USC Athletics has 137 national championships under the belt as a university and winning the end of male athletics.
However, this number is a bit misleading because it excludes the entire club sports. The Troy Cricket Club has the opportunity to receive a national championship this week, absolutely support from the athletics department and little support from the university as a whole.
The Troy Cricket Club is not a university sport in USC, but a club sport under the Recreation Club Council. Nevertheless, he did not reduce the club’s chances in a championship.
USC’s college cricket team received an invitation to the first national championship tournament of Collegice Crick League, 12 team competitions in Austin and Texas between 17-20 April.
Satyajit Roy, a graduate student studying computer science, serves as a team captain in the second year with the team.
Roy, based on our previous performances and now based on the quality and ability of the team, we are definitely going to the cup, “he said. “We want to win the cup and I think we have a chance to do it.”
Trojan horses have already won a tournament and took the trophy at the Socal College Cricket Shield in October. USC won the Crosstown rival, a team that will be at the CCL National Championship to win the tournament win.
Club sports could not openly offer athletic scholarships, while Trojan horses were still able to bring the best skills from around the world to spend such a successful year.
Aryan Sharad Shetty is a graduate student studying computer science, and he is also a professional cricket player in the United States, apart from the game he plays with the USC Club team. Graduated, Mumbai, India and England in the international level representing Hong Kong to go with a high -level game.
Nevertheless, with all this experience, Setty still has the urge to play for Troy horses.
“It is always an honor to represent your college, especially for sports, Set said Setty. “I am not only honored to represent USC, but I am also very excited to reveal the university jack in America as a whole.”
Now, Trojan horses lead all players in Socal College Cricket Shield with MVP honors, Roy 144 running and Setty winning tournament, which has the chance to show their belongings at the national level. In addition to other Southern California teams such as UCLA and UCLA, UT Dallas, Wisconsin and Georgetown.
This was not the first opportunity to compete in a tournament of Trojan horses in a national level, the National College Cricket Association hosted its national championship at the end of March and a tournament won by UT Dallas.
However, USC could not download the march to Houston due to lack of financing.
Roy said, ık We were disappointed that we could not go to the tournament in March, ”Roy said. “We didn’t get enough financing, and the tournament and the expenses in general were a bit too expensive for our players to contribute and go. That was why we couldn’t go.”
Last year, the club bought only $ 2,000 from the RCC and made it almost impossible for the team to pay for both travel and accommodation for the NCCA tournament.
In the future seasons, the club wants to expand its efforts to collect donations because the team increases the national importance with the growth of sports in the United States.
“Recognition of the cricket begins to grow slowly in America, Set Shetty said. “There is a growing market for a cricket in America, and they also see more growth potential because of new people who come to watch new people.”
However, even with the financial problems that Trojan horses faced the NCCA National Championship, the team was able to run financing for the CCL tournament who wanted to upset UT Dallas’s appreciation.
“USC has a really powerful cricket pool, Set shetty said. “Compared to other teams, we must be the best contestants.”
According to Roy’s understanding, the club has existed since the beginning of the 2000s, but Trojan horses have the chance to have a chance to a Cricket National Championship for the first time.
“What I’ve heard recently, we’ve never been able to participate in a tournament of teams outside the west coast, so it seems like the first chance for us to participate,” Roy said.
Trojan horses will take 13 players to Austin to take the cup home. In the first three days of the tournament, USC is guaranteed in the group game against Texas, Wisconsin, Florida, Uc Irvine and UT Dallas.
If the USC finishes the first two among the six teams in the group, Trojan horses will proceed to the semifinals with the chance to progress to the finals on the same day.
All games will be released in NCL Cricket application and there is an Instagram page @usccricket for more specific details about the results of the club’s donation collection or Trojan horses.
Although USC does not go down to record books, Trojan Cricket Club can contribute to the rich sports history in USC.
