Texas vs. SMU Full Match Replay | 2024 ACC Women's Soccer

uh a professional career as well so everything that she is doing to try to perfect her craft and improve her game in her last season in Austin yes obviously it's to help the longhorn WN Longhorns win games but it's also with an eye toward a professional career after a talk with trainers and doctors Paxton Bach has worked her way back onto the field this as Texas attacks yet again and here's mimo inside buer so dangerous and she slots it through one- Nothing Texas such a beautiful shot by buyers when you think of Premier goal scorers and she obviously is that you envision you often Envision a player who can wind up and crank a shot from 20 yards out and Trinity buyers absolutely can do that but in this case she splits a couple of Defenders and gets past Haley Hartman and then had the presence of mind to Simply touch it with the outside of her foot and slip it into the lower right corner beautiful shot by Trinity buyers as she adds to her UT goal scoring record 49th of her career also the second most for any division one player that is active it's Trinity buyer second goal this season and Lexi misimo the all-time leading assist player in Texas history who had yet to Accord an assist so far this season has her first of the year and it's that old mismo to Trinity buyers combination to put number 12 Texas in the catbird seat up one- nothing you think that call has been made a couple times in their career yeah just probably 49 or so I'd say yeah exactly there's truth buyers the younger sister of Trinity playing on the SMU side and Gathering her first start as we wait for the restart here Nicole Nelson talking to her freshman Wing Liz Eddie and Eddie may get an opport Unity here to chat a little bit of strategy with buyers and Company now the entire offensive group is getting together as Elana Salama comes over from the left wing Samy neas joining the conversation and uh what we're waiting on right now is a confirmation on the goal uh making sure that I think there was not supposed to be an offside call there I didn't see initially it looked like it was a good goal to me but uh during this review period we will get the confirmation from Daniel rard half a review it is a good [Applause] goal it was close and there was a play a few moments ago where Trinity buyers was called offside which also was close enough that was almost surprising that the Longhorns didn't object to that call a little bit more and buyers able to get on the board and Texas leads it one- nothing can SM Strike Back remember it was a six nothing win last year for the Longhorns Samy neevis plays it out on the wing and Eddie is wide with some space chips it toward the goal and it rolls into touch for a goal kick by Mia Justice just a little bit of a slice on her swing there by by Liz she had the right idea but it faded just a bit off the right side of her foot never made it to the goal she was directly shooting into the wind as well which again is coming also true 10 to 15 milph out of that far Corner Deep Over the Top ball and well out of her goal kot yard who just gave up her first goal in an SMU uniform able to play it up the side to Sophie King and SMU will have a throw in on the sacking in kot yard did not come off her end line that far once in the first two games partly because the Mustangs had a sizable lead in both of those games but also because neither of those games presented an opportunity to look up and see Trinity buyers racing in at her anything you can do to keep Trinity briers from getting the ball in the offensive third is probably a good decision oh really nice ball Bach looking for it and she's able to block it at least momentarily but Lauren lapam Mara kicked it right off of Bach and Bach The Freshman took great exception to the fifth year Prosper High School player let's see exactly what happened not only there but uh also in a Hold by lapam Mara which I did not see in the Run of play and then a shoulder charge yeah there was a little bit of an elbow when they were just turning toward the sideline and then as you said lapam Mara put a shoulder charge into the SMU freshman after the ball was a couple yards out of bounds so that's where Pax and box objection came SMU throw in and Bach will have a chance from this near side again throwing into the wind so Lex try to keep it on the ground but throws it right into two and lapam Mar is able to easily clear it out toward buers that match up against Peterson but Peterson is called for a foul here on a hold against B yeah she got into her back a little bit and I don't I didn't see a grabbing of A Fistful of Jersey or anything but she impeded byer's progress enough that a teammate was able to come in and SM snatch the ball but it was that obstruction uh slowing buyers up on her path to the ball that Drew the Whistle the official scorers give the foul to rudden rather than Hartman and either way it is a restart for Texas here as it's played on the ground and buyers is fouled by Hartman this time and no doubt are there in the feet Hartman you figure has to be pretty familiar with Buyers as well Hartman started her college career at Oklahoma uh which obviously played plays Texas every year in everything uh Hartman then transferred to LSU before heading to Dallas to play for SMU this season and then on top of that she is the only SMU player who played for solar SC the club that that Texas has 12 players from including the incredible Duo of mimo and buyers and so many others so the Rivalry between Hartman and any number of these Longhorn players even in practice goes back a long way a first corner kick coming for SMU and they like these Corners coming from this near side of the field because that's when the sun comes into play play it does and it's true that when you serve from the northwest or southwest corner uh before the sun goes down the players that you're trying to connect with are staring into the Sun but so is the opposing defense and the opposing goalkeeper so you're absolutely right they love taking corners from the west side of the field in these late afternoon early evening games and a was serve will be going into a little bit of of a breeze with the wind blowing out as well but she's going to play it way out top Sophie King left footed serve to the top of the six it's knocked down Hartman may have a chance but lapam Mar is there and then the stab to keep it off the end line by Mia Justice a great job to scramble for it and prevent another corner it's a great job by Justice but lapam Mara to be the left outside back get all the way across the field obviously there's a lot of chaos and congestion when you're defending a corner uh or a throwi in or play from the far out on the perimeter like that but she did a beautiful job to get all the way across the field and snuff out that shot by Hartman and the Rivalry continues between Paxton Bach who is introducing herself to these Texas players the rest of these Longhorns uh she is not afraid to stick her nose in there quite literally we've already seen that and since then she's picked up a couple fouls as well and you might think that Bach being being a Freshman and may have played some Club ball with some of these players but Bach is from Arizona she's not one of these Texas Club players who grew up maybe as familiar with all of certainly not the solar team that's basically a AAA farm team for the Longhorns I would say that is a really good assessment of what Texas has working for them solar long time coached by Lexi's dad Derek who starred for University of North Carolina back in the day and scored 56 goals and then there's a big connection there because while he just prior uh to Angela Kelly starring at UNC he was a star on the men's side of things Texas loves that they force Hartman into a mistake but Texas has some deep connections that go back about 30 years when it comes to coming up with uh all of these talented players have decided to make their way to Austin this one pops into the air and Ward tracks it down Trinity buyers with some space chipping it in backside nice run but kot yard is there to take it in before Ashlin Miller is able to net a goal nice job nice catch there by kot yard and you'd have to think that she saw Miller uh coming in because she was awfully casual coming off her line to snatch that ball out of the air and yes Miller ended up running a couple of steps behind her but it was probably closer than Nicole Nelson and the SMU coaching staff would have liked Eliana Salama with a little half run there we have not gotten a chance to see number nine in blue really do her thing yet but one of the best dribblers in the game and if she has some space she can make something happen all at once and we understand from head coach Nicole Nelson she'll not only play Wing but probably get some some opportunities at a striker spot as this match goes on good job by Bach to take it right back from Holly Ward before it is knocked into Touch by the holding midfielder Hannah w and when you talk about Elana Salama and others who will be moving around to different spots that's a reflection of the fact that the Mustangs are much more fluid this year in the offensive third you've got a bunch of forwards and midfielders who really have the ability to play left side right side play up front drop to the Midfield and it gives coach nson and her staff so much flexibility in the ways in which they can attack opposing defenses it's a good defensive play by lapam Mara initially but Liz Eddie did entice lapam Marta to touch it over the end line so the second corner on the way for the Mustangs tonight again it's Mayu anawa to serve from the corner off to the left of the keeper Justice lapa Marta has been really really noticeable in the first 18 minutes T night she's had a couple encounters with Paxon box she had she snuffed out the Hartman shot a couple of moments ago she had the play right here she's she's uh had a really nice start and a combo to the top of the six that was a great bul but coming out to snatch at the athletic Justice and she gets a great distribution out the right side to Lily to Jil shimin shimin trying to take it out to the corner before she stops on neis and chimin hit the brakes because she was being run down from behind behind by neas and keep in mind neas is back in her third game after missing the entire 2023 season with an injury um so I'm missing something on the uh on neas neas seems to not have a brace on for this game exactly I just noticed the same thing uh first two games of the year she did wear a brace um said after the after the second game that she feels fine no soreness etc etc she wouldn't be out there if she were at risk of that of course um but you're right this is her first game without the uh without the knee brace before her injury she was without question one of the fastest players on the team and it looks like she's regaining that great ball by neis up the right side to Eddie Eddie stopping though waiting for some numbers Eddie dancing on it chips it across and it's easily headed out by Abby Allen the center back who had two of two parents two of her two parents uh played here at SMU Basketball oh my goodness misimo all the way in and somehow at the very last moment coming over to save a goal Lydia unik for SMU makes the play how many times do you hear a coach talk about a talented freshman and say she does this well she does that well but I want to see her get back more in help in transition in two of the games so far this year Lydia unek has made runs of 30 40 50 yards to get back on the defensive end and help out the Mustangs back line great hustle great transition defense by unek backline organization was a huge key for Nicole Nelson in tonight's matchup yeah and it has to be I mean it's it's a huge deal in every game but as as we've said Texas is obviously an extremely potent offensive team and if you're going to keep a team like that in check obviously you're not going to pitch a shut out you're already down a goal but if you're going to minimize the Longhorns chances you have to communicate uh really really clearly and efficiently for a full 90 minutes this time missimo not able to catch up with it and safely playing it to the corner Haley Hartman who gives it up to kot yard to try to start something it's headed back the other way however by lapam Mara who has been pretty much everywhere for Texas especially on this near half of the field so so far the goal came in the early 10th minute by Texas's Trinity buyers her second of the Season 49th of her career primary assist to Lexi mimo and a secondary assist as well by Madison hen again that was early in the 10th minute it stood up so far for the Texas Longhorns who are looking to make it to 3 and0 early this season in aawa trying to go all the way across the field a tough serve knocked down and maybe a chance for Holly Ward as she is able to scrip it away from bot Ward diving to the inside sees buyers but not able to feed her as Hartman cuts it off people viewing at home may have heard a few people in the crowd looking for a handball call on Ward as she jumped up in front of that and knocked it down and it did hit her in the right arm but it it clearly was just that's where her arm happened to be the ball hit her she didn't reach out and grab it so the correct non- call so far shots officially for nothing in favor of Texas and SMU with more fouls 5 to one SMU has break in Corners 20 lapam Mar down to hop rather down to shinin takes a look inside now dancing left mot throwing on the brakes on a right foot all the way across Ashlin Miller has a lot of space in the corner of the 18 dancing in stepping in KN down and a save for Sierra kot yard nice save by kot yard in part because she knew there wasn't a white jersey within shouting distance to pounce on a rebound so rather than catching it a very hard shot from close range she gets her hands up simply knocks it down so it's a more controllable ball and then calmly grab the rebound how much attention does Lexi mimo attract though when she's inside the box with the ball oh I mean SMU tonight and teams that Texas faces all year will collapse around her because as you pointed out for so many of her own goals obviously but also buyer goals they start with mimo she's the quarterback of that offense and if I'm coaching against Texas I'm double teaming her coming out of the locker room and it is interesting to see what strategies each team plays against mimo obviously SMU not choosing to Man Mark number 10 meanwhile SMU with a clean strip Liz Eddie down toward truth buyers slid away however by Montgomery not a full clearance and finally a foul is called on Texas it goes on one of the best players in the country Lexi missimo and really that was a result of again the attention when the ball came back out mimo goes after it and two Mustangs tried to collapse on it as well so she may have ended up being called for a foul simply because of the attention she draws both hold mids even in the defensive end so SMU gets a restart a free kick from about 33 yds out just to the right of the goal to the left of the keeper in aawa plays it out and Sophie King with the chance on the ground but it's intercepted by Texas and the Longhorns try to break the other way the shimkin pass is knocked Away by Sophie King to stop the advancement and it's a good thing that uh that King was there because hannahh was over there on the right side and had that ball gotten through King there was miles of open green grass in front of her on a 98° night we are probably do a hydration break fairly quickly here in Dallas but not before we see substitutions on either side for the Texas Longhorns it's number 44 one of the best freshmen in the nation in Amalia Villa and we'll get a chance to see her debut in a moment after the hydration break that we were calling for number 12 Texas on the strength of a trinity buyer's goal up on SMU one nothing Labor Day savings are here let's put fall into motion and Tackle turning colors warm up welcomes and add life to Lawns fall starts with Labor Day savings at the home demo basketball is a very physical sport I get a lot of marks throughout the season it's a sign of hard work you got to push yourself to the Limit having marks in your body is not the sign of failure it's a step towards Improvement movement lives marks your anti Sho degree Ultra clear non-stop protection against white marks good morning everybody we are here to discuss the [Music] making work makes sense LinkedIn knows how Trinity buyers most goals scored actively by NCAA players well a couple in burnt orange at the top of that list you got Ashley Merill down in Waco at Baylor with 50 and then buyers with 49 Lexi mimo with 46 go to an Iowa Hawkeye and Hansen with 44 and then Rebecca cook with 42 but man what a combo to have two of the highest scoring players in division 1 soccer at your disposal if you're Angela Kelly yeah if you're coaching against this team that may look a little bit like a bit of an embarrassment of riches but you know you get half the solar team up there for starters as your foundation and look UT recruits exceptional players from across the country and uh buyers and missimo are As Good As It Gets SMU has started to find a couple chances no official shots no shots on goal for the Mustangs however they have started to find some things trying to advance the ball down the field with long passes uh rather than connection through possession in this first half yeah they've been a little more patient and I think that's uh I think that's to be expected when you come out you're facing a nationally ranked team and you got a couple of freshman in your lineup it's easy to um sort of dig your heels in and just brace for what's coming but it's just like any other game where once you get that first bump your first hit you run past somebody you take your first shot then you just sort of settle in and play and that's where the Mustangs seem to be now Emma Alor the sophomore from Denton is in for the first time for Liz Eddie get a look at alvor there it's a track start in her own right Lu came in to the midfield for McKenzie ruten and also Samy neas was as well in Midfield for SMU good job by Sophie King to step on that one but Trinity buyers our excuse me truth buyers was just offside she started to go after that long ball you know and I didn't see any of the SMU coach objecting but that was such a long pass I'd be interested in going back and seeing it again cuz when the ball was played I wonder if truth buers was in an offside position under 20 minutes to play in the opening half the SMU Mustangs it's the first of nine straight games at home to start the season and that's just opposed against only six total home games a season ago and similarly for Texas this is their only Road game of their first 10 matches of the season they don't go back on the road until late September good way to build your record play where you're comfortable sleep in your own bed eat your own food play in front of your fans yeah no doubt about that but SMU brings one of the tougher opponents that they have had in Dallas in quite a long time but they will play plenty more prestigious opponents at home including the defending national champs including the number one team in the country in Florida State here at home when you go into the ACC in college soccer the women's side the men's side you are going to run through the lital literal Gauntlet yeah and both of these teams have taken a step up in conference Texas also leaving the Big 12 going to the this year I think it's safe to say the SEC and the ACC are the two best conferences in the country as far as women's soccer so both of these teams are going to face a gauntlet of heavy heavyweight opponents this year rouso had some space it got knocked back to her mimo trying to play it up to buers who is attracting too mimo able to Spring shim who goes up the wall to V Vel inside the box and it gets knocked up in the air by King and out to the nearest side and a clearance by SMU but Villa reel even though she's only 5'2 known as one of the best players in the nation as she was coming out of Lancing Michigan yeah every night when you talk about recruiting a lot of people get drawn into comparisons of who's a little bigger or who's a step faster but sometimes you just play and Villa reel is a terrific player and for Texas you know they list her as a forward right now she's in an attacking mid spot and they move mimo over to the right wing and they shift another player over to the left and you know Texas it's not only that they're so good but they can attack you from many different directions and we've already seen the Longhorns attack in many ways vertically they haven't been able to hit but a little slot through Ball by mimo to buyer Inside the Box got the job done too yeah and that's what they're going to have to do they're going to have to switch Fields a lot and try to try to uh stretch out the Texas defense to create some gaps they can pass through and run through in order to get shots so Lama trying for one of those patented runs cutting in left angle and she is denied by a couple Longhorns still no official shots for the SM you must T and for the Texas Longhorns they are facing a team with a lot of impact freshmen entering tonight you got Liz Eddie with a couple goals anushik and Bach have played big defensive roles for this team you got Paul and Gordon already on the score sheet as well in the first two games of this season this is a talented freshman class for it is it is and and again to your point look there're only two games in um but a lot of coach which is a lot of teams can bring in talented players who don't adjust and produce right away and the SMU Mustangs have several who have produced early another goal for buyers that started with Villa reel a little back door ball that came inside to Jilly shimin and as she saves it off the line and Pops it into the air it was right on the doorstep for Trinity buyers and it's half a 100 for one of the best players in women's college soccer History Nice Patience by not getting offside she held until the ball was was played before she ducked in behind Sophie King and then drops it right on the back post and Trinity buyers for all of her goals she'll never have one closer than that she was inches outside the cage an absolute dunk for Trinity buyers her third of the Season her first brace this year the 50th of her career as she becomes the first Texas Longhorn to score 50 in a career and again she has almost a full season still to play that number's going up and it might go up a lot get one more look at it SMU is CH taking wanting a review here that first pass by Villa reel to shimin with shimin in an offside position when that pass was [Applause] issued and she was on side yep and I don't think it was Sophie King that she was watching I think it was um Haley Hartman who was a step behind King even that gave shimin just a hair more room before uh in order to stay on side and and deliver that beautiful pass to buyers and that's a really good catch he's Steve Lansdale I'm John little both of the the Texas goals have been reviewed but both have been upheld as SMU brings in one of those freshmen we talked about Kelly Gordon a freshman out of Asheville North Carolina comes on to play a left wing position for the Mustangs as truth buers who has seen her sister Trinity scor twice tonight on the other side for Texas takes a seat for the first time Emma alvor pops it into the air off the header and easily played by Mia JIS and again if you're just joining us there is a bit of a wind blowing in Texas's favor this half SMU we'll have the wind in the second half and the sun really won't go down until the very end of the game so the wind won't come down by much until in between games this is a double header the SMU men open up their regular season taking on Air Force at 8:30 Central time tonight A match you can also see right here on acc Network extra SMU on the men's side the number 10 team in the nation after a sweet 16 run a year ago slide tackle made by Carly Montgomery on Salama SMU trying to strike back here Emma alard with the left footed serve to the top bruso plays it with a hand yeah she was in a great position but it it shines a light on what we were talking about earlier she had a little bit of space right there at the arc at the top of the 18 where she could have chested it down and maybe gotten a CH a shot away but again she is staring right into that sun behind uh the the bleachers on the west side of wurn Stadium here and she very well may have lost that ball just a little bit and ended up get getting uh called for a handball stepping through players on a run Vel again and on this deep offering it's taken e easily by kot to yard looked like there were other options there too but trying to surprise kot to yard maybe looking back into the Sun a bit Yeah and kot yard was eight or 10 yards off her line and I wonder if Vel was trying to catch her napping almost and uh you know with her with with kot yard being in sort of that no man's land trying to chip it up and over her didn't wasn't quite able to get enough under it little double deflection as the ball is tased out to the corner by SMU however right back into Texas's possession trying to advance this two nothing lead there's mimo and as mimo tries to get it back after the heavy first touch she's called for the foul yeah missimo draws a lot of attention but she also is not not afraid to uh hand out a little punishment as well nothing egregious there of course but she plays a physical brand this Mo playing back at home along with so many of these players for Texas so many are from this area and played on that solar soccer club under MMO's dad Derek who was the head coach there up until a couple years ago little roll up on the back of the legs by Vel and the spiteful freshman has her first foul yeah she rolled up in part because she reached up and grabbed Maya yul's um Mora yul's shoulder and pulled her back Sal great ball and the header by anushik off the ground and just wide Eliana Salama drove it through and anushik says that was darn near perfect yeah it was a beautiful Serve by Salama nice job by anushik in two ways one looking into the Sun and still able to get ahead on it and two knocking it down trying to bounce it past uh pass Justice when so many people in that position might try to go to the upper corner great idea by unik off the beautiful pass by Salama just a little bit wide as long as this one's close Salama might play the entire evening she has been that good over the course of this season and over the course of this game and gives SMU great scoring opportunities Under 12 minutes to play in the opening half she gives great opportunities but she's also buyers Hunted the first half hattick and she's got it Trinity buyers with a chance to play in front of what she feels is a home crowd the Richardson native puts Texas up three nothing you can hear the the UT fans around us as you mentioned there's about a dozen Texas players including buyers who are from the Dallas Fort Worth area and then also University of Texas just has a load of of alumni in the Dallas Fort Worth area as well so for Trinity buyer for Trinity buyers she couldn't write a better script for a homecoming fourth goal this season but the hatti tonight and up to 51 goals in the career of the great Trinity buyers could not have asked for a better start tonight on the road for Texas Soccer her first one was a beautiful shot her second one was a a header from about a foot outside the net and then the third one showing she scores in all sorts of ways she pounces on a giveaway in the back end by the Mustang defense and if you give her chances extra chances she's going to make you pay and buers she's looking for four she's sprung on side 1 V2 and just could not hold it but it's like one of those players that is just in the zone and Trinity buyers is as locked in as any player in America right now she's one first of all she can score from just about anywhere but secondly you're right when you have a game like this every now and then you hear a basketball player get on a hot streak and talk about how gee it felt like I couldn't miss you got to think that's about how Trinity buyers feels right now Trinity buyers with three goals already for the Texas Longhorns to give her number 51 for her career as she Leap Frogs into first in active goals as well and for the Texas Longhorns they just continue to dominate opponents the number 12 team in the country early on this season and it's kind of shocked that they started the season as low as they did in the rankings but they went up by five after the first week remember this is a team that has everybody back a sweet 16 team that just ran into to the best team in the nation in the third round of the NCAA tournament last year you know you you shrug your shoulders and go what are you going to do against Florida day there are times when a poll at the beginning of the year is almost like just changing the date at the top of last year's poll and maybe that that was the case for some of the voters um and I'm with you I I think I think they're under ranked right now this is an exceptional team and they have started the season on fire substitution for Texas it's the sophomore Avery Clark out of central Tennessee Brentwood she is on for the first time in the first half 9 minutes remaining in the opening 45 3 Nothing Texas 3 nothing Trinity buyers a lot of Trinity buyers fans a lot of buyers family fans in the stand joining us late truth buyers starts at the nin spot for the SMU Mustangs tonight out wide a drive lilting into the box but read well by the 5'11 Sierra kot yard to take a chance away from Madison Hain and then a quick Outlet pass kot yard with a nice with a nice arm that really allows the Mustangs to sort of start a fast break based on her arm and eventually it finds its way out to Emma Al for it but well offside by a good three or four steps was Kelly Gordon who was antsy to try to get in alone against Mia Justice I was looking down at the the uh side judge here waiting for that flag to go up thinking there's no way she missed that just thought everybody else saw it too you see Salama playing the nine now for SMU they talked about maybe doing some pressing in this match they haven't done a lot now you get the sense that the Mustangs would love to make it to the half in a three nothing spot regroup and come back out with some fervor and the wind in the second half morea yumo gets stepped on and then some hand fighting as well especially on the side of Khloe shimkin The Freshman from IMG Academy yeah shimin took a little bit of a swat at yumul and then yumul just looked at her and laughed [Music] Yul over the top Salama able to head it down but cleared away easily by howan and then running onto it here comes Avery Clark Clark Wings it out wide a chance for Texas again slotting it back inside the onetime is in and this time Trinity buyers distributes and ay Clark has her second goal of the season and makes it four nothing Longhorns part of what makes Trinity buyers such a great passer is the fact that she's such a great scorer and when she gets the ball in the offensive third every defensive player has to assume uh-oh number 15's going to pull the trigger and shoot again and by doing so as Defenders creep over in her direction that that opens up space around her teammates and she fed a beautiful pass ay Clark who also had the game-winning goal the opening goal coming off the bench last time out against Bakersfield this will probably not be a game winner but it does make it four Nothing Texas as Trinity buyers shows off her incredible distribution skills as well playing a wing in that case with Avery Clark at the Target position we alluded to it earlier the ways that these Texas players can play off of one another in almost any offensive position especially those front four and they showed it off there as Mora yumo comes up with the F Yul trying to keep possession however with five players out in front and distracted by that she has it taken away by shimin who was able to do a nice step on the ball and reverse field to keep it in Longhorn possession yeah yumul did the right thing trying to pull back and and keep possession because like you said five white jerseys staring her in the face and there wasn't a blue jersey around for help she needed to just peel away and uh live to fight another [Music] day Rosa malof coming on for the first time for Texas the 57 freshman out of Canada from Ottawa she's been a teammate of Nia roses on the KF 2023 Canada u20 team and she was also the 20 or the conaf Golden Boot winner back in her U 17 season Maloof is on for the first time of course Nia Rose who wears number 19 for the SMU Mustangs scored a goal in each of the first two games part of the Herman Trophy watch list early this season after an 11 goal freshman campaign she is off with her Canadian under 20 team and will be part of the Women's World Cup in the next week they open up pool play a week from Saturday it's a it's a really a double benefit to have Nia Rose play with that under 20 team obviously the Mustangs miss her when she's not in the lineup but she gets to go represent her country and just the experiences and the coaching and development that you get um she gets the treat of representing her nation and when she comes back she'll be a better player helping the Mustangs when she returns to the lineup this ball slotted right up the middle but away from the onrushing Kelly Gordon and able to play it into space was Madison howan howan has shifted over more of a center back spot here at least the field is flooded that way at this point as SMU loses it over the goal line 4 and a half to play in the opening half it has been the Trinity buyers show so far she has been involved in each one of the Texas goals scoring the first three for the hattrick and then coming up with the assist on the goal by Texas's Avery Clark to make it for now if you're Angela Clark what do you or Angela Kelly what do you ask her for to do for an encore in the second half what you're asking her to do right now is take a seat and rest and understandably a huge round of applause for Trinity buyers as Ariana Brothers is on for the first time for Texas and this team goes deep and just starting to find out what these younger players can do ball cleared away from Maloof for a throwin for [Music] Texas it's been a tough night for that backline of SMU but Texas scores have just been at another level so far in this match Maloof drives it across headed down Mora yl clears it up the field only one of her blue shirted players in the area now Texas will try to awesome possession late in the first half brusso going right up the slot and just missing a rushing Kelly Gordon but s right back on it and Emma Alvord sprung on on the right side alord with that chip maybe maybe deflected no it's not it sure looked like it was not only did I think the ball change direction it looked like the spin of the ball changed maybe so but tough to tell into a wind that is increasing his in speed as we go on throughout the evening and they rarely ask our opinions on those things I haven't asked him they haven't asked once I would say that's pretty rare asked yeah another nice through ball this time an overlapping run for namami plays it back for Salama she is tripped up in the box and no call given and SMU hates it as driving in pain is Eliana Salama one of the more dangerous offensive players for SMU she was tripped up within the 18 and there will be a review of this play I wonder if she got her foot or ankle stepped on here and was it in the 18 it was right at the top of the 18 and maybe that's why going in an aggressive play for Hannah Wes Salama gets up still limping a little bit as you see the official going to check the replay so the pass goes just outside the top of the 18 there's contact there between the shoulders and there was definite contact with salama's right foot and to your point it was right on that 18 yd line I don't think she got stepped on I think it was probably you know inadvertent contact and if you're SMU you're thrilled to see Salama up having a GL having a drink of water and look looks like she's going to be okay but there's the plant foot on the 18 and then she brings her left foot forward right on top of the 18 is where the contact comes and part of it can be whether that right elbow uh by Hannah Wes comes up and shoves Salama and if so are you going to call a wh are you going to call a foul and if so is that are you going to say it's inside the box outside the box it's in that area right at the line where a lot of officials are hesitant to award award a PK obviously if you're wearing blue you're hoping for one right here and a long look being given by Daniel rard and which is appropriate it was close enough that it deserves they need to be careful and make sure they get it right we have plenty of angles thanks to the investment that has been made um here at SMU when it comes to the move into the ACC and the ACC digital Network angles Galore what did Mr rri find there is a foul on the play it is just outside the area and a free kick for SMU so it's good news bad news for the ladies in blue and it was inches outside that box that close to the first penalty kick opportunity of the season for SMU instead you see how close it is as that white Mark is put less than a yard outside the 18 wow couple of former Joo teammates lining up to theci side who's going to take this whether it's Mayu in aawa or L bro what's the challenge even for the offensive team of a free Kick this close in Well it is actually probably a little more difficult than if it were a few yards further back because if you don't put this in the goal there's a lot of bodies in front of Justice to try to clear it away brusso trying to put it in the goal and she does with a beautiful left footed Drive Mia Justice is beaten for the first time this season clean sheet no more four to one beautiful beautiful shot by brusso and I think you could see that coming as the left footed option between the two of them her and in aawa and she was able to curl that up and over the left side of the wall and I don't know if there's a goalkeeper in America that would have reached that absolutely a perfect shot and boy if the Mustangs could have what an absolutely perfect end to the first half they desperately needed that to try to get a little uh Ju U of life into them going into the second half Lu bro's first goal as an SMU Mustang she scored plenty 19 goals in two years in her time at Iowa Western Community College where she was a first team All-American and won back to back division one national championships at the Joo level now SMU with a possession in the attacking third Salama slotting it back dorf finds alvor she's on side plays it up top and the nick of the ball gets through to brusso and Sophie King actually runs onto it and it's going to fire right back to brusso again this time going with the right foot looking back door for Alvord and on that back Poe she is not able to run this one down off the end line and keep SMU on the attack with a minute left in the opening half you don't often see a pass that Emma alard can't track down but I think that was due in part to the fact that there just wasn't much real estate behind her and she was leaning forward toward the center of the field when the ball started drifting so she had to stop her momentum and change direction just ran out needed another step or two in order to pull that back in and aawa cuts it off and plays it back to kot yard 35 seconds left in the opening half and a 4 to one lead for Texas Trinity bus with the first half hatrick the natural hatrick if you will her fifth career hatrick already a Texas record 51 goals for her career Maloof back on the right foot attracting attention by brusso 10 seconds left in the half Wes leans plays it into space there's not going to be enough time for Thompson to do much with this except drive it to the top of the 18 in the direction of mimo and that's the end of the first half let it has a really good chance to win a lot of games they've been playing side by side for 15 years now since 2009 when you take it back to the solar SC days for those two and you know this may be the last chance that they have on a team you know where you're shoulder-to-shoulder with those players training with them year round sure they may play on some all-star teams together they may have a chance at National Glory together down the line but as far as to to play year in and year out next to each other this is their last chance and they decided to come back in January and it's paying dividends so far and as soon as you raised the idea of their last season together the first thing I thought was which or can both eventually get to a national team because they're both the caliber of player that deserve consideration yes the competition is the highest in the world at that level um but they are two absolutely immensely talented players and I think if you you're one of the coaches in the national team program I think it's worth considering taking both simply because they play so ridiculously well together I think that's an excellent point and one that I hadn't really thought of before you do want to judge each individual player on their own merits however you know when you've got players that are of equal value maybe that breaks a tie perhaps yeah and you're absolutely right of course they get judged on their individual merits and look there are a lot of players who are worthy of consideration and there are some very very good players out there who never make it because the competition is so stiff but if you have a player who has spent a lifetime working in perfect harmony with another equally Elite player that's a case where often times the two are better than the sum of their parts as a two-headed weapon they are even better than the two of them are individually misso the is the one that takes the free kicks including this corner see she's still staring into the sun mimo going to the top of the six ah header right back toward her and she'll just get another opportunity with the wind slightly behind her here and this time she wants to play it on the ground over to shimin and get a return neevis really shadowing hard against one of the best players in the country dumps it back to lapa Marta who showed her presence from the fullback spot in the first half I think if you're the SMU coaches obviously the score is not what you would like it to be at the moment but when you start to evaluate this game and we don't know how this is going to end with 42 minutes left but I think you have to be pretty excited if Samy neas can play most or all of the night without that knee brace for the first time I think that marks a significant milestone in her recovery from an uh from a serious injury that cost her the entire 2023 season that is definitely something to watch for SMU another thing that the Mustangs want to watch is can they figure out a way against this top 11 for Texas to put another goal on the board and perhaps make Texas sweat just a little bit it was 4 nothing before SMU finally got on the board on the Lu bruso free kick from just outside the 18 one change in the backline for SMU in the second half Abby Hampton is now in to play The Right Center back position Haley Hartman started in the first half there's a good ball for Liz Eddie Eddie finds some space decides to drive it herself and right on goal Mia Justice had her played perfectly nice shot by Eddie she gave it a really good ride but she did so from about 30 35 yards out giving an elite keeper like M Justice more than enough time to to take about a half a step Crouch down and just swallow it up cleanly for the Longhorns looking for a long ball again it's Eddie behind the defense but she was a step offside out in front of lapa Mar's last line of defense another call that was very very close when the ball was played you don't see Eddie you know saying anything to the to the side judge who raised the flag but it was awfully close I thought honestly I thought she was on side and had had gotten away after the ball was played but we don't have the uh field field level view driving in Holly Ward Ward with a heroic run of her own and it ends up in the third quter of the first half here well the second half I should say and now the call has spin made that it was actually off of Holly Ward Last and asamu gets the restart but Holly Ward really going hard after goal on that run yeah she was escorted all the way through that offensive third and then after battling side by side for the ball then she ran into uh Abby Hampton at the back end Ward got up asking for a whistle thinking that she had been had her Jersey yanked and therefore her pulled off balance but didn't get it for the LGH horns that's some mute taking some Chances with the press and Texas is in behind it it's Ashlin Miller playing it across and here's mimo in the middle of the field she has options dumps it out to shimin cutting in on the wing Sal cuts her off from behind and Salama able to get shimkin off balance steal it away and try to slot a ball right through but Montgomery is in between ever since about Midway through the first half the Mustangs have been trying to play more direct vertical balls through the defense through the Texas defense rather than switching field side to side it looks like they have seen some gaps that they think they can exploit whether it's sending the ball over the top or even on the ground between a couple of Defenders and allow their forwards who have a lot of speed up front to try to run onto some of those balls it hasn't paid off yet but that's what they've been trying to do lately ball in the direction of buers who already has a hattick she's never had a four goal game at Texas with that first half hattick has number 15 thinking about another one and for the SMU Mustangs they make a change in goal for the second half similar to what they did uh last time out in the game against Texas Southern they bring Aubrey Brown Off the Bench the 510 sophomore from Irving here in the the Dallas area played for FC Dallas at the club level she did not face a shot in the matchup against Texas Southern but Brown is in there to play the second 45 minutes after Sierra kot yard opened up this game and gave up four goals and in a way it's maybe a better position for brown to come in um you know you come into a tie game it can be very nerve-wracking um but to come in you're down three goals obviously you want to do everything in your power to not give up any but I would think the pressure feels a little differently simply because you're at a much different starting point Nimo triying to hit Trinity buyers and she does but she dumps it back from Miller tried to chip it in but it comes up short half clearance for SMU but possession for the Longhorns they've had an ated 70% of the ball today they've got four of the five goals here's mimo working her way back into the shadows in the middle of the field in aawa dispossesses buyers but miss and Mora Yul tracks it down for SMU you mentioned McKenzie rudden in the first half um got a took a bit of an ankle the last time out for the Mustangs and um um obviously they were very hopeful that she would be able to return tonight and she played about half of the first half good to see number eight back in there hasn't looked any worse for the wear but uh we all know ankles can linger a bit a little bit and uh the fact that she's out there is a very encouraging sign and if you're Nicole Nelson and the coaching staff obviously you want to keep number eight healthy because she's so critically important to what they what they're trying to do this year nice onew out to the wing to King coming up the flank chips it middle she finds buers left footed drve that's a goal truth buers beats Mia Justice to the Upper 90 near post and SMU has cut the lead in half we talked in the pregame about how Trinity buyers is the most decorated scorer in Texas history and Truth buyers is making her first career start and wouldn't it feel amazing for her to have a great performance against her big sister's team SMU obviously is still trailing but that goal has to feel amazing and if you're part of the buyer family sitting in the crowd how do you get a better night than tonight so far your daughters or sisters have scored four of the six goals in tonight's game an incredible night Trinity the first three times what does truth have now that she's picked up her first truth Meers scored once last season as a freshman for SMU and head coach Nicole Nelson said hey she's been close this season hitting a couple crossbars and that was about as well placed as you can be measured up from the top of the 18 and she picked her spot good takeaway here by Texas but a clearance from the middle of the field for SMU and yet another Rush Here Comes the Mustangs neevis looking to get it into space Salama trying to chase it down howan did not touch it Hogan just sort of escorting the ball over the end line she knew number nine to get out of bounds and set up the goal kick for the Longhorns 10 minutes gone in the second half again SMU has the wind in the second half and it is cutting across the field from the top right corner of your screen if you will to the bottom left corner of your screen if you were to flatten things out rudden had eyes on Myers as she was making a move the ad Justice is given up to King the header to get it down deep Salama got knocked down and there is a call SMU will have an excellent chance with a free kick as Eliana Salama sticks her face in comes up with a free kick for the Mustangs Elana Salama is usually one of the smaller players on the field and always one of the most Fearless players on the field oh she just got hit with the ball she got hit with the ball and I think that's what uh Madison Hogan was arguing she didn't kick Salama she kicked the ball and Salama had to be happen to be in the line of fire and LU bruso took the first free kick but she is not in the match she can't take this one so it's neis standing to the right and unik standing to the left neas steps it over hands it back to osik for the lilting drive just not enough on it yeah it made sense that unik was the one shooting because on the near side on the left left side of the uh offensive third unik the right footed Shooter had more of an angle to try to curl it in but Justice wasn't fooled at [Music] all SMU doing a lot more pressing in the second half Steve they are and you see Elana Salama there trying to sneak up on Justice who got it away quickly Justice obviously enormously talented but also a very poised veteran cleared it calmly away for the horns been a more offensively poised shape for SMU in the second half that's going to give Texas opportunities though Ashlin Miller plays it across was that a hand ball evidently not Abby Hampton nearly touched it with a paw instead is able to clear it some of the UT fans in the crowd clearly thought it was I'm not sure it wasn't it looked like it hit Hampton in the leg and then bounced up into her arm Trinity buers turns on it she's already got three on the left foot this one is blocked yl and King combined to make sure it didn't get through meanwhile Mayu in aawa getting up very slowly and favoring that left leg so Lama trying to leg this one out hgan a watchful eye turns it back up field but it can't be held by Ashlin Miller in aawa is stomping around back on her two feet it's hard to tell exactly what was bothering her she reached down toward her left ankle and then she started stretching as if she had maybe a calf cramp but the Mustang's captain or co- Captain I think it'll take a little more than that to get her out of the lineup she's a very very tough player it was a 4 nothing lead for Texas at one point it's now four to two Texas looking for more out wide Holly Ward with some space but yumul cuts it off ward dumps it back played to the top of the six but well offside Jilly shimin was behind the defense as SMU brought that defensive line up you see it right there they walked it up to make the Trap yeah they made the Trap and they did it so well they actually had two players in an offside position shinin and also Ashlin Miller were both about three or four yards behind the entire SMU defense and again I've got my eye on Mayu enawa who is still uh after that last whistle was still stretching out that left leg I don't know it's a calf I don't know if she rolled an ankle it's hard to tell she's still in there she's the most valuable defensive player this season foru there's no doubt about that and enawa fit enough to stay on the field and SMU needs her nicely popped into the air by King and here comes truth Byers again buers a quick shot and comes up wide Truth by with another attack she already has a goal in this half her first in the regular season in her career as SMU goes into the bench and gives Eliana Salama a rest Emma alvor will spell the 53 Jun for in aawa I think it probably was a cramp because she just came running over to the bench got Texas gets PR exactly with this Breeze out of the southeast my goodness where is my sha Trinity buyers sits down and Avery Clark who scored in the first half off an assist by Trinity buyers is in so far Texas has not scored when it hasn't involved Trinity buyers of course I will say selfishly that in the first half in this beautiful press area at wasburn Stadium a we have shade over our heads and B we had the wind blowing into our face it's still hot but it was about as pleasant as it could be and the alord stops on it she's on her left foot drives it across bounced out neevis the header is down truth buyers out into space Here's Eddie on the right foot blocked and Ruden backs it up to keep it in possession with SMU down four to2 neevis back to the goal could not bring it in on that first touch and has it taken away by Lauren lapam the fifth year senior from Prosper about 35 miles to our North Liz Eddie after that last shot came up rubbing her I think her right eye I don't know if she may have gotten an inadvertent finger in the eye or something like that she looks like she's okay now but for just a few seconds there she was uh tending to her eye how do you think Texas feels at this point they're absolutely rolling SMU scores off of a free kick from 15 yards out late in the first half and then truth buyers adds to the run with a goal of her own how do you feel L horns might be sitting in this game right now um maybe disappointed more than anything because like you said at four when they were up four everything they tried was working and certainly you never want to give up a goal but to allow a team that's young but athletic and kind of dangerous like the Mustangs to allow them back in is not ideal and the horns certainly would love to score another one uh to try to stretch that margin back out but when we talked to Angela Kelly during the week we asked her about certain matchups and certain players and her answer was almost the same every time like she kept saying we don't really think about their player or their steam we do what we do and so to see a four-goal lead cut in half they're probably disappointed and it wouldn't be surprising at all to see if they try to ratchet it up a little bit here and uh see what they can do to stretch that margin back out to at least three oh a nice opportunity inside the box but another offside Avery Clark was out in front of the play and even if she was on Aubrey Brown had pounced on it yeah nice quickness by Brown [Music] um Avery Clark split a couple of Defenders to get into the get into the box and she is a big Target but she was going one on four if you count Brown so her chance was limited anyway and by jumping the gun she did get into an offside position and that might have been the best thing because Brown was coming out hard and may have backed off just a little bit when she pounced on that ball a lot of balls through the middle for both sides in this match yeah I mean we talked about it a few moments ago it looks like the Mustangs have seen something in the Longhorns back end that they feel like they can exploit with direct vertical balls through the defense rather than going side to side switching Fields this is a big takeaway Liz Eddie straight on the drive deflected out and a corner coming for snu after the Texas giveaway maybe a place where Eddie could have a little bit more patience she got excited had the ball about 25 yds out and she's already showed she's got a very strong shot but there were three white shirts between her and Justice and enough distance that even if it had not been deflected Justice would have had plenty of time to get to it I think if you're the Mustangs you'd like to see Eddie just pause for a half a second wait for a couple of reinforcements to arrive and see if she can find a pass to create a closer shot it's a long jog for a lumbering in aawa who has been dealing with some sort of knock but she is ready for the corner wind cutting in and aawa serves it good ball top of the six punched out and buers runs it down for the snu Mustangs but Justice did a nice job to play it into a space where it could not be cleanly Ricochet buyers is off sides that is the second corner kick tonight that one and then one also in the first half where Justice sort of barged her way through the crowd and punch the ball clear for the Longhorns but on both of them I thought it was noticeable that McKenzie Ruden climbed the ladder and got close she didn't get ahead on it but for someone who's got a bit of a tender ankle to get that kind of elevation has has to be very encouraging um she's clearly got some explosiveness still in those legs and that can be a part of of the Mustang's plan on set pieces going forward even into the wind this is a really good drive oh enawa goes down incredibly awkwardly and immediately grasps the right knee checked on by the opponent Avery Clark and concern for the SMU Mustangs Center back one of her knees the right knee buckled as she planted after trying to make a kick in the air watch yeah very awkward fall you hope that's one that looks more dramatic than it is it's never a good sign when one of her teammates looks to the bench and waves for medical attention to come out we'll step aside with number 12 Texas on top of the SMU Mustangs 4-2 in [Music] Dallas giant McDonald Collectibles are popping up around the world but where are they [Music] going your favorite McDonald's Collectibles are now on collectible cups get one of six when you order the McDonald's collector's meal we went first last time we're not here to win a championship we're here to have fun this year's Player of the Year everyone to go again both teams running out the clock to secure the tie now this is basketball welcome back to Dallas and the ENT stoppage continuing with Mayu enawa the SMU Center back down we've got one more alternate look as she went high on that left footed clearing attempt and tried to plant on that right leg looked as though they were asking her if she wanted to try to to walk off but instead she'll take the help and Haley Hartman ready to come in two things you hate to see is when teammates quickly ask for medical help and then after an onfield analysis if the player cannot put any weight at all on a foot and have to rely solely on the assistance of people around her to get off the field you hope this is not serious um obviously in aawa is an enormously important piece of the defensive side for the Mustangs uh not just for her technical skill but she's the the quarterback of that group she gets everyone organized gets everyone in the right place she dictates matchups um so hopefully this proves to be uh not too significant for Mayu in aawa in Texas is dealing with something similar on their back end as well with MJ Cox their Center back leaving their last game in the second half with a right knee injury and of course she missed all of last season with an ACL and we've talked about all the local players on this UT roster MJ Cox went to Highland Park it's about 5 minutes away if that she has friends and family here and would love you know she would have loved to play in this game and her family hosted the Texas Longhorn team this afternoon that was after Lexi misimo hosted the team in her South Lake Area home last night so it's good to know people no doubt and Texas Longhorn head coach Angela Kelly made a point to tell us that this was a game she really wanted for her team getting a chance especially these seniors to play as close to home as possible when they were in the same conference with TCU obviously they would on occasion get to play in Fort Worth however getting this game against SMU in Dallas really made a lot a lot of sense from a ton of perspectives that's one of the really cool things that coach Kelly does she said she tries to schedule Road games in or near the hometowns of some of her seniors um you know some of these kids travel a long way to get to Austin to play their Tech their college soccer for the Longhorns and she likes to reward them when she can by getting at least one game where their friends and family can come watch and cheer them on now thankfully for her Texas has pretty much become solar South and the number of players that have come from that solar club team which bases here out of North Texas has gone down to play for the Longhorns is well over a dozen now since Angela Kelly came to town now in her 13th season as the head coach of Texas and now back in the SEC as well where she started her head coaching career she was the head coach for 12 years at Tennessee she's backward All Began so to speak meanwhile the SMU Mustangs make their way in to the ACC Kelly is a former UNC tarhill of course multiple national championships to her credit under Anson dor who just announced his retirement in Chapel Hill how would you like to follow that guy you're never supposed to follow the legend right you're supposed to follow the person who follows the legend exactly you're supposed to fail miserably after following the The Legend and then come in to clean it up 21 national titles I believe he has incredible here's a chance on a cross for misimo it is right at the top of the six cleared Away by ruten and SMU and the Mustangs looking for a counter H knows that she doesn't have every bit of the speed she needs so she doubles back to recollect with 21 minutes to go in the second half and SMU down by two a run for Liz Eddie cting to the middle she is cut off by bana Thompson who played her Club ball not with solar but with the Dallas Texans oh Trinity buyers is in looking for four Trinity on her left foot with the keeper out slots it middle and coming back is HTA to clear it away if I'm Angela Kelly that is one of the plays that I point out when they watch video of this game because here is the leading goal scorer in the country among active players she already has three with her friends and family in the stands and the goalkeeper is 20 yards out of the goal and she passed to a teammate who had a better shot that is such an unselfish play by Trinity buyers that is a play that if I'm the coaching staff I am highlighting all day and a nice slide Tackle by Sophie King and Viller Al was the one to actually slide it into touch so a gold kick for SMU instead of a corner under 20 to play in the second half again Texas scored the first four goals since then SMU has put a pair up they are looking for more trying to make the longhorn sweat now Texas has never won here in Dallas as this foul call goes against SMU 3 and2 are the Mustangs against Texas including matching up the last time a couple Seasons back in 2021 in the postseason the first round of the NCAA tournament against Texas and as SMU was able to come away with a 2 to1 victory in that one it's a hydration break for the final time here in Dallas with the Texas Longhorns on the verge of going to 3 and0 on the season trying to protect this two-goal lead against the homestanding musts giant McDonald's Collectibles are popping up around the world but where are they [Music] going your favorite McDonald's Collectibles are now on collectible cups get one of six when you order the McDonald's collector's meal likelihood to win 2% yeah you think relax Bob she's not talking about our match those our AI generated insights about the US Open from IBM Watson X so you're saying I still have a chance slim and none who's got next hey man hey girl how was work it was crazy come on so the guy from the smoothie shop ask me out today ooh finally oh that was good that was good I got a boost why aren't these files loading I need a break let's do this let's go let's go so how date last weekend don't even get me [Music] started a battle of power four programs in Dallas SMU one of the newest teams in the ACC trying to make a big comeback against one of the newest teams in the SEC the Texas Longhorns number 12 Texas looking to start 3 and0 and it would be their best start since 2017 free Trinity buers in Lexi missimo era when they started 110 and0 buers has three goals in this one and an assist for the Texas Longhorns that ties her career high at fifth hatrick of her career she's the active career leader with 51 goals in her career little transposition of her number meanwhile for the SMU Mustangs they've gotten back into the game with a couple goals one by Russo and one by truth buyers a here's a run for mismo eyes on the goal but the left footed Drive is swatted down by Haley Hartman who ran stride for stride with one of the best players in the country and you pointed out that these two programs obviously now in power four conferences there was a time they were in the same conference uh back in the old Southwest Conference days of course that was long before any one of these players was even born [Music] Miss Mo and that is punched around by Aubrey Brown I believe she got a B on it it will be a throw in yes for Texas she got enough of it to just redirect it but she certainly didn't change the direction a whole lot mismo with all kinds of space this is a playmaking opportunity for one of the best players in the country drifts right drives it on the ground Brown steers it away and King is there to clean yeah Brown's got to be thrilled that number 25 came in to clean up because Brown stretched out and made sure it didn't find the back of the net but she left a juicy rebound sitting out there and if the Longhorns had a right wing in the vicinity it could have been a followup shot but King was there to clear it out for SMU something happened to the AIS and she just stopped on the play Brothers comes in and it will be an SMU ball here but the Evans kind of got just smacked in the side of the face and gave up possession under 18 minutes left to play substitutions come for the SMU Mustangs as they look to make that last push frankly both teams look a little tired at this point in the game certainly that would favor a Texas side that is trying to hold off this SMU team Mor yumul who started the second half at an outside back spot comes to the bench and we have not seen Paxton Bach in the second half of this matchup I did not obviously in the first half she had a head-to-head matchup with Carly Montgomery in the air re-entered the game have no idea if that's the reason something happened at halftime where she wasn't able to re-enter but she's not in she's not but she is on the bench and she's up and standing with her teammates um we're not going to pretend to be doctors diagnosing from up here I don't know if that we as you said we don't know if that's the reason she's not in Montgomery came back in with a big wrap around her head but I believe she has ditched that in the second half SMU with an offensive throw in and as they get a chance they'll bring Elana Salama back in at playmaking forward comes into the left wing spot and alord heads to the bench SMU will also get the Freshman back in Lydia anushik at a holding Midfield spot for the juko transfer namami hat about 16 minutes left in Dallas SMU has sliced a four-goal lead down to two and the Longhorns hold them off for yet another win this season but their first ever here in Dallas Aubrey Brown has had a clean sheet in the second half awkwardly at times but Brown acquitting herself fine drive up the middle of the field Salama knocks it down and a really good play to take it away by Ariana Brothers the sophomore and a offside is called here on Texas an aggressive pass toward Trinity buyers and buyers was offside by a Nick and she was Off to the Races you saw a couple of SMU Defenders giving Chase but buyers when she ran onto that ball she did have a a step or two of Separation it was going to be one-on-one between buyers and brown so SMU with the possession a vertical ball and it drifts through to the onrushing Mia Justice she was number 98 on the preseason Top Drawer Soccer 100 one of the best Keepers in the land thiso can't keep this one as the wind continues to gust it has done nothing but get more and more windy as the night has gone on and again this wind in the second half favors SMU as time starts to run out on the Mustangs neevis comes in and she puts Kelly Gordon back on the bench and yes that clock is ticking but it's clear that Nicole Nelson and the STA and the SMU staff are not ready to head to the locker room and throw in the towel on this one Sammy neevis has returned Elana Salama has returned there are a lot of starters who did get to rest for a few minutes who are back in the lineup and SMU changing their shape as well to a single Center back Hampton is out there and what they're really doing is is drifting Sophie King into an attacking position from her fullback spot and also started that throw in with it almost looked like two attacking Center forwards in buyers and Salama but uh you would expect SMU to advance their shape to an offensive mindset down here by two goals and this won't be the only time that you see King in that sort of position it won't be something that SMU does just when the Mustangs are trailing because she is both fast and left footed and she is able to get around Defenders and then give a really nice serve from the left side she's in that playing in that Wing back role that some coaches call it um where yes she has defensive respons posibilities and she's very capable in the defensive end but she's also more than capable of getting forward and contributing to the offense hushek doubles back to take the ball away from Trinity buyers and here's King on the wing slots it inside for Salama trying to make that quick dribble Salama pulled down and there is a foul and a card as well going against Madison hgan the transfer from Georgia where she was a four-year starter and the foul just outside the 18 Madison Haggin pleading her case but you see there yeah the you see their arms get hooked and then she got a fist full of Eliana salama's Jersey I think the Jersey gave it away yeah it was nothing egregious but it's kind I mean especially at that spot in the field when Salama is about a step away from getting into the the penalty area You Yank A player down you almost can't get away with a with no call it's the first card on either side Lu brusso comes on to take the penalty here the or rather than the penalty of course the free kick she had a free kick with the left foot in the first half that she put into the goal what she will she do it it from the left side [Music] here using her right foot Russo knocked down it's on the ground a toe pooke in and right at the keeper Justice to keep it in a two goal match you know Hogan objected to that to that yellow card and I think the only reason it came out was because Salama had a step in front of her if they had been side by side it probably would have been just a whistle there's a foul okay you restart but the fact that Salama was on her way into the box with a step Advantage uh then it became a taked down from behind and I think you had to pull the card some new played better in the second half but it might be too little too late tonight Miller Al trying to help put it away but Salama is able to th it a long vertical ball and truth buers will have to run it down into the corner and try for a takeaway and buers is able to nip it away King on the serve into the feet of Brothers but backed up by unek and again Sal Lama trying to go down and once more it is a foul on Texas a free kick on the way thanks to Amalia vly real second game of our double header here on acc Network extra is coming up at 8:30 Central Time the SMU Mustang men's soccer team taking on Air Force again right here on acc Network xro brusso trying to to go near side again and that one just curls around the post and out SMU trying to make it a one goal game you mentioned a moment ago how hot it is and how both teams look pretty tired understandably uh after that last run where truth buyers came down and was able to get a steal and regain possession for SMU she then bent over at the waist and started stretching what looked like maybe a little tightness in one of her hamstrings so it's not uncommon for that to happen when you get hot muggy nights like tonight and it's something that for the next 11 and 1/2 minutes we're going to have to watch for both teams going [Applause] forward Aubrey Brown trying to be aggressive in the distribution with 11 minutes left SMU in a more desperate position with each and every waning moment down by two goals here in Dallas some space for the Longhorns five on the attack out to Bal Bal goal one touch and a right footed Drive the first of many for one of the top freshman in the nation and Texas puts it away 5-2 and for brown that shot was probably a little tougher than it may have looked on TV because that looked like it was almost a knuckle ball as if there was maybe no spin or at least very little Spin and when a ball has Pace on it and no spin it wobbles just like a baseball when you when you throw a knuckle ball in baseball it'll wobble and dance a little bit and you're never quite sure where it's going to go Brown stretched out got a hand on it I think or a fingertip on it um but terrific shot by Villa roale first goal of her career she's a player played with solar SC although she's from a different part of the country in Michigan and for the longhorn she made makes it 5 to2 and shows off why she has one of the best boots out there long ball over the top coming out to challenge it's an open goal in the chip by brusso is way over the top a gorgeous opportunity for brusso but she caught it on the short hop and skies it she did and when you see the goalkeeper come 15 yards out of the goal and be way out of position like that it's so easy for an offensive player to get way too excited and what feels like it should be just a simple Chip Shot it's easy to air mail one into the parking garage at the North End of of wasburn Stadium she didn't send it that far but she did get too much of it a half volley and it was on its way back up it's always difficult to deal with those a lot harder than it looks so it's a three-goal margin salama's called for being the aggressor this time pulling down howan that matchup between Salama and hgan has been a really nice subplot in the game tonight two very good players well for Texas Not only was this a great opportunity to get all these seniors who you know lived here and played for solar and all those sorts of things that chance that Taste of Home in their senior year I mean it's also a quality what seems to be a road win at this point because the SMU Mustangs they will run through a gauntlet once they get through conference play and that strength of schedule no matter how good the Mustangs proed to be at the end of the season this is going to be a quality win for the Texas Longhorns agreed agreed the the schedule that SMU plays will help the teams they play against uh because as you said when you start talking about Florida State and North Carolina and Stanford and all these other National Elite teams every team that manages to find a win against SMU that helps Ian they're going to play the top two teams in the nation here in Dallas this season FSU and Stanford Mia Justice able to bring it in let's talk the second half for SMU what do you think Nicole Nelson found out about her team as they got down by four goals and mounted a comeback albeit one that's going to come up short I think she has to be pleased right um you've got a lot of young players uh we've talked about all the freshmen who have played significant roles you've talk we've got a couple of players key players who have been injured Mayu and aawa got hurt tonight um McKenzie Ruden working her way back from an injury watch out and on the backside buers not quite able to keep it in and they are going to call this a corner here and say it was last touched by SMU buers there on the back post after mimo played a nice little through ball and Holly Ward went over the top looking to give Trinity buyers her fourth I think it would have been very easy for a team to go into the locker room down three goals against a nationally ranked Texas team and just sort of put their heads down and say oh no this isn't our night but clearly the Mustangs didn't have that attitude and it kind of looked it kind of felt like a team that said okay we've absorbed their punch and we're still standing oh what a pass by Sal the drive and a great save as Liz Eddie tried to go near post and Nia Justice meets her with a great save that may be Justice's best save of the night beautiful low shot by Eddie after as you said gorgeous pass by Elana Salama and Justice didn't Flinch it was a near post shot when a lot of people might have tried to go to the far post where there's more room room and Justice took a step to her left went to the ground and just swallowed it up beautiful save by Mia Justice SM playing quickly down by three neeves has it blocked knocked down but a fair play as brothers sweeps it away buyers up the wing showing off that speed a pull by SMU but still an advantage for Texas buyers goes all the way across finds mimo and that heavy first touch and angas takes it away yes it was a pull by SMU but it was also a pull by Texas buyers had a handful of Hartman's Jersey as well I guess as a way of trying to maintain her step Advantage Hartman was hanging on trying to pull buyers back to her so I think the Uproar you heard through the microphones from the crowd was probably fans from both sides who thought that the other team clearly should have been whistled for a very serious crime I'm sure Hartman and buyers along the way have had those track meets to see who was faster not only his teammates but obviously they've had to do it on the field several times in their careers as well yeah think about the training sessions they've had together Salama looking to dribble in that's a really nice play by The Freshman to not fall for any of the Antics villal coming off of the goal punches it away and then with a rejection on King as well to send it in touch Hillary Al has looked good in the last 5 minutes has looked very good tonight I mean you've talked about her pedigree as she that she brought with her when she arrived in Austin and she certainly has not done anything to uh cast any doubt on any of that she's a very very talented player Salama kicks the pocket of hgan turns inside drives it middle and a seeing I say for M Justice who starts the other way with the distribution out to Jilly shimin Justice able to make that save it was from distance and right at her but to your point her Outlet throw was so quick a this one gets through for shimin but Hampton backs it up still it's settled down a quick move and the shot in by mismo is eliminated by smu's Aubrey Brown who has limited Texas to one goal in the second half after a four-goal first half for the Longhorns another takeaway for Texas starting to hunt over that sixth of the night looking to match what they had against the Mustangs last year in Austin you mentioned that brown had a couple of moments early in the second half that were a little bit adventurous but I think overall she has acquitted herself quite well the Mustangs have four goalkeepers this year all of whom have' played already and they're all either 5'10 or 5'11 um clearly they're recruiting with the basketball team now here comes mimo chipping it across and the touch for the goal it's a four goal night for Trinity vs for the first time in her career buers hangs four on an opponent and Texas goes up six- two this will be reviewed but for now buers has her fourth beautiful one-time serve into the box between I believe a couple of SMU Defenders who are very close to each other and you see her getting forward and you know I think you can make an argument that she's offside and if if but if they call that now everybody wearing orange and white in the stands is going to lose their [Music] minds a hall for Trinity buyers for the first time in her career and tonight wasburn soccer and track stadium becomes Dallas Buyers [Applause] Club all right that's your best best one [Laughter] yet five buyers goals tonight and four of them by Trinity as she crosses the 50 goal Plateau up to 52 in her career there they are I'm guessing we spotlighted spotlighted the right pair of players in the pregame show didn't we you know sometimes you just make the right call don't you Elana Salama what a goal offense show up tonight Eliana Salama scores for the second time this season and that's the best one yet that was a beautiful shot I wonder if Justice may have even thought Eliana Salama was looking for someone at the back post not often is Justice going to smile after one but that is a gorgeous goal nothing you can do no no there nobody is making that that save it had the altitude but then it also had that little outside or inside out spin that made it fade away from Justice over her shoulder gorgeous goal by Salama lot of great offensive moments for both sides some defensive moments to be looked at in the post game as well for these two teams but it's been a very entertaining match with nine total goals and Salama is rewarded for some hard work on on a hot night Eliana Salama earned that one not only with her work in that moment but for the rest of the evening as well yeah we mentioned a moment ago that one of the best matchups in this game tonight has been between Hogan and Salama they've been going at it for most of the 90 minutes and both of them playing very very well and for Salama to go through a night like that against a player like Hogan getting a goal yes it's too too little too late but it but it has to feel really [Applause] good the clock will run a foul is given under two minutes to play the wall the yellow card I think was awarded to uh Lydia angerik quickly look at me and the restart will come near the farest sideline the Texas looking to continue to be offensive mimo goes middle angas clears it full clearance out near Midfield now with a little over a minute left yes the yellow card does go to lindia Lydia angek as Texas turns it Miller finds it out into space Here's mimo off side Texas is one of those teams that's got a chance to lead the nation in offside calls this season as aggressive as they are on the offensive end well yeah they've got six goals tonight uh the Longhorns do and clearly they don't think that's enough 40 or 50 seconds left and here they are pressing the issue creeping into an offside position trying to find the extra point after that touchdown not only looking for the win they'd also love to have some more style points already number 12 in the nation going to 3 and0 for the first time since 2017 and many more wins to come for Angela Kelly's team that brought back seven returning rather 11 returning starters off last year's Squad and by the way Angela Kelly is 15 seconds away from career Victory number 297 I think it is it's 298 yeah and when we asked her about it the other day she said she wasn't even aware that she was getting the Milestone uh their Sid said we were going to surprise her when she gets number 400 so sorry for ruining that 300 is on the way for Angela Kelly in the next couple weeks but today it's a 6 to3 final number 12 Texas