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The Mustangs are back home this weekend for American games against Temple Thursday night and UConn Sunday afternoon.

SMU preview:
http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/100814aah.html

Go Mustangs!

Last years regular season meeting between SMU and Temple was very one sided.

SMU out shot Temple 15 to 3.

Temple keeper made 6 saves(Shauni Kerkhoff), Bodden got the win and didn't have to make a save. Should be the same starting keepers for both teams.

Corner kicks were 4 for SMU and 2 for Temple.

Let's hope for a similar performance tonight.

Temple has an RPI of 53
SMU has an RPI OF 165

SMU is up 1-0 at the half on Temple.

SMU wins 1-0!

Rikki Clarke with the goal and Lauryn Bodden with the shutout.

SMU is in decent shape in The American after tonight's action:

1. UCF (12, 4-0-0)
2. Memphis (8, 2-1-2)
3. Temple (7, 2-2-1)
4. SMU (6, 2-2-0)
4. Cincinnati (6, 2-2-0)
4. USF (6, 2-2-0)
4. ECU (6, 2-2-0)
8. UConn (6, 1-1-3)
9. Tulsa (4, 1-3-1)
10. Houston (1, 0-3-1)

A solid win. If they can pick up another W on the weekend, things will be looking good!

Central Florida drilled South Florida 3-0 tonight, giving the Knights a commanding lead in the conference and leaving the rest of the tournament seeds up for grabs.

1. UCF (15, 5-0-0)
2. Memphis (8, 2-1-2)
3. Temple (7, 2-2-1)
4. SMU (6, 2-2-0)
4. Cincinnati (6, 2-2-0)
4. ECU (6, 2-2-0)
7. USF (6, 2-3-0)
8. UConn (6, 1-1-3)
9. Tulsa (4, 1-3-1)
10. Houston (1, 0-3-1)

So they go by points rather than W - L?

Treadway21 wrote:So they go by points rather than W - L?

Correct.

I had never noticed that. I can't remember if we did when I played- I think not. How long have they been doing that?

Funny the use the hockey point system and not the World Cup system. If we used points I think it was World Cup system with extra points for goals.

It's the standard soccer scoring - 3 for a win and 1 for a draw.

It usually ends up working out the same as W-L-D (counting draws as a half win) anyway unless somebody has a ton of draws.

There was one season (2011) where we got a higher seed than UCF because they had a lot of draws even though we had more losses - it looks like UConn may be headed in that direction this season.

Point system is used universally in soccer including the NCAA as long as I can remember. Goals scored and other differentiating factors are used in tournament play to separate teams that are tied in points.

SMU falls to UConn 3-1. Kelsey Gorney scored for the Mustangs.