USC finished with a 6-0 record in the shortened 2020 campaign, but it struggled on the draw. The Trojans lost the draw control battle in five of their six matchups and averaged a conference-low 11 per game. The Women of Troy also lost Kerrigan Miller and Kaeli Huff to the transfer portal, both of whom were important pieces on that draw circle in their four years in SoCal.
It looks like McDaniel may have solved that problem. At the very least, she could help lessen the blow of losing those two program staples. Her 13 draws were the most by any player in the Pac-12 in the first weekend of games and tied for the second-most in a single game among all players in the country.