USC Lacrosse Heads East to Meet No. 8 Johns Hopkins, No. 3 Maryland

Thursday, March 19

Baltimore, Md.

1:00 p.m. PT / 4:00 p.m. ET

USC

Johns Hopkins

USC lacrosse attacker Reese Robinson passes the ball during a game against Michigan at Rawlinson Stadium

Photo by: John McGillen

USC Lacrosse Heads East to Meet No. 8 Johns Hopkins, No. 3 Maryland

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LOS ANGELES – The USC lacrosse team (6-4, 0-2 Big Ten) heads to the East Coast to take on a pair of ranked Big Ten foes in the Old Line State this week. The Trojans face No. 8 John Hopkins (8-1, 1-0) first on Thursday (March 19) at Homewood Field in Baltimore with first draw set for 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT). They then head to College Park to meet No. 3-ranked Maryland (8-0, 1-0) at the Terrapins' Lacrosse Complex on Sunday (March 22) in a noon matchup (9 a.m. PT). Both games will be shown live on Big Ten Plus streams.

USC is 23-24 all-time when it plays in the Eastern Time zone and travels into the state of Maryland—where it is 0-2—for just the third time in program history. The Trojans face four straight ranked opponents for only the second time in program history (2018) but will face three straight top-10 foes for the first time when it takes on the eighth and third ranked teams in the IWLCA poll this week.

THIS WEEK

GAME #11 • Thursday, March 19 • 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT
USC (6-4, 0-2) at No. 8 John Hopkins (8-1, 1-0)
Homewood Field • Baltimore, Md.
SERIES RECORD: USC trails, 0-2 (.000)
LAST MEETING: L 17-11 (March 16, 2025 • LA Coliseum)
STREAK: Lost 2 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 0-2
TV/STREAM: B1G+ (Ben Robertson & Alexa Wooten)
OPPONENT WEBSITE: HopkinsSports.com

GAME #12 • Sunday, March 22 • 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
USC (6-4, 0-2) at No. 3 Maryland (8-0, 1-0)
Lacrosse Complex • College Park, Md.
SERIES RECORD: USC trails, 0-1 (.000)
LAST MEETING: L 16-8 (April 5, 2025 • Carson, Calif.)
STREAK: Lost 1 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 0-1
TV/STREAM: B1G+
OPPONENT WEBSITE: UMTerps.com

CrossExamination (TL;DR)

USC is led by 14th-year head coach Lindsey Munday, a four-time conference Coach of the Year (MPSF/Pac-12). She is the first and only head coach in program history and is 167-74 (.693) at Troy.
The Trojans play 2026 home games in the brand new Rawlinson Stadium. Construction was completed on the footprint of the former McAlister Field in July 2025. USC is 4-3 in the new stadium.
USC is 23-24 when it plays in the Eastern Time zone and was 2-3 in such games in 2025; 2-2 in conference games and 0-1 in the B1G tournament.
The Trojans are 0-2 in the state of Maryland. USC lost to Johns Hopkins in a nonconference game in 2024 (April 3) and fell to Michigan in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Big Ten tournament in 2025 (April 23).
USC will face its third and fourth ranked opponents in a row when it visits the Old Line State. The Trojans are 1-4 against ranked foes this season. USC beat No. 24 Brown (Feb. 15) and is 32-52 all-time with a 12-24 mark against teams ranked in the top 10 including a 3-15 record against the top five.
Jr. M Anna Regan produced her ninth-career double-digit draw control game with 19 against Niagara. Her 291 career draw controls rank second in USC history she ranks fifth in the Big Ten at 6.20 draw controls per game.
Jr. A Emma Bunting's 18 assists rank fifth in the Big Ten and her 1.80 assists per game are seventh in the league.
15 different Trojans have scored goals this spring led by 15 each by sophomore midfielder Alex May and junior attacker Reese Robinson.
USC is 3-7 all-time in Big Ten conference games. USC played its first season as members of the league in 2025 and went 3-5 to finish in sixth place.

LAST TIME OUT: The Trojans fell to No. 18 Penn State (19-8) and to No. 7 Michigan (15-11) in their league-opener weekend at Rawlinson Stadium. USC's loss to the Nittany Lions dropped the Trojans to 12-2 in conference openers. Prior to joining the Big Ten, USC was 12-0 in league openers in the MPSF and the Pac-12. Emma Bunting led the Women of Troy with four goals against Penn State to tie her career high. Reese Robinson had two goals and an assist, but in the end, the Nittany Lions scored as many goals as the Trojans had shots to walk away with the win. USC led Michigan by as many as three goals, but the Wolverines used a 6-1 burst in the third quarter to seize control. The Trojans got to more ground balls than U-M by a 19-12 count and caused 14 of 15 Wolverine turnovers, but Michigan dominated the center circle by a 22-6 edge to tilt the deck in its favor. Alex May posted her second-career hat trick game, but it wasn't enough to overcome a Wolverine squad that had three players reach hat trick status. Sophie Gangemi was stellar on defense with four caused turnovers and four ground balls.

EAST COAST BIAS: USC has played 47 games in the Eastern Time Zone and is 23-24 overall. Since its inaugural season (2013), the Trojans have played at least one game in the Eastern Time Zone every year. This spring, USC will play Big Ten opponents Johns Hopkins (March 19) and Maryland (March 22) on the East Coast and will take on Central Michigan (April 6).

STATE YOUR CASE: USC's 33-woman roster has players from 12 different states. California leads with five from the Golden State. Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey are each represented by four Trojans. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania each have three players on the roster while New York has two. Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Virginia are each represented by one Trojan.

TRANSFER CREDITS: USC welcomed a pair of new Trojans through the NCAA's Transfer Portal this season. Attacker Frankie Garcia from San Diego State and goalie Ellie Thomas from New Hampshire. Garcia arrives as a junior while Thomas will be a sophomore in 2026.

RING IT UP: USC head coach Lindsey Munday owns two NCAA titles as a player at Northwestern (2005-06) with three more as a Wildcat assistant coach (2007-09). She is a two-time FIL World Champion (2009, '13) and led the U.S. Sixes National Team to gold medals at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.

BIG HATS: Seven different Trojans have racked hat tricks through 10 games. Kaylee Fravert leads all players with three games. Reese Robinson, Vivian Leuthold, Emma Bunting, and Alex May have each registered a pair of hat trick games. Hannah Barron and Hollis Mulry each have one. Leuthold scored a season-high four goals in USC's season opener against Cal and did it again against Niagara. Robinson's four-goal outburst at Arizona State (Feb. 28) and Bunting's four-goal performance against Penn State are the other two Trojan highs this spring.

DRAW ARTIST: Midfielder Anna Regan produced her ninth-career double-digit draw control game with 19 against Niagara (March 8). Her 291 career draw controls rank second in USC history and rank 12th among active players nationally. She needs 131 to match USC's all-time leader; Michaela Michael (2014-17) who had 422 draw controls in her illustrious career. This season, Regan ranks fifth in the Big Ten at 6.20 draw controls per game.

HOT DISH: Attacker Emma Bunting has handed out 18 assists (fifth in the Big Ten) this spring and ranks seventh in the Big Ten for assists per game (1.80 apg). She had 18 assists as a sophomore in 2025 and now has 36 in her career.

BARRON OF BREAKUPS: Midfielder Hannah Barron ranks in a tie for 16th in the Big Ten for caused turnovers (1.10 ctpg). She has 11 caused turnovers to date and is up to 26 in her career.

WHAT'S UP, GANG?!: Defender Sophie Gangemi ranks tied for 10th in the Big Ten for caused turnovers (1.30 ctpg) and is tied for 12th in ground balls (1.70 gbpg). She registered career highs of four caused turnovers and five ground balls in games this season.