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The Three Torches 2/24: Victories in the Water
The Trojans had many wins in the water this weekend.
Good morning, Trojan Family. The Trojans ruled the waters this past weekend with big wins in swim & dive and water polo. Check out how the teams did below!
What else do we have for you in today's edition of The Three Torches? Check it out below!
🏊 5th place in the champs
🤽 BKI wins
⚔️ And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Champ Stats. The swim & dive team wrapped up the Big Ten Championships. On day three, Kaitlyn Dobler won USC’s first Big Ten Individual title, claiming the 100y breaststroke. On the final day, the women finished in fifth place overall.

🔼 Water Wins. The water polo team had big wins at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. The Trojans beat Biola 30-5, No. 8 Long Beach State 15-7, No. 5 Hawai’i 14-7, and fell to No. 1 Stanford 10-6. A season-high 15 Trojans scored against Biola. The women finished in second place in the tournament.
🔼 More Dubs. The No. 4 women’s basketball team beat No. 25 Illinois 76-66. Rayah Marshall recorded her 39th double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. JuJu Watkins and Kiki Iriafen each put up 22 points.
🔼 Beach Queens. The No. 1 women’s beach volleyball team beat No. 11 Arizona State 5-0, fell to No. 5 Stanford 2-3, beat No. 2 TCU 3-2 and beat No. 3 UCLA 3-2. Overall, the Trojans are 4-2 after its first weekend of play of the season.
🔼 Split Weekend. The baseball team’s series against Rice only had two games due to the weather. The Trojans won the first game 7-4 and lost the second 3-4. The first game went into 11 innings. Jack Basseer had the game-winning hit with a two-run pinch-hit single in the 11th.
Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is the women’s lacrosse team. The Trojans beat UC Davis 12-5 on Friday. Maddie Dora matched her career high with six goals. Isabelle Vitale dished out three assists to become the program’s all-time leader in career assists with 123. USC is now 3-1 overall.
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Tennis Wins. The women’s and men’s tennis teams each had just one match this past weekend. The women beat Cal 4-3.
The men beat UCLA #-#.
Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom for the answer!
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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD
Monday, February 24
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Arizona State @ 1pm PT | Live Stats
Tuesday, February 25
⚾️ Baseball at Cal State Fullerton @ 6pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
Wednesday, February 26
🏊 Swim & Dive Big Ten Conference Championships
🏐 Men’s Volleyball at Vanguard @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Ohio State @ 7:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
Thursday, February 27
🏊 Swim & Dive Big Ten Conference Championships
🎾 Men’s Tennis at San Diego State @ 12pm PT
Friday, February 28
🏊 Swim & Dive Big Ten Conference Championships
👟 Track & Field Big Ten Indoor Championships
🏐 Women’s Beach Volleyball vs. Concordia/Pepperdine @ 10am/12pm PT
⚾️ Baseball vs. UConn @ 6:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Vanguard @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
Saturday, March 1
🏊 Swim & Dive Big Ten Conference Championships
👟 Track & Field Big Ten Indoor Championships
🏀 Women’s Basketball at UCLA @ 6pm PT | Watch
🏐 Women’s Beach Volleyball vs. Washington/Long Beach State @ 10am/12pm PT
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at San Diego State @ 1pm PT | Live Stats
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Pepperdine @ 1pm PT
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Oregon @ 1pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
⚾️ Baseball vs. Vanderbilt @ 2pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
Sunday, March 2
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Southern Highlands Collegiate
⚾️ Baseball at UCLA @ 2pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: 4-3!
⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!