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No. 20 SMU Draws 3-3 At Cincinnati Sunday

Postby PonyPride » Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:53 pm

From SMUMustangs.com:

No. 20 SMU Draws 3-3 At Cincinnati Sunday

CINCINNATI, Ohio (SMU) – No. 20 SMU and Cincinnati played to a 3-3, double-overtime draw Sunday afternoon at Gettler Stadium on the campus of Cincinnati.

The overtime contest is the third this season for the Mustangs (0-1-2), who are 8-2-2 overall and 2-1-2 in the American Athletic Conference.

"It was a tough fight from the opening minute. Cincinnati played hard, and they disrupted us. We battled back. Thought we played much better second half and overtime," SMU head coach Chris Petrucelli said of the match. "The good news is we scored three on the road. The bad news is we gave up three goals and haven't been exposed like that."

Wayny Balata put the Mustangs on the board first in the high-scoring affair, converting a penalty kick in the 20th minute. Less than 10 minutes later, Cincinnati's leading scorer, Vanessa DiNardo, equalized. With the ball loose in the SMU box after a Cincinnati corner kick, DiNardo beat Tatum Sutherland to the right side of the goal.

DiNardo would put the Bearcats (6-5-3, 1-2-2 The American) in the lead just before halftime. Sutherland was forced to head the ball away at the edge of the 18-yard box. However, the clearance went to DiNardo, who settled and sent a shot over the outstretched hand of the SMU goalkeeper to put Cincinnati up, 2-1, in the 41st minute.

Less than four minutes apart, Sammy Nieves and Mackenzie Rudden each scored their first goal of the season to put SMU back in front. Late in the 64th minute, Nieves received a ball about 12 yard in front of the net. With space, she delivered the shot to the top left corner to even the score.

Early in the 68th minute, Courtney Sebazco delivered a cross from right to left that was caught then dropped by the Cincinnati goalkeeper at the near post. Rudden was there to kick the loose ball into the net for the third SMU goal of the contest, the Mustangs' highest scoring match in conference play.

"Sammy has been coming on. She was injured early in the season, but as the year has gone on, she has gotten more and more dangerous. Mackenzie had the same issue," Petrucelli stated. "They are both very good players. They are starting to show what they are capable of, and both showed quality on their goals."

Overall, SMU was out-shot 18-13 by the Bearcats, but the Mustangs had 10 shots on goal to Cincinnati's seven on target. The penalty kick was SMU's second of the season, with Sebazco scoring from the spot at Rice. It was Balata's third goal of the season.

The Mustangs return home to take on Temple Wednesday night at 7 p.m. SMU will wear pink jerseys for the annual Pink Match, which is an effort to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research.
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Re: No. 20 SMU Draws 3-3 At Cincinnati Sunday

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Sun Oct 17, 2021 4:14 pm

Wow that's a lot of goals.
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