TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 20, 2022 – The University of South Florida women's soccer team shutout the Temple Owls, 2-0, on Thursday night in Corbett Stadium. With the win, the Bulls have locked in a top three finish the American Conference.
 
South Florida's offense came out on fire, outshooting the Owls 7-0 through the first 20 minutes. Midfielder Rosalia Muino Gonzalez (Coruna, Spain) led with two shots. Serita Thurton (Ajax, Ontario, Canada) got the Bulls on the board first with a goal assisted by Chiara Hahn (Lauterbach, Germany).
 
South Florida's defense held Temple to two shots in the first half, none were on goal.
 
The Bulls kept the momentum going into the second half. Vivianne Bessette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) found Gonzalez across the box for South Florida's second goal of the game in the 57^th minute.
 
Thurton had multiple opportunities for a second goal, the closest was off her head and narrowly missed the goal. With under 10 minutes to go in the match, senior Julianne Hutchison went one-on-one with a Temple defender. She found her way around and shot the ball but the Owl's goalkeeper dove for the save.
 
Scoring Summary
USF – Serita Thurton, 30:29
USF – Rosalia Muino Gonzalez, 57:53


                  1         2        F
USF           1         1       2                         
Temple      0         0       0
 
Shots: USF 25, Temple 2
Shots on Goal: USF 13, Temple 0
Saves: USF 0, Temple 11
Corner Kicks: USF 6, Temple 1
Fouls: USF 5, Temple 4
 
Notable

• USF locks in a top-three finish in the American conference and maintains control of its own fate for the regular-season crown.
• The Bulls are looking for their sixth consecutive title.
• They need two more wins to have 11-straight seasons with 10+ wins.
• The win stretches the Bulls win-streak to five matches.
• The Bulls 25 shots and 13 shots on goal are new seasons highs.
• Sydney Martinez now has 27 career shutouts.

 
Up Next
The Bulls will head to Cincinnati to take on the Bearcats on Sunday, Oct. 23 for their final road match of the regular season. A draw or victory would wrap up a top-two league finish and bye in the first round of the AAC tournament. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
 
Fans can purchase tickets by calling 1-800-GoBulls or at Ticketmaster.
 
All home matches this season will be broadcast live on USF Bulls Unlimited, with Darek Sharp on the call. Bulls Unlimited is available via the free Tune In app (search "Bulls Unlimited'') and provides static-free quality whether you're listening on your streaming device, laptop or desktop. 
 
In addition to Bulls Unlimited, all of South Florida's home regular season matches will be streamed live on the ESPN+ platform. Subscriptions for the ESPN+ app are $6.99 monthly or $69.99 annually and can be packaged with Hulu and Disney+ streaming services. A step-by-step guide for subscribing to ESPN+ is located here.
 
About USF Women's Soccer
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The USF women's soccer team has posted ten consecutive seasons of 10-plus wins under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. The Bulls made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and returned in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. South Florida has five consecutive seasons with a conference championship, earning the tournament title in 2017, 2019 and 2020 as well as the regular-season title in 2018, 2020 and 2021. 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.