TEMPE – Sun Devil Soccer is back in action on Sunday evening with a home contest against Cincinnati at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium. The second of three straight games in Tempe for ASU is slated for a 6 p.m. start.
Arizona State enters the game with a 6-2-3 overall record and 1-2-1 in Big 12 games. They are tied for 10th in the conference by averaging 1.00 results points per game. The Sun Devils are 4-1-2 at home on the season with four shutouts. They are 55th in the country by scoring 2.09 goals per game while taking 15.36 shots. ASU puts 46.2 percent of those shot attempts on goal. The opposition has totaled eight goals while taking 11.4 shots per game.
Kierra Blundell leads the team with eight goals and 19 points. Enasia Colon has added five goals while leading the team with four assists and 36 shots. Cameron Valladares has scored four goals, and her three assists match the total from Blundell and Keri Matthews.
Pauline Nelles holds a 0.73 goals-against-average and .852 save percentage in goal.
ASU dropped a 2-1 decision against West Virginia in their Big 12 home opener on Thursday. Blundell scored the team's lone goal in the 13th minute.
Watch
ESPN+ will carry 11 Sun Devil home games and every Big 12 road game. ESPN+ is available via the ESPN App, ESPN.com or plus.espn.com. Subscribers can watch it via most mobile and connected TV platforms, including iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, Android devices, Roku, and Chromecast.
Series Notes
Sunday's game is the first meeting between the Sun Devils and Bearcats. It's the sixth time this season that ASU will play an opponent for the first time.
About Cincinnati
The Bearcats enter Sunday at 5-5-1 overall and 1-3 in the conference. They have gone 1-4 in their last five outings, including a 2-0 loss at Arizona on Thursday.
Rylee Felton leads the team with six goals, while Ellie Flower has three goals on a team-best 25 shots. Anna Rexford maintains a 1.237 GAA and .674 save percentage in goal for the Bearcats.
Number 900
The goal by Kierra Blundell against West Virginia on Thursday was the 900th scored by the Sun Devils in the program's 29-year history. Those 900 goals have come from 140 different players.
Twice is Nice
Behind a 6-0 record this season when scoring at least two goals, ASU is now 206-13-12 (.918) in program history when scoring multiple goals in a game. In addition, the team is 128-1-1 (.988) when scoring three-plus and 71-0 when scoring at least four goals.
Brace for Success
ASU has already set the program record with five different players posting a multi-goal game this season. Kierra Blundell had the team's first hat trick since 2022, while Enasia Colon has twice scored two goals in a game. Megan Sofield, Cameron Valladares, and Keri Matthews each have also recorded a brace this season.
Freshman Phenom
Kierra Blundell has scored in two of the last three games and leads the team with eight goals and 19 points. Those totals are good for 11th and 18th in the NCAA, respectively, and second among freshmen.
Blundell currently ranks ninth in ASU history for goals by a freshman. Stacey Tullock holds the record with 13 goals in 1998. Six players tallied at least 10 goals during their freshman campaign in Tempe.
Colon Climbs
Enasia Colon has scored five goals while adding team highs in assists with four and shots with 36. She enters Sunday with a point in two straight games.
Colon is up to 14th in program history with 45 career points and 14th with 16 career goals. She also ranks in the ASU top 20 in shots, shots on goal, shot percentage, and average goals, assists, and points per game.
Clutch Cam
Cameron Valladares has been an excellent addition to the Sun Devil attack, scoring four goals and adding three assists. Her 11 points this season are more than her first two collegiate seasons combined.
Three of the four goals scored by Valladares have been game-winners. That includes her goal with 25 seconds remaining to defeat Utah Tech on Sept. 8. She is tied for the Big 12 lead in GWG and is one of 47 players in the country with at least three winners this season.
Nelles Notes
Following her program record of nine shutouts last season, Pauline Nelles has posted five clean sheets. She is second in program history with 17 career shutouts and fourth with 25 career wins. Nelles made her 200th career save against West Virginia on Thursday.
Top Drawer Soccer ranked Nelles No. 21 in their Preseason Top 100 Players list. She was the highest-ranked player from the Big 12 and was also named to the TDS Preseason Best XI Second Team.
Looking Ahead
The Sun Devils will close out this three-game homestand on Friday when Utah travels to the desert. The first meeting between the two programs as members of the Big 12 will begin at 7 p.m.
Arizona State enters the game with a 6-2-3 overall record and 1-2-1 in Big 12 games. They are tied for 10th in the conference by averaging 1.00 results points per game. The Sun Devils are 4-1-2 at home on the season with four shutouts. They are 55th in the country by scoring 2.09 goals per game while taking 15.36 shots. ASU puts 46.2 percent of those shot attempts on goal. The opposition has totaled eight goals while taking 11.4 shots per game.
Kierra Blundell leads the team with eight goals and 19 points. Enasia Colon has added five goals while leading the team with four assists and 36 shots. Cameron Valladares has scored four goals, and her three assists match the total from Blundell and Keri Matthews.
Pauline Nelles holds a 0.73 goals-against-average and .852 save percentage in goal.
ASU dropped a 2-1 decision against West Virginia in their Big 12 home opener on Thursday. Blundell scored the team's lone goal in the 13th minute.
Watch
ESPN+ will carry 11 Sun Devil home games and every Big 12 road game. ESPN+ is available via the ESPN App, ESPN.com or plus.espn.com. Subscribers can watch it via most mobile and connected TV platforms, including iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, Android devices, Roku, and Chromecast.
Series Notes
Sunday's game is the first meeting between the Sun Devils and Bearcats. It's the sixth time this season that ASU will play an opponent for the first time.
About Cincinnati
The Bearcats enter Sunday at 5-5-1 overall and 1-3 in the conference. They have gone 1-4 in their last five outings, including a 2-0 loss at Arizona on Thursday.
Rylee Felton leads the team with six goals, while Ellie Flower has three goals on a team-best 25 shots. Anna Rexford maintains a 1.237 GAA and .674 save percentage in goal for the Bearcats.
Number 900
The goal by Kierra Blundell against West Virginia on Thursday was the 900th scored by the Sun Devils in the program's 29-year history. Those 900 goals have come from 140 different players.
Twice is Nice
Behind a 6-0 record this season when scoring at least two goals, ASU is now 206-13-12 (.918) in program history when scoring multiple goals in a game. In addition, the team is 128-1-1 (.988) when scoring three-plus and 71-0 when scoring at least four goals.
Brace for Success
ASU has already set the program record with five different players posting a multi-goal game this season. Kierra Blundell had the team's first hat trick since 2022, while Enasia Colon has twice scored two goals in a game. Megan Sofield, Cameron Valladares, and Keri Matthews each have also recorded a brace this season.
Freshman Phenom
Kierra Blundell has scored in two of the last three games and leads the team with eight goals and 19 points. Those totals are good for 11th and 18th in the NCAA, respectively, and second among freshmen.
Blundell currently ranks ninth in ASU history for goals by a freshman. Stacey Tullock holds the record with 13 goals in 1998. Six players tallied at least 10 goals during their freshman campaign in Tempe.
Colon Climbs
Enasia Colon has scored five goals while adding team highs in assists with four and shots with 36. She enters Sunday with a point in two straight games.
Colon is up to 14th in program history with 45 career points and 14th with 16 career goals. She also ranks in the ASU top 20 in shots, shots on goal, shot percentage, and average goals, assists, and points per game.
Clutch Cam
Cameron Valladares has been an excellent addition to the Sun Devil attack, scoring four goals and adding three assists. Her 11 points this season are more than her first two collegiate seasons combined.
Three of the four goals scored by Valladares have been game-winners. That includes her goal with 25 seconds remaining to defeat Utah Tech on Sept. 8. She is tied for the Big 12 lead in GWG and is one of 47 players in the country with at least three winners this season.
Nelles Notes
Following her program record of nine shutouts last season, Pauline Nelles has posted five clean sheets. She is second in program history with 17 career shutouts and fourth with 25 career wins. Nelles made her 200th career save against West Virginia on Thursday.
Top Drawer Soccer ranked Nelles No. 21 in their Preseason Top 100 Players list. She was the highest-ranked player from the Big 12 and was also named to the TDS Preseason Best XI Second Team.
Looking Ahead
The Sun Devils will close out this three-game homestand on Friday when Utah travels to the desert. The first meeting between the two programs as members of the Big 12 will begin at 7 p.m.