Gets Second Straight Win With 2-0 Triumph Over Virginia Tech

TAMPA (Sept. 10, 2010) – The University of South Florida men’s soccer team got two second half goals from Shawn Chin and Shane Wixted, and outshot Virginia Tech 22-12 on the night en route to a 2-0 win over Virginia Tech Friday night in front of a record crowd of 2,669 at the USF Soccer Stadium.

Chin got the Bulls (2-1-1) on the board when he buried a penalty kick home in the 58th minute, when Bernardo Anor passed a ball to Hasani Sinclair and Sinclair was taken down in the 18-yard box.

Wixted would then be in the right place at the right time for his first career goal. Following a Hokie foul, Anor would get a free kick from about 22-yards out. Anor’s shot would avoid the Virginia Tech wall and beat Hokie goalkeeper Kyle Renfro, however would go off the left post. Wixted would play the ball in front of the Virginia Tech goal, turn and send it to the back of the net in the 81st minute.

On the night, USF’s All-America net minder, Jeff Attinella, would record five saves as he registered his 20th career shutout and his third straight this year.

USF will now hit the road for three straight matches, two in the Embassy Suites Kickoff Classic at Florida Gulf Coast (vs. Ohio State on Sept. 16 at 5 p.m. and Drexel on Sept. 18 at 5 p.m.) and then in its BIG EAST opener at Connecticut on Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. The match with the Huskies will also be broadcast nationally on ESPNU. The Bulls return home on Sept. 29 vs. Rhode Island at 7:30 p.m.