SMU (6-3-5, 1-3-2 AAC) at Tulsa (7-6-3, 2-3-2 AAC)
Hurricane Stadium – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sunday, Oct. 23 | 1 p.m. CT
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SETTING THE SCENE
•    The Mustangs play the final road match of the regular season on Sunday at Tulsa.
•    SMU is 6-3-5 after a 2-2 tie against Cincinnati at Washburne Stadium on Sunday. UCF on Sunday. That ties the SMU record for draws in a season (5 in 2002).
•    The SMU defense has allowed just 11 goals this season, holding opponents to one or zero scores in 12 of 14 matches.
•    The Mustangs are 5-2-1 at home this season and 13-3-2 at home over the past two seasons.
•    Thursday's match against Memphis will be Senior Day for the Mustangs. Jewel Boland, Julissa Cisneros, Katina Tsapos and Courtney Sebazco  will be honored in a postgame ceremony.

AAC LEADERS
•    SMU has the most AAC Weekly Honors this season with 13  (USF has 12, Memphis 11, ECU 10). The Mustangs have 4 Player of the Week selections, a Rookie of the Week and 8 honor roll spots.
•    SMU leads the league in save percentage (.836) and is second in goals against average (.768). Julissa Cisneros is second the AAC with six goals and is third in the league with two winners.

LEADING MUSTANGS
•    Graduate senior Courtney Sebazco - MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List honoree and preseason All-AAC selection - has two goals and three assists on the season. She has been AAC Offensive Player of the Week twice this season.
•    Julissa Cisneros leads SMU with six goals and Sammy Nieves has a goal and a team-high four assists. Cisneros has been on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll twice.
•    Goalkeeper Samantha Estrada, has 35 saves and allowed just four goals in 701 minutes. She has been AAC GK of the Week once and has two AAC Weekly Honor Roll nods. Tatum Sutherland has allowed seven goals in 551 minutes. They have combined for five shutouts.

BALANCED SCORING
•    Nine Mustangs have scored at least one goal already this season and 12 have recorded at least one point. 

HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST
•    Courtney Sebazco was named to the preseason Hermann Trophy Watch List. She has three goals and three assists. The preseason All-AAC honoree has garnered AAC Offensive Player of the Week twice and was on College Soccer News Team of the Week for Aug. 22. She also has an AAC Weekly Honor Roll selection.

LAST TIME OUT
•    SMU scored in the 87th minute to complete the rally from a two-goal deficit for a 2-2 tie against Cincinnati at home on Sunday. Courtney Sebazco converted the tying penalty kick. Wayny Balata put SMU on the board in the 36th minute as she converted a penalty kick. Balata drew the foul in the box that gave the Mustangs the opportunity. The Mustangs found themselves trailing 2-0 in the 32nd minute when Maddie Thiss converted a penalty kick. Emma Schmelzer scored the first goal for UC when she headed a corner kick into the net in the 14th minute. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    SMU is 26-8-2 against Tulsa, inclduing winning the past two matchups. The Mustangs won 2-0 in Dallas last season.

UP NEXT
•     SMU hosts Memphis for Senior Day on Thursday at 7 p.m. The senior ceremony will take place following the match.

 IN THE TOP 25
•     SMU was ranked in the first seven United Soccer Coaches Top 25 polls. The high this season was No. 15 on Aug. 23 and Aug. 30.  
•    SMU had been ranked in 17 straight United Soccer Coaches Top 25 polls (last 10 of 2021 and the first sseven of 2022).
•    SMU was No. 21 in the final poll last season after being as high as No. 14 twice in 2021.
•    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. 

COACHES CORNER
•     First-year head coach Nicole Nelson previously spent eight seasons as an Associate Head Coach and Assistant Coach for the Mustangs from 2012-2019 under previous head coach Chris Petrucelli.
•    Prior to her time on the Hilltop, Nelson served as head coach at Oklahoma (2007-11), assistant coach under Petrucelli at Texas (2006-07), recruiting coordinator/assistant coach at Baylor (2005), and head coach at Stephen F. Austin (2002-04). 

RETURNING MUSTANGS
• The Mustangs return 20 players from the 2021 season.
• Of the 18 returners, 9 saw playing time in 2021. 
• Returning Mustangs account for 21 of 28 goals scored (75%), 14 of 23 assists made (61%), and 52 of 79 points accrued (66%) throughout the 2021 season. 
• SMU returned both of its primary goalkeepers in Samantha Estrada and Tatum Sutherland.

NEW MUSTANGS
• SMU added nine freshman and three transfer additions to its roster for 2022. 
•    Mayu Inokawa, a sophomore midfielder transfer from Iowa Western Community College hailing from Saitama, Japan, joins two other Mustangs who originate from outside the United States (Wayny Balata - Montreal, Quebec; Jordina Colomer - Manlleu, Catalunya, Spain).
•    Three 2022 additions are Dallas-area natives - USF transfer Hannah Wrigley (Lewisville); freshman Peyton Annen (Plano); freshman Jen Jackson (Dallas). 

2022 AAC All-Preseason Team
• Wayny Balata and Courtney Sebazco were named to the American Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference Team.
• Senior midfielder Balata scored a team-high six goals in 2021, and added two assists for a total of 14 points. 
•    Sebazco logged four goals and four assists on the year, earning 12 points for the Mustangs. 


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

2022 HONORS & AWARDS
• Preseason All-AAC
    Wayny Balata, Courtney Sebazco
• Hermann Trophy Watch List
    Courtney Sebazco
•    College Soccer News National Team of the Week
    Aug. 22 - Courtney Sebazco
• AAC Weekly Honors
    Aug. 22
    Courtney Sebazco (Offensive Player of the Week)
    Peyton Annen (Rookie of the Week)
    Samantha Estrada (Honor Roll)
    Aug. 29
    Sammy Nieves (Honor Roll)
    Sept. 5
    Courtney Sebazco (Offensive Player of the Week)
    Julissa Cisneros (Honor Roll)
    Samantha Estrada (Honor Roll)
    Sept. 12
    Julissa Cisneros (Honor Roll)
    Sept. 19
    Mackenzie Rudden (Honor Roll)
    Sept. 26
    Alina Khan (Offensive Player of the Week)
    Samantha Estrada (Goalkeeper of the Week)
    Sammy Nieves (Honor Roll)
    Oct. 17
    Courtney Sebazco (Honor Roll)