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Mustangs look to extend unbeaten streak

On Wednesday, SMU will take a brief break from American Athletic Conference play and host Central Arkansas at Westcott Field.

The Mustangs boats a 6-1 record at home in 2014 (including conference record of 2-0).

SMU has outscored its opponents 16-5 at Westcott and hold a shots advantage of 97-50.

Central Arkansas has a 2-8-0 overall record and a 0-3-0 mark in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Bears are led in points by Wes Carson’s four (2g). Manuel Montal also leads Central Arkansas with three assists.

Central Arkansas’ goalkeeper Harrison Veith has played 900 minutes (a team-high) and boats a 1.70 goals-against-average with 33 saves.

SMU currently holds the longest unbeaten streak in the American Athletic conference at seven matches (6-0-1), with UConn being the next closest team with three (2-0-1).

So far, in 2014 twelve Mustangs have scored at least one goal.

Junior Idrissa Camara leads the way for SMU with four goals. Sophomore Stanton Garcia has three, junior John Lujano has two (off penalty kicks) and Damian Rosales has scored a goal in each of the last two matches. Eight other Mustangs each add a score- brining SMU’s total to 19 goals.

The Mustangs also have seven different players who have registered at least one assists, but freshman Jared Rice leads the team with five.

SMU goalkeeper Michael Nelson leads the Mustangs defense and owns a 0.71 goals-against-average, while freshmen Jordan Cano, Bryce Clark, Jared Rice and Garrett Welch have started every home match on the back line.

For the first time since No.6, 2012. the Mustangs are in the NSCAA/Continental Tired NCAA Division I Coaches Poll- they come in at No. 21.

The Mustangs are undefeated (2-0) against Central Arkanas all-time. None of the previous match ups have been close- , SMU defeated UCA 3-0 in 2007 and 5-1 in 2008.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CT with live stats and video available at SMUMustangs.com.

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