Good Morning Trojans. Men’s basketball plays tonight! Come watch the Trojans take on Troy at 7pm PT.

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

🏐 Trojans beat Ducks
🏀 Preseason honor for Davidson
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Victory! The women’s volleyball team beat Oregon 3-1 on Wednesday. London Wijay led the team with a double-double of 17 kills and 14 digs. Mia Tvrdy was right behind with 13 kills. The Trojans led the game with a .236 hitting percentage, 11 blocks and eight aces. USC is now 21-6 overall and 12-5 in conference play.

🔼 Day 2. Women’s tennis players had a big day at the NCAA Tournament. Emma Charney upset Georgia’s Anastasiia Gureva to advance to the Round of 16. Jana Hossam beat her opponent from UNC to advance to the Round of 16. Charney and Hossam are USC’s #101 and #102 All-Americans in program history. Dani Borruel and Lily Fairclough won their opening doubles match to move to the Round of 16. Hossam and Krisha Mahendran won their doubles match to advance to the Round of 16.

🔼 Preseason. Women’s basketball player Jazzy Davidson was named to the 2025-26 Preseason Top 50 Watchlist for the John R. Wooden Award. The award recognizes the most outstanding player. Davidson is averaging a team-high 14.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.3 blocks per game.

🔼 Dive In. The swim and dive team competed at the Texas Hall of Fame Invite. Michael Chmielewski won the 100y fly with a time of 45.15. Minna Abraham won the 200y free with a time of 1:40.47.

🔼 Undefeated. The men’s volleyball team hosted UCLA, UCSD and Vanguard in the USC Fall Invitational. The Trojans swept Vanguard and UCSD 3-0. Next, the men will play in the UCLA Fall Tournament this weekend.

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🔼 Coming Up. The football team heads to the north to play No. 6 Oregon on Saturday. The Trojans are ranked No. 16 by the AP and Coaches Poll. Makai Lemon is first in receiving yards (1,090), first in receiving yards per game (109) and second in receiving touchdowns (8) out of all Power 4 receivers. Learn more about both teams here.

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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, November 20

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🏊 Swim Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invitational/Trojan Diving Invitational
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Troy @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets 

Friday, November 21

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🏊 Swim Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invitational/Trojan Diving Invitational
🤽 Men’s Water Polo MPSF Tournament
🏐 Men’s Volleyball UCLA Fall Tournament vs. CSUN @ 4:30pm PT
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Notre Dame @ 3pm PT | Live Stats

Saturday, November 22

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🏊 Swim Trojan Diving Invitational
🤽 Men’s Water Polo MPSF Tournament
👟 Cross Country NCAA Championships
🏐 Men’s Volleyball UCLA Fall Tournament vs. Masters/UCLA @ 9/11am PT
🏈 Football at Oregon @ 12:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Illinois @ 4pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, November 23

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🤽 Men’s Water Polo MPSF Tournament 

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