Bulls Fall to Rice on Friday

Friday, October 30

Houston, Texas

8 p.m. ET

University of South Florida

7-14,6-5American

Rice

15-9,9-3American

Team	1	2	3	Final F
South Fla.	17	19	9	0
Rice	25	25	25	3

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South Florida volleyball team huddle at Rice

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October 30, 2026 | Women's Volleyball

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Addy Brus led the Bulls with double-digit kills

HOUSTON (October 30, 2026) – The University of South Florida volleyball team returned to the court Friday for an American Conference match at Rice. The Bulls (7-14, 6-5 American) fell to the Owls (14-9, 8-3 American) in straight sets.

Addy Brus posted a team-high 10 kills and six digs. It was her eighth match of the season. Nina Jioshvili-Ravva dished out a team-high 23 assists. It was the 18th time this season with 20 or more assists. Paula Tomasa led the Bulls with eight digs. Amelia Wass de Czege recorded a team-high three blocks. Tomasa, Jioshvili-Ravva, and Wass de Czege each had one service ace.

Rice opened the match with an 11-5 run and carried that momentum into the opening set, taking it 25-17. The second set featured an early back-and-forth before the Owls pulled away with a 12-6 run to take a 12-6 advantage. South Florida responded with a 3-0 run to cut the deficit to three, 13-10, but Rice held on down the stretch to claim the set, 25-19. The Owls carried their momentum into the third set, jumping to a 15-4 lead at the media timeout before closing out the match with a 25-9 set victory.

Note-A-Bulls
• Addy Brus led the Bulls with 10 kills. This is her eighth double-digit-kill game this season.
• Nina Jioshvili-Ravva dished out a team-high 23 assists. It is the 18th time this season with 20 or more assists.

Up Next
The Bulls fly to North Carolina on Sunday, November 1. South Florida faces East Carolina at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.

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About South Florida Volleyball
Head coach Jolene Shepardson enters her seventh season at the helm of her alma mater in 2026. Named head coach on January 8, 2020, as a player she helped lead the Bulls to two conference championships and a pair of NCAA tournament appearances. As head coach, she led the Bulls back to the NCAA Tournament in 2025 for the first time since she was a player in 2002 and guided USF to the 2024 AAC regular-season championship, earning her first Coach of the Year Honor. In 2023, the Bulls won the American Conference East Division, made a postseason appearance in the NIVC, and advanced to the Fab Four to mark the longest postseason run in program history.

South Florida Volleyball has won nine Player of the Year honors, most recently with Maria Clara Andrade winning American Conference honors in back-to-back years in 2024 and 2025. The Bulls have also earned four Setter of the Year honors, most recently with Caroline Dykes being recognized in 2024.

South Florida volleyball has made eight NCAA Tournament appearances and won 13 conference titles since the program's inception in 1972. The Bulls play in The Corral (1,000), located adjacent to the Yuengling Center on the USF campus in Tampa.