Good morning! USC football’s game against Penn State on October 12 is officially sold out. Including Saturday’s B1G Premiere against Wisconsin, the Trojans have sold out three of their games this year (so far). Third party tickets are still available via the official fan-to-fan ticket marketplace on SeatGeek.

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

⚽️ Soccer recap
🏀 Women’s basketball earns preseason Big Ten honors
⚔️ And much, much more!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Goals Aplenty. The Women of Troy are still undefeated in Big Ten play following a team’s 2-2 tie against Minnesota on Thursday night. The Trojans jumped out to a two-goal lead in the first half thanks to goals from Kayla Colbert and Maile Hayes. USC is now 3-0-1 in conference play as the team now gets ready to host Wisconsin for an 11 a.m. battle in Carson, California.

🔼 Time To Work. The No. 2 Trojan men’s water polo team is back in home waters for its next three games with California Baptist up first on the Trojans’ trio of visitors. Sitting at 10-1 this season, USC made a strong stand at the Overnght MPSF Invitational last week, winning three games in two days — including back-to-back overtime wins last Saturday. Eleven games into the season, Robert López Duart and Max Miller currently spearhead USC's scoring charge, with 23 and 20 goals tallied, respectively. López Duart leads the crew with seven multiple-goal outings to date.

🔼 Keep On Going. USC women's tennis senior Grace Piper was electric on the court as she won her singles round of 32 match and advanced to the doubles quarterfinals with her partner Lily Fairclough during the sixth day of competition at the ITA All-American Championships. Should Piper beat her next singles opponent, the Trojan will punch her ticket into the NCAA Singles Championships in November. USC sophomore Immi Haddad lost her first singles match on Thursday, falling in the main draw round of 32. Prior to today, Haddad had won six straight singles matches to advance out of prequalifying play.

🔼 Watch Out. Four Trojans competing on the USC men’s and women’s swimming and diving team found themselves on the Big Ten’s Swimmers and Divers to Watch List earlier this week. On the men’s side, sophomore Krzysztof Chmielewski and freshman Moritz Wesemann were named to the watch list while sophomore Minna Abraham and freshman Kate Miller were named to the watch list for the women’s team. Each of the Trojan selections competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

🔼 Run Trojans, Run. USC women's cross country, under the direction of its first-year coach Milton Mallard, will compete for the second time this season when it travels to the Dave Murray Invitational. Traveling to Arizona for the first time since the 2016 Pac-12 Championships, the Trojans are bringing six runners who helped the team finish third at the Pepperdine Waves Invitational.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO goes to the unanimously named Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year, JuJu Watkins. Watkins also joins fellow Trojan Kiki Iriafen on the Preseason All-Big Ten Team. Entering its first season in the Big Ten Conference, USC women's basketball also landed top honors from its new league, picked No. 1 in the Preseason Rankings.

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Air Ball. While the defense has stepped up its game so far this season, the Trojan football offense is moving and grooving with quarterback Miller Moss behind center. USC is averaging 33 points per game this year with Moss accounting for 890 yards and five touchdowns through the air.

Our question today: in terms of yards per game, where does USC’s passing attack rank within the Big Ten?

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

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📅 THE WEEKEND AHEAD

Friday, September 27
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, OK
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA All-American Championships in Cary, NC
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ SoCal INtercollegiate Championship in San Diego, CA
🤽‍♂️ Men’s Water Polo vs. California Baptist @ 5 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Watch
🏐 Volleyball vs. Ohio State @ 7 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | Big Ten Network

Saturday, September 28
👟 Cross Country @ Arizona Dave Murray Invitational in Tuscon, AZ | Live Results
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, OK
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA All-American Championships in Cary, NC
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ SoCal INtercollegiate Championship in San Diego, CA
🏈 Football vs. Wisconsin @ 12:30 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | CBS

Sunday, September 29
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, OK
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA All-American Championships in Cary, NC
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ SoCal INtercollegiate Championship in San Diego, CA
⚽️ Soccer vs. Wisconsin @ 11 a.m. in Carson, CA | BIG+
🏐 Volleyball vs. Nebraska @ 6:30 p.m. in Lincoln, NE | Big Ten Network

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: First!

USC's passing offense ranks No. 1 in the Big Ten Conference, averaging 318.7 yards per game, while Miller Moss ranks No. 8 in the nation (and No. 3 in the Big Ten) in completions per game (25.33).

⚔️ Have a great weekend, everyone!