Bulls Fall to No. 4 UNC in First Loss of Season

Sunday, August 27

Corbett Stadium

1:00 PM

University of South Florida

3-1

UNC

2-1

Team	1	2	Final F
NC	2	2	4
USF	2	0	2

Bulls Fall to No. 4 UNC in First Loss of Season

August 27, 2017 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

USF drops match to No. 4 UNC, 4-2, after the teams were tied at halftime.

TAMPA (Aug. 27, 2017) — The University of South Florida women's soccer team took a 2-2 tie into halftime and battled No. 4 North Carolina to the last minutes on Sunday's 4-2 loss at Corbett Stadium.

USF (3-1) and North Carolina fought, neck-and-neck, trading off scores from the start. UNC was the first to get on the board when redshirt-freshman Taylor Otto converted a penalty kick in the 17^th minute, scoring her first goal of the season, and the first of three she scored during the day.

Four minutes later, the Bulls would get a chance with a penalty kick, and sophomore Andrea Hauksdottir (Kopovagur, Iceland) stepped up to the challenge. Hauksdottir converted in the 21^st minute, marking her third goal of the season, all of which have been penalty kicks.

In the 38^th minute, Otto gave her team the lead once again, but American Offensive Player of the Week Evelyne Viens (L'ancienne-Lorette, Canada) was quick to get the game-tying goal, scoring off a free kick from Hauksdottir two minutes later. Viens dribbled down the middle drawing UNC goalkeeper, Samantha Leshnak (Liberty Township, Ohio), outside the 6-yard box, before she chipped a shot over Leshnak's head and into the goal.

North Carolina's Alessia Russo (Kent, England), played a pass from midfielder Dorian Bailey (Mission, Kan.), to give UNC the lead in the 74^th minute. The final goal for the day came from Otto on another penalty kick after USF defender Kelli Burney (Bealton, Va.) was issued a red card inside the penalty box.

Notables

Hauksdottir has scored all three of her goals off of penalty kicks this season.
Viens has tallied four goals across four games this season.

Up Next
USF will travel to Columbus, Ohio, for a match against Ohio State on Sunday, Sept. 3, at 6 p.m. ET.

Be sure to follow USF women's soccer on social media (Twitter / Instagram/Facebook) and visit GoUSFBulls.com for the most up-to-date information. The USF women's soccer team has posted five consecutive seasons of 10-plus wins and six in the last seven years under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. Schilte-Brown reached her 100^th win with USF last season, and will begin her eleventh season as head coach in 2017. The Bulls made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and returned in 2014 & 2015.
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