South Florida Hands Men's Soccer First Loss Of Season; UB Falls 3-0 On The Road

Sunday, September 18

1 pm

7-1-0

South Fla.

3-3-2

Buffalo

USF

South Florida Hands Men's Soccer First Loss Of Season; UB Falls 3-0 On The Road

9/18/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

TAMPA, FL – The University at Buffalo men's soccer team was handed their first loss of the 2016 campaign on a steamy Sunday afternoon in Tampa against South Florida. The game was called in the 81^st minute due to lightning as the South Florida Bulls collected the 3-0 victory over UB.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 0, South Florida 3
South Florida Goal Scorers: Marcus Epps (1), Lindo Mfeka (1), Gabriel Menescal (1)
South Florida Assists: Melvin Becket (2), Marcus Epps (2), Ricardo Gomez (1), Nazeem Bartman (1)
Records: Buffalo (7-1-0, 0-0-0 MAC), South Florida (3-3-2, 0-0-0 AAC)
Location: Corbett Stadium – Tampa, Florida
Crowd: 348

Starting Lineups

Buffalo: Alec Fisher, Daniel Cramarossa, Fox Slotemaker, David Enstrom, Tommy Fogarty-Cameron, Russell Cicerone, Austin Place, Rikard Lindqvist, Nick Forrester, Braden Scales, Joseph Kuta
South Florida: Prosper Figbe, Graham Smith, Alessandro Paciocco, Melvin Becket, Nazeem Bartman, Lindo Mfeka, Stephen Rudderham, Ricardo Gomez, Cliff Maina, Jonathan Rosales, Spasoje Stefanovic

How It Happened

South Florida was able to get the first shot of the match in the eighth minute as Lindo Mfeka ripped a shot wide and out of play.
David Enstrom was able to collect the Bulls first shot on goal of the match in the 16^th minute as his header was stopped by the USF keeper.
After some back-and-forth action, Marcus Epps had a shot that was saved by Joseph Kuta, keeping the game scoreless.
The South Florida Bulls were able to get on the board first in the 44^th minute as Marcus Epps took a feed from Melvin Becket and beat Joseph Kuta from the front of the goal, giving USF the 1-0 lead.
Buffalo tried responding just over 30 seconds later but Scott Doney saw his header saved by the Bulls keeper.
USF added to their lead almost four minutes into the second half as Lindo Mfeka netted his first goal of the season after assists from Marcus Epps and Ricardo Gomez.
In the 61^st minute, Daniel Cramarossa sent a perfect corner kick into the box where Tommy Fogarty-Cameron's header went just wide of the net, keeping the score 2-0 in favor of the home team.
South Florida made the score 3-0 in the 64^th minute of play as Gabriel Menescal took a feed from Nazeem Bartman and flicked the ball over Joseph Kuta's head into the net.
Russell Cicerone had a great chance to get UB on the board in the 70^th minute but his right-footed shot was saved by the USF keeper.
The game was called due to lightning in the 81^st minute as Buffalo was handed their first loss of the season.

Inside The Numbers

With the loss, the Bulls are now 7-1-0 on the year which is the second best start to a season in program history.
For the game, South Florida held the 11-6 edge in shots and the slim 4-3 edge in corner kicks.
The Bulls had six different players record one shot while Russell Cicerone, Scott Doney and David Enstrom each recorded a shot on goal in the loss.
Junior Joseph Kuta made one save in his first loss of the season.

For The Foes

The South Florida Bulls had three different players score a goal and four other players notch an assist in the win.
Lindo Mefka led the Bulls offense with four shots while in goal, Spasoje Stefanovic made three saves in his shutout.

What They Are Saying

Head coach Stu Riddle: "USF showed their class in front of the goal today and that was the difference between the two teams. It's far from the end of the world, we are 7-1-0 and I am certain we will get a big performance on Wednesday at home when the shield goes on the line again."

Up Next

The Bulls return to UB Stadium on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm as they welcome Big 4 foe St. Bonaventure to Buffalo. The Big 4 Shield will be on the line for both sides and if the Bulls collect a victory, they will etch their name on the Shield for the second straight season.