Women's Lacrosse
    Lacrosse Welcomes 18-Woman Freshman Class for Inaugural Season
    18 first-year players will be called upon to make an impact for the Women of Troy who begin play in the spring of 2013
    USC women's lacrosse head coach Lindsey Munday
    USC women's lacrosse head coach Lindsey Munday

    Oct. 13, 2012

    LOS ANGELES - The USC women's lacrosse program will introduce 18 freshmen when it opens play for its inaugural season in the spring of 2013. The Women of Troy signed and welcome the program's first-ever recruiting class to campus with high expectations announced first-year head coach Lindsey Munday.

    "We are so excited to officially welcome 18 freshmen to the Trojan Lacrosse Family," said Munday. "This is a very special year for our program, and we are thrilled to have these players on board. This is a very talented group of athletes that will need to make an impact right away. The class has the leadership that we need as a young program, but most importantly, this group brings a passion for lacrosse and a desire for USC Lacrosse make an impact during our inaugural season."

    13 of the new Trojans hail from the East Coast with 11 from the states of New Jersey and New York. USC adds just one player from the state of California: Liz Shaeffer of El Dorado Hills (Oak Ridge HS). Maggie Mawhinney has California ties from Murietta but moved to Fort Collins, Colo. to prep at Poudre HS.

    2013 USC WOMEN'S LACROSSE FRESHMAN CLASS

    NAME HT. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL)
    Courtney Tarleton 5-4 Ridgewood, N.J. (Ridgewood HS)
    Kelsey Davey 5-6 Katonah, N.Y. (John Jay HS)
    Amanda Johansen 5-10 Glen Head, N.Y. (North Shore HS)
    Haleigh Dalmass 5-4 Moorestown, N.J. (Moorestown HS)
    Carley Horan 5-8 Far Hills, N.J. (West Morris Mendham HS)
    Liz Shaeffer 5-3 El Dorado Hills, Calif. (Oak Ridge HS)
    Caroline Cordrey 5-7 Summit, N.J. (Summit HS)
    Paige Bonomi 5-5 Northport, N.Y. (Northport HS)
    Hayley Kerr 5-7 Port Washington, N.Y. (Paul D. Schreiber HS)
    Caitlin Campion 5-6 Western Springs, Ill. (Lyons Township HS)
    Maggie Mawhinney 5-6 Fort Collins, Colo. (Poudre HS)
    Katie Austin 5-6 Alexandria, Va. (St. Stephens and St. Agnes School)
    Caroline de Lyra 5-7 Brightwaters, N.Y. (Bay Shore Senior HS)
    Jen Carroll 5-6 Houston, Texas (St. John's HS)
    Kelsey Dreyer 5-8 Gillette, N.J. (Watchung Hills Regional HS)
    Eggy Plastaras 5-6 Fort Salonga, N.Y. (Kings Park HS)
    Jacky Hennegan 5-5 Bremerton, Wash. (Central Kitsap HS)
    Cassandra Collins 5-3 Easton, Conn. (St. Joseph HS)

    The Women of Troy are on the East Coast, this weekend, for their first fall matches. The Trojans will face Iona, Wagner, Hofstra, and Stonybrook on Saturday (Oct. 13) on the campus of Columbia University in New York. Then, USC will take on Rutgers on Sunday (Oct. 14) at Rutgers in New Brunswick, N.J. USC will officially open its inaugural season as hosts of Northwestern in a Feb. 9, 2013 (Saturday) game at the LA Memorial Coliseum. Please visit www.USCTrojans.com for more information.