SPOKANE, Wash. (SMU) – Senior midfielder Claire Oates scored the equalizer in the 79th minute, as the SMU women's soccer team played to a 1-1 tie at Gonzaga Thursday night. The Mustangs remain undefeated and move to 1-0-2 on the young season.

"Credit to Gonzaga for putting up a hard fight," SMU head coach Chris Petrucelli said. "I thought we responded well at halftime and had some chances to win it late, but we didn't start the game properly and we paid for it."

Gonzaga (2-0-1) opened scoring in the 39th minute as junior midfielder Maddie Kincaid finished a loose ball from inside the 18 yard box.

Forty minutes later, senior Lauren Guerra sent a curling corner kick into the box, where a crashing Oates got above the defense and netted a header for the equalizer. The 6-foot senior now has both SMU's goals this season, both coming off headers. She now has 22 career goals. 

In the 87th minute, freshman Isabelle Nashmi nearly gave the Mustangs the advantage, when her header off a Haley Thompson corner kick hit the post. The Gonzaga defense was able to extinguished the threat and send the match to overtime.

Nine different Mustangs tallied shots, as SMU managed 16 combined shots, six of which were on frame. Sophomore Allie Thornton paced the Mustangs with four shots, with two on frame, while Guerra tallied three shots and two on frame.

Up next, SMU heads to Washington. The match will be played Sunday at 2:30 p.m. CT/12:30 PT. The game can be seen on Pac-12 Washington, with live stats available on SMUMustangs.com.

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