC trails, 1-4 (.200) • STREAK: L3 FEBRUARY LAST MEETING: L, 12-10 (April 14, 2019 • Stony Brook) 13 at San Diego State (YouTube) W 20-6 STREAM: Lax Sports Network OPPONENT WEB: StonyBrookAthletics.com 23 at No. 5 Stony Brook (LSN) 9 a.m. 26 at No. 13 Boston College (ACCN) 9:30 a.m. GAME #3 • Friday, February 26 • 12:30 p.m. ET No. 15 USC (1-0) at No. 13 Boston College (0-0) MARCH Newton Campus Field • Newton, Mass. 7 UC Davis 3 p.m. SERIES HISTORY: USC trails, 1-5 (.167) • STREAK: W1 12 at California * 5 p.m. LAST MEETING: W, 18-9 (Feb. 21, 2020 • McAlister Field) 14 at Stanford * TBD TV/STREAM: ACC Network/ESPN 19 Arizona State * 3 p.m. OPPONENT WEB: BCEagles.com 21 Fresno State 12 p.m. 26 Colorado * 4 p.m. CROSSEXAMINATION 28 Oregon * 12 p.m. • USC is ranked No. 15 in the IWLCA coaches preseason poll; the 60th consecutive week that the Trojans are ranked in the poll. APRIL • The Trojans are the defending Pac-12 champions and were 2 at Colorado * 12 p.m. chosen to finish in a tie for first by the league’s coaches. • USC is 14-15 all-time in the Eastern Time Zone and holds a 3-4 4 at Oregon * 12 p.m. record in the state of New York and is 1-5 in Massachusetts. 9 San Diego State 12 p.m. • Of teams the Trojans have faced more than once, Stony Brook and Boston Col- 16 California * 12 p.m. lege are two of just fiveteams to have winning records over the Women of Troy 18 Stanford * # 12 p.m. (Massachusetts, Northwestern, Princeton). 23 at Arizona State * 1 p.m. • The Trojans are 23-30 all-time against IWLCA ranked opponents with a 10-13 mark against teams in the top 10 (3-7 on the road). USC is 2-10 all-time against MAY foes ranked in the top five of the IWLCA poll. 5 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD • USC won its sixth straight season opener last week. 6 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD • The Trojans were undefeated (6-0) prior to the suspension and cancellation of 8 Pac-12 Tournament % (P12N) TBD the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 world pandemic. USC received the No. 7 final ranking in the IWLCA coaches poll. * Pac-12 conference game • Ninth-year head coach Lindsey Munday is 102-42 all-time (.708) and was Bold indicates home game played at McAlister Field named the 2019 Pac-12 Coach of the Year. % Pac-12 Tournament • Cagan Stadium • Stanford, Calif. # at LA Memorial Coliseum LOS ANGELES – The 15th-ranked USC lacrosse team (1-0) heads to the East Coast for a pair of top-15 matchups this week. The Trojans take on fifth-ranked Stony Brook (1-1) on Tuesday (Feb. 23) at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, N.Y., and then face 13th-ranked Boston College (0-0) on Friday (Feb. 26) at 12:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT) at the Newton Campus Fields in Newton, Mass. 2021 PAC-12 STANDINGS The Trojans and Seawolves will be shown live on the Lax Sports Network and the game against the Eagles will be carried live by the ACC Network. The Women of PAC-12 PCT. OVR. PCT. Troy are 14-15 all-time in games played in the Eastern Time Zone with a 3-4 record Arizona State 0-0 -- 1-0 1.000 in New York and a 1-5 mark in Massachusetts. #15 USC 0-0 -- 1-0 1.000 California 0-0 -- 0-0 -- Under the direction of ninth-year head coach Lindsey Munday, the Women of Troy won their sixth straight season opener with a 20-6 victory at San Diego State #21 Stanford 0-0 -- 0-0 -- last week and attempt to pick up where they left off when the COVID-19 world Colorado 0-0 -- 0-2 .000 pandemic shut down competition last March. USC was undefeated at 6-0 and Oregon 0-0 -- 0-2 .000 had earned three victories over ranked opponents but was unable to defend its league crown on the field due to the season’s suspension. as of February 22, 2021 PAC-12 WOMEN’S LACROSSE CONTACT Josh Yuen | [email protected] @USCTrojansLax 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 47-11 (.810) 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. 2021 USC WOMEN’S LACROssE USC HEAD COACH LINDSEY MUNDAY 2021 USC QUICK FACTS One of the most accomplished collegiate women’s UNIVERSITY INFORMATION lacrosse players in the history of the sport, Lindsey LOCATION Los Angeles, Calif.