Thursday, August 29
Dallas, Texas
6pm CT
SMU
vs
Little Rock
SMU Set To Face Little Rock In Washburne | Thursday 6 pm
Aug 28 | Women's Soccer
SMU (3-1-0, 0-0-0 ACC) vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (0-2-1, 0-0-0 OVC)
Washburne Stadium - Dallas, Texas
Thursday, Aug. 29Â | 6:00Â p.m. (CT)
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// SETTING THE SCENE
Total Goals – 15 (7th in the NCAA, 2nd in the ACC)
Total Points – 39 (11th in the NCAA, 3rd in the ACC)
// DEFENSIVE PROWESS
// SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Washburne Stadium - Dallas, Texas
Thursday, Aug. 29Â | 6:00Â p.m. (CT)
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// SETTING THE SCENE
- The SMU women's soccer program continues its inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) by hoisting Arkansas-Little Rock on Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. CT inside Washburne Stadium.
- This season will mark the 39th year of women's soccer on the Hilltop and the third under head coach Nicole Nelson. The Mustangs are 13-4-2 at home under Nelson.
- Thursday's match promotion is Throwback Thursday. Fans who attend the match can enter to win an SMU throwback jersey.
- Sunday's match will be the eighth meeting between the two schools and the first time in 30 years that the programs have met on the pitch. SMU leads the overall series 7-0 and is 5-0 when the match is played in Dallas.
- SMU's 7-0 series lead is tied for the most wins without a loss or draw versus any program in school history. The Mustangs are also 7-0 all-time versus Sam Houston.
- The Mustangs had at least one match versus the Trojans from 1989-1994Â and faced each other twice during the regular season in 1992. SMU outscored UALR 40-3 during that stretch and won by seven goals three times. The last time the teams played, SMU won 7-0 in Little Rock, Ark. in 1994.Â
- SMU has scored at least three goals in its past four matches, marking the first time since 2004 that the team has accomplished the feat. The Mustangs have been without last year's leading goal scorer, Nyah Rose (11), for the last two matches.
- The Mustangs have had six players score at least two goals this season, tying last season's number of multi-goal scorers. Eliana Salama leads the way with season career-high three goals.
- The 15 goals SMU has scored in its first four matches are the most since the Mustangs scored 17 to start the 2016 season.
- SMU's 57 shot attempts through the first two games are the most in a two-game span since 2017, when the Mustangs recorded a total of 63 in back-to-back games against Tulsa (20) and New Mexico State (43).
- Â Through four matches, SMU ranks nationally inside the top 12 in three statistical categories.
Total Goals – 15 (7th in the NCAA, 2nd in the ACC)
Total Points – 39 (11th in the NCAA, 3rd in the ACC)
// DEFENSIVE PROWESS
- The Mustangs have allowed one or fewer goals in 33 of 41 games played under Head Coach Nicole Nelson.
- Since 2022, SMU has shut out 15 opponents, including back-to-back shutouts against Northwestern State (3-0) and Texas Southern (6-0) to begin this season. It marked the fifth time in program history that the Mustangs have not allowed a goal in the season's first two games.
- SMU only allowed five shots through the first two games. The Mustangs did not allow Texas Southern to record a single shot, outshooting the Tigers 26-0.
- SMU is now 14-0 when they score first since the start of the 2023 season.
// SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Little Rock is led by head coach Kelly Farrell, who is in her third season at the helm of the Trojans. UALR is her first career head coaching spot, and she boasts a record of 12-14-14. Little Rock enters the match with a record of 0-2-1.
- Little Rock will be playing their fourth straight road match as the team spent last week in Arizona, drawing Arizona State 0-0 before falling to Grand Canyon 4-1 last time out.
- Last season, Little Rock advanced to the OVC semifinals. They were the first 8-seed to advance to the semifinal in the OVC tournament in conference history.
- Eliana Salama's one-goal, two-assist night led the SMU women's soccer program to a 3-2 victory over Stephen F. Austin last time out.
- Salama scored the match's opening goal and then assisted on the next two Mustang goals. She recorded a career-high in points (4) and now leads the team in goals this season (3) and is tied for the team lead in assists (2).
- Both freshmen Kelly Gordon and Liz Eddy have already scored twice this season. Gordon scored her second career goal against SFA, marking the first time since 2018 that SMU had at least two freshmen score multiple goals. (Sebasco-6 / Celiana Torres-7)
- In total, three freshmen have scored a goal this season as Sadie Paul scored her first career goal against Texas Southern
- Lydia Ungashick is the only freshman to start all four matches this season. She is second on the team in minutes played with 285. She has played over 75 minutes in three of the four matches.
- Nyah Rose was named to Canada's FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024 roster, announced by Canada Soccer on Aug. 19. Rose was one of 21 players named to the roster and is the first Mustang to make any team Canada roster since former midfielder Wayny Balata was named to the Canadian Concacaf provisional roster in 2020.
- The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup will take place in Colombia from Aug. 31 to Sept. 22. The tournament features 24 nations and begins with round-robin group play.
- Canada drew into group B and will face France, Brazil and Fiji. They will begin group play action on Aug. 31, taking on France.
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