No. 25 SMU (12-4-2, 4-2-2 AAC) vs. No. 1 Florida State (17-1-2, 7-1-2 ACC)
NCAA Tournament - Second Round
Seminole Soccer Complex - Dallas, Texas
Friday, Nov. 19, 2021 – 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT
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No. 25 SMU takes on No. 1 and top-seed Florida State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night at 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT in Tallahassee, Fla. The Mustangs advanced with a 2-0 win against No. 21 Texas, while Florida State defeated South Alabama 3-0 in the first round. 

ABOUT SMU
•    No. 25 SMU is 12-4-2 overall this season and went 4-2-2 in the American Athletic Conference, which features three teams in the NCAA RPI top 30 and six on nine members in the top 75.
•    All four conference wins were shutouts.
•    SMU has three wins against teams receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll at the time of the match.
•    The Mustangs are 8-1-1 at home and 4-3-1 on the road.
•    11 different players have scored this season, with seven hitting the back of the net multiple times.
•    SMU is outscoring opponents 27-17 with 10 shutouts.
•    SMU advanced in the NCAA Tournament with a 2-0 win against No. 21 Texas. 
•    The win is the first against a ranked opponent since Oct. 22, 2017, when SMU defeated No. 21 Cincinnati 1-0 at home.  
•    SMU defeated its highest ranked opponent, No. 4 Texas A&M, Nov. 16, 1997, in the NCAA Tournament first round.
•    SMU is 0-2 against No. 1 ranked opponents.
    
    9/17/00 - North Carolina, 2-0
    9/10/06 - Notre Dame, 3-0

LAST TIME OUT
•    SMU defeated No. 21 Texas, 2-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. 
•    Alina Khan scored what proved to be the game winner late in the sixth minute with assists from Jasmine Vilgrain and Abby Dermott.
•    Wayny Balata added a second goal in the 48th minute after coming on at halftime. Sammy Nieves and Brooke Golik assisted on the goal.
•    SMU held Texas to just one shot on goal, saved by Samantha Estrada. 

SCOUTING FLORIDA STATE
•    No. 1 Florida State is 17-1-2 and went 7-1-2 in the ACC, which features four teams ranked in the top 10.
•    Beata Olsson leads the team with 12 of FSU's 58 goals. 
•    Jody Brown has a team-high 10 assists.
•    Clara Robbins is second on the team in goals, six, and points, 19, and has seven assists. 
•    The Seminoles have given up just 12 goals this season, and Cristina Roque has 18 saves in 12 matches. She has 10 wins and five shutouts.

SERIES HISTORY
•    This is the first match between SMU and Florida State.

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

POINTS LEADERS
•    Wayny Balata leads the team with six goals and has two assists for a team-best 14 points. She scored the second goal of the NCAA Tournament win against Texas.
•    Lindsey Whitmore is second on the team with 13 points. She has a team-best five assists and is tied for second on the team with four goals. 
•    Courtney Sebazco has 12 points. The midfielder has four goals and four assists.
•    Alina Khan has scored three times in the last six matches, all game winners.

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 10 shutouts this season, ranking 19th in the NCAA in shutout percentage, 0.556.

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, 42, and shots on goal, 21. She has scored six times and has two assists.
•    The midfielder leads the team with 14 points.
•    Balata scored at Denver and had the game winner against Oklahoma. She added a penalty-kick goal at Cincinnati. Balata scored both goals in the first-round win against ECU, and scored an NCAA Tournament goal against Texas. 
•    She put a season-high five shots on goal against UCF.

ALL ABOUT ACCURACY
•    Lindsey Whitmore has taken 24 shots and scored four times. 15 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 .652 SOG% among players with more than five shots.
•    Jasmine Vilgrain has two goals on 15 shots, placing eight 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 in every match this season and every minute of 13 matches, including 110 minutes against UCF and Cincinnati.
•    Tsapos recorded her first point since the 2018 season with an assist at ECU.

DEFENSE CREATES OFFENSE
•    Four 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 and on the second goal against Texas.
•    Abby Dermott added a point with an assist on the game winner against the Longhorns.
 
 IN THE TOP 25
•     SMU is No. 25 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, its ninth 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
    Oct. 26, 2021 - No. 14
    Nov. 2, 2021 - No. 17
    Nov. 9, 2021 - No. 25

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

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 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
Oct. 20    Temple    Alina Khan
Oct. 24    Tulsa    Alina Khan
Oct. 31    ECU    Wayny Balata
Nov. 14    Texas    Alina Khan

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    901
2.    Jerry Smith    Santa Clara    35    519
3.    G Guerrieri    Texas A&M    31    491
4.    Mark Krikorian    Florida State    28    472
5.    Steve Swanson    Virginia    32    450
6.    Randy Waldrum    Pittsburgh    28    430
7.    Chris Petrucelli    SMU    32    427
8.    Jim Blankenship    FGCU    31    424
9.    Jennifer Rockwood    BYU    27    421
10.    Nancy Feldman    Boston    34    417
•Through games played as of Nov. 18, 2021