DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Soccer is set to host Wake Forest in its ACC Championship first-round match at Washburne Stadium on Wednesday.

The Mustangs enter the tournament as the No. 7 seed, while Wake Forest comes in as the 10 seed. The Demon Deacons won the ACC Championship tournament last season.

The match will kick off at 6 pm CT and will be aired on ACCNX.

Mustangs vs. Demon Deacons History

• This match will be the third meeting between SMU and Wake Forest.
• Their two previous meetings happened last season and were both in Dallas.
• Their first meeting was on SMU's final home match of the regular season in 2024 when the Mustangs won 3-0 on Senior Night.
• The Mustangs and Demon Deacons last met in the quarterfinals of the 2024 ACC Championship. Wake Forest advanced in penalty kicks in a match that ended tied 2-2 after two overtime periods.

Talking Stats

• Stephan Soghomonian is SMU's leading goalscorer with nine goals.
• Villads Landsperg has played the most minutes for SMU this season, with 1345 minutes in 15 matches. He's only missed five game minutes all season and played full 90 minutes in 14 matches.

Matchup Facts

• Jaylinn Mitchell scored a goal and made an assist for his first multi-goal contribution match as a Mustang in SMU's match against Wake Forest on Nov. 5, 2024.
• Martin Dominguez made SMU's last penalty save, and Enzo Panozzo scored his first SMU goal against the Demon Deacons on Oct. 25, 2024.

Postseason Notes

• SMU has won 10 conference tournament titles.
• The Mustangs made it to the quarterfinal round of their first ACC Championship last season by defeating Boston College 1-0 in the first round.

Stepped Up

• Stephan Soghomonian was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7 and Oct. 21.
• He is the ACC's second top scorer in conference play with six goals against ACC teams.
• He is one of only four players to score multiple hat tricks this season.
• Soghomonian has scored eight goals in six matches. Scored a hat trick against California (Oct. 3) and Boston College (Oct. 18).
• He became the first Mustang to score a hat trick after almost two years in the Mustangs' 4-0 win against Cal on Oct. 3.
• The previous Mustang to score a hat trick was Jelldrik Dallmann against Temple on Nov. 9, 2023.
• He scored his hat trick against Cal from the bench with only 44 minutes of play time.

Slade Bosses The Backline

• Slade Starnes was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week twice on Sep. 30 and Oct. 28.
• He captained the Mustangs' defensive line to hand No. 1 Stanford to its first draw/loss in Palo Alto this season on Sunday.
• He and the Mustangs' backline have contained opponents to an average of only 7.9 shot attempts per game. Limiting five teams (Boston College, Cal, LMU, Oral Roberts and Virginia) to five shot attempts or less.

Villads Engine

• Villads Landsperg has only missed five minutes of pitch time for the Mustangs this season.
• Played 1345 minutes in 15 matches.
• He and the Mustangs' backline have contained opponents to an average of only 7.9 shot attempts per game. Limiting five teams (Boston College, Cal, LMU, Oral Roberts and Virginia) to five shot attempts or less.

SMU vs Top 25 Opponents

• SMU is 1-1-3 against Top-25 teams this season.
• The Mustangs are coming off a 1-0 loss to No. 6 Virginia.
• SMU grabbed its first ranked win at No. 21 Notre Dame (Sep. 27).
• The Mustangs drew 1-1 against No. 2 Clemson and they also drew No. 18 Kansas City 2-2 to kick off the season.
• SMU was 4-3-3 against top 25 opponents last season after falling in the NCAA Quarterfinals to No. 8 Marshall.

Scouting Wake Forest

• Wake Forest is the 13th highest-scoring team in the nation with 35 goals this season. Fourth in the ACC.
• Senior Cooper Flax is fourth in the ACC in points with seven goals and seven assists.

SMU vs Virginia Notes

• Virginia had a season-low of shot attempts (4). This is the fifth team SMU has confined to five or fewer shots this season.
• Villads Landsperg played his 14th 90-minute match of the season. He has played 1345 minutes in 15 matches.

FIFA World Cup At Washburne Stadium

• Washburne Stadium will be an official training ground for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.