TAMPA, Fla. (August 16, 2023) – The University of South Florida women's soccer team looks to bounce back in the friendly confines of Corbett Stadium on Sunday against Jacksonville. The Bulls (0-1-0) and Dolphins (0-1-0) are scheduled for a 6 p.m. start on ESPN+.
 
Sunday will be Bark at the Park and there will be Puppaccinos for the four-legged friends.
 
Bulls at a Glance
South Florida battled the No. 1 team in the country in Florida State in the season opener. Gentiana Fetaj, Sadie Sider-Echenberg, and Serita Thurton each recorded a shot on goal for the Bulls. Fetaj, Sider-Echenberg, Thurton, and Sarah Brunner all took two shots in the first match, while Noelle Sather added one. Leire Herraez Gallach and Logan McGruder each played a half in goal for USF. Herraez Gallach made two saves and surrendered two goals. McGruder made four saves and surrendered three goals.
 
Georgia Brown, Sider-Echenberg, and Thurton lead the 2024 squad as members of the AAC Preseason Watch List. Brown earned the program's first CSC Academic All-America honor after a stellar 2023 year in the classroom and on the field. She was also a CSC Academic All-District honoree as well as an All-AAC Second Team nod. She was part of a stout back line that held two opponents to zero shots on goal for an entire 90 minutes of play. During the 2023 campaign, she tallied five goals, including the match-winner on the road against LSU. She tied a program record with four goals against Florida College, all coming off of headers. She took 15 shots, with eight shots on goal. Sider-Echenberg appeared in 10 matches for USF last season, with nine starts. She recorded the match-winning goal against SMU and added a goal against Florida Atlantic. She tallied 17 shots, with eight shots being on goal. Thurton made her second-straight appearance on the Watch List. Last season, she started all 18 matches. She collected four assists, including three assists on match-winning goals. She notched 23 shots, with nine shots on goal.
 
Series History with Jacksonville
The Bulls and Dolphins will meet for the 13th time on Sunday. USF holds a 10-1-1 record against JU. The Bulls have won four of the last five meetings, including a 6-0 victory in the last matchup on September 8, 2016. South Florida is 8-0-0 at home against Jacksonville.
 
Scouting the Dolphins
The Dolphins are led by Ryan Moon, who is in his first season as head coach. Ines Martin leads the returners for Jacksonville and was the second-leading points scorer. She finished with 11 points, with four goals and a team-best three assists. Her three assists accounted for a third of the team's total assists. Jacksonville lost to Boston College 1-0 in its season opener. Logan Gonzales led JU with two shots, while Hannah Bielicke, Bella Faherty, Madelyn Radtke, and Manuela Restrepo each added one shot. Gretchen Dutternhofer got the start in goal for the Dolphins and made two saves, but gave up a goal in her 45 minutes of action. Pia Bozic played the second half in goal and made three saves and did not concede a goal.
 
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American Standings
1. Memphis – 1-0-0
2. Rice – 1-0-0
3. UAB – 1-0-0
4. UTSA – 1-0-0
5. East Carolina – 0-0-0
6. Tulsa – 0-0-0
7. Charlotte 0-1-0
8. Florida Atlantic – 0-1-0
9. North Texas – 0-1-0
10. South Florida 0-1-0
11. Temple – 0-1-0

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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