Mustangs Drop Highway Match To No. 2 Stanford

STANFORD, Calif. (SMU) – The SMU ladies’s soccer program fell 5-1 on the street to No.2 Stanford on Saturday.

Taking on arguably one of the best offensive crew within the nation, SMU (8-7-2, 2-5-2 ACC) held its personal within the first half of the sport, earlier than Stanford (14-1-1, 8-0-1 ACC), who entered the sport No.5 within the RPI rating, took management of the sport and scored 4 second-half objectives to succeed in the match’s ultimate rating.

The Mustangs rattled off 10 pictures within the match and are solely the third crew this season to document double-digit pictures towards the Cardinal.

Palo Alto, California native, Sydney Japic, who grew up a number of blocks away from the Stanford campus, scored SMU’s solely aim of the match within the 82^nd minute off a nook kick feed from Paxton Bock. It was Japic’s second aim of the season.

SMU goalkeeper Aubrey Brown recorded a career-high 11 saves on 27 pictures confronted (16 on aim). Her 11 saves are essentially the most in a single sport by a Mustang since Shannon Moroney had 11 towards UConn on October 25, 2015.

The Mustangs began the match off robust, firing off three that simply sailed over the crossbar over the primary couple of minutes.

The SMU protection stood tall within the first half, holding Stanford to only 9 pictures. The Cardinal scored the primary aim of the sport within the 41^st minute and led 1-0 on the half.

Coming out of the break Stanford pushed its depth on the assault scoring 4 straight objectives within the half.

SMU had a golden alternative to attain within the 80^th minute as three Mustangs received a shot on aim in a scrum in entrance of the web, however three acrobatic saves in a row from the Stanford goalkeeper denied the Mustangs. The ultimate shot within the sequence resulted in a nook kick for the SMU that resulted in Japic’s aim.

// Up Next

SMU will shut out its common season on the street, touring to Kentucky on Thursday, October 30, to face No. 20 Louisville.  Kickoff is about for six p.m. CT and can air on ACCNX. It can be SMU’s fifth straight match towards a ranked opponent.

// Other Notes

• Saturday was the seventh assembly between the packages, SMU is now 2-5-0 all-time versus Stanford.
• Stanford was SMU’s fourth-ranked opponent of the season and third inside the highest 10.
• In her fourth season as head coach of the Mustangs, Nicole Nelson is now 35-26-10 general at SMU and 97-91-25 in her teaching profession.
• The Mustangs are 10-13-5 on the street beneath Nelson.
• The Mustangs at the moment are 476-256-63 all-time in program historical past.