Good morning! The Women of Troy are on fire. Both beach volleyball and women’s golf earned No. 1 seeds heading into their respective NCAA Tournaments.

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

🥍 Pac-12 semifinal recap
🏖️ Kraft named Player of the Year
⚔️ And much, much more!

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🔼 Four For Four. For his fourth year in a row, Lodewijk Weststrate collected a Pac-12 All-Conference honor. During his four years at USC, the Dutch native has made a Pac-12 All-Conference Team every year in the form of an honorable mention nomination, but this is the first year he was bumped up to a Second Team selection. Weststrate finished out his regular season, winning five of his last six matches. That mark pushed him to finish 22-15 overall, 5-2 in Pac-12 and 11-8 in dual matches.

🔼 Full House. The NCAA’s No. 1 seed and reigning national champion USC beach volleyball team had three pairs chosen for the AVCA Top Flight Award. Senior All-Americans Megan Kraft and Delaynie Maple were selected at the No. 1 position. Graduates Maddi Kriz and Grace Seits were chosen at the No. 3 position. Lastly, graduate twins Audrey Nourse and Nicole Nourse became the first Trojan duo to be chosen for Top Flight honors at two different flights in the same season; at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions.

🔼 Golden Weekend. The USC baseball team welcomes in the California Golden Bears this weekend for a three-game series at Great Park in Irvine. The Trojans won the most recent series, taking two out of three in Berkeley last season with their only loss coming in 10 innings by just one run in game two.

🔼 The Chosen Ones. A select few Trojans from USC track and field will compete this weekend at the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles. USC added this meet for certain athletes to get in some important competition in preparation for the Pac-12 Championships next week. Twelve student-athletes, including Johnnie Blockburger, Jasmine Jones and Johnny Brackins Jr. will compete in their respective events.

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Winners Win. This weekend, the Women of Troy will begin their quest for a fourth-straight national championship as the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Championship.

Our question today: do you know how many wins USC beach volleyball finished the regular season with?

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

⚔️ ONE BIG THING

After a postseason full of accolades, USC beach volleyball’s Megan Kraft was selected as the inaugural AVCA Player of the Year — the organization’s highest honor. The four-time All-American holds an overall record of 33-4 on the season and is 123-12 all-time to rank eighth in school history. 

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

Friday, May 3

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. North Florida/Chatanooga @ 9:00am in Gulf Shores, AL | Watch
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Cal Poly @ 2:00pm in Los Angeles, CA | Watch | Live Scoring
⚾️ Baseball vs. California @ 6:30pm in Irvine, CA | Watch | Live Stats

Saturday, May 4

👟 Track and Field @ Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles, CA
⚾️ Baseball vs. California @ 2:00pm in Irvine, CA | Watch | Live Stats

Sunday, May 5

⚾️ Baseball vs. California @ Noon in Irvine, CA | Watch | Live Stats

⚔️ Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 33 wins!

USC beach volleyball finished with 33 wins during the regular season and will begin postseason play today in a round-of-16 matchup.

⚔️ Have a great weekend, everyone!