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The Three Torches 11/10: Football Beats Northwestern 38-17
The football team beat Northwestern 38-17 on Friday.
Good Morning Trojans. Makai Lemon is the Trojan of the game after his stellar performance this past weekend!
What else do we have for you in today's edition of The Three Torches? Check it out below!
🏈 Trojans beat Northwestern
🏀 MBB & WBB win
⚔️ And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 Victory! The football team beat Northwestern 38-17. Makai Lemon recorded a career-high 161 yards on 11 receptions and two touchdowns. Jayden Maiava threw for 299 yards on 24 completions and two touchdowns. Maiava, Lemon, King Miller and Ja’Kobi Lane made it to the end zone.
🔼 Big Win. The men’s basketball team beat Manhattan 114-83. This marks the most points scored in a game since 1998 and the fifth-highest scoring game in program history. Chad Baker-Mazara had a career-high 26 points. Jacob Cofie tallied his second straight double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Seven Trojans had double-figures in points.
🔼 Fought for the Dub. The women’s basketball team beat No. 9 NC State 69-68 at the Ally Tipoff event. This was the first AP top 10 win for the program since March 2025. Jazzy Davidson led the Trojans with a career-high 21 points. Londynn Jones was right behind with 19 points.
🔼 Win Streak. The women’s volleyball team won its eighth-straight game of the season against Washington 3-1. Abigail Mullen had a double-double with 15 kills and a career-high 17 digs. London Wijay also had 15 kills. Adonia Faumuina logged 10 kills.
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🔼 Ticket Punched! Two athletes from the women’s tennis team punched tickets to the NCAA Tournament. Jana Hossam and Krisha Mahendran will play in the Doubles Championship. The duo made it to the semifinals of the ITA DI West Sectional Championships. Mahendran also punched herself a ticket to the Singles Championship. She made it to the quarterfinals of the ITA DI West Sectional Championships. Eugenia Zozaya Menendez competed for the Trojans in the ITA Conference Masters Championships and finished second.
Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is the men’s water polo team! The No. 1 Trojans won their fifth-straight game against No. 10 UC Santa Barbara 22-13. Fourteen different Trojans scored goals. Robert López Duart and Jack Vort had hat tricks.
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Split Meet. The swim and dive team split its meet against Arizona and Arizona State. The women beat Arizona 189-109, and the men fell 182-118. The women also beat Arizona State 169-131, and the men fell 197-103.
The women had ## event wins throughout the meets.
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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD
Friday, November 14
👟 Cross Country NCAA West Regional @ 9am PT | Live Stats
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Illinois State @ 4:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Rutgers @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
Saturday, November 15
🏐 Beach Volleyball at BVNE
🏐 Men’s Volleyball USC Fall Invitational II
🏈 Football vs. Iowa @ 12:30pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets
🤽 Men’s Water Polo vs. UCLA @ 11am PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. South Carolina @ 6pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets
Sunday, November 16
🏐 Beach Volleyball at BVNE
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Nebraska @ 12pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: 23!
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