Paladins & Bulls Faceoff in Women’s Soccer Opener

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Furman Women’s Soccer (0-0) comes into its season opener tonight for only the second time ever against the South Florida Bulls (0-0). The last time the two teams played Furman won 3-1 in 1999 in Jacksonville Florida, now its time to get the series going again. USF last year had a 12-2-5 season, which both loses was against ranked teams (#1 FSU and #17 Memphis) yet was eliminated by East Carolina in its conference tournament on penalty kicks.

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7pm start at Stone Stadium
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Furman in 2024 was 10-7-3 while going 5-2-2 in the SoCon, and returns 7 players this year with 10 starts, plus its defense looks to be the strength with Goalkeeper Reece Dejong. Ava King, Ellie Herrmann, and Katie Bengough leading the charge. Furman also dipped in the portal to add to its offense of Jenny Jacobson and Maddie Massie, adding Bri Pinasco, Emma Sexton, and Briyah Drayton. They also added Aleksia Christian who arrived late this summer from Oklahoma. Furman also added a huge freshman class to help build its future stars of tomorrow. Furman is picked to finish third in the SoCon, but looks to make some noise tonight starting the season versus the USF Bulls.

We will continue to Raise The Standard! 🤘

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— USF Women's Soccer (@USFWSOC) August 14, 2025

The game is delayed for 40 minutes and finally gets underway at 7:40pm. Furman looks to get allot of players on the field tonight to get them conditioned for the season. Several players had surgery in the off season yet are dressed with only one in a brace. The Bulls get on the board first at 18:35 left in the first half with #12 Sadie Sider-Echenberg assist to #11 Hedda Ornberg, and its 1-0 Bulls.

27' | Furman 0-1 USF

— Furman Women's Soccer (@FurmanWSoccer) August 15, 2025

We come to halftime here at Stone Stadium with USF Bulls leading Furman Paladins 1-0, as we bring you the halftime stats: Furman 4 saves, 5 fouls, 1 corner kick, and 3 shots on goal. The USF Bulls get 2 saves, 7 fouls, o corner kicks and 8 shots on goal.