Good morning, Trojan Family! Our hearts go out to all the people being affected by the wildfire. ❤️

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🏐 Men beat Daemen
🎾 4 singles wins
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Season Opener Dub. The men’s volleyball team opened the 2025 season with a 3-1 win over Daemen. The Trojans had 44 kills, four aces, 13 blocks and 31 digs. Outside hitter Dillon Klein led the team with 16 kills.

🔼 Quad Dubs. The women’s tennis team had four singles wins! Parker Fry, Sloane Morra, Jana Hossam and Simone Kay all won their singles matches.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is Desmond Claude. Claude scored 15 points and had four assists in the men’s basketball game against Indiana. His performance led him to officially surpass 950 career points (955 total) and 230 career assists (232 total).

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Historic Start. The women’s basketball team is 15-1 this season. The Trojans have recorded 10-game win streaks during back-to-back seasons.

When was the last time the program recorded 10-game win streaks in back-to-back seasons?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, January 10

🎾 Women’s Tennis Hawai’i Invitational

Saturday, January 11

🎾 Women’s Tennis Hawai’i Invitational
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Illinois @ 9am PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch
🏊 Swim & Dive vs. UC San Diego @ 11am PT
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. #19 Princeton @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, January 12

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Penn State @ 5pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

⚔️Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 1983-84 and 1984-85!

⚔️ Have a great Friday, everyone!