Bulls Finish Two-Game Road Swing at Cincinnati
Matchup: USF (5-2-0, 1-0-0) vs. Cincinnati (6-1-2, 0-0-1)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 24
Time: Noon ET
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio // Gettler Stadium
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Game Notes
TAMPA (Sept. 23, 2017) — The University of South Florida women's soccer team delivered head coach
Denise Schilte-Brown her 200
th career win on Thursday with a last-minute goal over East Carolina by freshman
Katie Kitching (Bedale, England). The Bulls will look to get their second conference win on Sunday against Cincinnati at noon.
USF defeated ECU in dramatic fashion for the second straight season. Last year, USF won with a golden goal by senior
Grace Adams (Accra, Ghana), but the Bulls were determined to win in regulation this year. Freshman
Leah Ferlin (Jacksonville, Fla.) gave USF the equalizer with a goal in the 38
th minute. In the final minute of the match, Kitching worked a quick give-and-go with sophomore
Evelyne Viens (L'ancienne-Lorette, Canada) for the game-winner.
The Opponent
The Bulls and the Bearcats are tied in the regular season series with 10 wins each. The last three meetings have ended in ties, but two of those were settled in penalty kicks during the conference tournament. In 2016, USF tied Cincinnati, 2-2, on senior day in Tampa, but defeated the Bearcats in penalty kicks, 4-3, to advance to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship.
Cincinnati is undefeated at home this season with four wins and two draws. The Bearcats opened their conference slate with No. 14 UCF resulting in a 0-0 tie on Thursday night. Cincinnati's one loss this season was to LSU, 1-0, on the road.
Notables
- Head coach Denise Schilte-Brown reached 200 career wins. Last year, Schilte-Brown notched her 100th win at USF against the Pirates, also a 2-1 win, at Corbett Stadium.
- Nine different Bulls have had scoring plays for USF this season, and 10 have tallied assists.
- USF has outshot opponents, 126-89, this season.
- The win over ECU was the Bull's second straight win on the road.
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 100th 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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