2020 South Florida Bulls women's soccer team

2020 South Florida Bulls women's soccer
AAC regular season champions AAC Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament: Second round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 15
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 12
Record	10–1–2 (6–0–1 The American)
Head coach	Denise Schilte-Brown (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Brown Iban Lopez
Home stadium	Corbett Stadium

2020 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 15 South Florida †‡y  ‍‍‍	6	–	0	–	1		.929			9	–	0	–	2		.909
Memphis y  ‍‍‍	6	–	1	–	0		.857			8	–	3	–	0		.727
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	1		.500			5	–	5	–	1		.500
East Carolina  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	2		.500			3	–	6	–	2		.364
Houston  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	0		.429			6	–	4	–	1		.591
UCF  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	1		.357			2	–	4	–	1		.357
Temple  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	1		.313			4	–	5	–	1		.450
Tulsa  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	0		.143			2	–	6	–	0		.250
SMU  ‍‍‍	1	–	1	–	0		.500			1	–	1	–	0		.500
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 AAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of April 18 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: American Athletic Conference

The 2020 South Florida Bulls women's soccer team represented the University of South Florida during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The regular season began on February 7, 2021 (due to delay brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic) and concluded on April 11. It was the program's 26th season fielding a women's soccer team, and their 8th season in the American Athletic Conference. The 2020 season was Denise Schilte-Brown's 14th year as head coach for the program. The Bulls completed the regular season unbeaten for the first time in program history, with seven wins, zero losses, and two ties. They won the American Athletic Conference regular season title for the third time overall and second time in three years, then won the conference tournament for the second season in a row to clinch the AAC's autobid to the NCAA Tournament. They were eliminated in the second round of the tournament by Texas A&M.

Roster

As of April 16, 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Madison Holcombe
1	GK	PUR	Sydney Martinez
2	DF	JAM	Chyanne Dennis
3	DF	USA	Alanna Lutchmansingh
4	DF	CAN	Vivianne Bessette
5	MF	CAN	Fanny Pelletier Laroche
6	DF	ENG	Lucy Roberts
7	MF	NZL	Katie Kitching
8	MF	ESP	Rosalia Muino Gonzalez
9	FW	ISL	Solveig Johannesdottir Larsen
10	MF	ESP	Paula Leblic
11	FW	CAN	Madeleine Penman Derstine
12	FW	USA	Lizzie Spears
13	DF	USA	Camryn Lizardi
14	FW	CAN	Serita Thurton
15	MF	USA	Sabrina Wagner

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	CAN	Olivia Cooke
17	MF	GER	Chiara Hahn
18	DF	USA	Maya Alicea
19	FW	USA	Chloe Zamiela
22	MF	CAN	Dominique Marcelli
23	FW	USA	Ashley Meade
24	FW	USA	Bella Kober
25	MF	USA	Katie Moore
26	MF	USA	Hayden Fredericks
27	DF	USA	Aideen O'Donoghue
28	MF	USA	Madison Waltz Schwartzenberger
29	DF	USA	Landry Singleton
31	GK	USA	Hannah Wrigley
32	GK	CAN	Katrina Haarmann
33	MF	USA	Meghan Cavanaugh
35	FW	USA	Sydny Nasello

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Preseason
January 30* 1:00 p.m.		FGCU	W 1–0	1–0–0	Corbett Stadium Tampa, FL
Regular season
February 7* 1:00 p.m.		at FAU	W 3–0	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	FAU Soccer Stadium Boca Raton, FL
February 14 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at SMU (Canceled)			Westcott Field Dallas, TX
February 21 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Temple	W 2–0	2–0–0 (1–0–0)	Corbett Stadium Tampa, FL
February 27* 6:00 p.m.		at Florida	T 0–0 2OT	2–0–1 (1–0–0)	Donald R. Dizney Stadium Gainesville, FL
March 7 1:00 p.m.		at ECU	W 1–0	3–0–1 (2–0–0)	Stewart Johnson Stadium Greenville, NC
March 13 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Tulsa	W 3–0	4–0–1 (3–0–0)	Corbett Stadium Tampa, FL
March 21 6:00 p.m.	No. 24	UCF War on I-4	W 2–1	5–0–1 (4–0–0)	Corbett Stadium Tampa, FL
March 28 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	at Houston	W 3–1	6–0–1 (5–0–0)	Carl Lewis International Complex Houston, TX
April 3 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 21	No. 14 Memphis	W 2–1	7–0–1 (6–0–0)	Corbett Stadium Tampa, FL
April 11 7:00 p.m.	No. 15	at Cincinnati	T 1–1 2OT	7–0–2 (6–0–1)	Gettler Stadium Cincinnati, OH
American Athletic Conference Tournament
April 15 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 15	(4) ECU Semifinal	W 1–0	8–0–2	Corbett Stadium Tampa, FL
April 17 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 15	(3) Cincinnati Final	W 4–0	9–0–2	Corbett Stadium Tampa, FL
NCAA Tournament
April 27 3:00 p.m.	No. 15	Central Connecticut State First round	W 3–0	10–0–2	Bryan Park Greensboro, NC
April 30 3:00 p.m.	No. 15	(7) No. 13 Texas A&M Second round	L 0–2	10–1–2	Bryan Park Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and recognition

Players

All-American first team

• Sydny Nasello

All-American second team

• Sydney Martinez

AAC Offensive Player of the Year

• Sydny Nasello

AAC Defensive Player of the Year

• Chayanne Dennis

AAC Goalkeeper of the Year

• Sydney Martinez

First team all-conference

• Sydny Nasello
• Chyanne Dennis
• Vivianne Bessette
• Sydney Martinez
• Chiara Hahn

Second team all-conference

• Sabrina Wagner

AAC all-rookie team

• Vivianne Bessette (unanimous selection)
• Chiara Hahn (unanimous selection)

Coaches

AAC Coach of the Year

• Denise Schilte-Brown

Rankings

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United Soccer Coaches	Not released				RV	RV	24	22	21	15	15	15
TopDrawer Soccer	RV	25	25	18	17	17	16	14	14	13	14	12