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USF Closes Out Regular Season at Memphis

November 04, 2019

TAMPA (Nov. 4, 2019) – The University of South Florida men's soccer team hits the road to close out its 2019 regular season on Tuesday night when it faces Memphis at the Bill J. Murphy Track & Soccer Complex. Kickoff is slated for 8 p.m. ET. A win over the Tigers – and a Temple loss – would move the Bulls into third in the standings, while a USF win and a Temple win would move the Bulls to the fourth spot in the standings. Either way, a USF win and the Green and Gold would host in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Tournament.  
 
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USF BULLS
9-5-1* (3-3* AAC)
Last Game: Nov. 1 vs. Cincinnati, W, 4-0
Next Game: Nov. 9, AAC Tournament, TBA
Head Coach: Bob Butehorn
Career Record: 151-118-35 (17th season)
At USF: 21-20-7 (Third season)
* USF records include a 2-1 win over Tulsa that counts towards AAC standings but is not recognized by the NCAA
 
MEMPHIS TIGERS
10-5 (4-2 AAC)
Last Game: Nov. 1 at UCF, L, 1-0
Next Game: Nov. 9, AAC Tournament, TBA
Head Coach: Richard Mulrooney
Career Record: 42-45-15 (Sixth season)
At Memphis: Same
 
SCOUTING MEMPHIS
- Memphis comes into its match with USF with a 10-5 record on the year and a 4-2 mark in The American ... The Tigers are 2-3 in their last five matches after starting the season 8-2 ... Memphis is coming off a hard fought 1-0 loss at UCF on Nov. 1.
 
- Sam Ashton leads the Tigers in scoring with 23 points (10g, 3a) on the year … He is one of three players to have scored double digits … Christoforous Kourtis is second with 12 points (3g, 6a) and Gurman Sangha is third with 10 points (3g, 4a).
 
- Parker Lackland has played in, and started, 14 of the Tigers' matches this season ... He has 36 saves on the year, to go along with a 1.32 goals against average.
 
THE SERIES VS. THE TIGERS
- USF and Memphis have met 24 times prior to Tuesday night with the Bulls holding a 16-4-4 lead in the all-time series ... The Green and Gold are 4-1-3 in matches played against the Tigers in Memphis ... USF is 3-1-1 in its last five outings against the Tigers.
 
LAST TIME OUT
- On a night reserved for honoring its graduating seniors, it was extremely fitting that it was that same senior group that helped USF to a dominating 4-0 win over Cincinnati on Senior Night on Nov. 1.
 
- Jonathan Rosales led USF with a goal and an assist while Javain Brown, Adrian Billhardt and Trey Jackson all added goals in the win.
 
- Harrison Devenish-Meares, who was never really challenged during the night, recorded five saves as he posted his fourth shutout of the season and the seventh clean sheet of his career.
 
BULLS CLOSE PRESEASON WITH 3-0 EXHIBITION RECORD
- USF closed out its 2019 preseason schedule with a 3-0 record, capped off by a 1-0 win over the University of Tampa in the 41st annual Rowdies Cup at Corbett Stadium on Aug. 24 ... Freshman forward Victor Claudel netted the game-winner on a penalty kick in the 85'.
 
- The Bulls also defeated Eastern Florida State College (2-0) on Aug. 17 and Eckerd College (1-0) on Aug. 21 in their first two exhibition matches.
 
BILLHARDT & FLANAGAN EARN PRESEASON AAC HONORS
- USF men's soccer standouts Avionne Flanagan and Adrian Billhardt and have been named to the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Preseason All-Conference Team.
 
- Flanagan finished 2018 with Second Team All-AAC honors ... He played in all 17 matches for the Bulls and started in 16 ... He scored two goals on the year off 15 shots ... His goal against Florida Atlantic marked his first game-winner and was a crucial turning point for USF, which posted a 3-1-2 record in its next six matches.
 
- Billhardt earned preseason all-conference honors after recording four points on four assists in 2018 ... A great technical player, he is creative and extremely dangerous one-on-one with a big left foot ... Billhardt was also recognized during his freshman season, in 2017, when he was named First Team All-AAC and to the All-Rookie Team.
 
BULLS TABBED FOURTH IN AAC PRESEASON POLL
- USF was voted by the league's head coaches to finish fourth in this year's preseason American Athletic Conference Coaches poll ... The Bulls trail only UCF, SMU and UConn ... Temple, Memphis, Tulsa and Cincinnati round out the bottom four.

UP NEXT
- The Bulls will take part in the American Athletic Conference Tournament, beginning with the first round on Nov. 9 … Times, location and opponents will be announced after Tuesday's matches.
 
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