No. 1 SMU Downs Wake Forest 2-0 In Winston-Salem

Friday, October 2

Winston-Salem, N.C.

6pm CT

SMU

9-0-1, 4-0-0

Wake Forest

7-3-1, 3-2-0

Team	1	2	Final F
SMU	0	2	2
Wake Forest	0	0	0

No. 1 SMU Downs Wake Forest 2-0 In Winston-Salem

Oct 2 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Box Score

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (SMU) — No. 1 SMU Men's Soccer took down Wake Forest 2-0 in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Friday Night.

In a hectic back-and-forth, SMU won with goals from Milton Lopez and Stephan Soghomonian, along with SMU's defense's seventh shutout of the season.

Jaylinn Mitchell recorded his sixth assist of the season to serve Lopez's goal. Ryan Clanton-Pimentel assisted Soghomonian's goal.

SMU is now 9-0-1 overall this season, 4-0-0 in ACC play. Kevin Hudson's squad is currently at the top of the conference standings with 12 points after four conference games.

How It Went
Both teams battled to seize ball possession and momentum at the start of the match.

Wake Forest took over the run of play midway through the first half, but the Mustangs' defense stood tall, fending off their attacks.

SMU grew into the game in the final stretch of the period and saw chances through Ryder Balch and Mukisa Emmanuel, but the scoreline remained 0-0 after 45 minutes.

The game remained sporadic at the start of the second half, but it was Milton Lopez who took the honors to open the scoring in the 54^th minute.

Jaylinn Mitchell defeated his man on the left wing and drove a cross in front of goal, which found Lopez, who rattled the net with his weaker left foot.

In a hectic final stretch of the second period, with multiple reviews, both teams saw chances, but the scoreline did not change until the very last minute when Stephan Soghomonian netted SMU's second goal with seven seconds left on the clock.

Ryan Clanton-Pimentel won the ball close to Wake Forest's penalty box and drove inside the box before crossing the ball to Soghomonian who rolled the ball into the bottom right corner of the net.

SMU took home the 2-0 win and the three points after 90 minutes.

Notes

SMU is now 3-0-1 all-time against Wake Forest.
Jaylinn now has eight goal contributions with six assists and two goals in the first 10 games of the season.
Milton Lopez scored his fourth goal of the season. He now has 17 goals in his SMU career.
Stephan Soghomonian scored his sixth goal of the season. He scored his 20^th goal for SMU.
Ryan Clanton-Pimentel recorded his fifth assist of the season.
The last time SMU was undefeated in the first 10 games of the season was in 2019.
SMU is 4-0-0 on the road this season.