USC Lacrosse Opens March Against Aztecs and Purple Eagles

Wednesday, March 4

Los Angeles, Calif.

6:00 p.m. PT

USC

San Diego State

USC senior lacrosse captain Kate Gerrity runs out during team introductions at Rawlinson Stadium

Photo by: William Fosnot

USC Lacrosse Opens March Against Aztecs and Purple Eagles

March 03, 2026 | Women's Lacrosse

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The Women of Troy take on San Diego State for a midweek meeting and then host Niagara for a Sunday matinee

LOS ANGELES – The USC lacrosse team (4-2) will play five of its seven March matches at Rawlinson Stadium and starts with San Diego State (1-3) on Wednesday (March 4) at 6 p.m. PT. The Women of Troy then host Niagara (1-4) from the MAAC in a first-time meeting on Sunday (March 8) at 1 p.m. Both games will be shown live on Big Ten Plus streams. The Trojans are coming off three straight road games including a 16-14 win over Arizona State on Saturday afternoon. They will play four straight home games to open the month at their new on-campus stadium and then close the month with a game against Rutgers on March 28. The Trojans are 2-1 at home and christened the stadium with a win over California on Super Bowl Sunday. They took a loss to Denver but bounced back to claim a victory over 24th-ranked Brown.

THIS WEEK

GAME #7 • Wednesday, March 4 • 6 p.m. PT
USC (4-2) vs. San Diego State (1-3)
Rawlinson Stadium • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES RECORD: USC leads, 14-1 (.933)
LAST MEETING: W 21-14 (March 1, 2025 • San Diego, Calif.)
STREAK: Won 4 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 9-1
TV/STREAM: B1G+ (Avi Singh & Mia Nuñez)
OPPONENT WEBSITE: GoAztecs.com

GAME #8 • Sunday, March 8 • 1 p.m. PT
USC (4-2) vs. Niagara (1-4)
Rawlinson Stadium • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES RECORD: First meeting
TV/STREAM: B1G+ (Avi Singh & Mia Nuñez)
OPPONENT WEBSITE: PurpleEagles.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 165-72 (.696) 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 2-1 in the new stadium.
USC has had a pair of one-goal victories this spring. The program owns 21 one-goal wins. The Trojans are 21-17 in one-goal games which includes 5-9 in overtime contests. They are 16-8 in regulation-time one-goal margins.
Jr. M Anna Regan produced her eighth-career double-digit draw control game with 13 against Brown. Her 263 career draw controls rank third in USC history and is eighth in the Big Ten at 5.60 draw controls per game.
Jr. A Emma Bunting's 13 assists rank fourth in the Big Ten and her 2.60 assists per game are third in the league (20th nationally).
10 different Trojans have scored goals this spring led by nine each from junior attacker Reese Robinson and sophomore attacker Kylee Fravert.
USC plays its next four games at home and will begin Big Ten play next week when its hosts 17th-ranked Penn State on Thursday (March 12).
The Women of Troy were picked to finish in sixth place in the Big Ten preseason coaches poll; the same spot it finished in the final 2025 standings.

LAST TIME OUT: The Trojans made the short hop to the Copper State and came away with a 16-14 win over Arizona State. USC broke an early two-all tie with a 9-0 burst and went into halftime with an 11-4 lead. The Sun Devils fought back and trimmed that lead to two but the Trojans held on behind a 16-save performance from Ellie Thomas to take the win. Reese Robinson scored four goals and had a pair of assists to log a career-high six points. The career-high four goals marked her second-career hat trick game. Hannah Barronscored three goals for her second-career hat trick and had a pair of assists for five points.

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.

HOME, SWEET HOME: The Trojans are 82-25 all-time in home games. 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. The Trojans are 7-6 at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. USC and Northwestern played the Trojans' inaugural game there on Feb. 9, 2013. Against opponents at the Coliseum, USC is 0-2 against Northwestern, 3-1 against Stanford, 2-1 against Colorado, 1-0 against both Arizona State and California, and is 0-1 with San Diego State and Johns Hopkins.

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: Five different Trojans have racked hat tricks through six games. Kaylee Fravert and Reese Robinson lead the pack with two hat-trick games each while Emma Bunting, Vivian Leuthold, and Hannah Barron each have one. Leuthold scored a season-high four goals in USC's season opener against Cal and was matched by Robinson's four-goal outburst at Arizona State (Feb. 28).

DRAW ARTIST: Midfielder Anna Regan produced her eighth-career double-digit draw control game with 13 against Brown (Feb. 24). Her 263 career draw controls rank third in USC history and rank 13th among active players nationally. She ranks eighth the Big Ten at 5.60 draw controls per game.

HOT DISH: Attacker Emma Bunting has handed out 13 assists (fourth in the Big Ten) this spring and ranks third in the Big Ten for assists per set (2.60 apg). She had 18 assists as a sophomore in 2025 and now has 32 in her career.

BARRON OF BREAKUPS: Midfielder Hannah Barron ranks seventh in the Big Ten for caused turnovers (1.60 ctpg). She has eight caused turnovers to date and is up to 23 in her career.