University of South Florida
Marquette
Reid, Waller Power Bulls into First BIG EAST Finals
November 06, 2010 | Women's Soccer
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PISCATWAY, NJ- Junior Venicia Reid scored a pair of goals and senior Angelique Waller scored the eventual game winner in the 38th minute to give the University of South Florida women's soccer team (13-4-3) a 3-2 upset win over top seeded Marquette and send the Bulls to their first BIG EAST Championship final in school history.
The Bulls will play second-seeded West Virginia on Sunday at noon. The match will be televised live on CBS Sports.
With the score tied at two, the Bulls would get some offense from an unexpected source.
Coming up from her defender position senior Angelique Waller slashed through the Marquette defense and launched a shot from outside the 18-yard box past a diving Natalie Kulla to give the Bulls the lead.
Marquette would get on the board first as Taylor Madigan beat USF keeper Nicole McClure off a corner from Ashley Bares in the fifth minute. It was quickest score the Bulls have given up all year.
The 1-0 Marquette lead would last until the 21st minute, as Reid corralled a free kick from Gina Pacheco from seven-yards and slip it past 2010 BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year Natalie Kulla for the equalizer.
The goal would be the first of four goals scored in a matter of 18 minutes of play.
The tie did not last for long as Marquette would retake the lead with a goal by Rachel Brown at the 22:58 mark.
Marquette would nurse a 2-1 lead for just under five minutes as Reid would go back to work. Streaking down the far side junior defender Molly Stack lofted a cross, Reid out jumped the challenge of Kulla and popped the ball into the air and past a pair of Marquette defenders to even the match at two apiece.
Just minutes later, Waller would deliever her first goal of the season to give the Bulls a 3-2 advantage, which would prove to be the final score.
The Bulls would then settle in and successfully weather any Marquette scoring oppurtunity. Neither team would score in the final 52 minutes of regulation.
After a shaky start, McClure settled in, stopping five shots on the night. The Bulls defense accounted for a pair of team saves as well.
The match was phyiscal throughout, with the two teams combining for 26 fouls.
Reid is now tied with fellow junior Chelsea Klotz with 11 goals on the season and has now accumulated 30 points on the season.
It was the first USF win over Marquette since the 2006 regular-season. It also snapped a program-best 12-game winning streak for the Golden Eagles, and extended USF's winning streak to six games.
USF will face West Virginia on Sunday in the BIG EAST Championship game. Earlier this season, USF tied West Virginia 1-1 in double-overtime on Sept. 26 in Morgantown, W.Va.
Gamenotes
USF is now 3-2 in five BIG EAST Championship matches... USF 3-12-1 all-time against Marquette... USF has now won six straight matches and has won eight of their last 10 ... USF is now just two wins shy of tying the school's mark for wins in a season of 15 set in 1998...Three goals is the most the Bulls have scored in five BIG EAST Championship matches... The two goals for Reid marks the second time she has scored mulitple goals in a single match this season... Reid has now scored a goal in four straight matches and tallied a point in six straight... The first was against Harvard... Angelique Waller's goal was the first of the season and the second of her career... The combined first half total of five goals tied a BIG EAST Championship mark set in 1997. In fact, all three games of the 1997 BIG EAST Championship registered five first-half scores. That tournament also included a 7-1 semifinal win by UConn over Seton Hall which stands as the highest scoring game in tournament history... The assist for Pacheco was her fourth of season and the third for Stack.
