DALLAS - The Utah Valley Wolverines already made school history by earning an at-large selection to the 2015 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament and the second-year program hoped to do it again on Thursday night but fell short against the SMU Mustangs, 2-0, in Dallas.
SMU opened the scoring in the 24th minute as Brenden Lee gathered the rebound following a save by Utah Valley keeper Derek Wilcox on a shot by Mauro Cichero and fired it in for the 1-0 lead.
The Wolverines kept battling into the second half but the Mustangs made it 2-0 in the 61st minute after Idrissa Camara threaded a ball through the legs of Wilcox for the score.
The Mustangs held a slight 12-11 advantage on shots. Wilcox finished with a pair of saves for the Wolverines while SMU keeper Michael Nelson made three saves. UVU had 10 corner kicks, compared with three for the Mustangs and the Wolverines were whistled offside twice, including on a goal-scoring opportunity in the second half.
SMU advances to the second round and will travel to take on 13th-seeded Denver on Sunday at 5 p.m. MT.