Sunday, October 30
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SMU At Cincinnati In AAC Quarterfinal | Sunday 12pm CT
Oct 29 | Women's Soccer
American Athletic Conference Championship – Quarterfinal
No. 6 SMU (8-3-5, 3-3-2 AAC) at No. 3 Cincinnati (7-2-7, 3-1-4 AAC)
Gettler Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio
Sunday, Oct. 30| 1 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. CT
ESPN+ |Â Live Stats
SMU Notes | The American | Cincinnati
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SETTING THE SCENE
•   The No. 6 seeded Mustangs open American Athletic Conference Championship play with a quarterfinal match at No. 3 seed Cincinnati on Sunday. The winner will face No. 2 seed South Florida in a semifinal contest on Thursday in Orlando.
•   SMU tied for 5th in the final AAC standings with the No. 2 through No. 6 seeds being separated by just 4 points.
•   SMU and Cincinnati tied 2-2 in Dallas on Oct. 16.
•   SMU is 8-3-5 after a 2-1 win against Memphis on senior night Thursday. SMU closed with two straight wins following a 2-2 tie against Cincinnati on Oct. 16.
•   The SMU defense has allowed just 12 goals this season, holding opponents to one or zero scores in 14 of 16 matches.
•   The Mustangs are 6-2-1 at home this season and 14-3-2 at home the past two seasons.
AAC LEADERS
•   SMU has the most AAC Weekly Honors this season with 16 (UCF 13). The Mustangs have 5 Player of the Week selections, a Rookie of the Week and 10 honor roll spots.
•   SMU leads the league in save percentage (.842) and is second in goals against average (.750). Julissa Cisneros is second the AAC with eight goals and three game-winning goals.
LEADING MUSTANGS
•   Senior Courtney Sebazco - MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List honoree and preseason All-AAC selection - has three goals and three assists on the season. She has been AAC Offensive Player of the Week twice this season.
•   Julissa Cisneros leads SMU with eight goals and Sammy Nieves has a goal and a team-high five assists. Cisneros has been AAC Offensive Player of the week once and on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll three times.
•   Goalkeeper Samantha Estrada, has 35 saves and allowed 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 eight goals in 731 minutes and been AAC Goalkeeper of the Week once. They have combined for six shutouts.
BALANCED SCORING
•   Nine Mustangs have scored at least one goal already this season and 13 have recorded at least one point.Â
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 closed the regular season with a 2-1 comback win against Memphis on Thursday. Julissa Cisneros scored with 15 seconds left win on senior night. Jewel Boland evened the match in the 80th minute when she willed the ball into the net. Wayny Balata, Sammy Nieves, Kaya Lee and Tori Peterson all had assists for the Mustangs. Mya Jones put Memphis on the board in the 12th minute. Tatum Sutherland had four saves for SMU.
SERIES HISTORY
•   SMU is 6-4-4 against Cincinnati, inclduing a 2-2 tie on Oct. 16. The Mustangs are 4-1-2 versus the Bearcats in the past seven matches.
UP NEXT
•    If SMU advances, the Mustangs will face South Florida in the AAC Semifinals on Thursday in Orlando at 4 pm ET/3pm CT.
 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. Â
•   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.Â
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).Â
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)
   Oct. 24
   Julissa Cisneros (Honor Roll)
   Tatum Sutherland (Honor Roll)
   Oct. 28
   Julissa Cisneros (Offensive Player of the Week)
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.Â
•   Sebazco logged four goals and four assists on the year, earning 12 points for the Mustangs.Â
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No. 6 SMU (8-3-5, 3-3-2 AAC) at No. 3 Cincinnati (7-2-7, 3-1-4 AAC)
Gettler Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio
Sunday, Oct. 30| 1 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. CT
ESPN+ |Â Live Stats
SMU Notes | The American | Cincinnati
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SETTING THE SCENE
•   The No. 6 seeded Mustangs open American Athletic Conference Championship play with a quarterfinal match at No. 3 seed Cincinnati on Sunday. The winner will face No. 2 seed South Florida in a semifinal contest on Thursday in Orlando.
•   SMU tied for 5th in the final AAC standings with the No. 2 through No. 6 seeds being separated by just 4 points.
•   SMU and Cincinnati tied 2-2 in Dallas on Oct. 16.
•   SMU is 8-3-5 after a 2-1 win against Memphis on senior night Thursday. SMU closed with two straight wins following a 2-2 tie against Cincinnati on Oct. 16.
•   The SMU defense has allowed just 12 goals this season, holding opponents to one or zero scores in 14 of 16 matches.
•   The Mustangs are 6-2-1 at home this season and 14-3-2 at home the past two seasons.
AAC LEADERS
•   SMU has the most AAC Weekly Honors this season with 16 (UCF 13). The Mustangs have 5 Player of the Week selections, a Rookie of the Week and 10 honor roll spots.
•   SMU leads the league in save percentage (.842) and is second in goals against average (.750). Julissa Cisneros is second the AAC with eight goals and three game-winning goals.
LEADING MUSTANGS
•   Senior Courtney Sebazco - MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List honoree and preseason All-AAC selection - has three goals and three assists on the season. She has been AAC Offensive Player of the Week twice this season.
•   Julissa Cisneros leads SMU with eight goals and Sammy Nieves has a goal and a team-high five assists. Cisneros has been AAC Offensive Player of the week once and on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll three times.
•   Goalkeeper Samantha Estrada, has 35 saves and allowed 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 eight goals in 731 minutes and been AAC Goalkeeper of the Week once. They have combined for six shutouts.
BALANCED SCORING
•   Nine Mustangs have scored at least one goal already this season and 13 have recorded at least one point.Â
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 closed the regular season with a 2-1 comback win against Memphis on Thursday. Julissa Cisneros scored with 15 seconds left win on senior night. Jewel Boland evened the match in the 80th minute when she willed the ball into the net. Wayny Balata, Sammy Nieves, Kaya Lee and Tori Peterson all had assists for the Mustangs. Mya Jones put Memphis on the board in the 12th minute. Tatum Sutherland had four saves for SMU.
SERIES HISTORY
•   SMU is 6-4-4 against Cincinnati, inclduing a 2-2 tie on Oct. 16. The Mustangs are 4-1-2 versus the Bearcats in the past seven matches.
UP NEXT
•    If SMU advances, the Mustangs will face South Florida in the AAC Semifinals on Thursday in Orlando at 4 pm ET/3pm CT.
 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. Â
•   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.Â
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).Â
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)
   Oct. 24
   Julissa Cisneros (Honor Roll)
   Tatum Sutherland (Honor Roll)
   Oct. 28
   Julissa Cisneros (Offensive Player of the Week)
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.Â
•   Sebazco logged four goals and four assists on the year, earning 12 points for the Mustangs.Â
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