Not Football but...UNT vs SMU in 1st Round

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North Texas Gets SMU In The First Round Of The NCAA Tournament

Courtesy: University of North Texas

Release: 11/07/2005

DENTON (11/7/05) - The North Texas women’s soccer team will face metroplex rival SMU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 5 p.m. in College Station, Tex.

North Texas is the second seed in the College Station Regional, along with Texas A&M, SMU, and Northwestern State.

Courtesy: Rick Yeatts

Heather Hutyra recorded a hat trick in the Mean Green's 3-1 win over SMU earlier this year, the two teams will meet on Friday

The Mean Green (16-3-2), fresh off its second consecutive Sun Belt Conference Tournament title, will take on the Mustangs in a rematch of the two teams from earlier in the season.

North Texas beat SMU 3-1 on Sept. 4 in Dallas as sophomore forward Heather Hutyra recorded a hat trick in the win. Goalkeeper Kandice Ellis made a career-high 11 saves in the match. SMU leads the all-time series with North Texas 5-3-1, but the two teams have split the last five matches evenly at 2-2-1.

The two teams have three common opponents this season in Houston, UTEP, and Rice. North Texas went 1-1-1 against the three teams while SMU was 2-1 against the three teams.

The Mean Green will enter the game red-hot as they have won 11 of their last 12 games and lost only once in their past 19 games.

Texas A&M is the host of the College Station Regional and is the top seed. The Aggies are the fourth seed nationally and will take on Northwestern State in the first round.

The first round of the NCAA Tournament is set for Friday, November 11 from the Aggie Soccer Stadium.