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No. 24 Trojan Lacrosse Readies for Boston Battles
February 26, 2019 | Women's Lacrosse, Features
The Women of Troy take on No. 1 Boston College on Friday
LOS ANGELES – No. 24-ranked USC lacrosse (3-0) heads to the East Coast for major road contests at No. 1 Boston College (4-0) and Boston University (2-1). The Women of Troy will face the nation's top-ranked team for only the second time in program history when they take on the Eagles on Friday (March 1) in Newton, Mass. The Trojans are 12-12 all-time in games played on the East Coast but are 0-4 in contests played in the state of Massachusetts.
GAME #4 • Friday, March 1 • 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT)
No. 24 USC (3-0) at No. 1 Boston College (4-0)
Newton Campus Field • Newton, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY: USC trails, 0-4 (.000) • STREAK: L4
LAST MEETING: L, 12-13 OT (Mar. 3, 2018 • McAlister Field)
TV/STREAM: ACC Network / WatchESPN.com
OPPONENT WEB: BCEagles.com
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Game #5 • Sunday, March 3 • 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT)
No. 24 USC (3-0) at Boston University (2-1)
Nickerson Field • Boston, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 1-0 (1.000) • STREAK: W1
LAST MEETING: W, 15-4 (Mar. 8, 2017 • McAlister Field)
TV/STREAM: Patriot League Network (PLN)
OPPONENT WEB: GoTerriers.com
CROSSExamination
SCOUTING REPORT - NO. 1 BOSTON COLLEGE: The Eagles (4-0) were the NCAA runner-up last season and are undefeated this season with big wins at Syracuse and UMass. Sam Apuzzo leads BC with 26 points (18g, 8a) and tops all Eagles with 38 draw controls. Kenzie Kent (10g, 15a) and Dempsey Arsenault (10g, 4a, 18dc) are also major offensive weapons. Defensively, the Eagles are led by Hannah Hyatt who has five caused turnovers and five ground balls. In goal, Laure Daly has a .452 save percentage with 34 goals against. The Trojans and the Eagles will meet for the fifth time. BC has won each of the four previous meetings and prevailed, 13-12, in overtime at McAlister Field last spring (March 7). This will be USC's third time facing the Eagles in Boston. The Trojans fell, 16-12, in 2015; and were eliminated from the NCAA quarterfinal round in a 20-14 loss to BC in 2017.
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SCOUTING REPORT - BOSTON UNIVERSITY: The Terriers (2-1) have one loss on record, but it was a 20-6 result to Boston College. BU's two wins were 17-12 over UMass Lowell and 20-2 over Hartford. Kaily Conry leads the Terriers with 18 points (6g, 12a). Ava Barry tops the team with seven goals on the season. Kaitlin Belval has scored five times and is second on the team with 12 draw controls. In goal, Kennady Smith has a .200 save percentage with 28 goals against (15.02 gaa). The Trojans and Terriers have met only once previously. USC defeated BU at McAlister Field, 15-4, on March 8, 2017. That same season, the Trojans did play at BU's Nickerson Field, but faced Cornell there on March 19; a narrow 11-10 loss to Big Red.
TRACK THE TROJANS: For a behind-the-scenes look, fans of USC lacrosse can follow the Trojans on Twitter and Instagram at @USCTrojansLax. USC will appear in four live Pac-12 Networks broadcasts this spring. Home games against Stanford (Mar. 25), Colorado (Apr. 5), and Oregon (Apr. 7); and a road game at Stanford (Mar. 31) will be shown on the Networks' national and regional channels. Pac-12 tournament games will also be carried on the network's channels. All non-broadcast league games will be shown on the Pac-12+ stream platform.
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LAST TIME OUT: The Women of Troy improved to 3-0 with a 20-16 road victory over San Diego State and a 15-10 win over Jacksonville at home. USC scored 16 first-half goals against the Aztecs to tie a program record, but allowed SDSU to get back into the game late before closing the door thanks in part to career-high five-goal performances from Emily Concialdi and Kelsey Huff. Kerrigan Miller also set new career marks against the Aztecs with seven draw controls and six ground balls to go with two goals. Concialdi repeated her hat trick performance against Jacksonville (3g) while Miller came through with five goals this time and sophomore Riley Hertford stood fast in goal to put up 11 saves in the victory. Up by a goal at the half, 6-5, the Trojans put the Dolphins away with a big 8-1 run and held JU scoreless for more than 14 straight minutes to seal the deal.
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MASS TRANSIT: The Women of Troy are 0-4 in previous trips to the state of Massachusetts. In 2014, USC took a 14-6 loss against UMass. In 2015, a regular-season game against Boston College ended, 16-12, in favor of the Eagles. The Trojans made two trips to the Bay State in 2017. In the first, USC faced Cornell at Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University, but dropped a hard-fought 11-10 decision in freezing conditions. Later that season, USC returned to the City on a Hill for an NCAA quarterfinal matchup with Boston College, but fell to the Eagles once more, 20-14. USC's only letterwinner to hail from Massachusetts was Maeve McMahon. She played for the Trojans in 2018, but previously played for Harvard and was from Duxbury, Mass. Former USC assistant coach Devon Wills is now head coach at Harvard.
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HOME, SWEET HOME: The Women of Troy are 41-12 all-time in home games and are 37-10 at McAlister Field. Between 2015 and 2018, the Trojans won 23 straight games on McAlister Field. Including two wins at the LA Memorial Coliseum, USC claimed 25 consecutive home victories during the impressive streak.
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LET'S GET IT STARTED: USC improved to 4-3 all-time in season openers following its 15-10 win over Hofstra (Feb. 9). The Trojans have started 3-0 in a season only two times (2016 and 2019). The program record for consecutive wins to open a season is 20 when USC blazed a trail into the 2016 NCAA quarterfinals with a 20-0 record.
GAME #4 • Friday, March 1 • 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT)
No. 24 USC (3-0) at No. 1 Boston College (4-0)
Newton Campus Field • Newton, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY: USC trails, 0-4 (.000) • STREAK: L4
LAST MEETING: L, 12-13 OT (Mar. 3, 2018 • McAlister Field)
TV/STREAM: ACC Network / WatchESPN.com
OPPONENT WEB: BCEagles.com
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Game #5 • Sunday, March 3 • 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT)
No. 24 USC (3-0) at Boston University (2-1)
Nickerson Field • Boston, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 1-0 (1.000) • STREAK: W1
LAST MEETING: W, 15-4 (Mar. 8, 2017 • McAlister Field)
TV/STREAM: Patriot League Network (PLN)
OPPONENT WEB: GoTerriers.com
CROSSExamination
- USC is ranked No. 24 in the IWLCA coaches poll; the 44th consecutive week that the Trojans are ranked in the poll.
- The Women of Troy are 12-12 all-time in 24 games played on the East Coast (EST) but are 0-4 in the state of Massachusetts.
- USC's 3-0 start is the second best in program history, only behind the team's 20-0 start in 2016.
- The Trojans will face the No. 1-ranked team in the country for only the second time in program history. The other was the team's first-ever game (Feb. 9, 2013) against No. 1 Northwestern, an 18-5 loss.
- Seventh-year head coach Lindsey Munday is 82-38 all-time.
- Sr. Emily Concialdi was named this week's Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week; the first of her career and the fifth weekly award for the USC program.
SCOUTING REPORT - NO. 1 BOSTON COLLEGE: The Eagles (4-0) were the NCAA runner-up last season and are undefeated this season with big wins at Syracuse and UMass. Sam Apuzzo leads BC with 26 points (18g, 8a) and tops all Eagles with 38 draw controls. Kenzie Kent (10g, 15a) and Dempsey Arsenault (10g, 4a, 18dc) are also major offensive weapons. Defensively, the Eagles are led by Hannah Hyatt who has five caused turnovers and five ground balls. In goal, Laure Daly has a .452 save percentage with 34 goals against. The Trojans and the Eagles will meet for the fifth time. BC has won each of the four previous meetings and prevailed, 13-12, in overtime at McAlister Field last spring (March 7). This will be USC's third time facing the Eagles in Boston. The Trojans fell, 16-12, in 2015; and were eliminated from the NCAA quarterfinal round in a 20-14 loss to BC in 2017.
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SCOUTING REPORT - BOSTON UNIVERSITY: The Terriers (2-1) have one loss on record, but it was a 20-6 result to Boston College. BU's two wins were 17-12 over UMass Lowell and 20-2 over Hartford. Kaily Conry leads the Terriers with 18 points (6g, 12a). Ava Barry tops the team with seven goals on the season. Kaitlin Belval has scored five times and is second on the team with 12 draw controls. In goal, Kennady Smith has a .200 save percentage with 28 goals against (15.02 gaa). The Trojans and Terriers have met only once previously. USC defeated BU at McAlister Field, 15-4, on March 8, 2017. That same season, the Trojans did play at BU's Nickerson Field, but faced Cornell there on March 19; a narrow 11-10 loss to Big Red.
TRACK THE TROJANS: For a behind-the-scenes look, fans of USC lacrosse can follow the Trojans on Twitter and Instagram at @USCTrojansLax. USC will appear in four live Pac-12 Networks broadcasts this spring. Home games against Stanford (Mar. 25), Colorado (Apr. 5), and Oregon (Apr. 7); and a road game at Stanford (Mar. 31) will be shown on the Networks' national and regional channels. Pac-12 tournament games will also be carried on the network's channels. All non-broadcast league games will be shown on the Pac-12+ stream platform.
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LAST TIME OUT: The Women of Troy improved to 3-0 with a 20-16 road victory over San Diego State and a 15-10 win over Jacksonville at home. USC scored 16 first-half goals against the Aztecs to tie a program record, but allowed SDSU to get back into the game late before closing the door thanks in part to career-high five-goal performances from Emily Concialdi and Kelsey Huff. Kerrigan Miller also set new career marks against the Aztecs with seven draw controls and six ground balls to go with two goals. Concialdi repeated her hat trick performance against Jacksonville (3g) while Miller came through with five goals this time and sophomore Riley Hertford stood fast in goal to put up 11 saves in the victory. Up by a goal at the half, 6-5, the Trojans put the Dolphins away with a big 8-1 run and held JU scoreless for more than 14 straight minutes to seal the deal.
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MASS TRANSIT: The Women of Troy are 0-4 in previous trips to the state of Massachusetts. In 2014, USC took a 14-6 loss against UMass. In 2015, a regular-season game against Boston College ended, 16-12, in favor of the Eagles. The Trojans made two trips to the Bay State in 2017. In the first, USC faced Cornell at Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University, but dropped a hard-fought 11-10 decision in freezing conditions. Later that season, USC returned to the City on a Hill for an NCAA quarterfinal matchup with Boston College, but fell to the Eagles once more, 20-14. USC's only letterwinner to hail from Massachusetts was Maeve McMahon. She played for the Trojans in 2018, but previously played for Harvard and was from Duxbury, Mass. Former USC assistant coach Devon Wills is now head coach at Harvard.
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HOME, SWEET HOME: The Women of Troy are 41-12 all-time in home games and are 37-10 at McAlister Field. Between 2015 and 2018, the Trojans won 23 straight games on McAlister Field. Including two wins at the LA Memorial Coliseum, USC claimed 25 consecutive home victories during the impressive streak.
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LET'S GET IT STARTED: USC improved to 4-3 all-time in season openers following its 15-10 win over Hofstra (Feb. 9). The Trojans have started 3-0 in a season only two times (2016 and 2019). The program record for consecutive wins to open a season is 20 when USC blazed a trail into the 2016 NCAA quarterfinals with a 20-0 record.
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