USF Faces Temple in Regular Season Finale
TAMPA, NOV. 3, 2017 – The University of South Florida men's soccer team will close out the regular season Saturday at Temple. The Bulls are playing for seeding in the American Athletic Conference Championship. The match is set for 7 p.m at the Temple Sports Complex.
USF (6-5-4, 3-1-2) has not lost a road match since Sept. 8 but the Bulls are searching for their first win after three-straight draws. In their last outing, the Bulls played to a 0-0 draw with SMU at Corbett Stadium. Junior goalkeeper
Christian Knight (Odessa, Fla.) turned in his third shutout of the season against the Mustangs and recorded 15 saves in 110 minutes of action. Knight's 15 saves in a single game are the second best performance in NCAA Division I this season.
The Bulls are led by
Adrian Billhardt (Berlin, Germany) this season with five goals and six assists. The freshman's 16 points rank sixth in the conference.
Fans can catch Saturday's match on OWLSTV ($) at owlsports.com.
The Opponent
Temple (8-7-1, 3-3 The American) currently sits in fifth place in the American Athletic Conference standings and Saturday's match is a must-win for the Owls to secure a spot in the conference tournament. Sophomore Thibault Candia leads the Owls with six goals this season.
The Bulls own a 4-0-1 series advantage against the Owls.
On Dec. 18 Bob Butehorn was appointed the head coach the USF men's soccer program. A member of the University of Tampa's 1981 national championship team and a three-time conference coach of the year, Butehorn previously led Florida Gulf Coast University's men's soccer program to six conference regular season championships, four NCAA Tournament appearances and Top 25 rankings in five seasons since 2010.
The Bulls concluded the season as The American regular season champions and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Bulls finished the season with a 10-6-4 overall record and a 6-1-0 mark in the American Athletic Conference.
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