Women’s Soccer Wins Non-Conference Finale Against FGCU

Sunday, September 19

Fort Myers, Fla.

4:00 PM

University of South Florida

6-2-1, 1-0-0

FGCU

3-5-0, 0-0-0

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

Women’s Soccer Wins Non-Conference Finale Against FGCU

September 19, 2021 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: Dan Hamilton

FORT MYERS, Fla., Sept. 19, 2021 – The University of South Florida women's soccer team closed out its non-conference schedule with a 2-1 victory over Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday afternoon. The Bulls finish its non-AAC slate with a 5-2-1 record against out-of-conference foes.

Sydny Nasello (Land O' Lakes, Fla.) scored a brace in the game, her third career multi-goal game. Three Bulls also tallied assists, giving USF scorer's seven points in the game.

USF scored first for the fifth time this season. A long pass from Vivianne Bessette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) found Paula Leblic (Madrid, Spain), who crossed it to Nasello for the redirect into the goal.

After USF took a 1-0 lead into the break, FGCU tied it up in the 56^th minute on a goal from Olivia Lindstedt.

The Bulls found the game-winner about 15 minutes later. Lucy Roberts (Cheshire, England) sent a free-kick to the front of the net, where Nasello headed it home to seal the 2-1 victory.

Notables

USF tallied 20 shots on goal for the sixth time this season, and have only tallied less than 15 once.
Nasello, who ranks in the top-10 nationally in both shots per game (5.00, eighth) and shots on goal per game (2.75, sixth), tallied six shots and four on goal, leading the game.
Sydney Martinez (Rincon, Ga.) made five saves in the game.

Up Next
The Bulls continue its conference schedule on the road at Tulsa. The Friday, Sept. 24, game is scheduled for an 8 p.m. ET kickoff.

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, 2019 and 2020. South Florida has won four consecutive conference championships, earning the tournament title in 2017, 2019 and 2020 as well as the regular-season title in 2018 and 2020. The program had its first draft pick and second-highest pick in USF Athletics history with Evelyne Viens being taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NWSL Draft by Sky Blue FC, now Gotham FC.

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