South Florida Drops First Conference Match to Houston, 2-1

Thursday, September 15

Houston, Texas

8:00 PM

University of South Florida

3-5-0, 0-1-0

Houston

4-3-1, 1-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
South Florida	0	1	1
Houston	0	2	2

South Florida Bulls during a women's soccer game against the University of Miami Hurricanes on September 8, 2022. (Mary Holt/South Florida Athletics)

Photo by: Mary Holt / University of South Florida Athletics

South Florida Drops First Conference Match to Houston, 2-1

September 15, 2022 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

HOUSTON, Texas., Sept. 15, 2022 – The University of South Florida women's soccer team dropped their first conference match of the season with a 2-1 loss at Houston on Thursday.

Signe Markvardsen (Rosklide, Denmark) netted the Bulls' goal in the game, while Meghan Root (Arcade, N.Y.) tallied an assist. Sydney Martinez (Rincon, Ga.) made five saves in net.

The Bulls held play for most of the first half, tying with shots with Houston, 8-8. However, Houston's offense started to push back early in the second period, opening a 1-0 advantage at '72.

Just four minutes later, the Bulls answered. Markvardsen scored her first goal of the season off an assist from Root. The Bulls led in saves throughout the match, 5-3.

The battle continued until the 84^th minute, with Houston's Janna Singleton earning the lead back for the Cougars off an assist from Dichiara.

Notables

Houston was the first conference game of the season for the Bulls.
Signe Markvardsen (Rosklide, Denmark) scored her first goal of the season.
Sydney Martinez (Rincon, Ga.) made five saves in the match.

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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.

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