No. 14 USF Wins at Least a Share of American Athletic Conference Regular Season Title

Saturday, April 3

Tampa, Fla.

7:00 PM

University of South Florida

7-0-1, 6-0-0

Memphis

7-2-0, 5-1-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Memphis	1	0	1
South Fla.	2	0	2

No. 14 USF Wins at Least a Share of American Athletic Conference Regular Season Title

April 04, 2021 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

TAMPA, Fla., April 3, 2021 – The No. 14/21 University of South Florida women's soccer team earned at least a share of the Regular-Season American Athletic Conference Championship and the hosting rights for the conference tournament with a 2-1 win over No. 14 Memphis on Saturday night.

Regardless of the outcome of next weekend's matches, USF (7-0-1, 6-0-0 AAC) will host the conference tournament as the No. 1 seed and holds at least part of the conference title. With a win next week, USF would solely hold the title.

Katie Kitching (Bedale, England) got the Bulls off to a quick start, scoring in the ninth minute off of a long ball from Sydny Nasello (Land O' Lakes, Fla.). Soon after, Nasello extended the lead for South Florida with her fourth goal on the season.

Memphis responded with their lone goal of the game in the 35^th minute. Grace Stordy scored to cut USF's lead at halftime to 2-1.

While both teams had opportunities in the second half, neither team was able to find the back of the net, giving the Bulls the victory.

Quotable
Head coach Denise Schilte-Brown on today's game…
"I'm really proud of the team. It was a really tough game. Memphis is a hard team to play against. They really try to be disruptive and change the flow of our game. It's always really competitive and entertaining. I thought we played really well in the beginning of the game. We controlled the game. We probably should've scored more goals early but we didn't and we let them back in. Then we lost control of the game a little bit and it was a battle. I'm proud of the team because we won the battle but it wasn't the style that we wanted to play in the end."

Notables

Sydney Martinez (Rincon, Ga.) posted a season-high of five saves.
The Bulls have won conference championships in each of the last four years. In 2018 and this season, USF claimed the regular season title, while in 2017 and 2019 the team hoisted the tournament trophy.
USF improved to 13-6-1 against the Tigers in the all-time series.
South Florida continued its streak of outshooting opponents, edging out Memphis 12-11. This season, the Bulls have a 116-45 advantage in shots and a 58-20 advantage in shots on goal.

Up Next
The Bulls go back on the road to Cincinnati, Ohio to conclude regular season play on Sunday, April 11 at 1 p.m. against the Bearcats.

About USF Women's Soccer
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The USF women's soccer team has posted eight consecutive seasons of 10-plus wins and nine in the last 10 years under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. The Bulls made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and returned in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

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