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USA Today
12-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
USC women's water polo comes up just short of national championship
USC women's water polo comes up just short of national championship USC women's water polo finishes a great season No. 2 in the United States USC is known for producing national champions in all sports. On Sunday, the USC women's water polo team looked to become the latest group of Trojans to write their names into the history books when they battled Stanford in the national championship game. Unfortunately for the Women of Troy, however, they came out on the losing end, falling to the Farm 11-7. USC opened up an early 3-1 lead, and the two teams were tied at six at halftime. In the second half, however, Stanford held down the fort, allowing the Trojans to score just one goal during the remainder of play. A victory would have given USC its 137th national championship. The Trojans won title No. 136 when the men's track and field team took home the indoor national championship back in March. Beach volleyball's quest for fifth consecutive title comes up short By far the most successful USC athletic program in recent years has been beach volleyball. Under head coach Dain Blanton, the Trojans won four consecutive national championships between 2021 and 2024, becoming the first team in the history of the sport to do so. This year, the Women of Troy were pursuing a historic fifth consecutive title. Having lost the vast majority of their championship core, however, USC suffered its first NCAA Tournament loss under Blanton, falling to LMU in the quarterfinals. While the loss was certainly disappointing, it should not take away from the incredible run that the Trojans have been on. As long as Blanton remains at the helm, the future of the program looks incredibly bright.
USA Today
24-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Lindsay Gottlieb, Women of Troy still have work to do, but roster build is moving forward
Lindsay Gottlieb, Women of Troy still have work to do, but roster build is moving forward USC and Lindsay Gottlieb are beginning to shift the reality of their situation, but more work remains to be done in the portal. Earlier this week, USC women's basketball made headlines when the Trojans landed UCLA transfer Londynn Jones. Jones was a starter on the Bruins' Final Four team this past season, averaging 8.5 points per game. With a lot of uncertainty over what their roster will look like when next season rolls around, landing Jones was a move the Trojans badly needed. Perhaps even more important, however, Lindsay Gottlieb and the Women of Troy made a statement: They aren't going anywhere. It has been a rather tumultuous start to the offseason for USC. With superstar Juju Watkins having suffered an ACL injury in the NCAA Tournament, her status for next year is very much up in the air. The Trojans then saw starters Kiki Iriafen and Rayah Marshall get drafted into the WNBA, while freshmen standouts Avery Howell and Kayleigh Heckel elected to enter the transfer portal. Add all of that up, and, despite coming off back-to-back Elite Eight appearances, many people are wondering if USC will be capable of competing in the Big Ten next year. Landing Jones doesn't immediately answer all of those questions. But it does send a clear and important message: The Trojans aren't going anywhere. The faces may change, and adversity may hit, but as long as Lindsay Gottlieb is at the helm, USC will be in contention for the top players in the country, both coming out of high school and in the portal. If the Jones move is any indication, expect USC to continue to be aggressive this offseason. The Trojans have made it clear that they are not going to use injuries and transfers as an excuse, and that they will continue to do everything they can to attract the best talent in the country. For USC fans, that is exciting. For the rest of the sport, however, it is an incredibly scary thought.
The Guardian
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker audiobook review – beware the grief of Clytemnestra
This is the last book in Pat Barker's Women of Troy trilogy, in which The Iliad is reimagined from the perspective of the women Homer consigned to the margins. It opens with the maid Ritsa and her mistress Cassandra boarding the Medusa, a 'battered old sick bucket' bound for the Greek kingdom of Mycenae. Cassandra is the kidnapped Trojan seer and concubine of Agamemnon, the warrior king who is returning home after a decade of war. Having razed Troy, Agamemnon will be expecting a hero's welcome, though there is uncertainty over how he will be received by his wife, Clytemnestra. Ten years have passed since he sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia to the gods in exchange for safe passage to Troy. Will Clytemnestra have forgiven her husband or will she seek revenge? The voice actor Kristin Atherton is the book's assured and imaginative narrator, portraying Ritsa as a northerner who is loyal if fitfully exasperated by her mistress, and Agamemnon as gruff and short-tempered. She brings just the right amount of complexity to Cassandra, capturing both her youth and the fear and wisdom gleaned from her visions. As the Medusa approaches the harbour in Mycenae, its passengers are greeted by a new temple-like building on the headland, 'its columns gleaming bone-white against the grey sky'. It is Iphigenia's tomb, built by Clytemnestra and positioned so that it is the first thing her husband sees on his homecoming. As the colour drains from Agamemnon's face, Cassandra takes in the scene and murmurs to Ritsa: 'She's clever.' Available via Penguin Audio 9hr 36min We Solve MurdersRichard Osman, Penguin Audio, 10hr 33minNicola Walker reads Osman's thriller in which Amy, a young security guard, pairs up with her ex-policeman father-in-law to investigate a murder. YellowfaceRF Kuang, Borough, 8hr 38min A struggling white writer steals the unpublished manuscript of a successful Asian American novelist who has died in a freak accident. Read by Helen Laser.
