TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 8, 2022 – The University of South Florida women's soccer team earned its second consecutive victory with a 2-0 win over the Miami Hurricanes on a rainy Thursday evening in Tampa.
Lucy Roberts (Cheshire, England) scored her second goal of the season in the match, while
Chiara Hahn (Lauterbach, Germany) scored her third of the season.
Arden La-Rose (Toronto, Canada) earned her first collegiate shutout in the victory as well.
The Bulls got on the board early. Roberts found the back of the net in the 25
th minute off a corner kick taken by
Gentiana Fetaj (Minden, Germany). Her header beat the Miami keeper in the upper left corner to take the 1-0 lead. The score held for the remainder of the half, sending USF to the locker room with the one-goal lead.
South Florida continued to play smothering defense, allowing its first shot attempt of the game in the 51
st minute and limiting Miami to three shot attempts in total in the 90 minutes of play. Hahn extended the Bulls' lead in the 79
th minute, launching a shot from outside the box that found twine to give USF a 2-0 lead that held for the remainder.
Notables
- Despite the rain, there was no delay at Corbett for the second time this season.
- La-Rose made her collegiate debut with her start in net.
- Hahn leads USF scorers this season with three goals.
Up Next
The Bulls travel to Athens, Ga., for a Sunday match against Georgia.
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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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