Explosive Second Half leads to 4-0 Victory for South Florida - USF Athletics (2024)

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Game Recap: Women's Soccer | August 25, 2024 | Chad Smith

The Bulls have scored four goals in three-straight matches

TAMPA, Fla. (August 25, 2024) – The University of South Florida returned to the pitch for a Sunday matinee with Florida Gulf Coast. The Bulls (3-1-0) used a four-goal second half to lead to a 4-0 victory against the Eagles (0-2-0).

The Bulls have scored four or more goals in three-straight matches. It is just the third time in program history and the first since the 2010 season when South Florida scored four in matches against North Florida, Murray State, and Southeast Missouri State. USF scored five goals in three-consecutive matches during the 1998 season against FIU, FAU, and Jacksonville.

With the win, the Bulls improved to 3-1-0, while the Eagles fell to 0-2-0 on the year.

It was a scoreless first half, but the Bulls outshot the Eagles 10-3. USF held FGCU to no shots on goal for the opening stanza. South Florida produced seven shots on goal.

The Bulls scored the first goal of the match in the 47th minute. Anna Sutter delivered a beautiful cross into the box. Sadie Sider-Echenberg was there for a perfect first touch and sent the ball into the back of the net.

Anna Sutter with the beautiful cross that finds Sadie Sider-Echenberg for the goal!!#HornsUp??| #RaiseTheStandard pic.twitter.com/HSTAVMzOsg

— USF Women's Soccer (@USFWSOC) August 25, 2024

In the 72nd minute, South Florida extended its lead to 2-0. Ava Rightmire delivered a through ball to the foot of Micahela Hill who ripped a shot on goal, but the FGCU keeper made a diving save. Sutter was there for the rebound and buried it into the back of the net.

Micahela Hill with a blast, but it was saved. Anna Sutter was there for the finish!!#HornsUp??| #RaiseTheStandard pic.twitter.com/vCqqO0Am0B

— USF Women's Soccer (@USFWSOC) August 25, 2024

Gentiana Fetaj took a corner for USF in the 76th minute. She put it right on the head of Georgia Brown who headed it to Hill. Hill turned and blasted a shot by the keeper to put South Florida ahead 3-0.

A great corner from Gentiana Fetaj leads to a goal for Micahela Hill!!#HornsUp??| #RaiseTheStandard pic.twitter.com/wCMuEilkv7

— USF Women's Soccer (@USFWSOC) August 25, 2024

The Bulls were not finished and scored their fourth goal of the match in the 78th minute. Mia Fairchild delivered a cross into the middle of the box that found Hill. Serita Thurton was on the end of the header from Hill and launched a shot into the top of the goal. South Florida went on to claim a 4-0 victory.

Serita Thurton makes it 4-0 for the Bulls!!#HornsUp??| #RaiseTheStandard pic.twitter.com/HZtpBw2ue5

— USF Women's Soccer (@USFWSOC) August 25, 2024

As a unit, the Bulls tallied 25 shots, and it is the third-consecutive match that the team has produced 20 or more shots. Hill collected four points with a goal and two assists. Sutter posted a three-point performance with a goal and an assist. Sider-Echenberg and Thurton both notched their first goals of the season. Rightmire, Brown, Fetaj, and Fairchild all picked up an assist.

The USF defense was stout again. The Bulls held the Eagles to only one shot on goal for the match. USF held FGCU to no corner kicks in the first half. Leire Herraez Gallach stopped the only shot on goal as she improved to 3-1 on the season.

Notable
· The Bulls have scored four or more goals in three-straight matches. It is just the third time in program history and the first since the 2010 season when South Florida scored four in matches against North Florida, Murray State, and Southeast Missouri State. USF scored five goals in three-consecutive matches during the 1998 season against FIU, FAU, and Jacksonville.
· USF has produced 20 or more shots in three-consecutive matches.
· Anna Sutter recorded her fourth goal of the season and 22nd of her career.
· Micahela Hill notched her second goal of the season to go along with her first two assists of the campaign. She recorded her fourth goal of her career and assists number four.
· Sadie Sider-Echenberg and Serita Thurton both produced their first goals of the season. It was Sider-Echenberg's third goal and Thurton's fourth.

Next Up
South Florida takes to the road for the first time this season with a contest against Kansas on Thursday, August 29. Kick is slated for 8 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

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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