Tulsa, Okla. - Eighth-seeded Florida International was eliminated from the Conference USA Men's Soccer Championships following a 6-0 defeat at the hands of No. 2 and top-seeded SMU Wednesday afternoon at the University of Tulsa's Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium in Tulsa, Okla. 

The Golden Panthers finish their season with a record of 6-10-2 while the Mustangs improve to 16-1-3. 

Today's match did not follow the teams' regular-season matchup, in which then-No. 1 SMU needed a late equalizer and a double-overtime strike to defeat a nine-man FIU team, 3-2, in Miami. 

After the teams went scoreless through the first 20 minutes, the Mustangs scored three goals inside of 15 minutes to take command of the match. 

C-USA Player of the Year Bruno Guarda opened the scoring in the 21^st minute after putting home a rebound off a Jay Needham shot.  SMU's second also came off a rebound when Paulo da Silva scored following an Adrian Chevannes attempt in the 30^th minute. 

Needham made it a 3-0 game going into halftime after scoring off a corner kick in the 35^th minute. 

The match remained 3-0 for much of the second half until the Mustangs closed the match out with three goals in the final 15 minutes.  Manuel Mariel scored in the 75^th and 89^th minutes, while Jordan Mann found the back of the net in the 81^st minute. 

Senior goalkeeper Shawn Crowe (Aurora, Colo.) made a career-high 13 saves in the loss, while senior forward David Hope (North Tyneside, England) led both teams with five shots for the match. 

SMU, which outshot the Golden Panthers 34-11 and had a 9-3 edge in corner kicks, advances to face either South Carolina or UAB in the semifinals on Friday.