The Three Torches 2/10: 3 Double-Doubles in a Top-10 Win

The women's basketball team beat No. 8 Ohio State 84-63.

Good morning, Trojan Family. The number of the day is 10. The women’s basketball team had a top 10 win and the water polo team is 10-0 this season. Read about their recent wins below!

What else do we have for you in today's edition of The Three Torches? Check it out below!

🏀 Women’s top 10 win
🤽‍♂️ 10-0 so far
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Top-10 Win. The No. 7 women’s basketball team beat No. 8 Ohio State 84-63. Kiki Iriafen, Kennedy Smith and JuJu Watkins all recorded double-doubles in the win. This is the first time three players recorded double-doubles in a game since 2009. The Trojans are now 3-1 against top-10 opponents.

🔼 10 Dubs. The No. 1 water polo team is undefeated this season at 10-0. The Trojans beat Biola 24-7 and No. 6 UC Irvine 19-15 this weekend. Emily Ausmus led the team with six goals against Biola. Ausmus and Tilly Kearns each had five goals against UC Irvine.

🔼 Event Wins. The track & field team had six event wins at the Collegiate Classic in New Mexico. On day one, JC Stevens won the long jump, Johnnie Blockburger won the 200m and Nathan Cumberbatch won the men’s 800m. On day two, Blockburger won the men’s 400m, Yemi John won the women’s 400m and the men’s 4×400 relay team finished first.

🔼 Rule the Pool. The men’s swim and dive team swept UNLV 159-94. The Trojans won all 14 events. The team finished the 2024-25 dual season 3-2 overall.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is women’s lacrosse player Maddie Dora. Dora posted a hat trick against Stanford. This was her eighth career hat trick. She was the only athlete to score more than one goal in the game.

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School Record. The men’s volleyball team swept Dominican 3-0 for its ninth straight win of the season.

The Trojans sent a new school record with .### in hitting.

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

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Tuesday, February 11

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Penn State @ 6pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Wednesday, February 11

🏐 Men’s Volleyball at UC Irvine @ 6pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Thursday, February 13

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. UCLA @ 7pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Friday, February 14

👟 Track & Field at Tiger Paw Invitational
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Pepperdine @ TBA
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. University of San Diego @ 12pm PT
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at California @ 3pm PT
⚾️ Baseball vs. George Washington @ 6:30 PT | Live Stats
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. UC Irvine @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Saturday, February 15

👟 Track & Field at Tiger Paw Invitational
⛳️ Women’s Golf Alice and John Wallace Classic
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Minnesota @ 1pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
🤽 Water Polo vs. Long Beach State @ 1pm PT
⚾️ Baseball vs. George Washington @ 2pm PT | Live Stats

Sunday, February 16

⛳️ Women’s Golf Alice and John Wallace Classic
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Washington @ 4pm PT | Listen | Watch
⚾️ Baseball vs. George Washington @ 1pm PT | Live Stats
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Colorado @ 1pm PT

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: .691!

⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!