Women's Soccer - SMU vs. UAB

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SMU is back in action Sunday afternoon at Alabama-Birmingham. Start time is 2pm. UAB is 3-8-1 overall and 0-3-1 in C-USA and coming off a 3-0 loss to Tulsa at home Friday night.

The conference race is really starting to get interesting:

1. 4-0-1 13 Memphis
1. 4-0-1 13 Colorado College
3. 4-1-0 12 UTEP
4. 3-1-1 10 SMU
5. 3-2-0 9 Rice
6. 2-1-2 8 UCF
7. 2-2-1 7 Tulsa
8. 1-3-0 3 ECU
9. 1-4-0 3 Houston
10. 0-3-2 2 Marshall
11. 0-3-1 1 UAB
12. 0-4-1 1 Southern Miss

Obviously, UAB is near the bottom of the conference and this is a game SMU just has to win.

Other important Sunday action in C-USA features Tulsa at Memphis, Rice at UTEP, Houston at Colorado College, and UCF at East Carolina.

The Mustangs appear to have taken a positive outlook on the draw at Memphis which is probably the right mindset. Hopefully, SMU will be able to take care of business Sunday.

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Webb; Smith, Cox, Eidson, Hartweck; Bass, Baum, Bartol, Ambrose; Redman, Scovill

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Is the video feed down?

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Is the video feed down?

It is for me...

Very few GameTracker updates too. Frustrating.

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Goal for Kaitlyn Eidson with an assist to Courtney Smith!

SMU up 1-0 at 17:18.

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Goal for Katie Bass with another assist for Courtney Smith!

SMU up 2-0 at 18:55.

UAB really sucks for not having their video working.

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Goal for Katie Bass with another assist for Courtney Smith!

SMU up 2-0 at 18:55.

UAB really sucks for not having their video working.

Courtney Smith really sets up some nice set pieces! I wish we could watch it!

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The video just came up.

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UAB just scored. 2-1 SMU with 4:13 left in the first half.

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Halftime. SMU leading 2-1.

Shots: SMU 4, UAB 1
Shots on goal: SMU 3, UAB 1
Corners: SMU 2, UAB 1
Fouls: SMU 5, UAB 6

The UAB goal was some sloppy defense by the Mustangs. A lot of scrambling trying to clear the ball and a UAB player ended up unmarked around 5 yards out. Obviously from the stats that was their only shot of the half too.

After the video came up - it looked like SMU was going with a back four of Bass, Smith, Eidson, and Hartweck with Cox playing just in front of them - but who knows how were were lined up earlier in the half when we scored our goals.

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Second half underway!

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12 minutes left. Both teams have had some great chances in the second half.

Still 2-1 SMU.

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SMU wins 2-1.

UAB had a bit of a furious charge in the final minute but was not able to score.

Final stats:

Shots: SMU 7, UAB 7
Shots on goal: SMU 5, UAB 4
Corners: SMU 2, UAB 2
Fouls: SMU 11, UAB 11
Yellow Cards: SMU 1, UAB 1

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C-USA action is complete for the day, SMU has moved up to a tie for third!

Other results:

Memphis 4, Tulsa 0
Colorado College 1, Houston 0
UCF 2, ECU 0
Rice 1, UTEP 1
Marshall 2, Southern Miss 0

Standings:

1. 5-0-1 16 Memphis
1. 5-0-1 16 Colorado College
3. 4-1-1 13 SMU
3. 4-1-1 13 UTEP
5. 3-1-2 11 UCF
6. 3-2-1 10 Rice
7. 2-3-1 7 Tulsa
8. 1-3-2 5 Marshall
9. 1-4-0 3 ECU
10. 1-5-0 3 Houston
11. 0-4-1 1 UAB
12. 0-5-1 1 Southern Miss

Next weekend we have our final two home games of the season against Marshall and ECU, and based on the standings six points will be essential.

The three road matches to close the season against Colorado College, UTEP, and Tulsa are shaping up to be absolutely huge.