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Panda Cup Women's soccer games set to kick off Friday at Westcott Field
Mustangs face China National Select Team at 8 p.m.
April 5, 2006

DALLAS (SMU) - The Panda Cup USA comes to the campus of SMU this week, featuring high-level international women's soccer teams hitting Westcott Field. It all begins Friday, April 7, with a series of three friendly matches in the spirit of international competition and sportsmanship.

Friday's first game features the Nike IMG Academy 89 team (Fla.) vs. the China national select "B" team at 4:00 p.m. followed by the match-up between the FC Texas Soccer Club 90 vs. the SWU Premier FC (Canada) at 6:00 p.m. The anchor game features the SMU women's soccer team vs. the China national select "A" team. Kick-off is slated at 8:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the SMU Ticket office on the north side of Ford Stadium for $5.00.

The Panda Cup was originated by President Alex Schindler of Global Sports Group, along with co-founder Tony Leng.

For additional information, please contact Ajay Samuel at (214) 207-5812 or Alex Schindler at (214) 415-7507.

Mustang Women's Soccer Blanks China National Select "A" Team, 3-0, in Panda Cup USA


4/7/2006 - The SMU women's soccer team looked sharp against a talent-laden Chinese National Select "A" team Friday night and recorded a 3-0 victory over the international squad at Westcott Field in the day's final game of the Panda Cup USA. Friday's first game saw the China National Select "B" team defeat IMG Nike Academy (Fla.) by the score of 3-0 followed by FC Texas '90 shutting out SWU Premier '90 (Canada), 2-0.

Looked sharp? According to who? Surely the DMN didn't cover a women's soccer spring exhibition game.
Not to get hung up on actual facts, but who scored the goals?

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SMU's aggressive play paid off in dividends. Kimber Bailey got SMU on the scoreboard at the 9:16 mark in the first half. Teammate Kirsten Moran gave SMU a 2-0 edge at the 20:14 mark off a feed from Jena Lind. In the second half, SMU battled against a more offensive-minded Chinese team and the Mustang defense prevailed. SMU's Olivia O'Rear scored the third goal of the game with 18:23 remaining in the second half. One of SMU's defensive highlights came with 1:52 remaining in the game when Mustang goalkeeper Ashley Gunter made a diving save off a China penalty kick to preserve the shutout.