TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 27, 2022 – The University of South Florida women's soccer team fell to the Central Florida Knights on Thursday night in Corbett stadium. The Bulls will be the No. 2 seed in the American Athletic Conference Tournament.  
 
With the No. 2 seed spot on the line, the Bulls came out ready to fight. Defensively, both teams were locked in. In the 16^th minute, Central Florida's Dayana Martin found a small window by Sydney Martinez (Rincon, Ga.) and gave the Knights the 1-0 lead.
 
With the first half winding down, South Florida's Chiara Hahn (Lauterbach, Germany)  charged the ball down the field, faked out the Knight's defender for a shot, narrowly going above the goal.
 
Serita Thurton (Ajax, Ontario, Canada) gave the Bulls their first chance at an equalizer in the second half, her shot going wide. Hahn was fouled inches outside of the goalie box. She was rewarded a free kick, but the ball was deflected and went wide on the goal.
 
In the 66^th minute, the Knights extended their lead to 2-0 on a free kick from Katie Bradley.

 
Scoring Summary
UCF – Dayana Martin, 15:57
UCF – Katie Bradley, 65:22


                  1         2        F
USF           0         0       0                         
UCF           1         1       2
 
Shots: USF 14, UCF 13
Shots on Goal: USF 6, UCF 8
Saves: USF 6, UCF 6
Corner Kicks: USF 3, UCF 4
Fouls: USF 8, UCF 12
 
Notable

• With Cincinnati tying with East Carolina, South Florida earned the No. 2 seed in the AAC Tournament and a bye game.
• Lucy Roberts (Cheshire, England) led the Bulls with two shots on goal.
• This is the fourth time this season that Sydney Martinez (Rincon, Ga.) recorded six saves in a match.

 
Up Next
The Bulls will play the winner of the No. 6 SMU and the No. 3 seed next Thursday at 4 p.m. in game one of the semifinals. Since UCF clinched the No. 1 seed, they will host the 2022 American Athletic Conference Tournament.

 
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.