Soccer Gals Whup SMU

MeanGreen61 · April 25, 2006

Beat 'um on their home turf

Mean Green Soccer Defeats SMU, 2-1

Courtesy: University of North Texas

Release: 04/22/2006

DALLAS (4/22/06) - The North Texas soccer team defeated SMU, 2-1, on Saturday afternoon to conclude its spring season.

Sophomore Heather Hutyra knocked in the first goal, and junior Kristen Campbell posted NT's second. North Texas led at the half, 2-1, and was able to hold the Mustangs scoreless in the second period.

"The win was a good way to end the spring season against an outstanding program like SMU," said head coach John Hedlund.

The Mean Green lost to the Mustangs in the first round of the NCAA tournament last fall after defeating them during the regular season. NT returns all 11 starters from the 2005 team that won the Sun Belt Conference Championship for the second year in a row.

BlueRaiderPride · April 25, 2006

It's football in Europe.

untbowler · April 25, 2006

nice to see us beat SMU again in soccer, but we have to remember unfortunately SMU beat us when all the marbles were on the table back in the fall.

MeanGreen61 · April 25, 2006

nice to see us beat SMU again in soccer, but we have to remember unfortunately SMU beat us when all the marbles were on the table back in the fall.
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Ah yes, the obligatory 'glass is half empty' post

untbowler · April 25, 2006

Ah yes, the obligatory 'glass is half empty' post
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aww the obligatory facts come out. Would trade both of the pre-season and regular season wins for a win in the NCAA's

MeanGreen61 · April 25, 2006

From the NT Daily

The win was a good way to end the spring season against an outstanding program like SMU,” said John Hedlund, NT head coach. “We had a successful spring with victories over teams like SMU and Oklahoma, and a strong performance against the Chinese National team.”

The Mustangs ousted NT from the NCAA tournament last season with a 3-0 victory. NT won the regular season game 3-1. The Mean Green returned all 11 starters from last year’s squad.

With the win, the Mean Green finished its spring season with a record of 4-2-1. The team’s most impressive victories were over the Mustangs and the Oklahoma Sooners, while its two losses were to perennially-ranked Texas A&M and the Chinese National Selection team.

“This is probably one of our most productive spring seasons with the results we’ve been getting against strong competition, so I couldn’t be more happy with it,” Hedlund said. “What these girls do in the summer with their training will translate into their performance in the fall, but as of right now, I think we look pretty strong heading into our fall season.”

Edited April 25, 2006 by MeanGreen61

Travis · April 25, 2006

meangreen61.... though it is nice to hear we did well against them and other spring competition, UNTbowler is right. the spring is meaningless and when it mattered most, we fell short. And we fell short bad... wasn't the score like 3-0?! that is a beating in soccer. But, we have next year to look forward to and we are returning all the starters which is very nice to hear. Lets make it to the tourny again and this time lets win a post-season game.

green_goblin · April 25, 2006

Even though it's only scrimmage games but it does matter. It raises their confident play when playing teams like SMU.

UNT_playmaker · April 27, 2006

only to lose in the ncaa tournament where it matters, untbowler is right

untbowler · April 27, 2006

I think we may have gotten spoiled by the Soccer Teams success over the past few season, very similar to the football team. Hopefully the soccer team can continue building on the success, where the football team has not. That means make the NCAA tournament and adavnce a round or two.

emmitt01 · April 27, 2006

Actually, contrary to popular pessimism, the win over SMU is huge. It proves, both to our girls and SMU's, that last year's regular season win was no fluke. It wasn't a case of "SMU had a down day and proved it in the tourney." We've now beaten them twice in the span of two seasons. If these two teams should face off again this year we'll have the confidence to face them head on and they'll have a warranted respect for what we can do.

Soccer isn't like other sports where the only thing that matters is post-season play. It is recognized that the best sides sometimes don't win it all. Look at the U.S. National team for instance. Not a single world cup championship in our history but we're #4 in the world, ahead of several teams that do have world cup wins.

green_goblin · April 27, 2006

Actually, contrary to popular pessimism, the win over SMU is huge. It proves, both to our girls and SMU's, that last year's regular season win was no fluke. It wasn't a case of "SMU had a down day and proved it in the tourney." We've now beaten them twice in the span of two seasons. If these two teams should face off again this year we'll have the confidence to face them head on and they'll have a warranted respect for what we can do.
Soccer isn't like other sports where the only thing that matters is post-season play. It is recognized that the best sides sometimes don't win it all. Look at the U.S. National team for instance. Not a single world cup championship in our history but we're #4 in the world, ahead of several teams that do have world cup wins.
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Exactly! Confidence is key to success.