TAMPA, Fla. (October 23, 2024) – The University of South Florida women's soccer team returns to the friendly confines of Corbett Stadium for the final time during the regular season as UTSA makes the trip to Tampa on Thursday. The Bulls (10-2-3, 5-1-2) and the Roadrunners (7-6-3, 2-4-2) are slated for a 7 p.m. first touch on ESPN+.
 
South Florida enters Thursday in a tie for first with Memphis. Rice is one point back of the Bulls and Tigers. Memphis and Rice have three matches remaining, including a matchup Thursday night at Memphis. The Bulls have played one more conference match than the Tigers and Owls and only have two contests left in conference play. South Florida holds the tiebreaker over Rice, but Memphis holds the tiebreaker over South Florida.
 
Earlier this week, Sadie Sider-Echenberg was named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week. Gentiana Fetaj earned a spot on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll.
 
 Fans can get a South Florida Soccer scarf while supplies last. This will also be an Athletes 4 Athletes match.
 
Taking Your Shot        
The Bulls are 34th in the NCAA with 17.13 shots per match and are second in the AAC. USF is 29th in the country and is third in the conference with 7.93 shots on goal per match. The Bulls have tallied 20 or more shots in seven of the 15 matches this season. USF has outshot its opponents in 12 of the 15 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 59th in the NCAA with 30 goals, which is third in the conference. The 34 assists are tied for 26th in the nation and are fourth in the AAC. South Florida is tied for 43rd in the country with 94 points, which is third in the conference. With 2.00 goals per match, the Bulls are tied for 50th in the country and are 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 103rd in the NCAA and tied for third in the conference. Her 16 points are tied for 127th in the NCAA and are 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 and Sadie Sider-Echenberg are tied for third on the team with four goals. 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 and Sutter are tied for third on the squad with three assists. 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 15 matches and is 10-2-3 on the year. She has made 36 saves and surrendered six goals on the season. Her save percentage of .857 is 18th in the NCAA and second in the AAC. Her goals-against average of .438 is seventh in the country and leads in the conference. She has eight shutouts on the season, which is tied for 18th 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 UTSA
USF and UTSA will meet for the fourth time on Thursday. The Bulls are 3-0 all-time against the Roadrunners, including a 1-0 victory in San Antonio last season. USF is 1-0 at home against UTSA.
 
Scouting the Roadrunners
Addy Johnson has a team-high four goals and a team-high nine points. Kameron Kloza, Sasjah Dade, Olivia Alvarez, and Tyler Coker each have one goal. Coker and Michelle Polo are tied with a team-best four assists. Jordan Walker and Alvarez each have three assists, while Rylee Low and Sophie Morrin have two. Jasmine Kessler has earned the decision in goal for UTSA and is 7-6-3. She has made 52 saves and surrendered 13 goals. Her save percentage of .800 is tied for 90th in the country and fourth in the conference. With a goals-against average of.847, she is tied for 64th nation and fourth in the AAC.
 
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American Standings
1. Memphis – 10-1-2, 5-0-2
2. South Florida – 10-2-3, 5-1-2
3. Rice – 11-2-2, 5-1-1
4. East Carolina – 6-3-6, 3-2-3
5. North Texas – 7-5-3, 3-3-1
6. Tulsa – 7-7-2, 3-4-0
7. UAB – 5-4-4, 2-2-3
8. UTSA – 7-6-3, 2-4-2
9. Charlotte 2-7-6, 1-2-4
10. Florida Atlantic – 2-9-4, 1-4-2
11. Temple – 2-14-0, 0-7-0

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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