2024 SMU Mustangs women's soccer team

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2024 SMU Mustangs women's soccer
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Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record2–1–0 (0–0–0 ACC)
Head coach
  • Nicole Nelson (3rd season)
Associate head coachMat Cosgriff (11th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Miles Vaughn (1st season)
  • Courtney Sebazco (1st season)
Home stadium Washburne Stadium
Seasons
  2023
2025  
2024 ACC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Boston College  000 300 1.000
No. 1 Florida State  000 300 1.000
No. 5 North Carolina  000 300 1.000
No. 2 Stanford  000 300 1.000
No. 21т Virginia  000 300 1.000
No. 21т Virginia Tech  000 300 1.000
Louisville  000 201 .833
Syracuse  000 201 .833
Wake Forest  000 201 .833
Clemson  000 210 .667
SMU  000 210 .667
California  000 111 .500
No. 7 Pittsburgh  000 111 .500
Duke  000 110 .500
No. 14 Notre Dame  000 110 .500
Miami (FL)  000 011 .250
NC State  000 021 .167
Conference champion
2024 ACC Tournament champion
As of August 23, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2024 SMU Mustangs women's soccer team represent Southern Methodist University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Mustangs are led by head coach Nicole Nelson, in her third season. They play their home games at Washburne Stadium in Dallas, Texas. This is the team's 31st season playing organized women's college soccer and their 1st playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Contents

Previous season

The Mustangs finished the season 11–6–1 overall and 5–3–1 in AAC to finish in second place in the West Division. [1] As the third seed in the AAC Tournament they defeated sixth-seed Tulsa in the First Round and seventh-seed Florida Atlantic in the Semifinals. They could not overcome nationally ranked Memphis and lost 1–2 in the Final. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownReason for Departure
Samantha Estrada 0GK6'0"Graduate Student El Paso, Texas Graduated
Tatum Sutherland1GK5'6" Redshirt.svg Senior Cleburne, Texas Graduated
Bo Rubinstein4FW5'8"Senior Warren, Vermont Graduated
Treasure Byars7MF5'0"Freshman Richardson, Texas Transferred to UT Dallas
Wayny Balata10MF5'8"Graduate Student Montreal, Quebec Graduated
Abby Dermott15DF5'6"Senior Oak Park, California Graduated
Peyton Annen18DF5'10"Sophomore Plano, Texas Transferred to Texas Tech [2]
Alana Karro20MF5'3"Senior Newport Beach, California Graduated
Leah Chancey21MF5'6"Senior Ovilla, Texas Graduated
Hannah Wrigley30GK5'6"Junior Lewisville, Texas

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious School
Haven Empey0GK5'11"Junior American Fork, Utah BYU
Hali Hartman4DF5'7"Junior Grand Prairie, Texas LSU
Nanami Hata13DF/MF5'6"Junior Shizuoka, Japan Iowa Western
Lou Brossault20MF5'6"Junior Rennes, France Iowa Western
Sierra Cota-Yarde30GK5'11"Graduate Student Toronto, Canada Arkansas
Jessi Curry44GK5'11"Sophomore Farmington, New Mexico Tyler JC

Source: [3]

Recruiting Class

NameNationalityHometownClubTDS Rating
Paxton Bock
DF
Flag of the United States.svg Scottsdale, Arizona Utah Royals (AZ)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Elizabeth Eddy
MF
Flag of the United States.svg McKinney, Texas FC Dallas Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Kelly Gordon
MF
Flag of the United States.svg Asheville, North Carolina Carolina Elite Soccer AcademyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Sadie Paul
FW
Flag of the United States.svg Fort Worth, Texas IMG Academy Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Nicole Stryker
MF
Flag of the United States.svg Loomis, California IMG Academy N/A
Lydia Ungashick
MF
Flag of the United States.svg Overland Park, Kansas Sporting Blue Valley SCStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024 [9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aubrey Brown
2 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kaya Lee
3 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Mayu Inokawa
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hali Hartman
5 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Truth Byars
6 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sammy Nieves
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mackenzie Rudden
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eliana Salama
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Addison Vali
12 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Paxton Bock
13 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Nanami Hata
14 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Liz Eddy
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lydia Ungashick
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kelly Gordon
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tori Peterson
19 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Nyah Rose
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Lou Brossault
21 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sadie Paul
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Stryker
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Alvord
25 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sophie King
26 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Layla Garica-Moreno
27 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abby Hampton
28 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bella Burr
30 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Sierra Cota-Yarde
31 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Paige Boeger
32 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maura Yumul
34 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jen Jackson
35 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Hayden Halscheid
44 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessi Curry
66 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Haven Empey

Team management

PositionStaff
Head CoachNicole Nelson
Associate Head CoachMat Cosgriff
Assistant CoachMiles Vaughn
Assistant CoachCourtney Sebazco
Director of OperationsPaula Woodbury

Source: [9]

Schedule

Source: [10] [11]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 15*
7:00 p.m.,  ACCNX
Northwestern State W  3–0  1–0–0
Washburne Stadium (480)
Dallas, TX
August 18*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Texas Southern W  6–0  2–0–0
Washburne Stadium (313)
Dallas, TX
August 22*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 12  Texas L  3–6  2–1–0
Washburne Stadium (1,761)
Dallas, TX
August 25*
8:30 p.m., ACCNX
Stephen F. Austin   
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
August 29*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Little Rock   
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
September 1*
8:30 p.m., ACCNX
TCU   
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
September 5*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Baylor   
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
ACC Regular season
September 12
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Syracuse   
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
September 15
1:00 p.m., ACCN
Boston College   
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
September 19
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Miami (FL)   
Cobb Stadium
Coral Gables, FL
September 22
1:00 p.m., ACCN
Florida State   
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
September 27
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Duke   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
October 5
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Stanford   
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
October 10
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Virginia Tech   
Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
October 13
12:00 p.m., ACCNX
Virginia   
Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
October 19
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Wake Forest   
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
October 27
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  California   
Edwards Stadium
Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDateRef.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
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United Soccer [12] Not released
TopDrawer Soccer [13]


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