Good morning, Trojan Family! Start the morning with a quick refresher on USC football’s matchup against the Maryland Terrapins for the first time ever.

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

⚽️ Soccer keeps its unbeaten streak alive
⛳️ Previewing a busy golf weekend
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Coming In Clutch. USC’s Simone Jackson broke a scoreless tie in the 83rd minute to push the No. 9 Trojan soccer past No. 15 Ohio State, 1-0, on Thursday night at BMO Stadium. The victory keeps the Trojans unbeaten in Big Ten play and atop the conference standings with two games remaining in the regular season. The Women of Troy moves to 12-1-2 overall and 8-0-1 in Big Ten action.

🎥 Watch the Trojans’ full game highlights

🔼 Top Honors. USC men's water polo has two Trojans tabbed as potential candidates for collegiate water polo's highest honor — the Peter J. Cutino Award — with the naming of Robert López Duart and Max Miller to the 2024 Cutino Award Watch List. It's the second such selection for both standouts, who are USC's top scorers this season for the 15-2 Trojans. The duo has scored 66 goals so far this season, helping the team reach No. 3 in the latest rankings.

🔼 Back To Back. USC women's golf hopes to repeat last year's success with a win as they take on the Stanford Intercollegiate Invitational starting today and going through Sunday, Oct. 20. The Trojans are coming off two first-place individual performances in the two previous tournaments where Catherine Park took the title at the Leadership and Golf Invitational and Jasmine Koo won the Windy City Collegiate Classic.

🔼 Final Fall Fairways. USC men's golf aims to build upon a solid fourth-place outing in Dallas as they travel to the Golf Club of Georgia Intercollegiate to finish the fall season. The Trojans will face a 14-team field starting today and competing through Sunday. The Trojans are coming off a solid performance, with freshman Jack Buchanan finishing runner-up while Gavin Aurilia and Jack Jerge both posted top-25 finishes.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO goes to a trio of USC track and field athletes. Tade Ojora, Nicole Yeargin and Yemi John were each nominated to join the British Athletics Olympic World Class Programme following their appearances in Paris this summer at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

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Let’s Get It Started. USC women’s basketball will tip off a highly-anticipated 2024-25 season in a few weeks as the Trojans take on Ole Miss on Nov. 4. The game will be televised on ESPN as the team enters the matchup after being named the No. 3 team in the preseason AP Poll.

Our question today: where are the Women of Troy playing their first game of the season?

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

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📅 THE WEEKEND AHEAD

Friday, October 18
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA Southwest Regional Championships in San Diego, CA
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITA Southwest Regional Championships in Tempe, AZ
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ Golf Club of Georgia Intercollegiate in Alpharetta, GA
⛳️ Women’s Golf @ Stanford Intercollegiate in Stanford, CA
🏐 Volleyball vs. Maryland @ 4 p.m. in College Park, MD | B1G+

Saturday, October 19
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA Southwest Regional Championships in San Diego, CA
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITA Southwest Regional Championships in Tempe, AZ
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ Golf Club of Georgia Intercollegiate in Alpharetta, GA
⛳️ Women’s Golf @ Stanford Intercollegiate in Stanford, CA
👟 Cross Country @ UCR Highlander Invitational @ 8 a.m. in Riverside, CA | Live Results
🥍 Lacrosse @ Cardinal vs. Gold Game @ Noon in Los Angeles, CA
🏈 Football vs. Maryland @ 1 p.m. in College Park, MD | FS1 | Listen
🤽‍♂️ Men’s Water Polo vs. UCLA @ 1 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Watch

Sunday, October 20
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA Southwest Regional Championships in San Diego, CA
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITA Southwest Regional Championships in Tempe, AZ
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ Golf Club of Georgia Intercollegiate in Alpharetta, GA
⛳️ Women’s Golf @ Stanford Intercollegiate in Stanford, CA
🏐 Volleyball vs. Rutgers @ 10 a.m. in Piscataway, NJ | B1G+
⚽️ Soccer vs. Penn State @ Noon in Carson, CA | B1G+

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Paris, France!

The Women of Troy are headed across the pond for the first regular season game of the season in the Aflac Oui-Play Game at the Adidas Arena.

⚔️ Have a great weekend, everyone!