Good morning! The men’s basketball team and coaching staff hit Manhattan Beach! Check out their day of sandy competition!

What else can you find in today's edition of The Three Torches?

🏀 Planning ahead
⚽️ Two Trojans prepare for Olympic matches
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Planning For Paris. All eyes are on the 2024 Paris Olympics this week, but the Trojans are looking ahead to November. The women’s basketball team will head to Paris for an Aflac Oui-Play game to start the 2024-25 season! They’ll take on Ole Miss for the first time in program history on November 4.

🔼 Hearing Voices. Meet the newest Voice of USC Women’s Basketball, Eli Kleinmann! He has called many games across USC athletics for the Pac-12 Network and KXSC, USC’s Student Radio. Trojan fans will hear Eli on KSPN 710 AM and the ESPN Los Angeles app.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is none other than our two USC soccer representatives at the Paris Olympics! Current Trojan Simi Awujo is representing Canada and will take on New Zealand in Women’s Group A tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. PT. Former Trojan Nicole Payne is playing for Nigeria. Her team will play Brazil at 10 a.m. PT tomorrow. Fans can tune in at NBCOlympics.com.

Keep up with Trojans in Paris at Olympics.usctrojans.com. Learn which Trojan athletes are competing at the Olympics, their schedules, and more!

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF

39 days until kickoff, Trojan Family!

As part of the 1972 National Championship Trojans, fullback Sam Cunningham achieved All-American status, and in 1973, was named the MVP of the Rose Bowl. The former Trojan went on the play 107 games in the NFL, all with the New England Patriots, where he became the team’s all-time leading rusher.

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

Saturday, August 10

⚽️ Soccer vs. Long Beach State @ TBD in Carson, CA

Friday, August 30

🏐 Volleyball vs. Pepperdine @ 6:00pm in Malibu, CA

Sunday, September 1

🏈 Football vs. LSU @ 4:30pm in Las Vegas, NV | Tickets

⚔️Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, everyone!