USC Opens Big Ten Play With No. 18 Penn State, No. 7 Michigan

Thursday, March 12

Los Angeles, Calif.

6:00 p.m. PT

USC

Penn State

USC lacrosse midfielder Casey Roberts goes to goal to shoot in a game against Niagara at Rawlinson Staduum

Photo by: Mark Osterkamp

USC Opens Big Ten Play With No. 18 Penn State, No. 7 Michigan

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The Trojans have won three in a row and are 4-1 at Rawlinson Stadium this spring

LOS ANGELES – The USC lacrosse team (6-2) opens conference play this week as host to a pair of ranked Big Ten foes at Rawlinson Stadium. The Trojans take on No. 18 Penn State (8-0) on Thursday night (March 12) at 6 p.m. PT and then will meet No. 7 Michigan (5-2) on Sunday (March 15) for a 1 p.m. start. Both games will be shown live on Big Ten Plus streams. USC—picked to finish sixth by the league's head coaches—is in its second season as a member of the ultracompetitive Big Ten. The Trojans were 3-5 in their inaugural season in the league and indeed finished sixth in the standings in 2025. Five Big Ten teams hold rankings in the IWLCA coaches with four in the top 10.

THIS WEEK

GAME #9 • Thursday, March 12 • 6 p.m. PT
USC (6-2, 0-0) vs. No. 18 Penn State (8-0, 0-0)
Rawlinson Stadium • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES RECORD: USC trails, 0-1 (.000)
LAST MEETING: L 16-8 (April 13, 2025 • State College, Pa.)
STREAK: Lost 1 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 0-1
TV/STREAM: B1G+ (Aidan Pham & Mia Nuñez)
OPPONENT WEBSITE: GoPSUSports.com

GAME #10 • Sunday, March 15 • 1 p.m. PT
USC (6-2, 0-0) vs. No. 7 Michigan (5-2, 0-0)
Rawlinson Stadium • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES RECORD: Tied, 3-3 (.500)
LAST MEETING: L 20-9 (April 23, 2025 • College Park, Md.)
STREAK: Lost 3 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 3-3
TV/STREAM: B1G+ (Kyle Loquet & Alana Perkins)
OPPONENT WEBSITE: MGoBlue.com

CrossExamination (TL;DR)

USC is led by 14th-year head coach Lindsey Munday, a four-time conference Coach of the Year (MPSF/Pac-12). She is the first and only head coach in program history and is 167-72 (.699) at Troy.
The Trojans play 2026 home games in the brand new Rawlinson Stadium. Construction was completed on the footprint of the former McAlister Field in July 2025. USC is 4-1 in the new stadium.
USC has had a pair of one-goal victories this spring. The program owns 21 one-goal wins. The Trojans are 21-17 in one-goal games which includes 5-9 in overtime contests. They are 16-8 in regulation-time one-goal margins.
Jr. M Anna Regan produced her ninth-career double-digit draw control game with 19 against Niagara. Her 288 career draw controls rank second in USC history she ranks third in the Big Ten at 7.57 draw controls per game.
Jr. A Emma Bunting's 17 assists rank fifth in the Big Ten and her 2.43 assists per game are fourth in the league.
15 different Trojans have scored goals this spring led by 13 from sophomore attacker Kaylee Fravert, 12 by sophomore midfielder Alex May, and 11 from junior attacker Reese Robinson.
USC played its first season as members of the Big Ten in 2025. The Trojans were 3-5 in league games and finished in sixth place.
The Trojans' three-game win streak is the longest of the season and the longest since USC won seven in a row between Feb. 14-March 14, 2025.
The Women of Troy were picked to finish in sixth place in the Big Ten preseason coaches poll; the same spot it finished in the final 2025 standings.
USC All-American midfielder Kerrigan Miller returns to Los Angeles this week as a member of the Penn State coaching staff.
As an assistant coach at Northwestern, Lindsey Munday coached Michigan head coach Hannah Nielsen who won the Tewaaraton Trophy twice.

LAST TIME OUT: The Trojans extended their win streak to a season-long three games with wins at home over San Diego State (13-3) and Niagara (19-10). Kaylee Fravert and Alex May each notched hat tricks—May for the first time in her career—against the Aztecs to power the USC offense while Sophie Gangemi grabbed a career-high five ground balls and Hannah Barron picked up four to spur the Trojan defense. Ellie Thomas went wire-to-wire in goal to record her fourth win and snagged six saves in the process. Vivian Leuthold matched her career high with four goals in the win over the Purple Eagles. She got help from Hollis Mulry who became the 40th Trojan to record a hat trick with a career-high three goals. Reese Robinson dished out four assists while Emma Bunting handed our three helpers in the win. Down, 5-1, after the first quarter, USC used a 15-0 run to put Niagara away.

ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS: USC has celebrated 10 IWLCA All-America selections. Michaela Michael was the first-ever All-American selection as a third-team choice in 2015. Michael and defender Courtney Tarleton were each named to the first team in 2016, with midfielder Amanda Johansen chosen to the third team. Michael repeated for first-team honors in 2017 alongside defender Lydia Sutton who earned third-team recognition. Kerrigan Miller joined the ranks as a third-team choice in 2018 and was a second-team All-American in 2019. Kelsey Huff (2022) and Emma Wightman (2023) were each tabbed for third-team laurels.

STATE YOUR CASE: USC's 33-woman roster has players from 12 different states. California leads with five from the Golden State. Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey are each represented by four Trojans. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania each have three players on the roster while New York has two. Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Virginia are each represented by one Trojan.

HOME, SWEET HOME: The Trojans are 84-25 all-time in home games. 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. The Trojans are 7-6 at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. USC and Northwestern played the Trojans' inaugural game there on Feb. 9, 2013. Against opponents at the Coliseum, USC is 0-2 against Northwestern, 3-1 against Stanford, 2-1 against Colorado, 1-0 against both Arizona State and California, and is 0-1 with San Diego State and Johns Hopkins.

TRANSFER CREDITS: USC welcomed a pair of new Trojans through the NCAA's Transfer Portal this season. Attacker Frankie Garcia from San Diego State and goalie Ellie Thomas from New Hampshire. Garcia arrives as a junior while Thomas will be a sophomore in 2026.

RING IT UP: USC head coach Lindsey Munday owns two NCAA titles as a player at Northwestern (2005-06) with three more as a Wildcat assistant coach (2007-09). She is a two-time FIL World Champion (2009, '13) and led the U.S. Sixes National Team to gold medals at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.

BIG HATS: Seven different Trojans have racked hat tricks through eight games. Kaylee Fravert leads all players with three games. Reese Robinson and Vivian Leuthold have each recorded a pair of hat trick games. Emma Bunting, Hannah Barron, Hollis Mulry, and Alex May each have one. Leuthold scored a season-high four goals in USC's season opener against Cal and did it again against Niagara. Only Robinson's four-goal outburst at Arizona State (Feb. 28) has matched the Trojans' season-high mark in goals in a game.

DRAW ARTIST: Midfielder Anna Regan produced her ninth-career double-digit draw control game with 19 against Niagara (March 8). Her 288 career draw controls rank second in USC history and rank 12th among active players nationally. She needs 134 to match USC's all-time leader; Michaela Michael (2014-17) who had 422 draw controls in her illustrious career. This season, Regan ranks third in the Big Ten at 7.57 draw controls per game.

HOT DISH: Attacker Emma Bunting has handed out 17 assists (fifth in the Big Ten) this spring and ranks fourth in the Big Ten for assists per game (2.43 apg). She had 18 assists as a sophomore in 2025 and now has 35 in her career.

BARRON OF BREAKUPS: Midfielder Hannah Barron ranks seventh in the Big Ten for caused turnovers (1.43 ctpg). She has 10 caused turnovers to date and is up to 25 in her career.