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
Record6–9–2 (2–6–2 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
No. 1 Duke  y901 .9501421 .853
No. 3 Wake Forest  y721 .7501233 .750
No. 6 Florida State  y721 .7501423 .816
No. 8 North Carolina  y730 .7001650 .762
No. 12 Virginia Tech  y622 .7001153 .658
No. 13 Notre Dame  y514 .7001134 .722
California  y541 .5501252 .684
No. 14т Stanford  y541 .5501341 .750
Virginia  y550 .5001250 .706
Boston College  442 .5001252 .684
Pittsburgh  352 .400963 .583
Louisville  253 .350765 .528
SMU  262 .300692 .412
Clemson  271 .250683 .441
Miami (FL)  163 .250584 .412
NC State  163 .2504104 .333
Syracuse  091 .0506102 .389
Conference champion
2024 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 10, 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 W  3–2  3–1–0
Washburne Stadium (1,358)
Dallas, TX
August 29*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Little Rock W  2–0  4–1–0
Washburne Stadium
Dallas, TX
September 1*
8:30 p.m., ACCNX
TCU L  0–1  4–2–0
Washburne Stadium (1,087)
Dallas, TX
September 5*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Baylor L  1–2  4–3–0
Washburne Stadium (733)
Dallas, TX
ACC Regular season
September 12
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Syracuse W  4–1  5–3–0
(1–0–0)
Washburne Stadium (412)
Dallas, TX
September 15
1:00 p.m., ACCN
Boston College W  2–0  6–3–0
(2–0–0)
Washburne Stadium (526)
Dallas, TX
September 19
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Miami (FL) T  3–3  6–3–1
(2–0–1)
Cobb Stadium (315)
Coral Gables, FL
September 22
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2  Florida State T  1–1  6–3–2
(2–0–2)
Washburne Stadium (710)
Dallas, TX
September 27
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 3  Duke L  0–3  6–4–2
(2–1–2)
Koskinen Stadium (397)
Durham, NC
October 5
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 9  Stanford L  1–2  6–5–2
(2–2–2)
Washburne Stadium (1,037)
Dallas, TX
October 10
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 21  Virginia Tech L  0–1  6–6–2
(2–3–2)
Thompson Field (840)
Blacksburg, VA
October 13
12:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 25  Virginia L  1–2  6–7–2
(2–4–2)
Klöckner Stadium (1,405)
Charlottesville, VA
October 19
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 2  Wake Forest L  1–2  6–8–2
(2–5–2)
Washburne Stadium (933)
Dallas, TX
October 27
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  California L  2–3  6–9–2
(2–6–2)
Edwards Stadium (1,233)
Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDateRef.
Nyah Rose All-ACC Third Team November 6, 2024 [12]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer [13] Not released
TopDrawer Soccer [14]


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