No. 21 USC Women's Soccer Hosts Oregon for Senior Day

THIS WEEK - The No. 21 USC women's soccer team faces off against a familiar foe in Oregon on Saturday, with the two teams playing their first head-to-head matchup as members of the Big Ten. The contest will be played at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.

HOW TO FOLLOW - Saturday's match will be broadcast live on BTN+. Links for the broadcast and live stats can be found on the women's soccer schedule page at USCTrojans.com. In-game updates will also be available on X (formerly Twitter) by following @USC_Wsoccer.

SOCIAL MEDIA - Keep up with everything surrounding USC women's soccer this year by following the Trojans on all of their social media platforms. You can follow @USCWsoccer on Instagram, @uscwomenssoccer on Tik Tok @USC_Wsoccer on X, and like USC Women's Soccer on Facebook.

SENIOR DAY/PRIDE DAY - The Trojans will celebrate their graduating seniors prior to Saturday's game with their annual Senior Day ceremony. USC will also celebrate Pride Day on Saturday, giving away a free Pride shirt to the first 250 fans in attendance.

RAWLINSON STADIUM - USC is making a big investment in its women's soccer program as the school is currently building a new home on campus for the team. Rawlinson Stadium will replace and expand upon the previous site of play for the team: Soni McAlister Field at 30th and Hoover streets just north of the University Park Campus. The $38 million project broke ground on April 9 of this year and is scheduled to be completed early in 2025.

B1G SEASON - USC is playing in its first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference. USC announced in June of 2022 that the school would be making a move to the Big Ten. UCLA, Washington and Oregon also announced they would be moving to the conference with the Trojans. USC women's soccer's conference opener against Washington on Sept. 12 was the first Big Ten game for any of the school's programs and Thursday's game against Minnesota is the first Big Ten home game for any USC program.

ALL TIME SERIES VS OREGON - The Trojans and Ducks have a long history, both being former members of the Pac-12. The Trojans have dominated the all-time series going 24-3-1 against the Ducks. USC has won each of the last 11 meetings, with a goal differential of +25, only allowing 5 total goals in the 11 matches while scoring 29 of their own. The last Oregon victory came in 2012. Last year USC beat Oregon 3-0 at home. Simone Jackson had 2 goals in the game, with Helena Sampaio scoring a goal as well.

SUNDAY'S VICTORY VS. WISC - USC scored three goals in the second half and held Wisconsin scoreless to pick up a 3-0 win at home on Sunday. Simone Jackson broke the scoreless tie and Maria Alagoa and Jaiden Anderson tacked on a goal each. After 45 minutes of scoreless play, Jackson scored in the 54th minute. Alagoa was involved as well, sending a long free kick into the area that Jackson headed over the diving keeper. Helena Sampaio would feed Alagoa for the second goal of the game, sliding a beautiful through ball ahead to let Alagoa beat the keeper one-on-one. Anderson was taken down in the box in the 88th minute and awarded a free kick, which she buried inside the left post. The Trojans outshot Wisconsin 11-3 in the final 45 minutes. Despite the Badgers managing eight shots in the game, Laurence Gladu did not have to make a save to pick up her and the team's sixth shutout of the season.

PLAYER/TEAM NOTES:

Two Trojans are tied for the team lead in points with Kayla Colbert and Maile Hayes having 9 points. Colbert and Hayes lead the team with 4 goals each and both had a goal last week against Minnesota.
Senior Helena Sampaio is second in points with 2 goals and 4 assists, including an assist against Wisconsin.
Freshman Faith George and Senior Maria Alagoa both have 7 points each. George has 2 goals and 3 assists while Alagoa has 3 goals and 1 assist, including a goal and an assist on Sunday vs. Wisconsin.
Senior Simone Jackson and Freshman Jaiden Anderson both scored their first goal of the season on Sunday vs. Wisconsin. Last season Jackson had an impressive Junior year and was 5th on the team with 10 total points (5 goals) while being named to the All-Pac-12 second team. Anderson has appeared in every game this season for the Trojans and has added 2 assists to her lone goal.
Goalie, Laurence Gladu, is the only Trojan to play all 990 minutes so far this season. Brooklyn Courtnall leads the way for field players with 906 minutes played.
Gladu's six shutouts on the year are the 3rd most in the Big Ten and 12th most in the NCAA. She opened Big Ten conference play with three straight shutouts.
USC's 20 goals have been scored by 8 different players. The Trojans also have points from 10 different players.
USC has outshot 7 of their 11 opponents and on the year has outshot opponents by a total of 136-97.

RPI RANKING - The new RPI rankings were released on Monday and the Trojans checked in at No. 6 after going 7-1-1 on the road and 1-0-1 at home through the early part of the season. USC is one of five Big Ten teams in the Top 10, with Michigan State No. 2, Iowa No. 7, Penn State No. 9, and Ohio State No. 10. USC's lone loss came from Stanford, who checks in at No. 13 on the newest RPI list.

COACHES POLL - The Trojans remained in the Top 25 this week, checking in at No. 21 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll. USC started the season ranked No. 23, but fell out of the polls after a draw in their opener. Since then, USC's only loss has been on the road to then-No. 1 ranked Stanford. Last week the Trojans were No. 24.

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Players Mentioned

Maria Alagoa

Jaiden Anderson

Kayla Colbert

Brooklyn Courtnall

Faith George

Laurence Gladu

Maile Hayes

Simone Jackson

Helena Sampaio