Bulls Visit Cincinnati For Final Regular Season Road Match
Matchup:USF Bulls (5-7-2) vs. Cincinnati Bearcats (3-12-1)
Date:Saturday Oct. 27, 2018
Time:7 p.m.
Location:Cincinnati, Ohio // Gettler Stadium
Watch:GoBearCats.com
Live Stats: GoBearcats.com
Twitter Updates:@USFMSoc
TAMPA, Fla., Oct 26, 2018 –USF men's soccer will travel to Ohio to take on American Athletic Conference foe Cincinnati in its final regular season road match of the 2018 campaign on Saturday night at 7 p.m.
Bulls Ready to Battle Bearcats
The Bulls (5-7-2, 2-1-2 AAC) go into the match following their 3-2 heartbreaking double overtime defeat against non-conference opponent FIU (7-7) on October 23. The Bulls, who led the AAC conference standings just one week ago, will take control of their remaining two conference games and vie for a spot in the American Athletic Conference Tournament, beginning with tomorrow's matchup against the Bearcats. Before dropping the last two matches, the Bulls had been undefeated in seven of the previous eight matches and were undefeated dating back to Sept. 15.
Bright spots for the Bulls in the last match were night
Gordon Phipps (Weston, Fla.) and
Diego Guerrero (San Salvador, El Salvador), as the pair each scored their first career goals over FIU.
With two conference games remaining, the Bulls are very much alive for a postseason berth. USF currently sits in fourth place in the conference, and just two points outside of third place. The top six teams in the conference qualify for postseason play.
Quotable by Bob Butehorn
"The guys have played and trained well recently," head coach
Bob Butehorn said. "They just need to reward themselves with a result this weekend."
The Opponent
Cincinnati comes into the match off the heels of a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Bowling Green. The Bearcats are currently 3-12-1, 1-4-0 AAC, on the season.
The Bearcats are led by junior forward Rex Epps with three goals in nine games played, while two other Bearcats have scored two goals apiece. The Bearcats have scored 11 goals on the season yet hasn't tasted victory since September 29 when the Bearcats defeated Temple 1-0. While three Bearcats have played in goal, Noah Lawrence is the likely starting goalkeeper for Cincinnati, playing for over 1,000 minutes and holding a 1-8-1 record.
Notable
- USF defeated Cincinnati last year, 5-2, at Corbett Stadium on September 30, 2017.
- The last time USF traveled to face Cincinnati, the Bulls came up short in a 2-1 defeat on Oct 1, 2016.
- Four of the Bulls' last five matches have gone to overtime.
- USF's keeper, Harrison Devenish Meares, leads the AAC in saves with a total of 56 in his 13 games played, but did not see action on Tuesday night against FIU.
- USF is currently second in the AAC, along with UConn, in total goals scored and goals per game.
Watch Live
The match will be live streamed on
GoBearcats.comand live stats will be available on
GoBearcats.comFans can also follow live updates on
Twitter.
Up Next
The Bulls finish up the regular season at home against conference opponent, Memphis, on Friday, November 2 at 7 P.M.
About USF Men's Soccer
The Bulls concluded the 2017 regular season with a 6-6-4 overall record and finished fifth in the American Athletic Conference with a 3-2-2 mark. Head Coach Bob Butehorn leads the Bulls in his second season at the helm in 2018.
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