The Arizona State lacrosse team (2-1) treks East one final time during the non-conference slate, traveling all the way to the Big Apple to take on the Manhattan College Jaspers on Saturday, Feb. 24 and the Columbia Lions on Monday, Feb. 26. Both games will have a 1 p.m. ET start to end the Sun Devils' non-conference road schedule. Fans can catch a livestream of Saturday's game by visiting gojaspers.com/watch. Monday's game against the Lions will be broadcasted on the Ivy League Network. Fans can purchase a one-day subscription pass to watch.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Manhattan: The Jaspers picked up their first win of the season last weekend against Presbyterian, 14-4, a school the Sun Devils will also face this season. Junior attacker Molly Fitzpatrick and senior attacker Sarah Lang each netted four goals for the Jaspers while senior midfielder Kara Hodapp added her own hat trick. Fitzpatrick also recorded three assists for a team-high seven points. Defensively, junior Emma Kaishian had four caused turnovers and five draw controls. The Jaspers also held Presbyterian to 0-7 from the eight-meter line.
Columbia: The Lions also picked up their first win of the season on the road Wednesday against Fairfield, 13-12. Junior attacker Victoria Kalamaras had an impressive game for the Lions, picking up seven points on four goals and three assists. Sophomore midfielder Fallon Quinn recorded a team-high five draw controls. Goalkeepers Abby Roberts and Kelsey Gedin split time in the goal for the defense, collecting a combined nine saves.
LAST TIME OUT
The Sun Devils dropped their first game of the season on Saturday, losing a tough game on the road to the San Diego State Aztecs, 14-13. The Sun Devils fought to the very end, scoring four goals in a row to take the lead with four minutes left in the game. Freshman Graci Fulkerson posted two of the final four goals and totaled a hat trick in the game with the first goal coming in the first half. Junior co-captain Kerri Clayton remained the team's leading scorer, hitting the back of the net four times. Freshman Emily Glagolev notched a career high four points for the Sun Devils with two goals and two assists. On the defensive side, the Sun Devils caused six Aztec turnovers and picked up eight ground balls, including four by freshman Maddy Hunter. Sophomore goalkeeper Berkeley Bonneau recorded seven saves.
CONFERENCE LEADERS
The Sun Devils currently lead the Pac-12 Conference in six statistical categories, including goals per game, ground balls per game, points per game and caused turnovers per game. Junior attacker Kerri Clayton leads the conference in goals and points per game while freshman midfielder Maddy Hunter leads the ground balls and caused turnovers per game categories.
SEASON LOOK-AHEAD
The Sun Devils fly cross-country this weekend to take on Manhattan (Saturday) and Columbia (Monday) in the Big Apple for their final non-conference road trip.
Then fans will get to see the Sun Devils for the first time in Tempe next week at the Sun Devil Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium on Saturday Mar. 3 against Presbyterian at 3 p.m. The game will also be livestreamed via pac-12.com/live for fans unable to attend.
Pac-12 conference play will also celebrate its inauguration in 2018. The Sun Devils will face each team twice during the season in a home-and-away series, starting with the USC Trojans in Los Angeles on Mar. 10. After the first Pac-12 weekend the Sun Devils will return home for a three-game stretch against Pac-12 rivals Oregon (Mar. 16) and Colorado (Mar. 18) before a weekday tilt with Liberty on Tuesday, Mar. 20 at 5 p.m. MT.
The team faces Stanford and Cal two weeks in a row for their home-and-away series, traveling to the Bay Area Mar. 23 (Stanford) and 25 (Cal) before facing them at home on Mar. 30 (Stanford) and Apr. 1 (Cal). The match against Cal at home will also be the Sun Devils' debut on the Pac-12 Network.
The Sun Devils complete the regular season traveling to Oregon (Apr. 6) and Colorado (Apr. 8) before hosting USC on Apr. 21 to finish the home tilt.
Admission is free for all Sun Devil home games at Sun Devil Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium.
The inaugural Pac-12 Championship will take place Apr. 26-29 in Boulder, Colo. with Colorado as the host. All the quarterfinal, semifinal and championship matches will be broadcasted live on the Pac-12 Network.