USF Ladies’s Lacrosse Earns A number of American Conference Weekly Honors

TAMPA, Fla., March 31, 2026 — The University of South Florida ladies’s lacrosse crew earned a number of weekly honors from The American Conference following its 21–3 victory over Old Dominion on Saturday, highlighted by Kali Cleary being named Midfielder of the Week and Maggie Newton incomes Honorable Mention.
 
Cleary turned in a dominant all-around efficiency within the Bulls’ highway win, ending with three targets on 4 pictures, together with 4 pictures on purpose, whereas including two floor balls and six draw controls. Her influence within the midfield helped South Florida management possession all through the afternoon and gas considered one of its most full performances of the season.
 
Newton continued to tempo the Bulls’ offense, incomes honorable point out recognition after incomes seven factors on three targets and 4 assists. The attacker additionally added two floor balls, one draw management, and positioned all three of her pictures on purpose as South Florida’s offense exploded for 21 targets.
 
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South Florida returns house to Corbett Stadium in Tampa on Thursday, April 2, to host Liberty at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
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About USF Women’s Lacrosse
Entering its second season, the University of South Florida ladies’s lacrosse program builds on a historic inaugural yr that shortly established the Bulls as a contender within the American Conference. South Florida opened its first-ever season on Feb. 7, 2025, with a 19–6 win over Kennesaw State, setting the State of Florida regular-season attendance file as 2,386 followers stuffed Corbett Stadium. The Bulls went on to complete the 2025 season with a 13–5 file and earned a spot within the American Conference Championship of their inaugural season, in the end ending because the league’s runner-up. South Florida additionally drew greater than 10,000 complete followers to Corbett Stadium through the season. USF named Mindy McCord, an eight-time convention coach of the yr, as this system’s first head coach in May 2022. McCord arrived in Tampa with 240 profession wins and a confirmed file of constructing profitable applications after launching and main Jacksonville University’s ladies’s lacrosse crew for its first 13 seasons. During her tenure at JU, she guided the Dolphins to 21 regular-season and convention event titles, eight NCAA Tournament appearances, and back-to-back Sweet Sixteen berths whereas creating 13 All-Americans, 81 all-conference choices, and 13 convention Player of the Year honorees. South Florida performs a fast-paced, high-scoring model influenced by the early Nineteen Nineties Loyola Marymount males’s basketball quick break. That method ranked among the many nationwide leaders in pictures, factors per recreation, and scoring margin throughout McCord’s tenure at Jacksonville and continues to form the Bulls’ offensive id heading into yr two.
 
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