Bulls Defeat Cincinnati 6-2 for Dominant Road Win

Saturday, October 27

Cincinnati OH

7 p.m.

University of South Florida

6-7-2, 3-1-2AAC

University of Cincinnati

3-13-1, 1-5-0AAC

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Photo by: South Florida

Bulls Defeat Cincinnati 6-2 for Dominant Road Win

October 27, 2018 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

CINCINNATI, Oct. 27, 2018 – Five Bulls scored six goals in a 6-2 dominant victory for USF men's soccer over Cincinnati on Saturday night in the final road match of the regular season. The victory helped the Bulls qualify for the American Athletic Conference tournament, and USF currently sits tied for second place in the league standings.

USF exemplified a team effort with five seasoned Bulls earning much-needed conference points on the road, including Tomasz Skublak (Hamilton, Canada) who recorded his second brace of the season with the first and third goals of the night, assisted by Jonathan Rosales (Kissimmee Fla.) and Diego Guerrero (San Salvador, El Salvador), respectively. Skublak now leads the team in goals this season with eight in 16 games played, including six goals in six conference matches. Alex Zis (Oakville, Canada) had the second goal of the match with a penalty kick in the 30^thminute.

Skublak opened the second half scoring with his third goal, before Emilio Ycaza (St. Petersburg, Fla.) recovered a Bearcat mistake for his second goal of the season in the 55^thminute. Stephen Rudderham (St. Petersburg, Fla.) scored a goal of his own in the 75^thminute on an assist from Alex Zis to push the Bulls ahead 5-0. Trey Jackson (Ocala, Fla.) rounded out the scoring for the Bulls with the sixth goal in the 80^thminute.

Cincinnati competed with back-to-back goals from Ryan Melink in the 84^thand 85^thminute, respectively, but the insurance goals from the Bulls sent USF home with a 6-2 victory.

Quotable by Bob Butehorn
"It's was great to finish our tough road schedule with a win," head coach Bob Butehorn said. "Good overall team effort tonight."

Notable

USF has officially qualified for the American Athletic Conference tournament, which will take place at the site of the No. 1 seed. USF is currently tied in second place in the league.
Tomask Skublak had his second brace of the year with two goals on the night, the lead-off goal in the 11^thminute and one for insurance in the 53^rdminute.
Skublak now leads USF with eight goals and 16 points on the year
Alex Zis leads the Bulls in assists with eight, and added a goal and an assist tonight, his fifth and eighth, respectively.
Emilio Ycaza had his second career goal of the night, while Stephen Rudderham recorded his third goal of the season, and Trey Jackson had his second goal of the night.
Freshman midfielder Gordon Phipps earned his first career start against Cincinnati.

Up Next
The Bulls will return home for their final home match of the season against Memphis on Friday Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. The match will be played at the USF Track and Field Stadium, while the American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament is played at Corbett Stadium.

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. Sophomore Adrian Bilhardt was added to the preseason all-conference team.

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