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Soccer Highlights

By Tom Zebold | USF Athletics

Red Division Win

The Bulls made sure they got to keep the entire Big East Red Division title to themselves.

USF didn't allow a shot in two overtime periods and came away with a 0-0 tie against Rutgers in Newark, N.J. on Oct. 31 to wrap up a stellar regular season. Rutgers needed a victory to grab its own share of the title but failed against the Bulls, who ensured themselves of at least part of the divisional crown the week before at home with a 3-0 victory over Cincinnati.

"That was very important to the guys in the locker room. We didn't want to share it," USF head coach George Kiefer says.

USF (12-2-3, 7-0-2) made program history by becoming the Bulls' first men's soccer team to go undefeated in the regular season of Big East play. The Bulls also became only the third Big East team in the past 15 years to accomplish the feat.

The Bulls snapped their unbeaten streak Nov. 6, falling to Villanova in the quarterfinal game of the Big East Tournament. At press time, the No. 5 NCAA- ranked Bulls were awaiting play in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

Top-Ranked Freshman

Wesley Charpie hasn't let youth get in the way of becoming a major contributor for the USF men's soccer team this season. In fact, Charpie has had one of the best freshman seasons in the nation, according to Top Drawer Soccer, which ranked the Tarpon Springs native 30th among the publication's College National Freshmen Top 100 Men.

The freshman led the team in assists (6) and was second on the team in points (10) heading into the Bulls' Big East Tournament quarterfinal at home Nov. 6.

World Stage

USF women's assistant soccer coach Chris Brown traveled to Guyana to coach the country's under-20 national team during the first round of qualifying for the 2012 World Cup in Vietnam.

Brown was Guyana's first-ever head coach for its main women's national team that came close to qualifying for the past World Cup in Germany.

"It was a great experience," Brown says. "None of us, including myself, thought we were going to make it that far. We just started the program."