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The Three Torches 4/17: Down To The Wire

The Three Torches 4/17: Down To The Wire

Today, four Trojans named All-MPSF and Park earns weekly award

Zach Garrett
April 17, 2024

Good morning! USC men’s basketball star, Boogie Ellis, bid farewell to the Trojan Family in a touching message after formalizing his decision to enter his name into the 2024 NBA Draft.

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

🏐 Four Trojans named All-MPSF
⛳️ Park earns weekly award
⚔️ And much, much more!

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🔼 Another One. Following her performance at the Silverado Showdown, the Women of Troy’s Catherine Park earned her second Pac-12 Women’s Golfer of the Week award. The sophomore was the lone player to shoot under par for each round, posting a 69-70-70 (-7) on her way to sharing the individual title. Park now has two title victories on the season, as she won the Stanford Intercollegiate at seven-under-par earlier this year. The sophomore is now tied for the sixth most tournament wins in a season in USC history.

🔼 Nation On Notice. Ahead of USC track and field’s appearance at the Mt. SAC Relays, both the men’s and women’s teams finished inside the top 25. The Women of Troy came in as the No. 23 squad in the country while the men’s team will ride into the weekend ranked No. 7 in the nation.

🔼 Touching Tribute. USC beach volleyball is getting ready for its final matches of the regular season, meaning the end of some collegiate careers for the seniors on the team. Follow @USCBeach as the team spotlights its fourth-year student-athletes with a tribute heading into the postseason.

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Seed Of Hope. USC men’s volleyball is getting ready to compete in the postseason this weekend with three quarterfinal matchups all day today.

Our question today: do you know what seed the Trojans will enter in the 2024 MPSF Tournament?

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

⚔️ ONE BIG THING

Four members of USC men’s volleyball were named to MPSF teams with Dillon Klein highlighting the bunch with his All-Conference second-team selection. Klein was named to the second team for the second time in his career after leading the team in kills (3.54 kps), points (4.05 pps) and attacks (7.64 aps). Senior middle blocker Kyle Paulson earned an All-MPSF honorable mention for the first time in his career while setter Caleb Blanchette and middle blocker Wesley Smith were each chosen to the MPSF All-Freshman Team.

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

Wednesday, April 17

Thursday, April 18

Friday, April 19

👟 Track and Field @ Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, CA
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. UCLA @ 1:30pm in Los Angeles, CA | Live Scoring
⚾️ Baseball vs. Sacramento State @ 6:30pm in Irvine, CA | Watch | Live Stats

⚔️ Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Sixth seed!

USC men’s volleyball will enter the 2024 MPSF Tournament as the No. 6 seed and will face No. 3 BYU in the first quarterfinal match of the day.

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, everyone!