SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 6, 2019 – Senior striker Evelyne Viens (Canada) used a school-record tying four goals, along with teammate Sydny Nasello’s (Land O Lakes, Fla.) penalty kick, to power the No. 17 Bulls past Rice (receiving votes) in a 5-1 dominating victory in San Antonio on Friday night.

 

The Bulls (3-1) had not seen action in over a week due to a cancelled game from the effects of Hurricane Dorian, entered halftime with a 1-0 lead.Viens scored her first goal on an assist from Andrea Hauksdottir (Iceland) in the 29^th minute, giving USF a slight edge at the break. 

 

Rice (2-2) evened the score in the 51^st minute, with Delaney Schultz converting on a corner kick. Viens then scored three consecutive unassisted goals in less than five minutes (60’, 61’, and 64’) to put away the game. In the 78^thminute, Nasello powered in her penalty kick insurance goal and the Bulls stunned Rice with a 5-1 victory.

 

Viens’ hat trick is the third of her career, which ties the program record for most hat tricks in a career. It is her second double-brace of her career, the last coming in 2018, also in a game immediately following a game cancelled by a Hurricane. Her four goals in a game ties USF’s record for goals in a game, originally set in 1995 and now tied by Viens twice.

 

Quotable

Head coach Denise Schilte-Brown on the win…

“The players were really calm and composed under the circumstances, even when we were up 1-0, or when we were tied 1-1. They were committed to the ideas we had practiced and they executed those to pull out the win.

 

I was proud that it was such a team effort, so many players were able to get in and play, and it feels like a solid group of players that support each other.”

Key Stat

4 – Evelyne Viens scored four goals in the match to tie USF’s school record for goals in a game. 

Notable

• 20 Bulls saw action in tonight’s match
• Viens’ hat trick is the third of her career, which ties the program record for most hat tricks in a career.
• It is her second double-brace of her career, the last coming in 2018, also in a game immediately following a game cancelled by a Hurricane.
• Her four goals in a game ties USF’s record for goals in a game, originally set in 1995 and now tied by Viens twice.

 

Up Next

USF will continue play in the UTSA Tournament when it takes on UTSA on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

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The USF women's soccer team has posted seven consecutive seasons of 10-plus wins and nine in the last 10 years under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. The Bulls made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and returned in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.

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