Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer
Greg Auman has been at the Tampa Bay Times since 1999 and has covered the University of South Florida's athletic department since 2004.
Phone: (813) 226-3346
Email: auman@tampabay.com
Blog: USF Sports Bulletin
Twitter: @GregAuman
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Bulls outlast Ga. Southern 1-0 in NCAA regionals
05/17/13 BlogUSF softball's dominant pitching hasn't dropped off a bit, as the Bulls' Lindsey Richardson and Sara Nevins combined for 18 strikeouts and a one-hit shutout, helping the Bulls to a 1-0 victory over Georgia Southern to open the NCAA regional in Gainesville.
All four Bulls hits came from twin sisters Ashli and Courtney Goff, who both had hits in the bottom of the eighth inning, with Ashli scoring the game's only run on a squeeze bunt by Kourtney Salvarola. The win was the Bulls' fourth shutout in a row, following three in the Big East tournament in Tampa....
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Ex-USF guard 'Cuda' Patterson dies at age 49
05/16/13 BlogTAMPA -- Darryl "Cuda" Patterson, a point guard who played with Charlie Bradley at Robinson and USF in the early 1980s, died Wednesday night after battling a rare blood disorder. He was 49.
"Cuda was one of the nicest kids you'd ever want to meet. A wonderful, soft-spoken person," former Bulls coach Lee Rose said Thursday. "He was never a minute's problem in any way for me. Players all liked him, somebody they all admired."...
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Goff twins give spark to USF softball in NCAAs
05/16/13 BlogIt's been online since yesterday and will be in Friday's paper, so I'm both early and late in sharing a link to this feature on twin sisters Ashli and Courtney Goff, who have provided a spark to USF's softball team as the Bulls seek a return to the College World Series....
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Reminder: Greg Auman chat today at 12:30
05/16/13 BlogWant to talk about the USF baseball or softball teams? Bulls that were or weren't taken in the NFL draft? The recently announced football series with Florida State? Whatever's on your mind, join Times beat reporter Greg Auman for a live chat today, starting at 12:30 p.m.
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Goff twins spark USF Bulls softball team
05/15/13CollegesIt's only fitting that twin sisters Ashli and Courtney Goff follow each other at the bottom of the USF softball batting order. The juniors are nearly inseparable, rarely seen farther apart than when Ashli is in rightfield and Courtney in left.
The graduates of Tampa's Sickles High were twin sparks in USF's Big East championship win against Notre Dame on Saturday. And as the Bulls begin another postseason run today in Gainesville, hoping to return to the College World Series, the sisters are as close as their jersey numbers, 1 (Courtney) and 2 (Ashli)....
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QB Bench impressed by 'buzz' during USF visit
05/15/13 BlogFormer Penn State quarterback Steven Bench made an official visit to USF this week, and while the transfer still has two visits scheduled in the next week, he said he left Tampa impressed by the excitement around first-year coach Willie Taggart.
"Everywhere you went, there was really a sense of excitement," Bench said by phone Wednesday. "Whether it was in the coach's voice or the player's voice, whoever you talked to, if you were on campus, there was just kind of this buzz about it, and that really stood out. It was really special."...
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Freshman Herget leads Bulls in NCAA push
05/15/13 BlogUSF's final Big East series of the regular season opens Thursday night against Rutgers, and Wednesday's Times has a feature on freshman phenom Jimmy Herget, who is embracing his role as USF's No. 1 starter and is sporting the Big East's lowest ERA.
The former Jefferson standout talks about the Bulls' NCAA hopes, how strongly he considered accepting a contract to play pro baseball last summer and his progress under first-year pitching coach Lance Carter....
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NCAA men's region golf preview
05/15/13Colleges. fast facts
Men's region golf
When/where: Today-Saturday
Where: Golden Eagle Golf and Country Club, Tallahassee (USF and Florida State); University Club of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge La. (Florida)
Format: Three rounds; low five from each of the six regions go to the NCAA tournament
Notes: USF coach Chris Malloy is a former FSU assistant, so he knows the course. The Bulls won the Big East tournament behind Chase Koepka, the conference's freshman of the year and player of the year. … FSU, second at the ACC tournament, includes Plant High grad Doug Letson. … Florida, tied for 10th at the SEC tournament, seeks its 13th straight NCAA berth....
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USF pitcher Herget emerges as ace
05/14/13CollegeTAMPA — He is young, he is skinny, and he is dominating.
As the USF baseball team chases its first NCAA regional appearance since 2002, much of its optimism starts with freshman pitcher Jimmy Herget, who has fearlessly embraced his role as No. 1 starter.
"It's a little nerve-racking that they're going to rely on a freshman," the 6-foot-3, 165-pound right-hander from Jefferson High says. "So far I've done a really good job of not letting it get to me at all, of just going out there and having no emotion, just going out there and doing it."...
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Guard Noriega won't be back with Bulls in '13-14
05/14/13 BlogUSF guard Shaun Noriega, who missed most of last season with a foot injury and is likely to get a medical redshirt from the NCAA, won't be back with the Bulls next season.
Noriega, limited to eight games as a senior in 2012-13 due to a stress fracture in his foot, should be eligible for a medical redshirt, but hasn't been officially granted another year of eligibility. He graduated from USF last week, so he'll be eligible to transfer and play his final season anywhere that has a graduate program not offered by USF, if he so chooses....
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Thursday: Chat with Greg Auman, 12:30
05/14/13 BlogWant to talk about the USF baseball or softball teams? Bulls that were or weren't taken in the NFL draft? The recently announced football series with Florida State? Whatever's on your mind, join Times beat reporter Greg Auman for a live chat Thursday, May 16, starting at 12:30 p.m.
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Rivalry renewed: USF, FSU football to play in 2015-16
05/13/13 BlogUSF football has landed another home-and-home series with Florida State, with the Bulls going to Tallahasee in 2015 and the Seminoles returning to Tampa in 2016, adding a new chapter to a promising young in-state rivalry.
The two teams played in 2009 and 2012, with USF scoring an upset win at Doak Campbell Stadium and FSU getting its revenge last season with a 30-17 victory at Raymond James Stadium....
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USF, FSU extend football series
05/13/13CollegesUSF football has landed another home-and-home series with Florida State, with the Bulls going to Tallahassee in 2015 and the Seminoles returning to Tampa in '16, adding a chapter to a young in-state rivalry.
The teams played in '09 and '12, with USF winning at Doak Campbell Stadium and FSU taking last season's game 30-17 at Raymond James Stadium.
"The two previous games provided such great atmospheres for both of our fan bases that it was important for us to extend the series," USF athletic director Doug Woolard said in a statement. "Combined with our recent nonconference scheduling announcements, we're very pleased with how our future schedules have come together."...
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USF softball heads to Gainesville for NCAA regional
05/12/13 BlogFor the second year in a row, USF softball's path to Oklahoma City and the College World Series will start up the road in Gainesville, where the No. 2 seed Gators will host the Bulls this weekend.
USF (43-14) earned a Big East championship on Sunday, and the Bulls will open regional play Friday against Georgia Southern. Florida plays host to Hampton, and the Bulls will try to emerge from Gainesville, as they did with a 1-0 win last season....
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Bulls, Nevins shut out Irish for Big East title
05/11/13 BlogTAMPA -- USF softball has its first-ever Big East championship, outlasting top-seeded Notre Dame with a 10-inning, 1-0 win for the Bulls' third consecutive shutout that officially sends USF to the NCAA regionals.
Junior lefty Sara Nevins dominated for the third day in a row, striking out 12 and outpitching Big East Player of the Year Laura Winter, who matched the Pinellas Park graduate well into extra innings in a thrilling pitchers' duel....
