Women’s Soccer Closes Out Home Schedule Against USC, UCLA

SALT LAKE CITY – The final home week of the regular season has arrived for the University of Utah women’s soccer team and it will include two stiff tests for the Utes, starting with a Thursday night match against the USC Trojans that will begin at 6 p.m. at Ute Field, followed on Sunday by a 12 p.m. matchup at home with the UCLA Bruins.
 

 
Game Day Promotions
The Utes will be holding Trunk or Treat at Ute Field on Thursday, which will include games and candy and the festivities will begin at 5 p.m. The first 100 fans 12 and under will receive a Utah Trick or Treat tote bag. The halftime entertainment will include Greek Life dizzy bat penalty kicks.
 
Sunday’s contest will be the Utes’ Red Out game and all those in attendance are encouraged to wear red to the match. Fans can also snag Utah flags and red cowbells at the gate while supplies last.
 
Scouting USC
The Trojans entered 2022 aiming to make their ninth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and they have not skipped a beat under new head coach Jane Alukonis, who’s guided them to a 5-1 mark in conference play. That record also has them tied with UCLA and Stanford for first place. USC’s only loss in the Pac-12 was a 1-0 upset by Arizona on Oct. 6, which is the only league match in which the Trojans didn’t score multiple times.
 
Only two players in the conference have racked up more points than USC’s Croix Bethune, who has 22. The senior from Georgia has been credited with at least one point in eight of the 11 matches she’s played in, including a pair of five-point showings against TCU and Oregon. Bethune, who is also the reigning Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year, is one of three Trojans who’s been named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week in 2022, joining a list that also includes Simone Jackson and Nicole Payne.
 
All Time Against USC
The Trojans and Utes…