No. 18 USC Lacrosse Welcomes No. 3 Northwestern to Los Angeles

Sunday, March 30

Carson, Calif.

12:00 p.m.

USC

Northwestern

Haley Newton Waits in the Lineup During the Lacrosse Introductions

Photo by: Katie Chin

No. 18 USC Lacrosse Welcomes No. 3 Northwestern to Los Angeles

March 28, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse

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Game #12 • Sunday, Mar. 30 • 12 p.m. PT
#18 USC (8-3, 1-2 Big Ten) vs. #3 Northwestern (8-2, 2-0 Big Ten)
Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, Calif.
SERIES HISTORY: NU leads 4-2 • STREAK: L2
LAST GAME: L, 12-15 vs. #2 North Carolina (Evanston, Ill. • Mar. 27, 2025)
LIVE STREAM: B1G+
OPPONENT WEB: nusports.com

CROSSExamination

The Trojans are 2-4 against Northwestern and are 0-2 at home against the Wildcats. USC has played NU two times in Los Angeles with both games being at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.
Lindsey Munday played for the Wildcats from 2003-06 and won a National Championship with NU in 2005 and 2006 under current head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller. Munday served as an assistant for the Wildcats for four years (2007-10).
USC is 31-45 all-time against ranked opponents, and 3-13 against teams in the top five. The Trojans are 1-2 against IWLCA-ranked teams this season.
USC is 22-11 all-time versus current Big Ten teams.
The Women of Troy were recently picked to finish sixth out of nine squads in their inaugural Big Ten Preseason Poll.
Lindsey Munday was selected as the U.S. Women's Sixes National Team Head Coach on Apr. 9. Munday will oversee this new version of play for the National Team, as her appointment will end in 2026. Sixes will be featured in the 2028 Olympics as lacrosse will make its Olympic debut in Los Angeles.
The Trojans will play this season in two different venues, as they will open at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum but will play seven of their nine home games at Dignity Health Sports Park. The brand-new Rawlinson Stadium is set to open in 2026.
USC is currently ranked No. 18 in the seventh-week edition of the IWLCA Poll.
Stats to Know: Dora is 4th in the NCAA for goals with 46 in 11 games, her average of 4.18 goals per game is 7th in the country. Redshirt senior Isabelle Vitale's 35 assists is 6th in the NCAA. Her 57 points are ranked 10th in the NCAA.
Three Trojans are on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, as senior Catherine Lord was on the initial list. Vitale and Dora joined Lord on the list as part of the first additions to the list.
Senior Alexis Niblock and Dora were recently named as part of the ILWomen Midseason All-Americans Honorable Mention List.
Vitale continues to etch her name into the program history books as she is first in program history with 145 assists. The redshirt senior has accumulated five or more points in seven of the nine games this season.
Sophomore Anna Regan will highlight the draw circle, as last season, she posted 122 draw controls, which is tied for the fourth most in a single season by a Trojan. Regan broke the single-game mark for draw controls against Marist, as she had 20 against the Red Foxes. The sophomore is 15th in the NCAA with 8.27 draw controls per game.
Five Trojans have posted hat tricks this season, with Dora leading the charge with 11 in 11 games. Freshman Kaylee Fravert is the lone freshman on the list and is the first freshman to post a hat trick since 2022.