Published for USC Trojans fans — October 2026
By Toxlay Sports Editorial Team · Last updated October 24, 2026
✌️ USC Trojans Fans — Your Trojans Are Waiting!
Fight On, Trojan fans. The cardinal and gold of Los Angeles roll into the new season off a 2026 regular season built on an unbeaten doubles pair and two singles stars who barely lost in Big Ten play. Get ready to wear the cardinal and gold again.
The Club
The USC Trojans men’s tennis team is the University of Southern California’s program in Los Angeles, California — the cardinal-and-gold side that plays under one of the most famous battle cries in college sports: FIGHT ON. The heritage strip reads LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA • EST. 1880 • BUILT TO WIN — 1880 is the university’s founding year, the deep root behind a program that keeps producing headline players. Searching for the USC Trojans roster, the Trojans schedule or USC tennis tickets for the new season? This is the place to start — and the cardinal-and-gold kit is the way to wear it.
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Last Season: The 2026 Big Ten Run
The 2026 regular season was built on a simple formula: win the top courts, and win them together. Max Exsted finished the regular season 8–1 in Big Ten singles and 7–0 in Big Ten doubles alongside Nathan Trouve — an unbeaten conference doubles run that gave USC a weapon few opponents could answer. Connor Church matched Exsted’s singles mark at 8–1 in Big Ten singles, entering the postseason on a seven-match win streak. And Trouve, ranked No. 67 at the 2026 Big Ten Championship preview, was the third leg of the trio — a ranked singles player and the unbeaten doubles partner who made the pair go. No single match defines a season like that. It was the week-after-week consistency of the trio, in the cardinal and gold, that carried the Trojans through conference play. One honesty note for fans: all trio records cited here come from the 2026 regular season and the April 2026 Big Ten Championship preview, and no 2026–27 results for these three had been verified at the time of writing.
Best Players Right Now
Max Exsted, Singles and Doubles Star — The two-way leader of the trio. Exsted finished the 2026 regular season 8–1 in Big Ten singles and a perfect 7–0 in Big Ten doubles with Nathan Trouve — the rare player who anchors a team in both disciplines. When USC needed a point, in singles or in doubles, Exsted was the answer.
Connor Church, Singles Star — The streak player. Church also went 8–1 in Big Ten singles in 2026, and he entered the postseason on a seven-match win streak — the hottest hand on the roster at the moment that mattered most. Form players win championships, and Church carried championship form into the postseason.
Nathan Trouve, Ranked Singles Player and Doubles Partner — The glue. Trouve was ranked No. 67 at the 2026 Big Ten Championship preview, and his unbeaten 7–0 Big Ten doubles run with Exsted gave USC a pairing opponents could not break. Every great team needs a player who makes his partner better — Trouve is that player for the Trojans.
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The unbeaten pair. Doubles is where team tennis is won and lost, and in 2026 USC had the best answer in the conference: Exsted and Trouve went 7–0 in Big Ten doubles. An unbeaten conference doubles record is not luck — it is chemistry, trust and two players who know exactly where the other will be. That pair is the foundation everything else about this team is built on.
Two 8–1 singles stars, one lineup. Most teams would love one singles player who goes 8–1 in conference play. USC had two — Exsted and Church, side by side at the top of the lineup. When both of your top singles courts are winning at that rate, opponents run out of places to hide, and every dual starts with the Trojans in front.
The streak into the postseason. Church’s seven-match win streak to close the regular season is the kind of detail that tells you where a player’s head is at. Postseason tennis is about who is playing their best when it counts, and Church arrived at the Big Ten Championship playing the best tennis of his season.
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This Season: Building on the 2026 Standard
This season is about building on a standard, not starting over. The 2026 regular season showed what this USC core can do: two singles players at 8–1 in Big Ten play, an unbeaten doubles pair, and a ranked third star holding the lineup together. The question for the new season is whether that same formula — top-court dominance, doubles chemistry and postseason form — can carry the Trojans further. No 2026–27 results for Exsted, Church or Trouve had been verified at the time of writing, so this guide does not pretend otherwise: what is verified is the 2026 run, and it is a run worth building on. For fans, the brief is simple: get behind the cardinal and gold, and Fight On.
Mark Your Calendar: The Road Ahead
No verified 2026–27 USC Trojans match dates had been published at the time of writing, so no fixtures are listed here rather than guessed. When the official schedule is released, this guide will be updated with every Trojans date — check the official USC athletics channels for the latest fixtures.
Biggest Rivalries — The Wars
1. UCLA — the crosstown war. No rivalry means more in Los Angeles than USC against UCLA. Two programs sharing one city, one recruiting ground and one claim to the city’s tennis pride — when the Trojans and the Bruins meet, it is the match every fan in town circles first. No past results are claimed here; the rivalry needs no scoreline to matter.
2. The Big Ten field — the conference wars. USC’s move into Big Ten tennis means every conference dual is a statement game. The 2026 regular season proved the Trojans can win at the top of a Big Ten lineup — now every conference opponent will be measuring itself against the cardinal and gold. Expect every Big Ten night against USC to feel like a final.
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🌟 Star in Focus: Max Exsted
Max Exsted is the two-way leader of the USC Trojans — the singles and doubles star who finished the 2026 regular season 8-1 in Big Ten singles and a perfect 7-0 in Big Ten doubles with Nathan Trouve.
Few college players anchor a team in both disciplines. Exsted did exactly that, giving USC a point threat wherever he stepped on court.
When Trojans fans talk about the standard this team plays to, they are talking about Exsted — and that is why his name leads this guide.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When does the USC Trojans tennis schedule come out?
No verified 2026-27 USC Trojans match dates had been published at the time of writing, so no fixtures are listed in this guide. Check the official USC athletics channels for the latest schedule when it is released.
What are the USC Trojans team colors and motto?
The USC Trojans team colors are cardinal and gold, and the team motto is FIGHT ON. The Trojans are based in Los Angeles, California.
Who are the USC Trojans star players?
The star trio is Max Exsted (8-1 in Big Ten singles and 7-0 in Big Ten doubles in the 2026 regular season), Connor Church (8-1 in Big Ten singles in 2026, entering the postseason on a seven-match win streak) and Nathan Trouve (ranked No. 67 at the 2026 Big Ten Championship preview and Exsted’s unbeaten doubles partner).
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Sources: USC athletics (usctrojans.com) and Big Ten Championship preview coverage — records and rankings checked October 2026.
FIGHT ON — the cardinal and gold are ready for the new season.
