Good morning! For the second time in as many meetings, USC baseball downed nationally-ranked UC Irvine. Check out the full game highlights from the Trojans’ dominant 12-4 win as the team heads into the weekend.

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

🏖️ Beach volleyball earns pair of top ten wins
🏅 USC swimmer qualifies for the Paris Summer Olympics
⚔️ And much, much more!

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🔼 Beach Bash. USC beach volleyball took down No. 1-ranked crosstown rival UCLA by a 4-1 count and then collected a 3-2 win over No. 9 Loyola Marymount to send the seniors off with a pair of wins on Senior Day at Merle Norman Stadium. Senior All-Americans Megan Kraft and Delaynie Maple went 2-0, both in straight sets, and provided the clinching point in each dual to advance to a 30-3 mark on the season. USC now awaits seeding in the upcoming Pac-12 Championship set to be played in Tempe, Ariz., from April 24-26.

🔼 Lots At Stake. The No. 11 ranked Women of Troy will wrap up the regular season this weekend as the team hosts the top-ten-ranked crosstown rivals. As if beating UCLA wasn’t enough incentive, the winner of the match will be the outright winner of the Pac-12 conference. Before Friday's match, USC will celebrate six seniors who are graduating this season – Eryn Cayetano, McKenna Koenig, Snow Han, Naomi Cheong, Gabrielle Lee and Isabelle Lee. 

🔼 Senior Day Spoilers. Back on home waters, USC women’s water polo will host crosstown UCLA on Saturday for the Trojans’ Senior Day matchup. The Women of Troy and the Bruins will clash in the regular-season finale at 2 p.m. on Saturday and will celebrate seven graduating Trojans. USC enters the match 17-5 and will look to spoil a perfect season.

🔼 Champion Trio. Three former Trojans will compete at the 2024 European Rowing Championships from April 25-28 in Budapest, Hungary. Assistant coach Dorottya Bene, USC All-American Radka Novotnikova, and Olympian Chloe Brew will each represent their countries in this regatta. Brew, who graduated in 2019, will row for Great Britain in the Women's Pair and race against Novotinikova, representing the Czech Republic in the same category. Bene will compete for Hungary in the Lightweight Women's Double Skulls. 

🔼 End of an Era. Trojan men’s volleyball put up a tough fight, but ultimately fell in three sets to top-seeded UCLA in the MPSF Tournament. Jack Deuchar led the offense with 11 kills on .227 hitting with two blocks, and setter Caleb Blanchette put up 19 assists and had two kills and two blocks. After outing No. 3 BYU in the quarterfinals, USC was eliminated with the loss.

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All Gold Everything. USC Athletics has seen 472 of its athletes appear in a Summer or Winter Olympics, with many of them reaching the pinnacle of their sport.

Our question today: do you know how many gold medals the Trojans have accumulated throughout Olympic history?

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

⚔️ ONE BIG THING

We have reached double-digit days until the Paris Summer Olympics, and the latest former Trojan has solidified her spot in the iconic games. USC swimming alum Louise Hansson is headed to France to compete for her home country of Sweden in her third Olympic Games.

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

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

Saturday, April 20

👟 Track and Field @ Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, CA
🏈 Football vs. Spring Game @ Noon in Los Angeles, CA | Listen
🤽‍♀️ Women’s Water Polo vs. UCLA @ 2:00pm in Los Angeles, CA | Watch | Live Stats
⚾️ Baseball vs. Santa Clara @ 2:00pm in Irvine, CA | Watch | Live Stats
🏐 Men’s Volleyball @ MPSF Championship @ 6:00pm in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | Watch | Live Stats

Sunday, April 21

⛳️ Women’s Golf @ Pac-12 Championship in Pullman, WA
🥍 Lacrosse vs. Colorado @ Noon in Los Angeles, CA | Watch | Live Stats
⚾️ Baseball vs. Sacramento State @ 1:00pm in Irvine, CA | Watch | Live Stats
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Utah @ 2:00pm in Salt Lake City, UT | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 144!

To date, 144 gold medals have been won by USC Trojans since 1904.

⚔️ Have a great weekend, everyone!