No. 1 SMU Wins 2-0 At Cal, Grabs 10th Clean Sheet Of The Season

Saturday, October 24

Berkeley, Calif.

5pm CT

SMU

12-0-2, 6-0-1

California

5-5-4, 1-4-2

Team	1	2	Final F
SMU	1	1	2
California	0	0	0

Ryan Clanton-Pimentel & Jaylinn Mitchell

Oct 24 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Box Score

BERKELEY, Calif. (SMU) — No. 1 SMU Men's Soccer won 2-0 against Cal in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday.

The Mustangs capitalized on goals by Jaylinn Mitchell and Nick Harshaw while also earning their 10^th clean sheet of the season.

Ryan Clanton-Pimentel had a stellar performance, serving both of SMU's goals. He recorded two assists in the match and now has nine assists this season.

SMU is now 12-0-2 overall this season, and is perfect on the road with 5-0-0. Kevin Hudson's squad is 6-0-1 in ACC play and is currently at the top of the ACC team standings with 19 points going into the final week of regular-season play.

How It Went
The hosts were on the front foot at the start of the game, controlling more of the ball and creating chances, but the Mustangs grew into the game and balanced the match at the 10-minute mark.

SMU created chances through the wide areas of the pitch, and it was Jaylinn Mitchell who opened the scoreline with a goal in the 29^th minute.

Ryan Clanton-Pimentel passed the ball to Mitchell, who was clear at the top of the box. The Californian wingback ripped a low-driven shot to rattle the bottom left corner of the net.

In a back-and-forth where both teams saw multiple chances, Jonathan Evans made exemplary saves to keep the scoreline at 2-0 after 45 minutes.

The Mustangs came out strong in the second half and extended their lead to 1-0 in the 49^th minute.

Nick Harshaw opened his goalscoring account with Clanton-Pimentel serving the ball with his second assist of the game.

SMU saw multiple more chances while the defense stood tall for the remaining 40 minutes to claim the 2-0 victory after 90 minutes.

Notes

SMU is now 7-1-1 against Cal.
Ryan Clanton-Pimentel recorded his eighth and ninth assists of the season. He now has 15 assists in his SMU career.
Jaylinn Mitchell scored his third goal of the season. He leads the Mustangs in goal contributions (10) with seven assists and three goals.
Nick Harshaw scored his first goal for SMU. He now has six goal contributions with five assists and one goal.
SMU's defense with Jonathan Evans in goal, Enzo Panozzo, Villads Landsperg and Noah Holmstrom at center backs recorded its 10^th clean sheet of the season.
Stephan Soghomonian recorded his fourth assist of the season.
The Mustangs closed their road regular-season schedule 5-0-0. The last time SMU won all of its regular-season road matches was in 2019.