Bunton’s late double lifts SMU past Cal for first ACC win

SMU turned a halftime deficit into its first ACC women’s soccer victory of the season Thursday, scoring three unanswered goals to beat California 3–1 in Berkeley.

Kaylee Noble supplied the equalizer just 88 seconds into the second half. Brooke Bunton then settled the match with two goals 80 seconds apart: a finish at 77:00 followed by a penalty at 78:20.

Cal had led since Mia VanMore’s goal in the fifth minute. But SMU produced the greater threat over the full match, outshooting the Golden Bears 12–7 and putting eight attempts on target to Cal’s one, according to the ACC’s official box score.

The Oct. 22 result moved the Mustangs to 6–6–4 overall and 1–5–2 in conference play. Cal fell to 4–6–5 and 1–4–2.

For SMU, the second-half turnaround delivered something its previous seven ACC matches had not: a win.

Sources: ACC official box score, https://theacc.com/boxscore.aspx?id=7ltyipP022aUJKmSgYVs3wXi7up73ghniwD5ElWyd07J7BNseBaMQePf0fY%2F3yUPMUbhWrVYP5TfIUpNsYa2ssf0yTPOhagwpaDLF49CwjAjAEsSvdFaCoE37Tx7r8eFZci2cJjUSpwYfzmfGn7mHUOau2nFfRU0GHP0mrYsFIQ%3D&path=wsoc ; California Athletics match report, https://d195hqvwre713v.cloudfront.net/news/2026/10/22/womens-soccer-cal-falls-to-smu-at-home