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No. 8 USC Takes On Green Teams in Home Bouts
March 22, 2016 | Women's Lacrosse
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March 22, 2016
GAME #8
No. 8 USC (7-0) vs. Dartmouth (4-2)
McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif.
Wednesday, March 23 • 2 p.m. PT
Series History: USC leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: W, 9-7 (Mar. 28, 2015 • Hanover, N.H.)
TV: Pac-12 LA/Net (Christian Miles & Julianne Viani)
Opponent Web: www.DartmouthSports.com
GAME #9
No. 8 USC (7-0, 2-0) vs. Oregon (6-2, 1-0)
McAlister Field • Los Angeles, Calif.
Sunday, March 27 • 12 p.m. PT
Series History: Tied, 2-2
Last Meeting: W, 13-11 (Apr. 3, 2015 • Eugene, Ore.)
TV: Pac-12 LA/Ore/Net (Christian Miles & Kara Lentz)
Opponent Web: www.GoDucks.com
CROSSExamination
- At 7-0, the Trojans are off to the program's best start in four seasons. USC started each of the previous three seasons 0-2.
- USC's seven-game winning streak matches the longest in program history, previously set in 2015.
- USC is ranked a program-high No. 8 in the IWLCA poll. Neither Dartmouth nor Oregon are ranked.
- The Trojans are 2-0 in MPSF games for the fourth time in as many seasons.
- USC has won 11 straight games at McAlister Field and is 19-8 all-time there.
- In seven completed games, the Trojans have trailed their opponent for a grand total of four minutes. Michigan held a 1-0 lead for the first four minutes of the game on March 4 at McAlister Field.
- USC is out-scoring its opponents, 112-33, for an average margin of victory of 11.29 goals per game.
- The Trojans hold their opponents to a paltry 50-for-93 (.538) clearance rate.
- 4th-year head coach Lindsey Munday is 38-25 (.603) overall.
- Four different Trojans have won MPSF Player of the Week this season: Michaela Michael twice (O), Kylie Drexel (O), Lydia Sutton (D), and Courtney Tarleton (D).
LOS ANGELES -- The eighth-ranked USC lacrosse team (7-0, 2-0 MPSF) returns to McAlister Field for games against Dartmouth (4-2) on Wednesday, March 23, and MPSF foe Oregon (6-2, 1-0) on Easter Sunday, March 27. The Women of Troy and the Big Green will meet at 2 p.m. PT while the Trojans and the Ducks will face off in a noon PT game. Both matchups will be broadcast live by the Pac-12 Networks.
The Women of Troy hold the program's highest ranking at No. 8 and are off to the best start in their four-year history. With seven straight wins, USC has also matched its longest winning streak, previously set in 2015. The Trojans have become a force to be reckoned with on short order and are a tough challenge at home where USC is 19-8 all-time with an 11-game winning streak on McAlister Field.
