By now, you’ve digested the South Florida Bulls 25-24 miraculous comeback victory at Tulsa, read up on conference players of the week, a slight rise in the polls, and are awaiting the release of the newest edition of The Bulluminati Podcast.
Here’s everything else you missed in USF Athletics.
No. 17 Women’s Soccer (10-2-0, 5-1-0 AAC)
One of the greatest athletes in USF history, Evelyne Viens, broke the program record for career goals, finding the back of the net twice in a 2-0 win at No. 15 Memphis on Sunday.
Congratulations, @EvelyneViens14 on setting a new SCHOOL RECORD for most career goals! #HornsUp pic.twitter.com/Njeqz41hbA
— USF Athletics (@USFAthletics) October 14, 2018
The junior forward, and nation’s leading scorer, netted her 42nd career goal in the 47th minute and added another in the 60th minute. Viens is also just two goals away from breaking the USF record for goals in a season.
Winners of four straight, the first-place Bulls host Houston on Thursday at 7 p.m. and SMU on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Men’s Soccer (5-5-2, 2-0-2 AAC)
As Carl recaps for us here, Tomasz Skublak, Emilio Ycaza and Alex Zis all scored in a 3-2 overtime win over Temple on Friday night at Corbett Stadium.
After netting the game-winner in overtime as the Bulls defeated Temple 3-2, @USFMSOC's Tomasz Skublak has been named the #AmericanMSOC Offensive Player of the Week!
— American MSoccer (@American_MSoc) October 15, 2018
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The Bulls are unbeaten in their last five games and will travel to Oviedo for a huge clash with C. on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Volleyball (14-6, 3-4 AAC)
The Bulls salvaged a match during the finale of their four-game homestand, defeating Temple in a five-set thriller (9-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-9) on Sunday afternoon at The Corral.
Hear from @BullsVBCoach on today's epic comeback! pic.twitter.com/0URzv1NA90
— USF Volleyball (@usfvolleyball) October 14, 2018
After losing matches to Wichita State, Tulsa, and UConn, the Bulls picked up their fifth five-set win of the season on Sunday behind senior Briana Stowell’s 43 assists and 19 digs. Freshman CC Clausen also added a match-high 28 digs and eight assists.
USF will hit the road for a conference tilt against Cincinnati on Friday night at 7 p.m.
Notables:
- Cross country capped off the regular season with a sixth-place finish from its men’s team and an eighth-place showing by its women’s team at the South Florida Invitational over the weekend at The Claw.
- Four members of the men’s golf team placed in the top 25 and USF posted a runner-up finish at the Intercollegiate at The Grove in Tennessee last week. Live scoring of the Bulls current run in the Quail Valley Intercollegiate in Vero Beach is available here.
- Women’s tennis posted eight singles and four doubles wins at the Bedford Cup over the weekend at the University of Miami.
- Both the men’s and women’s basketball squads participated in AAC Media Days Sunday and Monday in Philadelphia. As Nate explains here, the women were (again) picked to finish second.