TAMPA, Oct. 21, 2018 – The nation’s top goal-scorer, Evelyne Viens, once again made program history when she recorded her sixth brace of the season to break the USF record for season goals with 17.

 

USF (12-2-0, 7-1-0) extended its win streak to six straight games, and its home win streak to 13-straight when it defeated SMU (9-6-1, 4-4-0), 5-1, on Sunday afternoon. The win was the greatest margin that any team has defeated SMU since its 4-0 loss to UCF in 2017. 

 

The Canadian striker, Viens, gave USF an early lead over the Mustangs when she scored a quick goal off a rebound. Junior Andrea Hauksdottir (Kopavogur, Iceland) served in a corner that found the head of junior defender Brianna Blethen (Bradenton, Fla.) who took the shot. The SMU keeper batted the ball out, but Viens netted a goal with a low shot from the left side of the 6-yard box.

 

For the sixth time this season, Viens scored two goals in a match. Her second goal was her 17^th this season, the most of any player in USF history. The record was previously set at 16 by Kristine Edner in 1998, and tied by Viens in her freshman season in 2016. Viens converted on a set piece served in from the left side by senior Jordan Tuttle (Yardley, Pa.).

 

In the ninth minute, midfielder Fanny Pelletier-Laroche (Canada) got the ball to the Bulls attacking third and passed it to Viens. Junior Aubrey Megrath (West Palm Beach, Fla.) connected with Viens and went one-on-one with the keeper. She took a hard shot, and the SMU keeper got hands on it, but it broke through for USF’s second goal of the match.

 

USF was awarded a pair of penalty kicks in the 51^st and 57^th minutes, Hauksdottir took both and scored to give USF a 4-0 lead.

 

In the 58^th minute SMU took a free kick that hit the crossbar, and Celiana Torres headed the ball down and in off the rebound.

 

Freshman Sydney Martinez (Rincon, Ga.) advanced to 11-1-0 on the season when she faced 13 shots and had three saves.

 

Quotable

Key Stat

2 – USF converted on two set pieces, two Bulls scored two goals each, USF had 22 shots

 

Notable

• Today’s win means that USF is guaranteed to at least share the regular season American Athletic Conference Championship
• USF is 20-3-3 in American Athletic Conference play at home and 27-3-3 at Corbett Stadium through the last four seasons (2015)
• USF has already scored 45 goals this season which is just five away from the second-highest in program history
• USF has outscored opponents 45-11 this season and outshot opponents 251-118
• The Bulls are averaging 17.1 shots per game and 3.21 goals per game
• As a junior, Viens holds the record for career goals (45) and season goals (17)

 

 
Up Next
USF hosts the War on I-4 in an all-out battle that will determine the regular season American Athletic Conference Champions. USF holds the advantage needing either a win or a tie to claim the title outright, and the home field advantage in The American tournament. The 7 p.m. match on Friday, Oct. 26, will also be USF’s senior night and alumni night.

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

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