TAMPA, Fla. – History doesn’t usually happen this fast, but the South Florida women’s lacrosse team clearly didn’t get the memo. On Saturday afternoon in Nashville, the Bulls capped off a perfect conference run by taking down Vanderbilt 12-9, officially securing the outright American Conference regular-season title in only their second year as a program.
With the win at the Vanderbilt LAX Complex, USF finishes the regular season with an 11-4 overall record and a flawless 7-0 mark in conference play. The feat puts them in elite company; they join Florida as the only two programs in Division I women’s lacrosse history to snag a conference championship within their first two seasons of existence.
The afternoon belonged to redshirt junior Sofia Chepenik. She put the team on her back by matching a program record with six goals, a career-high for the standout who has found the back of the net in every single game this season…