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No. 21 SMU (7-2-5, 2-2-2 ACC) vs. Wake Forest (7-3-5, 3-1-2 ACC)
Washburne Stadium – Dallas, Texas
Friday, Oct. 25 | 5 p.m. (CT)
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DALLAS (SMU) – No. 21 SMU Men's Soccer will host Wake Forest for its regular season home finale on Senior Night, Friday.

Including this match against the Demon Deacons, the Mustangs have two more regular season matches before taking on their first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. The Mustangs are 2-2-2 in ACC play.

Mustangs vs. Demon Deacons

• This match will be the first meeting between the Mustangs and the Demon Deacons.
• SMU and Wake Forest won against Virginia Tech and tied with Duke this season.

Last Time At Washburne Stadium

• The Mustangs shut out Central Arkansas to win their final non-conference match on Oct. 14.
• SMU took an early lead in the sixth minute and dominated the match to grab a 1-0 win over the Bears.
• Cesar Ruvalcaba scored his first goal for SMU to win the match. Nikola Djordjevic served the match-winner with his third assist of the season.
• The Mustangs closed this season's non-conference play undefeated with a 5-0-3 record.

SMU vs Top 25 Opponents

• SMU is 2-2-3 against top-25 opponents after falling.
• No. 23 NC State was SMU's seventh top-25 opponent this season. This is most number of ranked opponents the Mustangs have faced in a single season under Kevin Hudson.
• The last time SMU played seven ranked sides in a single season was in 2011 when they won the Conference USA Tournament.
• No. 5 Stanford, who SMU drew against, was the highest-seeded team that the Mustangs have gone against this season.
• This season, SMU has wins over No. 6 Saint Louis and No. 13 Virginia Tech and draws against No. 5 Stanford, ninth-ranked Denver and No. 18 Duke.
• The Mustangs have the most top-25 matches among ACC teams this season.

On A Scoring Streak

• The Mustangs have scored at least one goal in 34 consecutive matches.
• Bailey Sparks started in all 34 matches of the Mustangs' scoring streak.

NCAA RPI Rankings

• The Mustangs are 23rd in the latest NCAA RPI rankings based on matches through Oct. 22, 2024.
• Wake Forest was ranked 46th in the latest NCAA RPI Rankings

Scouting The Demon Deacons

• The Deacons' offense is led by Cooper Flax and Babacar Niang, who have scored four goals this season.
• Flax has the second-highest offensive output in the ACC, with 2.93 shot attempts per match.
• Trace Alphin has played as goalkeeper in all 15 matches for Wake Forest. He has four clean sheets and seven wins while recording 40 saves.