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Here is the low down on SMU vs Maryland

Where: Cary, NC
Date: December 9th - Friday
Time: 3 PM Central
Station: ESPNU

SMU Record: 14-5-3
Maryland Record: 17-4-2

Current Streaks:
SMU: 12-1-1 in last 14 games
Maryland: 10-0-2 past 4 years in College Cup

Winning Streak:
SMU: 4 Games
Maryland: 3 Games (Tied last game on PK)

Who did they beat to get to the Final Four of the College Cup?

SMU:
San Francisco 2-1
UCLA 3-0
UNC Greensboro 3-1
North Carolina 3-2 (2OT)

Maryland:
Off First Round
Brown 1-0
St. John's 3-1
Akron 1-1 (4-1 PK)

Winner of this game will take on the winner of 15-5-3 Clemson vs 17-1-3 New Mexico For the National Championship.

Maryland Schedule
9/02 @ Cal State Fullerton W, 7-0
9/04 @ UCLA L, 4-0
9/09 vs Santa Clara W, 3-1
9/11 vs Virginia Commonwealth W, 3-0
9/16 vs Clemson W, 3-0
9/18 vs St. Bonaventure W, 3-0
9/21 @ Penn State L, 1-0
9/25 @ NC State L, 1-0
9/27 vs William & Mary W, 1-0
9/30 vs Wake Forest W, 3-1
10/07 @ Duke W, 3-1
10/11 @ Georgetown W, 6-0
10/14 vs North Carolina W, 4-1
10/19 vs Virginia W, 3-0
10/22 @ Boston College W, 4-0
10/26 vs NJIT W, 4-0
10/29 vs Indiana T, 3-3 (2OT)
11/04 @ Virginia Tech W, 2-1 (2OT)
11/09 Wake Forest AAC Tournament (Cary, NC) W, 2-1
11/11 Duke AAC Tournament (Cary, NC) L 4-2
11/22 vs Brown NCAA Tournament College Park, MD W, 1-0
11/27 vs St. John's NCAA Tournament College Park, MD W, 3-1
12/03 vs Akron NCAA Tournament College Park, MD T, 1-1 (4-1 PK)
12/09 vs SMU NCAA Tournament Cary, NC

Common Opponents
North Carolina:
Maryland - vs UNC, W 4-1 10/14
SMU - @ UNC, W 3-2 (2OT) 12/03

Indiana:
Maryland - vs Indiana, T 3-3 10/29
SMU - @ Indiana, L 4-0 9/04

Another common opponent: UCLA

Maryland vs UCLA: 0-4 Loss for Maryland
SMU vs UCLA: 3-0 Win for SMU

We can do this, Go Mustangs!!!

Without getting two games ahead of myself, when was SMU's last team national championship? Wasn't it the men's track team in the mid 80's?

Absolutely, we can do this. Not to go all coach-speak on everyone, but let's not even think about the national title yet.

FEAR THE MUSTANG!

MustangSally wrote:Without getting two games ahead of myself, when was SMU's last team national championship? Wasn't it the men's track team in the mid 80's?

Believe so. I know SMU has never won a National Title in Soccer.

Mustangs35SMU wrote:Where: Cary, NC
Date: December 9th - Friday
Time: 3 PM Central
Station: ESPNU

I thought the early game was in ESPN2. Not true?

The National Championship is on ESPN 2

Anyone know of a bar/restaurant in town that has the channel, and will be showing the game?
First & 10 maybe?

maryland is another tough acc club, but a team SMU can beat. I feel the key is that SMU is playing way better than they had been. maryland has been here before, but they are beatable. They have some size, but if the boys can keep up the speed and play d like they did against unc, maryland will go DOWN! We have to play them like duke did during the acc tourny.

Hooray to David, Duke, Scott, Mynor, Bruno, Daniel, Jay, Dario, Michael, Chase, Paulo, and Matt. See you boys Sunday!!!

Go Ponies!!

MustangSally wrote:Without getting two games ahead of myself, when was SMU's last team national championship? Wasn't it the men's track team in the mid 80's?

According to the NCAA website, men's track has 3 national championships. Indoor in 1983 and Outdoor in 1986 and 1989. The only other team sport championship is men's golf in 1954.

Will be tuning on Friday at work, go get 'em Ponies!!

We won Women's Golf in the 70's but that was before the NCAA sanctioned it.