No. 16 SMU Hosts Temple Wednesday Night At 7 P.M. On ESPN+

No. 16 SMU (8-2-2, 2-1-2 AAC) vs. Temple (5-5-3, 2-3-0 AAC)
Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium - Dallas, Texas
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 – 7 p.m.
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No. 16 SMU hosts Temple Wednesday night. The Mustangs will wear pink jerseys for the match in an effort to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research. The jerseys will be sold via silent auction at: https://acssmu2021.ggo.bid/. Proceeds from the auction will go to the American Cancer Society.

ABOUT SMU
•   No. 16 SMU is 8-2-2 this season, 2-1-2 in the American Athletic Conference.
•   SMU has two wins against teams receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll at the time of the match (Oklahoma State and Rice).
•   The Mustangs are 4-1-1 at home and 4-1-1 on the road with both conference wins coming on the road.
•   Eight different players have scored this season, with five hitting the back of the net multiple times.
•   SMU has been outshot 168-129 overall and 73-64 in shots on goal.
•   SMU is outscoring opponents 19-9 with seven shutouts.

LAST TIME OUT
•   SMU and Cincinnati played to a 3-3, double-overtime draw in Cinncinati, Ohio, Sunday.
•   Wayny Balata, Sammy Nieves and Mackenzie Rudden each scored for the Mustangs.
•   Balata scored on a penalty kick, while Elisabeth Tse and Lindsey Whitmore were credited with assists on the Nieves goal.

SCOUTING TEMPLE
•   The Owls are 5-5-3 overall and 2-3-0 in The American, with wins in four of their last six matches.
•   Emily Kavanaugh leads the team with seven goals and 15 points.
•   Hailey Gutowski has five goals and three assists, and Lexy Endres leads the team with five assists.
•   Opponents are out-scoring Temple 21-17.
•   Kamryn Stablein has 71 saves in 11 matches played.

SERIES HISTORY
•   SMU is 9-1-0 all-time against Temple, with a 3-0-0 mark at home.
•   SMU won each of the last five matches with three shutouts.
•   The lone loss came in Philadelphia on Oct. 22, 2015, when Temple won 3-2.
•   The series started in 2013 with the inception of the American Athletic Conference.
•   SMU won the first match, 1-0, on Sept. 29, 2013.
•   SMU defeated Temple 3-1 in the spring of 2021, one of two matches played due to Covid-19.
•   SMU has six shutouts in the 10-match series.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
•   Goalkeeper Tatum Sutherland is second in the NCAA in save percentage at 0.909, making 50 saves while allowing five goals, including one on a penalty kick.
•   Sutherland is 19th in the nation in goals against average, 0.573, playing 784:58 minutes in nine matches.
•   SMU has six shutouts in the nine matches she has played in. Sutherland is credited with four shutouts and two combined shutouts.

POINTS LEADERS
•   Lindsey Whitmore leads the team with 11 points, scoring four goals with three assists.
•   The graduate transfer tallied an assist at Cincinnati in the last match.
•   Whitmore has a team-best three goals and eight points in conference matches.
•   Courtney Sebazco is tied with Whitmore for the team lead with four goals scored and is second with 10 points.

ESPN+ COVERAGE
•    This season, all of SMU's home games will be featured on ESPN+ along with a select few away games. Stay up-to-date on coverage information on SMUMustangs.com.

SHUTOUTS AND STREAKS
•   SMU won six straight matches, the longest win streak since the Mustangs won 11 straight in 2006.
•   SMU posted five straight shutouts, tied for second all-time and the longest streak since 2017. SMU had six straight shutouts in 2000, going 5-0-1 during the stretch.
•   The Mustangs went 552:08 seconds without allowing a goal, the second longest stretch in program history.
•   SMU has seven shutouts this season, ranking eighth in the NCAA in shutout percentage, 0.636.

SCORELESS STREAKS
Year   Length of Time
2000   614:50
2021   552:08
1999   528:10
1995   491:15
2017   485:31
2004   404:36
* Includes all stretches longer than 400 minutes

SHUTOUT STREAKS
Year   Games   Record
2000   6   5-0-1
1995   5   5-0-0
2017   5   5-0-0
2021   5   5-0-0
1988-89   4   4-0-0
1986   4   4-0-0
2004   4   4-0-0
2005   4   4-0-0
1999   4   3-0-1
* Includes all streaks four matches or longer

FIRE AWAY
•   Wayny Balata has team highs in shots, 34, and shots on goal, 18. She has scored three times and has two assists.
•   Balata scored at Denver and had the game winner against Oklahoma. She added a penalty-kick goal at Cincinnati.
•   She put a season-high five shots on goal against UCF.

ALL ABOUT ACCURACY
•   Lindsey Whitmore has taken 15 shots and scored a team-best four times. Nine shots have been on target.
•   She scored at Denver and at ECU. The transfer had both goals in a 2-0 win at USF.
•   Whitmore has a team-best .600 SOG% among players with more than one shot.
•   Payton Doiron has taken just one shot, the game winning goal against Oklahoma State.
•   Jasmine Vilgrain has two goals on 12 shots, placing seven on target.
•   She scored the game winner against San Francisco, and also had a goal and an assist at Denver.

TOUGHING IT OUT
•   Katina Tsapos has played every minute in each of the last 10 matches at midfield, including 110 minutes against UCF and Cincinnati. The graduate student is in her sixth season at SMU, battling through multiple knee surgeries.
•   She has played in all 12 matches this season, with 60 minutes played against Northwestern State and 85 minutes at Baylor.
•   Tsapos recorded her first point since the 2018 season with an assist at ECU.

DEFENSE CREATES OFFENSE
•   Three defenders have earned points this season, with two scoring goals.
•   Freshman Elisabeth Tse scored against Baylor and against UCF. She also has three assists.
•   Payton Doiron scored the game winner against Oklahoma State.
•   Brooke Golik assisted on the game winner against San Francisco.

IN THE TOP 25
•    SMU is No. 20 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, its fifth week in the top 25.
•   The Mustangs received votes in the first poll of the season.
•   14th is the highest SMU has been ranked since earning the No. 14 ranking on Oct. 16, 2000.
•   SMU was ranked No. 3, the highest ranking in program history, in the final poll at the end of the 1995 season after advancing to the 1995 College Cup, finishing with a 23-1-1 record.

TOP 25 RANKINGS
  Sept. 14, 2021 - No. 24
   Sept. 21, 2021 - No. 17
   Sept. 28, 2021 - No. 14
   Oct. 5, 2021 - No. 15
   Oct. 12, 2021 - No. 20
   Oct. 19, 2021 - No. 16

Highest Since   No. 14 - Oct. 16, 2000
Highest All-Time   No. 3 - 1995 Final Poll

THE AMERICAN IN THE TOP 25

   16.   SMU
   22.   USF
   23.   Memphis
   RV   UCF

OVERTIME
•    SMU is 30-30-51 all-time in 111 overtime matches.
•   SMU has played at least one overtime match in every season since its inception in 1986.
•   The Mustangs played a program-high 10 overtime matches in 2002, going 3-3-4 in extra time.
•   The Mustangs are 0-1-2 in overtime this season.

GAME WINNERS
Aug. 22   Northwestern State   Courtney Sebazco
Sept. 9   Oklahoma State   Payton Doiron
Sept. 12   at Rice   Courtney Sebazco
Sept. 16   San Francisco   Jasmine Vilgrain
Sept. 19   Oklahoma   Wayny Balata
Sept. 23   at ECU   Courtney Sebazco
Oct. 10   at USF   Lindsey Whitmore

COACHING CORNER
•    Chris Petrucelli is in his 10th season as head coach at SMU and his 32nd season overall.
•   Petrucelli is one of eight active coaches to win a national championship (Notre Dame, 1995).
•   Petrucelli started the season ranked seventh among active head coaches with 416 career wins.

MOST DIVISION I WINS AMONG ACTIVE COACHES
   Coach   Team   Years   Wins
1.   Anson Dorrance   North Carolina   43   899
2.   Jerry Smith   Santa Clara   35   515
3.   G Guerrieri   Texas A&M   31   490
4.   Mark Krikorian   Florida State   28   471
5.   Steve Swanson   Virginia   32   446
6.   Randy Waldrum   Pittsburgh   28   428
7.   Chris Petrucelli   SMU   32   424
8.   Jim Blankenship   FGCU   31   423
9.   Jennifer Rockwood   BYU   27   416
10.   Nancy Feldman   Boston   34   415
•Through games played as of Oct. 19, 2021

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Players Mentioned

Wayny Balata

Payton Doiron

Brooke Golik

Sammy Nieves

Mackenzie Rudden

Courtney Sebazco

Tatum Sutherland

Katina Tsapos

Elisabeth Tse

Jasmine Vilgrain

Lindsey Whitmore

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