USC Lacrosse Hosts Scarlet Knights for B1G Network Game

Saturday, March 28

Los Angeles, Calif.

3:00 p.m. PT

USC

Rutgers

USC lacrosse defender Sophie Gangemi transitions the ball from defense to offense during a game against Michigan at Rawlinson Stadium

Photo by: John McGillen

USC Lacrosse Hosts Scarlet Knights for B1G Network Game

March 24, 2026 | Women's Lacrosse

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The Trojans seek their first league victory when they host Rutgers at Rawlinson Stadium on Saturday

LOS ANGELES – The USC lacrosse team (6-6, 0-4 Big Ten) returns home to host Rutgers (6-4, 1-1) at Rawlinson Stadium on Saturday (March 28) for a 3 p.m. PT game. The Trojans will look to end a four-game losing streak when they take the field against the Scarlet Knights. In its last four contests, USC has faced four of the top teams in the Big Ten standings, all of which were ranked in the IWLCA poll with three in the top 10. Four of the Trojans' six wins have been on home grass. USC is 4-3 in its new home stadium and seeks to add its first home conference victory when it hosts Rutgers.

THIS WEEK
GAME #13 • Saturday, March 28 • 3 p.m. PT
USC (6-6, 0-4 Big Ten) vs. Rutgers (6-4, 1-1 Big Ten)
Rawlinson Stadium • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES RECORD: USC leads, 1-0 (1.000)
LAST MEETING: W 13-4 (April 10, 2025 • Piscataway, N.J.)
STREAK: Won 1 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 1-0
TV: B1G Network (Dean Linke & Izzy Scane)
OPPONENT WEBSITE: ScarletKnights.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 167-76 (.687) 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 4-3 in the new stadium.
Jr. M Anna Regan produced her ninth-career double-digit draw control game with 19 against Niagara. Her 298 career draw controls rank second in USC history. Her 66 total draw controls this season rank fifth in the Big Ten.
Jr. A Emma Bunting's 20 assists rank sixth in the Big Ten and her 1.82 assists per game are seventh in the league.
So. D Sophie Gangemi leads the Trojans in both ground balls (22) and caused turnovers (14). Those numbers rank tied for fifth and tied for ninth respectively in the Big Ten.
15 different Trojans have scored goals this spring led by 16 each by four Women of Troy: midfielder Alex May and attackers Emma Bunting, Kaylee Fravert, and Reese Robinson.
Second-year USC assistant coach Cassidy Spilis was a three-time IWLCA All-American midfielder at Rutgers and earned the Big Ten's Midfielder of the Year honor twice. She concluded her career with the Scarlet Knights atop career lists for points (281), goals (266), and draw controls (313).
USC is 3-9 all-time in Big Ten conference games. USC played its first season as members of the league in 2025 and went 3-5 to finish in sixth place.
The Women of Troy appear on the Big Ten Networks' national broadcast in two games this spring: March 28 vs. Rutgers and April 4 at Northwestern.

LAST TIME OUT: USC went to the East Coast for a pair of Big Ten games and fell to No. 8 Johns Hopkins (20-5) and No. 3 Maryland (13-7) on Thursday and Sunday. The losses pushed the Trojans to 0-4 in league games and extended their streak of losses to four straight. Kaylee Fravert scored twice against the Blue Jays, but JHU had a massive 38-9 edge in shots taken and dominated the battle for loose balls by a 25-8 margin. The Trojans did win the center circle by a 17-9 total. In a far more competitive outing, USC trailed the Terrapins by just four goals early in the fourth quarter but fell to the third-ranked team in the nation by six. Emma Bunting totaled four points and registered her sixth-career hat trick with three goals against Maryland. Annie Shields started both games and went wire-to-wire in the cage to register six saves in the first game and had eight more in the second. The two losses dropped the Trojans to 23-26 in the Eastern Time zone.

TRIPLE-DOUBLE: There are three sets of twins on the USC roster. The eldest of the three sister duos are the Buntings. Junior attacker Emma Bunting and junior midfielder Lily Bunting are from Mount Laurel Township, N.J., just each of the Philadelphia Metropolitan area. Sophomore midfielders Alex May and Skylar May are both from Greenwood Village, Colo. And freshmen twin sisters Hadley Holland (an attacker) and Riley Holland (a defender) are both from Madison, N.J. Two other twin pairs have suited up in the Cardinal and Gold previously but were not on the roster at the same time. From 2014-16, Glade and Shannon Nugent played for the Trojans and then from 2020-21 twins Delaneyand Savannah Sweitzer played at USC.

TROJAN PRIDE: USC's game against Rutgers (March 28) will be the Trojans' Pride Celebration game. Admission into the stadium is complimentary and free pride socks will be distributed to the first 100 fans in attendance.

LEFT COAST SPILIS: Second-year USC assistant coach Cassidy Spilis was one of the most decorated lacrosse players in Rutgers history. She was a three-time IWLCA All-American midfielder and was twice chosen as the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year. She concluded her collegiate career as the Knights' all-time leader in points (281), goals (266), and draw controls (313).

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 84-27 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 10 games. Kaylee Fravert and Emma Bunting lead all players with three games each. Reese Robinson, Vivian Leuthold, and Alex May have each registered a pair of hat trick games. Hannah Barron and Hollis Mulry each have one. Leuthold scored a season-high four goals in USC's season opener against Cal and did it again against Niagara. Robinson's four-goal outburst at Arizona State (Feb. 28) and Bunting's four-goal performance against Penn State are the other two Trojan highs this spring.

DRAW ARTIST: Midfielder Anna Regan produced her ninth-career double-digit draw control game with 19 against Niagara (March 8). Her 298 career draw controls rank second in USC history and rank 12th among active players nationally. She needs 124 to match USC's all-time leader; Michaela Michael (2014-17) who had 422 draw controls in her illustrious career. This season, Regan ranks fifth in the Big Ten with 66 draw controls.

HOT DISH: Attacker Emma Bunting has handed out 20 assists (sixth in the Big Ten) this spring and ranks seventh in the Big Ten for assists per game (1.82 apg). She had 18 assists as a sophomore in 2025 and now has 38 in her career.

BARRON OF BREAKUPS: Midfielder Hannah Barron has 11 caused turnovers (26 career) to date to tie for second most on the team. She has also picked up 17 ground balls for third on the team and is tied for 21st in the Big Ten at 1.40 gbpg.

WHAT'S UP, GANG?!: Defender Sophie Gangemi leads the Trojans in both ground balls (22) and caused turnovers (14). She is tied for 12th in the Big Ten for caused turnovers (1.20 ctpg) and is tied for 10th in ground balls (1.80 gbpg). She registered career highs of four caused turnovers and five ground balls in games this season.