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No. 20 USC Hosts Golden Bears and No. 19 Cardinal
March 20, 2019 | Women's Lacrosse, Features
The Women of Troy are on a five-game winning streak
LOS ANGELES – No. 20 USC lacrosse (8-1, 3-0 Pac-12) plays its first home Pac-12 games this weekend as host to California (4-6, 1-2) on Saturday (March 23) and No. 19 Stanford (6-2, 2-1) on Monday (March 25). The Trojans are 3-0 on McAlister Field with non-conference wins over Hofstra, Jacksonville, and Virginia Tech.
GAME #10 • Saturday, March 23 • 12 p.m. PT
No. 20 USC (8-1, 3-0) vs. California (4-6, 1-2)
McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 6-1 (.857) • STREAK: W6
LAST MEETING: W, 17-3 (Mar. 30, 2018 • McAlister Field)
STREAM: Pac-12+ USC Stream
OPPONENT WEB: CalBears.com
GAME #11 • Monday, March 25 • 4 p.m. PT
No. 20 USC (8-1, 3-0) vs. No. 19 Stanford (6-2, 2-1)
McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES HISTORY: USC trails, 6-5 (.455) • STREAK: L3
LAST MEETING: L, 15-14 (Apr. 27, 2018 • Boulder, Colo.)
TV: Pac-12 Los Angeles/Bay Area (Christian Miles)
OPPONENT WEB: GoStanford.com
CROSSExamination
Junior midfielder Kerrigan Miller does a little of everything. She has 11 goals, 27 draw controls, 26 ground balls, and a team-high 15 caused turnovers. She ranks third in the Pac-12 for ground balls (2.89 gbpg). In goal, sophomore Riley Hertford leads the league with a 9.25 goals-against average and tops all players with 3.67 ground balls per game. In the center circle, senior Jackie Gilbert has 49 draw controls and leads the league at 5.44 per game. She also has 12 caused turnovers. Seventh-year head coach Lindsey Munday (87-39) leads an experienced and battle-tested squad into a quest for a fourth NCAA berth.
TRACK THE TROJANS: For a behind-the-scenes look, fans of USC lacrosse can follow the Trojans on Twitter and Instagram at @USCTrojansLax. USC will appear in four live Pac-12 Networks broadcasts this spring. Home games against Stanford (Mar. 25), Colorado (Apr. 5), and Oregon (Apr. 7); and a road game at Stanford (Mar. 31) will be shown on the Networks' national and regional channels. Pac-12 tournament games will also be carried on the network's channels. All non-broadcast league games will be shown on the Pac-12+ stream platform.
LAST TIME OUT: The Women of Troy extended to a season-long five-game winning streak with road victories at No. 23-ranked Colorado (11-5) and Oregon (14-5). The USC defense held the Buffaloes to just one second-half goal and continued its strong play by allowing the Ducks to just four shots through 45 minutes in Eugene. Sophia Donovan led the Trojans with three goals in each game for her third and fourth hat tricks of the season. Riley Hertford posted 10 saves and matched a career high with seven ground balls against the Buffs. Both players were chosen as Pac-12 Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week following their performances against CU and UO.
SCOUTING REPORT - CALIFORNIA: The Golden Bears (4-6, 1-2 Pac-12) had a four-game winning streak snapped by ranked visitors No. 23 Colorado (17-11) and No. 19 Stanford (13-11) last week. Cal has five players in double-digit goals led by Kirsten Swanson and Eliza Christman who each have 20 goals apiece. Christman leads the team with 50 draw controls. Caroline Corzel (19), Marisa Kuberra (15), and Susie Ropp (14) are the Bears' other three top scorers. In goal, Jenny Wilkens leads the team with 33 ground balls and has a .433 save percentage with a 12.51 goals-against average. The Trojans are 6-1 all-time against California and have won six straight in the head-to-head series with four double-digit victories.
SCOUTING REPORT - NO. 19 STANFORD: The Cardinal (6-2, 2-1 Pac-12) is coming off wins over Oregon (15-8) and Bay Area rival California (13-11) after suffering an upset loss to a No. 23-ranked Colorado (20-13) at home. Stanford also owns a big road win over No. 10 Stony Brook but suffered an 8-7 loss to No. 19 Denver to open season. Ali Baiocco leads Stanford in goals (24) and assists (12). Danielle McMahon (18, 8a) and Mikaela Watson (13g, 6a) are the Cardinal's other leading point scorers. In goal, Trudie Grattan has an 11.12 goals-against average and a .483 save percentage. USC is 5-6 in 11 all-time meetings with the Cardinal. The Trojans lost all three meetings last season after having beaten Stanford in four straight previous contests.
HOME, SWEET HOME: The Women of Troy are 42-12 all-time in home games and are 38-10 at McAlister Field. Between 2015 and 2018, the Trojans won 23 straight games on McAlister Field. Including two wins at the LA Memorial Coliseum, USC claimed 25 consecutive home victories during the impressive streak.
LET'S GET IT STARTED: USC improved to 4-3 all-time in season openers following its 15-10 win over Hofstra (Feb. 9). The Trojans started the year 3-0 before suffering a loss; the second-best start in school history. The program record for consecutive wins to open a season is 20 when USC blazed a trail into the 2016 NCAA quarterfinals with a 20-0 record.
FRESH RECORDS: In USC's game against Hofstra, freshman attacker Katie Ramsay became the first Trojan freshman to record a hat trick in her first collegiate game since 2013 (Maggie Mawhinney vs. Presbyterian; Feb. 13). She scored the first goal of the game, which marked only the third time that a freshman scored the Trojans' first goal of the season. Ramsay joined Kelsey Huff (2018 at Virginia Tech) and Amanda Johansen (2013 vs. Northwestern).
NET VALUE: Sophomore goalie Riley Hertford's win on Feb. 9 vs. Hofstra marked just the second time that a USC netminder has earned a victory in her first-career start. The other was Cassandra Collins (April 24, 2016) in her senior game start against UC Davis. Hertford's career-high 11 saves against Jacksonville (Feb. 24) made her just the third USC goalie to collect double-digit saves in a game.
ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS: USC has celebrated seven IWLCA All-America selections through six years as a program. Michaela Michael was the first-ever All-American selection as a third-teamer in 2015. Michael and defender Courtney Tarleton were each named to the first team in 2016, with midfielder Amanda Johansen chosen to the third team. Michael repeated her first-team honors in 2017 and defender Lydia Sutton earned third-team honors. Kerrigan Miller joined the ranks as a third-team choice in 2018.
PAC IT UP: 2019 is the second season of Pac-12 lacrosse. In 2018, the Conference of Champions made lacrosse the 13th women's sport sponsored by the Pac-12. The addition of Arizona State brought the league to the minimum six teams to receive an automatic qualifier berth into the NCAA championship. The first-ever Pac-12 Lacrosse Championship was held at Prentup Field; hosted by Colorado. Stanford claimed the first Pac-12 title and will defend its crown at the 2019 championship in Eugene, Ore. (April 25-28). Previously a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, from the end of 2015 to the middle of the 2018 season, USC won a school-record 22 consecutive conference games. The Trojans were undefeated in the MPSF in 2016 (9-0) and 2017 (8-0). USC won the 2016 and 2017 MPSF championships. USC is 6-0 all-time in league openers and earned its first victory in a Pac-12 opener, 14-3, against Arizona State in 2018.
PAC-12 POW-WOW: Trojans own eight Pac-12 Player of the Week awards. Senior attacker Emily Concialdi nabbed her first-career Offensive Player of the Week honor on Feb. 25 following back-to-back hat trick performances against San Diego State and Jacksonville. Junior midfielder Kerrigan Miller was named Defensive Player of the Week on March 11 and became the first player in conference history to receive both the offensive and defensive awards in her career. Sophomores Sophia Donovan and Riley Hertford were named respectively for the offensive and defensive awards to make it a USC sweep on March 18. All-Pac-12 goalie Gussie Johns was named for the Defensive Player of the Week award twice in 2018. All-American defender Lydia Sutton was also Defensive Player of the Week once.
POLL POSITION: The Trojans opened 2019 ranked No. 21 in the IWLCA Coaches' preseason poll. USC has spent 47 consecutive weeks ranked in the IWLCA poll dating back to the 2016 preseason poll. USC spent a school-record 26 straight weeks in the top 10 from March 21, 2016 through Feb. 19, 2018. The Trojans are 17-27 all-time against ranked opponents, which includes a 9-13 record against teams ranked in the top 10 and 2-10 against teams ranked among the top five.
GAME #10 • Saturday, March 23 • 12 p.m. PT
No. 20 USC (8-1, 3-0) vs. California (4-6, 1-2)
McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 6-1 (.857) • STREAK: W6
LAST MEETING: W, 17-3 (Mar. 30, 2018 • McAlister Field)
STREAM: Pac-12+ USC Stream
OPPONENT WEB: CalBears.com
GAME #11 • Monday, March 25 • 4 p.m. PT
No. 20 USC (8-1, 3-0) vs. No. 19 Stanford (6-2, 2-1)
McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES HISTORY: USC trails, 6-5 (.455) • STREAK: L3
LAST MEETING: L, 15-14 (Apr. 27, 2018 • Boulder, Colo.)
TV: Pac-12 Los Angeles/Bay Area (Christian Miles)
OPPONENT WEB: GoStanford.com
CROSSExamination
- USC is ranked No. 20 in the IWLCA coaches poll; the 47th consecutive week that the Trojans are ranked in the poll.
- The Trojans' five-game winning streak is a season long and the longest since a 12-game streak (March 26-May 14, 2017).
- The Women of Troy are 38-10 all-time at McAlister Field and have a 42-12 overall home record.
- Stanford is the fourth ranked opponent the Trojans face this season. USC owns 17 all-time wins over ranked foes (17-27).
- Seven different Trojans have scored double-digit goals this season; nine players have scored five goals or more through nine contests.
- So. attacker Sophia Donovan was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and So. goalie Riley Hertford was chosen Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (March 18). Jr. Kerrigan Miller received the defensive award (March 11) and Sr. Emily Concialdi was named for the offensive honor (Feb. 25) earlier this season.
- Seventh-year head coach Lindsey Munday is 87-39 all-time.
- The Trojans are on a five-game winning streak; the longest this season and the longest since the team rode a 12-game streak into the 2017 NCAA quarterfinals (March 26-May 14). USC is 38-10 all-time on McAlister Field and holds a 42-12 all-time record in home games.
Junior midfielder Kerrigan Miller does a little of everything. She has 11 goals, 27 draw controls, 26 ground balls, and a team-high 15 caused turnovers. She ranks third in the Pac-12 for ground balls (2.89 gbpg). In goal, sophomore Riley Hertford leads the league with a 9.25 goals-against average and tops all players with 3.67 ground balls per game. In the center circle, senior Jackie Gilbert has 49 draw controls and leads the league at 5.44 per game. She also has 12 caused turnovers. Seventh-year head coach Lindsey Munday (87-39) leads an experienced and battle-tested squad into a quest for a fourth NCAA berth.
TRACK THE TROJANS: For a behind-the-scenes look, fans of USC lacrosse can follow the Trojans on Twitter and Instagram at @USCTrojansLax. USC will appear in four live Pac-12 Networks broadcasts this spring. Home games against Stanford (Mar. 25), Colorado (Apr. 5), and Oregon (Apr. 7); and a road game at Stanford (Mar. 31) will be shown on the Networks' national and regional channels. Pac-12 tournament games will also be carried on the network's channels. All non-broadcast league games will be shown on the Pac-12+ stream platform.
LAST TIME OUT: The Women of Troy extended to a season-long five-game winning streak with road victories at No. 23-ranked Colorado (11-5) and Oregon (14-5). The USC defense held the Buffaloes to just one second-half goal and continued its strong play by allowing the Ducks to just four shots through 45 minutes in Eugene. Sophia Donovan led the Trojans with three goals in each game for her third and fourth hat tricks of the season. Riley Hertford posted 10 saves and matched a career high with seven ground balls against the Buffs. Both players were chosen as Pac-12 Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week following their performances against CU and UO.
SCOUTING REPORT - CALIFORNIA: The Golden Bears (4-6, 1-2 Pac-12) had a four-game winning streak snapped by ranked visitors No. 23 Colorado (17-11) and No. 19 Stanford (13-11) last week. Cal has five players in double-digit goals led by Kirsten Swanson and Eliza Christman who each have 20 goals apiece. Christman leads the team with 50 draw controls. Caroline Corzel (19), Marisa Kuberra (15), and Susie Ropp (14) are the Bears' other three top scorers. In goal, Jenny Wilkens leads the team with 33 ground balls and has a .433 save percentage with a 12.51 goals-against average. The Trojans are 6-1 all-time against California and have won six straight in the head-to-head series with four double-digit victories.
SCOUTING REPORT - NO. 19 STANFORD: The Cardinal (6-2, 2-1 Pac-12) is coming off wins over Oregon (15-8) and Bay Area rival California (13-11) after suffering an upset loss to a No. 23-ranked Colorado (20-13) at home. Stanford also owns a big road win over No. 10 Stony Brook but suffered an 8-7 loss to No. 19 Denver to open season. Ali Baiocco leads Stanford in goals (24) and assists (12). Danielle McMahon (18, 8a) and Mikaela Watson (13g, 6a) are the Cardinal's other leading point scorers. In goal, Trudie Grattan has an 11.12 goals-against average and a .483 save percentage. USC is 5-6 in 11 all-time meetings with the Cardinal. The Trojans lost all three meetings last season after having beaten Stanford in four straight previous contests.
HOME, SWEET HOME: The Women of Troy are 42-12 all-time in home games and are 38-10 at McAlister Field. Between 2015 and 2018, the Trojans won 23 straight games on McAlister Field. Including two wins at the LA Memorial Coliseum, USC claimed 25 consecutive home victories during the impressive streak.
LET'S GET IT STARTED: USC improved to 4-3 all-time in season openers following its 15-10 win over Hofstra (Feb. 9). The Trojans started the year 3-0 before suffering a loss; the second-best start in school history. The program record for consecutive wins to open a season is 20 when USC blazed a trail into the 2016 NCAA quarterfinals with a 20-0 record.
FRESH RECORDS: In USC's game against Hofstra, freshman attacker Katie Ramsay became the first Trojan freshman to record a hat trick in her first collegiate game since 2013 (Maggie Mawhinney vs. Presbyterian; Feb. 13). She scored the first goal of the game, which marked only the third time that a freshman scored the Trojans' first goal of the season. Ramsay joined Kelsey Huff (2018 at Virginia Tech) and Amanda Johansen (2013 vs. Northwestern).
NET VALUE: Sophomore goalie Riley Hertford's win on Feb. 9 vs. Hofstra marked just the second time that a USC netminder has earned a victory in her first-career start. The other was Cassandra Collins (April 24, 2016) in her senior game start against UC Davis. Hertford's career-high 11 saves against Jacksonville (Feb. 24) made her just the third USC goalie to collect double-digit saves in a game.
ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS: USC has celebrated seven IWLCA All-America selections through six years as a program. Michaela Michael was the first-ever All-American selection as a third-teamer in 2015. Michael and defender Courtney Tarleton were each named to the first team in 2016, with midfielder Amanda Johansen chosen to the third team. Michael repeated her first-team honors in 2017 and defender Lydia Sutton earned third-team honors. Kerrigan Miller joined the ranks as a third-team choice in 2018.
PAC IT UP: 2019 is the second season of Pac-12 lacrosse. In 2018, the Conference of Champions made lacrosse the 13th women's sport sponsored by the Pac-12. The addition of Arizona State brought the league to the minimum six teams to receive an automatic qualifier berth into the NCAA championship. The first-ever Pac-12 Lacrosse Championship was held at Prentup Field; hosted by Colorado. Stanford claimed the first Pac-12 title and will defend its crown at the 2019 championship in Eugene, Ore. (April 25-28). Previously a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, from the end of 2015 to the middle of the 2018 season, USC won a school-record 22 consecutive conference games. The Trojans were undefeated in the MPSF in 2016 (9-0) and 2017 (8-0). USC won the 2016 and 2017 MPSF championships. USC is 6-0 all-time in league openers and earned its first victory in a Pac-12 opener, 14-3, against Arizona State in 2018.
PAC-12 POW-WOW: Trojans own eight Pac-12 Player of the Week awards. Senior attacker Emily Concialdi nabbed her first-career Offensive Player of the Week honor on Feb. 25 following back-to-back hat trick performances against San Diego State and Jacksonville. Junior midfielder Kerrigan Miller was named Defensive Player of the Week on March 11 and became the first player in conference history to receive both the offensive and defensive awards in her career. Sophomores Sophia Donovan and Riley Hertford were named respectively for the offensive and defensive awards to make it a USC sweep on March 18. All-Pac-12 goalie Gussie Johns was named for the Defensive Player of the Week award twice in 2018. All-American defender Lydia Sutton was also Defensive Player of the Week once.
POLL POSITION: The Trojans opened 2019 ranked No. 21 in the IWLCA Coaches' preseason poll. USC has spent 47 consecutive weeks ranked in the IWLCA poll dating back to the 2016 preseason poll. USC spent a school-record 26 straight weeks in the top 10 from March 21, 2016 through Feb. 19, 2018. The Trojans are 17-27 all-time against ranked opponents, which includes a 9-13 record against teams ranked in the top 10 and 2-10 against teams ranked among the top five.
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