TAMPA, Fla. (October 19, 2024) – The University of South Florida women's soccer team hits the road for a showdown with North Texas on Sunday. The Bulls enter the weekend in a tie for second place, while the Mean Green are in fifth.
 
Earlier this week, Anna Sutter and Leire Herraez Gallach were named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll. South Florida is coming off a 1-0 victory against Temple on Thursday. The Bulls enter Sunday with an overall record of 9-2-3 and are 4-1-2 in league games, while the Mean Green are 7-4-3 overall and 3-2-1 in conference matchups.
 
South Florida is currently tied for second place with Memphis, just two points out of first place. South Florida and Rice both have three matches remaining, while Memphis has four. Memphis is on the road at Florida Atlantic, while Rice is on a bye. The Bulls hold the tiebreaker over the Owls, but the Tigers hold the tiebreaker over the Bulls.
 
Taking Your Shot        
The Bulls are 27th in the NCAA with 17.79 shots per match and are second in the AAC. USF is 22nd in the country and is third in the conference with 8.29 shots on goal per match. The Bulls have tallied 20 or more shots in seven of the 14 matches this season. USF has outshot its opponents in 12 of the 14 matches this season. South Florida posted 21 shots against Temple, 23 shots against UAB, 23 shots against Stetson, 20 against UCF, 25 against FGCU, 40 against Southern, and 21 against Jacksonville. South Florida set a new Corbett Stadium record with 40 shots against Southern on August 21.
 
High-Octane Offense
The Bulls are tied for 64th in the NCAA with 28 goals, which is third in the conference. The 33 assists are tied for 23rd in the nation and are fourth in the AAC. South Florida is tied for 42nd in the country with 89 points, which is third in the conference. With 2.00 goals per match, the Bulls are tied for 54th in the country and are tied for third in the conference in scoring offense.
 
Bulls at a Glance
Anna Sutter paces the squad with seven goals. Her seven goals are tied for 86th in the NCAA and tied for third in the conference. Her 16 points are tied for 126th in the NCAA and are tied for fifth in the AAC. Micahela Hill is second on the team with 12 points, five goals and two assists. Gentiana Fetaj is third on the team with 11 points, three goals and five assists. Georgia Brown is third on the team with four goals and 10 points. Sadie Sider-Echenberg, Sophia Cabral, and Elyse Thornton have scored two goals. Serita Thurton, Peyton Felton, and Sarah Brunner each have one goal for the year. Fetaj and Thurton are tied for the team lead with five assists. Felton is third on the squad with three assists. Sutter, Brown, Hill, Sider-Echenberg, Brunner, Fabri, and Ava Rightmire all have two assists. Six players have dished out one assist on the year.
 
Defensively, Leire Herraez Gallach has picked up the decisions in all 14 matches and is 9-2-3 on the year. She has made 34 saves and surrendered five goals on the season. Her save percentage of .872 is 10th in the NCAA and first in the AAC. Her goals-against average of .394 is tied for fifth in the country and leads in the conference. She has eight shutouts on the season, which is tied for 13th in the NCAA and is the best in the conference. Logan McGruder has made five saves and has surrendered four goals in three matches.
 
Series History with North Texas
The Bulls and Mean Green will meet for just the second time in program history on Sunday. The Bulls won the only contest 1-0 in Tampa last season.
 
Scouting the Mean Green
As a team, North Texas leads the NCAA with 24.00 shots per game. The Mean Green are second in the country with 10.93 shots on goal per game. They are tied for 24th in the nation with 34 goals, which is second in the AAC. The Mean Green are 14th in the country and second in the conference with 39 assists. With 107 points, UNT is 19th in the NCAA and second in the AAC. Rachel Roebuck and Claire Niedermeier lead the team with seven goals, which are tied for 86th in the country and tied for third in the conference. Roebuck is tied for 63rd in the nation and is third in the league with 19 points. Summer Brown is third on the squad with four goals, while Bailey Wesco and Devyn Flannery have three each. Alexis Miller is tied for 20th in the NCAA and is second in the AAC with seven assists. Roebuck and Mia Bernard are tied for second on the squad with five assists. Maddie Ogden has earned the decision in all 14 matches and has a record of 7-4-3 in goal for North Texas. She has stopped 33 shots and has allowed 13 goals.
 
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American Standings
1. Rice – 11-2-2, 5-1-1
2. Memphis – 9-1-2, 4-0-2
3. South Florida – 9-2-3, 4-1-2
4. East Carolina – 6-3-5, 3-2-2
5. North Texas – 7-4-3, 3-2-1
6. Tulsa – 7-6-2, 3-3-0
7. UAB – 5-4-3, 2-2-2
8. UTSA – 6-6-3, 1-4-2
9. Florida Atlantic – 2-8-4, 1-3-2
10. Charlotte 1-7-6, 0-2-4
11. Temple – 2-13-0, 0-6-0

About South Florida Women's Soccer
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The 2024 season will be the first with Chris Brown at the helm. He spent the last 17 seasons as the associate head coach. Brown helped lead the Bulls to three AAC regular season titles, three AAC Tournament titles, and eight NCAA Tournament appearances – winning a conference title every year from 2017-21 while making five straight NCAA appearances during that period. Brown helped lead the Bulls to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2010, a program-record 16 wins and program-best NCAA Tournament third-round appearance in 2019, both conference regular season and tournament titles in 2020, and a string of 10 straight seasons with 10 or more wins (2012-21). Brown has helped lead the Bulls to every NCAA appearance in program history, including two appearances in the second round, and three AAC Championship Game appearances.
 
As associate head coach, he mentored the program's first All-American and recent USF Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Evelyne Viens, who went on to earn three total All-America honors and an Olympic gold medal with the Canadian National Team at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. Goalie Sydney Martinez (2020) and forward Sydny Nasello (2020 and 2021) also earned All-America honors and were among the Bulls that have earned a total of eight AAC Offensive Player of the Year, AAC Midfielder of the Year, AAC Defensive Player of the Year or AAC Goalkeeper of the Year honors. Players he has coached hold every program's individual record and most, if not all, of the top 10 marks in every category.

 
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