USF men at West Virginia

When: Tonight, 8pm

Where: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, Morgantown, WV

South Florida (5-0-1) travels tonight to take on the Mountaineers (2-2-2) in the Bulls' third Big East game of the season. USF has a number three ranking in the latest NSCAA poll to defend and would like to improve its position in the Big East Red Division, where the Bulls are in third place after two matches.

The USF defense has only allowed two goals all season and goalkeeper Jeff Attinella has three shut outs on the books and a GAA of 0.48. On the offensive side of the ball, the Bulls have struggled to score goals at times despite out shooting their opponents 82-70. In fact, South Florida has only one game this season where they scored more than one goal. The leading scorer for the Bulls is Bernardo Anor (two goals and one assist).

West Virginia has a had also had difficulty scoring, only netting four goals in six matches. Sophomore midfielder, Alex Silva is their leading scorer with just four points (two goals). The Mountaineers' goalkeeper, Zach Johnson, has a respectable GAA of 0.75 and three shut outs.

Zak Boggs, senior midfielder for the Bulls, played his freshman season at West Virginia before transferring to UCF and then later USF. In his only season with the Mountaineers, Zak was second in scoring with five goals and an assist. Boggs has one goal so far this season.

USF has dominated the series between the schools 11-3-2 and won last season's meeting in Tampa. South Florida continues their road trip on Sunday by visiting Pitt.