No. 15 SMU (3-0-1) At Oklahoma | Sunday 7pm

No. 15 SMU (3-0-1) at Oklahoma (1-2-1)
John Crain Field – Norman, Oklahoma
Sunday, Sept. 4| 7 p.m. CT
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SETTING THE SCENE
•   SMU is 3-0-1 after a 2-0 win against SFA on Thursday. It was the second straight shutout for the Mustangs after a 1-0 victory against Northwestern State on Sunday.
•   This is the second road match of the season for the Mustangs. The previous trip resulted in a 1-1 tie at then-No. 11 Tennessee on Aug. 21.
•   The Mustangs are undefeated through the first four matches - three home wins and a tie at No. 11 Tennessee. This is the first time since being unblemished through the first five matches of 2017 (W, T, T, W, W).

leading mustangs
•   Graduate senior Courtney Sebazco - MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List honoree and preseason All-AAC selection - has two goals and two assists on the season.
•   Julissa Cisneros (2 goals) and Sammy Nieves (1 goal, 2 assists) each have four points in the first four matches.
•   Senior goalkeeper Samantha Estrada, has 19 saves and allowed just two goals in 315 minutes.

HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST
•   Courtney Sebazco was named to the preseason Hermann Trophy Watch List. She has two goals and two assists in the first four matches of the season. The preseason All-AAC honoree also garnered AAC Offensive Player of the Week and College Soccer News Team of the Week honors on Aug. 22.

SMU in 2021
•   SMU closed its 2021 season 12-5-2 overall, with a 4-2-2 mark against American Athletic Conference opponents. which featured three teams in the NCAA RPI top 30 and six of nine members in the top 75.
•   All four conference wins were shutouts.
•   The Mustangs were 8-1-1 at home and 4-4-1 on the road.
•   11 different players scored throughout the season, with seven hitting the back of the net more than once.
•   SMU outscored opponents 27-17 with 10 shutouts.
•   SMU advanced in the NCAA Tournament with a 2-0 win against No. 21 Texas.

LAST TIME OUT
•   Julissa Cisneros and Courtney Sebazco each scored in the second half on Thursday night against SFA, leading the Mustangs to a 2-0 shutout victory at Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium. Cisneros got the Mustangs (3-0-1) on the board in the 60th minute.Sebazco converted a penalty kick in the 82nd minute. Mustang goalkeeper Samantha Estrada played all 90 minutes in the net, recording four saves as SMU earned a second-straight shutout.

SERIES HISTORY
•   SMU is 7-3-2 against Oklahoma including a 1-0 victory in Dallas in 2021. The Mustangs are 3-2-1 in Norman.

UP Next
•    SMU hosts North Texas on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium. SMU is 13-4-3 aginst UNT as the teams meet during the regular season for the first time since 2011. The schedule match in 2020-21 was canceled due to COVID.

IN THE TOP 25
•    SMU is No. 15 in this season's most recent United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll (Aug. 30).
•   SMU has been ranked in 13 straight United Soccer Coaches Top 25 polls (last 10 of 2021 and the first three of 2022).
•   15th is the highest SMU has been ranked since earning a No. 14 ranking on Sept. 28 of last season.
•   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 sophmore 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.

2022 AAC preseason coaches poll
1   Memphis (6)   62
2   South Florida (1)   52
3   UCF (1)       48
   SMU       48
5   Cincinnati   33
   Houston (1)   33
7   Temple       20
8   East Carolina   19
9   Tulsa       10

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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)

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Players Mentioned

Peyton Annen

Wayny Balata

Julissa Cisneros

Jordina Colomer

Samantha Estrada

Mayu Inokawa

Jen Jackson

Sammy Nieves

Courtney Sebazco

Tatum Sutherland

Hannah Wrigley

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