Good morning! As if you didn’t know that the Galen Center was the pLAce to be this basketball season, hear from one college basketball analyst as he describes the Trojans as the “best team in California this season”.

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

⛳️ Ran It Back
🏈 Golden Arm
⚔️ And much, much more!

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🔼 Surfs Up. The Women of Troy keep on rolling as Nicole Nourse and Grace Seits earned a second place finish in the gold bracket at the Surf City Collegiate Challenge. The sand continues to fare well for the Trojans as USC finished the tournament 30-13 overall with Nourse and Seits dropping just one match.

🔼 Ran It Back. Facing a rematch from 2023’s National Championship match, the Trojan women’s golf team faced off against Wake Forest at the East Lake Cup. USC started off strong, jumping out to a 2-1 lead, but were unable to come up with a third, falling 3-2 in the match. Bailey Shoemaker and Brianna Navarrosa each claimed victories for the Trojans, but served as the only two of the day.

Today, the Trojans will face off in the third place match against Texas A&M.

🔼 Fall’s Final Slam. Trojan tennis is headed back to the courts this weekend at three separate tournaments across both men’s and women’s teams. Both programs will have players competing at the ITA Fall Nationals in San Diego with Peter Makk earning a spot in the singles main draw and Emma Charney competing as a single and doubles player with Erin Cayetano.

The Trojans not competing at Fall Nationals will head to the Arizona State Thunderbird Invite for women’s tennis and the Jack Cramer Classic for the men. All of these tournaments will be Trojan tennis’ final competition of the fall.

🔼 Another Fall Finale. After a 36-hole day, USC men’s golf played out both rounds two and three and earned a ninth place finish at the Cal Poly Collegiate. In three rounds of play, the Trojans finished 4-under par as a team with Nicolas Dominguez leading the charge at 4-under par for the tournament. He finished as the low Trojan of the tourney with a tie for 15th.

With the fall season wrapped up, the Trojans will pick back up in January at the Copper Cup in Maricopa, AZ.

📊 See the team’s full results

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Welcome Back. USC men’s basketball will be entering the season with one of the most exciting rosters in team history, but despite the bolstering of the roster due to newcomers, much of the team has been around for quite some time.

Our question today —do you know how many USC men’s basketball players are returners from last season’s team?

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

⚔️ ONE BIG THING

USC’s leader of the offense, Caleb Williams, was named as one of 10 finalists for the Davey O’Brien Award, an honor that goes to the nation’s top QB in the nation, and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given to a top upperclassman quarterback who best exemplifies character, scholastic and athletic achievement. Williams has led the Trojans’ offense this season, achieving top marks with the most points responsible for (208) and passing touchdowns (25) in the nation, and rushing touchdowns (9) in the Pac-12..

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

Wednesday 11/1

⛳️ Women’s Golf @ East Lake Cup in Atlanta, GA

🎾 Men’s & Women’s Tennis @ ITA Fall Nationals in San Diego, CA | Watch | Live Scoring

Thursday 11/2

🎾 Men’s & Women’s Tennis @ ITA Fall Nationals in San Diego, CA | Watch | Live Scoring

⚔️ Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Eight!

View the full list of returners making their comeback to the Galen Center

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, everyone!