Comebacks. Upsets. Beating ranked teams.
The Sun Devil 2019-20 season was cut short, but it didn't stop Arizona State from notching some great victories.
Here is a list in no particular order...let us know if we missed any!
WOMEN'S TENNIS: JAN. 25, 2020/ASU 4, #9 VANDERBILT 3
Savannah Slaysman and the Sun Devil women's tennis team made history when they took down No. 9 Vanderbilt in comeback fashion to advance to the ITA Indoor National Championships for the first time since the start of the Kickoff Weekend. "It was an amazing win for us," coach Sheila McInerney said. "It was about as difficult as it gets, so I'm proud of the way the girls fought today. We were down after the doubles point, lost the first set on four courts, and had four three-setters – it was really a battle out there." Arizona State found themselves down early after the ninth-ranked Commodores claimed the doubles point with wins on courts two and three. The road to victory was made even more arduous after the Devils dropped three first sets on the five courts in action inside the Currey Tennis Center. The Dores would claim another first-set win later when the court six match began play.
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FOOTBALL: NOV. 23, 2019/ASU 31, #6 OREGON, 28
The Arizona State football team punched its postseason ticket in epic fashion, topping the sixth-ranked Oregon Ducks, 31-28, in what was a game for the ages at Sun Devil Stadium. The night was highlighted by big plays, many that came out of the hand of Jayden Daniels, who threw for a career-high 408 yards in the win. After holding the Ducks to just seven points through the first three-quarters of play, Oregon began to mount a comeback, scoring back-to-back touchdowns to cut the Sun Devil lead to three with just under six minutes to play. Looking to hold off a Ducks team with College Football Playoff aspirations, the Sun Devils relied on their go-to combination. Jayden Daniels hit Brandon Aiyuk in stride for an 81-yard touchdown that would stand as the game-winner.
MEN'S BASKETBALL: FEB. 20, 2020/ASU 77, #14 OREGON 72
Rob Edwards had 26 points and Alonzo Verge Jr. had 24 to lead ASU to the big win in front of a big-time crowd in a big-time college basketball setting. ASU never trailed against No. 14 Oregon. It led 54-43 (10:09), Oregon tied it at 54 at 7:17, but ASU went up 60-54. UO cut it to 60-58 with 4:33, but ASU responded with a bucket and then got three stops. UO cut it to 66-61 with 2:23 left, but never got closer than four with under 30 seconds to play.
GYMNASTICS: FEB. 1, 2020/ ASU 196.300, #10 CAL 196.250
Behind a season-high team score, Arizona State gymnastics took down No. 10 Cal 196.300-196.250 for the first win over a top-10 team since 2014. Arizona State led Cal for the entire meet. This was the first top-10 win for the Sun Devils since 2014 when they beat No. 8 San Jose State in the first meet of that season. The Sun Devils scored a season-high vault score of 49.125 after three freshmen earned career highs in the event: Juliette Boyer (9.850), Hannah Scharf (9.875) and Gracie Reeves (9.825). Scharf won the vault title with her 9.875, her first individual title of her career. In the all-around, Boyer led ASU, scoring a career-best 39.275. Fifth-year senior Morgan Wilson also competed in the all-around, her first time doing so since 2016, and scored a 39.175.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL: JAN. 25, 2020/ASU 66, #22 ARIZONA 65
Down 37-15 with 5:35 remaining in the first half, the Sun Devils cut it to 43-30 at the half and then Remy Martin and Alonzo Verge took over to top the Wildcats. ASU finished the first half on a 15-6 run and then scored the first 10 points of the second half as Remy Martin notched his seventh straight game of 20+ points.
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VOLLEYBALL: OCT. 20, 2019/ASU 3, #21 WASHINGTON STATE 2
Down 2-0 on the road, Arizona State volleyball came back to beat No. 21 Washington State in five sets (19-25, 17-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-12) for the first win over a ranked opponent this season, led by a career-high 20 kills from freshman Iman Isanovic. Arizona State beat Washington State for the first time since 2015 and for the first time on the road since 2014. Isanovic had 20 kills in the win, surpassing her previous high of 13. She hit. 256 and had just four errors in five sets played. She is the first freshman at ASU to reach 20 kills since teammate Ivana Jeremic notched 21 in the win over Arizona her freshman season. Two other pin hitters reached double figures in kills. Senior Jada Burse had 16 kills and four blocks and Andrea Mitrovic had 12 kills. Junior middle blocker Megan Beedie had 10 kills with a .471 clip, while senior libero Courtney Leffel had 23 digs.
Senior setter Nicole Peterson had a season high in assists with 28 as well as 11 digs and Callie Jones had 25 assists and 13 digs, another senior setter with a double-double.
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FOOTBALL: SEP. 14, 2019/ASU 10, #18 MICHIGAN STATE, 7
The legs of Jayden Daniels and the arm span of Eno Benjamin rallied the Sun Devil Football team to a last-minute victory over #18 Michigan State, 10-7, in East Lansing, Mich. Trailing by four with 3:34 remaining, the true freshman quarterback rushed for two pivotal first downs that extended the game while completing four passes for 52 yards on the final Sun Devil drive of the contest, leading ASU 75 yards on 11 plays in under three minutes. Eno Benjamin extended every inch of his wing span on a lunging play at the goal line with just enough length to cross the plane with 50 seconds remaining and score the lone Sun Devil touchdown of the game. Michigan State missed a 47-yard field goal as time expired - its third missed field goal of the game - to give ASU its first victory over a ranked non-conference road team since at #13 Miami (Fl) on Sept. 13, 1997.
LACROSSE : FEB. 27, 2020/ASU 18, MARQUETTE 14
The Sun Devil Lacrosse team opened their 2020 home slate with a 18-14 victory over Marquette, giving first-year Head Coach Tim McCormack a win in his first game at Sun Devil Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium. Arizona State jumped out to an early 5-1 lead behind the strength of a tremendous combination of goalkeeping and defense. The offense was in-sync all afternoon, with eight different Sun Devils recording at least one goal, including three who finished with hat tricks. The toughness of the Maroon & Gold was tested on several occasions with the Golden Eagles cutting the deficit down to as little as one, but Coach McCormack's team managed to overcome nine Marquette free-position goals to secure the victory.
WOMEN'S GOLF: OCT. 13, 2019/ASU WINS THE STANFORD INTERCOLLEGIATE
A late push by the Sun Devil Women's Golf team helped them capture the Team Championship at the 2019 Stanford Intercollegiate. Sitting in second place and still in the hunt heading into the final day, the Sun Devils made a furious charge, carding the best round (-5/279) of the day to earn first place. It was a total team effort that helped Arizona State (-10/842) clinch its ninth title in the Missy Farr-Kaye era, with ASU putting together their sixth-lowest score vs. par over 54 holes in program history. Three Sun Devils finished in the Top-15, highlighted by a third-place finish from Linn Grant (-6/207).The Maroon & Gold finished ahead of two Top-5 teams and six Top-10 teams, including a five-stroke advantage over tournament host and No. 1 Stanford. 11 of the 16 teams finished with a score of 15-over or more, an indication of how impressive the Sun Devils ten-under performance was.
WRESTLING: NOV. 22, 2019/ASU 19, #1 PENN STATE 18
In front of a record-breaking crowd of 8,522, the Sun Devil wrestling team battled its way to snap No. 1 ranked Penn State's 60 match win-streak and hand the Nittany Lions their first loss in a dual since 2015. It all began with Brandon Courtney setting the pace early for the Devils as he recorded one of his 11 majors on the season to put the team up 4-0. The rest of the way was a back and forth affair with a pivotal matchup at 197 lbs. being the decider with Kordell Norfleet returning to the mat for first time in nearly a year. The Chicago native pulled off a top-5 upset over Kyle Conel while adding three crucial points to the scoreboard that was enough to secure ASU's first win over Penn State since 1999.
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GYMNASTICS: FEB. 23, 2020/ASU 196.875, #13 WASHINGTON 196.875
Led by three 9.900s or better from junior Cairo Leonard-Baker, Arizona State gymnastics scored a 196.875, its best score since 2006, to tie with No. 13 Washington in Desert Financial Arena. Arizona State scored season high event totals in all four events en route to a tie with No. 13 Washington. This is the Sun Devils' best team score since 2006 when they got a 196.950 and is the 18th best score in program history. Junior Cairo Leonard-Baker had a spectacular meet, scoring a 9.900 or better in all three events she competed: vault (9.900), bars (9.950) and floor (9.900). All three of those numbers are season highs for her. Leonard-Baker's 9.950 on bars was the best score by any ASU gymnast this season in any event. It is the first 9.950 since she earned the same mark on bars at the 2019 Pac-12 Championship. The Gym Devils won three event titles. Leonard-Baker won on vault and bars while freshmen Gracie Reeves and Hannah Scharf tied with Washington's Evanni Roberson for first in the all-around with a 39.350. That all-around score is a career high for both of those Gym Devils.
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SOFTBALL: FEB. 8, 2020/ASU 6, #14 NORTHWESTERN 5
In a back-and-forth scoring game, including two consecutive home runs from freshman Alynah Torres and junior Kiara Kennedy, the No. 22 Sun Devils found themselves down one run in the bottom of the seventh inning against No. 14 Northwestern. With one out and sophomore Yannira Acuña on first base from a single to second base, ASU's leadoff hitter Kindra Hackbarth took her the plate. In a crucial moment with two strikes, Hackbarth answered the call of duty and blasted one past the right field fences for a two-run walk-off to secure the upset win for the Sun Devils.
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SOFTBALL: FEB. 15, 2020/ASU 7, #10 KENTUCKY 5
ASU entered the game with a 3-2 victory over No. 10 Kentucky the previous night. In the rematch, ASU started the 7th inning down by one, but an error by Kentucky's right fielder allowed pinch-runner Olivia Miller to tie the score and send the game to extra innings. To the crowd's amusement, both teams scored another three runs each in the 8th inning to keep the game knotted. After a scoreless 9th inning, each team scored a run in the 10th inning to once again tie the game, 5-5. Cielo Meza went one-two-three at the top of the 11th inning to bring the Sun Devils to the plate. In the team's second at-bat, Alli Tatnall hit the game-winning two-run dinger for ASU's second consecutive upset win over No. 10 Kentucky.
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FOOTBALL: NOV. 30, 2019/ASU 24, ARIZONA, 14
The Arizona State football team rallied from a first half deficit to defeat Arizona, 24-14, in front of an electric Sun Devil crowd (54,074) Saturday evening to win its third straight Territorial Cup. The game was highlighted by big plays from the Sun Devil defense, and a monster game on the ground from junior running back Eno Benjamin, who ran for 168 yards in the victory. After being held to two field goals from sophomore Cristian Zendejas in the first half, the Sun Devils would come from behind to score 18 second half points and dominate the line of scrimmage. Benjamin's 168 yards on the ground were the best by a Sun Devil in the Territorial Cup series since Woody Green ran for 192 yards on Nov. 24, 1973. The ASU defense was opportunistic, finishing with three interceptions, two coming from cornerback Jack Jones and one via linebacker Merlin Robertson.
SWIMMING & DIVING: FEB. 8, 2020/#13 ASU MEN 202, #10 ARIZONA 92; ASU WOMEN 181, ARIZONA 103
Sun Devil men's and women's swimming and diving dominated the No. 10/NR Arizona Wildcats in their final dual meet of the season. ASU won every single event on the afternoon en route to the dominating victory. The win didn't add to either schools' Territorial Cup Series point total, as it was on the line at the Pac-12 Championships. It did gain the Sun Devils bragging rights as the 110-point margin of victory on the men's side and 78-point victory on the women's side is the largest margin of victory over Arizona since at least 1998. The win for the women is also just the second time in 27 years the Sun Devils have topped the Wildcats, speaking to the trajectory that Coach Bowman has the team on.
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TRIATHLON: NOV. 16, 2019/USA TRIATHLON COLLEGIATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Arizona State women's triathlon successfully defended their national championship, taking first place as a team to register four-straight national titles as a program. The Sun Devils placed two on the podium en route to the victory including Kyla Roy, who registered her first ever individual national championship today at the 2019 Women's Collegiate Triathlon National Championships. English's all-underclassmen squad showed veteran knowledge today with the junior Roy leading the charge, finishing with a total time of 1:05:22 for the victory. Roy was the third woman out of the water among Division I triathletes, moving into second place after the bike portion. The Canadian used the run portion to her advantage, edging out teammate Audrey Ernst to take first overall crossing the finish line. Roy's victory was not out of the ordinary this season as she took first place in both regional qualifiers she participated in in 2019. Ernst followed closely behind Roy this afternoon, finishing in second place with a time of 1:05:52, just 30 seconds behind Roy. Rebecca Naughton (1:08:02) and Liberty Ricca (1:08:17) finished not far behind in fifth and sixth place, respectively, with Ricca's spectacular performance also granting her the USA Triathlon Division I Freshman of the Year honor. The honor marks the third-straight season in three seasons of coaches voting on the award in which a Sun Devil was named Freshman of the Year. Catherine Giuseffi (13th) and Kira Stanley (16th) rounded out the finishing Sun Devils today, with their places securing the team win for ASU.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: JAN. 10, 2020/ASU 72, #2 OREGON 66
The Sun Devil women's basketball team outscored Oregon 30-14 in the fourth quarter on its way to a 72-66 upset of the second-ranked Ducks. Robbi Ryan scored 11 of her team-high and season high-tying 17 points and Reili Richardson scored 10 of her 12 points in the fourth quarter for the Sun Devils, who recorded a win over the No. 2 team for the first time since they defeated Stanford 70-63 in the championship game of the inaugural Pac-10 Tournament in 2002. The Sun Devils trailed by as many as 13 in the first half and found themselves on the wrong end of a 56-44 score with just under eight minutes remaining. Ryan started and ended one of ASU's best offensive sequences of the season as part of a 14-0 run that put the Sun Devils up 58-56 with 3:57 remaining. Ruden scored seven straight points down the stretch to help the Sun Devils pull off the upset.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: JAN. 12, 2020/ASU 55, #3 OREGON STATE 47
The Sun Devil women's basketball team completed its history making weekend by knocking off No. 3 Oregon State 55-47, enabling it to become the first unranked team to defeat consecutive Top 5 opponents. Senior Ja'Tavia Tapley paced ASU in both points (14) and rebounds (6). Seniors Reili Richardson and Robbi Ryan added 10 points each for the Sun Devils, who forced the Beavers to shoot 31 percent for the game, including a paltry 10 percent from beyond the arc (2-20). Also coming through with big contributions were senior Jamie Ruden (scored nine points in the first half) and junior Jayde Van Hyfte, who added seven points. ASU outscored the Beavers 10-2 after Oregon State tied the game at 45-45 in the fourth quarter.
WOMEN'S WATER POLO: FEB. 8, 2020/#8 ASU 10, NO. 5 UC IRVINE 9
ASU pulled off an upset victory over No. 5 UC Irvine to advance to the semifinals at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational. UC Irvine jumped out to an early 5-1 lead in the first quarter, but the Sun Devils came back to tie it up, 6-6, heading into the second half. It was a back-and-forth effort through much of the second half, but Borbala Kekesi's late fourth quarter goal -- her third of the game -- solidified the win.
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The Sun Devil 2019-20 season was cut short, but it didn't stop Arizona State from notching some great victories.
The bingo you've all been waiting for ?? pic.twitter.com/wGPKqIS6h4
— Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) April 2, 2020
Here is a list in no particular order...let us know if we missed any!
WOMEN'S TENNIS: JAN. 25, 2020/ASU 4, #9 VANDERBILT 3
Savannah Slaysman and the Sun Devil women's tennis team made history when they took down No. 9 Vanderbilt in comeback fashion to advance to the ITA Indoor National Championships for the first time since the start of the Kickoff Weekend. "It was an amazing win for us," coach Sheila McInerney said. "It was about as difficult as it gets, so I'm proud of the way the girls fought today. We were down after the doubles point, lost the first set on four courts, and had four three-setters – it was really a battle out there." Arizona State found themselves down early after the ninth-ranked Commodores claimed the doubles point with wins on courts two and three. The road to victory was made even more arduous after the Devils dropped three first sets on the five courts in action inside the Currey Tennis Center. The Dores would claim another first-set win later when the court six match began play.
SAVANNAH SENDS US HOME WITH THE W!!
— Sun Devil W. Tennis (@sundevilwtennis) January 25, 2020
The Devils complete the comeback to take down No. 9 Vanderbilt and advance to the ITA Indoor Championships!!#ForksUp?? pic.twitter.com/ZXBH4PV8Ci
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FOOTBALL: NOV. 23, 2019/ASU 31, #6 OREGON, 28
The Arizona State football team punched its postseason ticket in epic fashion, topping the sixth-ranked Oregon Ducks, 31-28, in what was a game for the ages at Sun Devil Stadium. The night was highlighted by big plays, many that came out of the hand of Jayden Daniels, who threw for a career-high 408 yards in the win. After holding the Ducks to just seven points through the first three-quarters of play, Oregon began to mount a comeback, scoring back-to-back touchdowns to cut the Sun Devil lead to three with just under six minutes to play. Looking to hold off a Ducks team with College Football Playoff aspirations, the Sun Devils relied on their go-to combination. Jayden Daniels hit Brandon Aiyuk in stride for an 81-yard touchdown that would stand as the game-winner.
----?? STUNNER IN TEMPE! ??
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 24, 2019
Arizona State takes down No. 6 Oregon in a wild back-and-forth battle. pic.twitter.com/ChWC68t0qp
MEN'S BASKETBALL: FEB. 20, 2020/ASU 77, #14 OREGON 72
Rob Edwards had 26 points and Alonzo Verge Jr. had 24 to lead ASU to the big win in front of a big-time crowd in a big-time college basketball setting. ASU never trailed against No. 14 Oregon. It led 54-43 (10:09), Oregon tied it at 54 at 7:17, but ASU went up 60-54. UO cut it to 60-58 with 4:33, but ASU responded with a bucket and then got three stops. UO cut it to 66-61 with 2:23 left, but never got closer than four with under 30 seconds to play.
----UPSET IN THE DESERT! ??
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) February 21, 2020
Arizona State knocks off No. 14 Oregon for their 6th-straight win! #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/PY6zpBvdPM
GYMNASTICS: FEB. 1, 2020/ ASU 196.300, #10 CAL 196.250
Behind a season-high team score, Arizona State gymnastics took down No. 10 Cal 196.300-196.250 for the first win over a top-10 team since 2014. Arizona State led Cal for the entire meet. This was the first top-10 win for the Sun Devils since 2014 when they beat No. 8 San Jose State in the first meet of that season. The Sun Devils scored a season-high vault score of 49.125 after three freshmen earned career highs in the event: Juliette Boyer (9.850), Hannah Scharf (9.875) and Gracie Reeves (9.825). Scharf won the vault title with her 9.875, her first individual title of her career. In the all-around, Boyer led ASU, scoring a career-best 39.275. Fifth-year senior Morgan Wilson also competed in the all-around, her first time doing so since 2016, and scored a 39.175.
Today's win over No. 10 Cal was our first top-10 win since 2014! ??#GymDevils | #HUSTLE pic.twitter.com/K78jscYsLA
— Sun Devil Gymnastics (@SunDevilGym) February 2, 2020
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MEN'S BASKETBALL: JAN. 25, 2020/ASU 66, #22 ARIZONA 65
Down 37-15 with 5:35 remaining in the first half, the Sun Devils cut it to 43-30 at the half and then Remy Martin and Alonzo Verge took over to top the Wildcats. ASU finished the first half on a 15-6 run and then scored the first 10 points of the second half as Remy Martin notched his seventh straight game of 20+ points.
?? SUN DEVILS WIN ?? pic.twitter.com/kknArcE3ct
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) January 26, 2020
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VOLLEYBALL: OCT. 20, 2019/ASU 3, #21 WASHINGTON STATE 2
Down 2-0 on the road, Arizona State volleyball came back to beat No. 21 Washington State in five sets (19-25, 17-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-12) for the first win over a ranked opponent this season, led by a career-high 20 kills from freshman Iman Isanovic. Arizona State beat Washington State for the first time since 2015 and for the first time on the road since 2014. Isanovic had 20 kills in the win, surpassing her previous high of 13. She hit. 256 and had just four errors in five sets played. She is the first freshman at ASU to reach 20 kills since teammate Ivana Jeremic notched 21 in the win over Arizona her freshman season. Two other pin hitters reached double figures in kills. Senior Jada Burse had 16 kills and four blocks and Andrea Mitrovic had 12 kills. Junior middle blocker Megan Beedie had 10 kills with a .471 clip, while senior libero Courtney Leffel had 23 digs.
Senior setter Nicole Peterson had a season high in assists with 28 as well as 11 digs and Callie Jones had 25 assists and 13 digs, another senior setter with a double-double.
DOWN GOES NO. 21??
— Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) October 20, 2019
The Sun Devils come back from a 2-0 deficit to upset No. 21 Washington State on the road! pic.twitter.com/rgaSE2FfD5
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FOOTBALL: SEP. 14, 2019/ASU 10, #18 MICHIGAN STATE, 7
The legs of Jayden Daniels and the arm span of Eno Benjamin rallied the Sun Devil Football team to a last-minute victory over #18 Michigan State, 10-7, in East Lansing, Mich. Trailing by four with 3:34 remaining, the true freshman quarterback rushed for two pivotal first downs that extended the game while completing four passes for 52 yards on the final Sun Devil drive of the contest, leading ASU 75 yards on 11 plays in under three minutes. Eno Benjamin extended every inch of his wing span on a lunging play at the goal line with just enough length to cross the plane with 50 seconds remaining and score the lone Sun Devil touchdown of the game. Michigan State missed a 47-yard field goal as time expired - its third missed field goal of the game - to give ASU its first victory over a ranked non-conference road team since at #13 Miami (Fl) on Sept. 13, 1997.
----THE CELEBRATION IS ON IN EAST LANSING?????? pic.twitter.com/UOTpjvQQ7V
— Sun Devil Football (@ASUFootball) September 14, 2019
LACROSSE : FEB. 27, 2020/ASU 18, MARQUETTE 14
The Sun Devil Lacrosse team opened their 2020 home slate with a 18-14 victory over Marquette, giving first-year Head Coach Tim McCormack a win in his first game at Sun Devil Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium. Arizona State jumped out to an early 5-1 lead behind the strength of a tremendous combination of goalkeeping and defense. The offense was in-sync all afternoon, with eight different Sun Devils recording at least one goal, including three who finished with hat tricks. The toughness of the Maroon & Gold was tested on several occasions with the Golden Eagles cutting the deficit down to as little as one, but Coach McCormack's team managed to overcome nine Marquette free-position goals to secure the victory.
----Mood after the Victory ?? pic.twitter.com/UB2B0VIKkT
— Sun Devil Lacrosse (@SunDevilWLax) February 27, 2020
WOMEN'S GOLF: OCT. 13, 2019/ASU WINS THE STANFORD INTERCOLLEGIATE
A late push by the Sun Devil Women's Golf team helped them capture the Team Championship at the 2019 Stanford Intercollegiate. Sitting in second place and still in the hunt heading into the final day, the Sun Devils made a furious charge, carding the best round (-5/279) of the day to earn first place. It was a total team effort that helped Arizona State (-10/842) clinch its ninth title in the Missy Farr-Kaye era, with ASU putting together their sixth-lowest score vs. par over 54 holes in program history. Three Sun Devils finished in the Top-15, highlighted by a third-place finish from Linn Grant (-6/207).The Maroon & Gold finished ahead of two Top-5 teams and six Top-10 teams, including a five-stroke advantage over tournament host and No. 1 Stanford. 11 of the 16 teams finished with a score of 15-over or more, an indication of how impressive the Sun Devils ten-under performance was.
----Stanford Intercollegiate CHAMPIONS!
— Sun Devil W. Golf (@SunDevilWGolf) October 13, 2019
A furious charge on the final day secures the first title of the season for the Sun Devils! #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/gEt2MQYo5E
WRESTLING: NOV. 22, 2019/ASU 19, #1 PENN STATE 18
In front of a record-breaking crowd of 8,522, the Sun Devil wrestling team battled its way to snap No. 1 ranked Penn State's 60 match win-streak and hand the Nittany Lions their first loss in a dual since 2015. It all began with Brandon Courtney setting the pace early for the Devils as he recorded one of his 11 majors on the season to put the team up 4-0. The rest of the way was a back and forth affair with a pivotal matchup at 197 lbs. being the decider with Kordell Norfleet returning to the mat for first time in nearly a year. The Chicago native pulled off a top-5 upset over Kyle Conel while adding three crucial points to the scoreboard that was enough to secure ASU's first win over Penn State since 1999.
DOWN GOES NO. 1 PENN STATE??@ASUWrestling snaps their 60-meet win streak and hands them their first loss since 2015! pic.twitter.com/KuSnzhPlFZ
— Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) November 23, 2019
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GYMNASTICS: FEB. 23, 2020/ASU 196.875, #13 WASHINGTON 196.875
Led by three 9.900s or better from junior Cairo Leonard-Baker, Arizona State gymnastics scored a 196.875, its best score since 2006, to tie with No. 13 Washington in Desert Financial Arena. Arizona State scored season high event totals in all four events en route to a tie with No. 13 Washington. This is the Sun Devils' best team score since 2006 when they got a 196.950 and is the 18th best score in program history. Junior Cairo Leonard-Baker had a spectacular meet, scoring a 9.900 or better in all three events she competed: vault (9.900), bars (9.950) and floor (9.900). All three of those numbers are season highs for her. Leonard-Baker's 9.950 on bars was the best score by any ASU gymnast this season in any event. It is the first 9.950 since she earned the same mark on bars at the 2019 Pac-12 Championship. The Gym Devils won three event titles. Leonard-Baker won on vault and bars while freshmen Gracie Reeves and Hannah Scharf tied with Washington's Evanni Roberson for first in the all-around with a 39.350. That all-around score is a career high for both of those Gym Devils.
WHAT A MEET!
— Sun Devil Gymnastics (@SunDevilGym) February 23, 2020
The #GymDevils score their highest team total since 2006 and tie with No. 13 Washington! ?? pic.twitter.com/ZKA6ps2Y9h
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SOFTBALL: FEB. 8, 2020/ASU 6, #14 NORTHWESTERN 5
In a back-and-forth scoring game, including two consecutive home runs from freshman Alynah Torres and junior Kiara Kennedy, the No. 22 Sun Devils found themselves down one run in the bottom of the seventh inning against No. 14 Northwestern. With one out and sophomore Yannira Acuña on first base from a single to second base, ASU's leadoff hitter Kindra Hackbarth took her the plate. In a crucial moment with two strikes, Hackbarth answered the call of duty and blasted one past the right field fences for a two-run walk-off to secure the upset win for the Sun Devils.
?? Just @kindiboo things ????? pic.twitter.com/I5PXSDrGgW
— Sun Devil Softball (@ASUSoftball) February 9, 2020
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SOFTBALL: FEB. 15, 2020/ASU 7, #10 KENTUCKY 5
ASU entered the game with a 3-2 victory over No. 10 Kentucky the previous night. In the rematch, ASU started the 7th inning down by one, but an error by Kentucky's right fielder allowed pinch-runner Olivia Miller to tie the score and send the game to extra innings. To the crowd's amusement, both teams scored another three runs each in the 8th inning to keep the game knotted. After a scoreless 9th inning, each team scored a run in the 10th inning to once again tie the game, 5-5. Cielo Meza went one-two-three at the top of the 11th inning to bring the Sun Devils to the plate. In the team's second at-bat, Alli Tatnall hit the game-winning two-run dinger for ASU's second consecutive upset win over No. 10 Kentucky.
.@alli_tat CALLED GAME!! Her 2-run shot walks it off against #10 Kentucky in the 11th ?? #OnTheBoat pic.twitter.com/MTKHahQvfA
— Sun Devil Softball (@ASUSoftball) February 16, 2020
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FOOTBALL: NOV. 30, 2019/ASU 24, ARIZONA, 14
The Arizona State football team rallied from a first half deficit to defeat Arizona, 24-14, in front of an electric Sun Devil crowd (54,074) Saturday evening to win its third straight Territorial Cup. The game was highlighted by big plays from the Sun Devil defense, and a monster game on the ground from junior running back Eno Benjamin, who ran for 168 yards in the victory. After being held to two field goals from sophomore Cristian Zendejas in the first half, the Sun Devils would come from behind to score 18 second half points and dominate the line of scrimmage. Benjamin's 168 yards on the ground were the best by a Sun Devil in the Territorial Cup series since Woody Green ran for 192 yards on Nov. 24, 1973. The ASU defense was opportunistic, finishing with three interceptions, two coming from cornerback Jack Jones and one via linebacker Merlin Robertson.
right where it belongs ?? pic.twitter.com/PBJ0aOynyC
— Sun Devil Football (@ASUFootball) December 1, 2019
SWIMMING & DIVING: FEB. 8, 2020/#13 ASU MEN 202, #10 ARIZONA 92; ASU WOMEN 181, ARIZONA 103
Sun Devil men's and women's swimming and diving dominated the No. 10/NR Arizona Wildcats in their final dual meet of the season. ASU won every single event on the afternoon en route to the dominating victory. The win didn't add to either schools' Territorial Cup Series point total, as it was on the line at the Pac-12 Championships. It did gain the Sun Devils bragging rights as the 110-point margin of victory on the men's side and 78-point victory on the women's side is the largest margin of victory over Arizona since at least 1998. The win for the women is also just the second time in 27 years the Sun Devils have topped the Wildcats, speaking to the trajectory that Coach Bowman has the team on.
SUN DEVILS WIN! The men dominate the Wildcats with their biggest win since '98 ?? pic.twitter.com/8N5U3XXQgN
— Sun Devil Swim/Dive (@ASUSwimDive) February 8, 2020
SUN DEVILS WIN! Women's Swim captures it's largest margin of victory over Arizona since 1998 ?? pic.twitter.com/pAtzg9hK5x
— Sun Devil Swim/Dive (@ASUSwimDive) February 8, 2020
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TRIATHLON: NOV. 16, 2019/USA TRIATHLON COLLEGIATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Arizona State women's triathlon successfully defended their national championship, taking first place as a team to register four-straight national titles as a program. The Sun Devils placed two on the podium en route to the victory including Kyla Roy, who registered her first ever individual national championship today at the 2019 Women's Collegiate Triathlon National Championships. English's all-underclassmen squad showed veteran knowledge today with the junior Roy leading the charge, finishing with a total time of 1:05:22 for the victory. Roy was the third woman out of the water among Division I triathletes, moving into second place after the bike portion. The Canadian used the run portion to her advantage, edging out teammate Audrey Ernst to take first overall crossing the finish line. Roy's victory was not out of the ordinary this season as she took first place in both regional qualifiers she participated in in 2019. Ernst followed closely behind Roy this afternoon, finishing in second place with a time of 1:05:52, just 30 seconds behind Roy. Rebecca Naughton (1:08:02) and Liberty Ricca (1:08:17) finished not far behind in fifth and sixth place, respectively, with Ricca's spectacular performance also granting her the USA Triathlon Division I Freshman of the Year honor. The honor marks the third-straight season in three seasons of coaches voting on the award in which a Sun Devil was named Freshman of the Year. Catherine Giuseffi (13th) and Kira Stanley (16th) rounded out the finishing Sun Devils today, with their places securing the team win for ASU.
----FOURTH STRAIGHT NATIONAL TITLE ???????? pic.twitter.com/AhVJPJNy4H
— Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) November 16, 2019
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: JAN. 10, 2020/ASU 72, #2 OREGON 66
The Sun Devil women's basketball team outscored Oregon 30-14 in the fourth quarter on its way to a 72-66 upset of the second-ranked Ducks. Robbi Ryan scored 11 of her team-high and season high-tying 17 points and Reili Richardson scored 10 of her 12 points in the fourth quarter for the Sun Devils, who recorded a win over the No. 2 team for the first time since they defeated Stanford 70-63 in the championship game of the inaugural Pac-10 Tournament in 2002. The Sun Devils trailed by as many as 13 in the first half and found themselves on the wrong end of a 56-44 score with just under eight minutes remaining. Ryan started and ended one of ASU's best offensive sequences of the season as part of a 14-0 run that put the Sun Devils up 58-56 with 3:57 remaining. Ruden scored seven straight points down the stretch to help the Sun Devils pull off the upset.
----DOWN GOES NO. 2??
— Sun Devil WBB (@SunDevilWBB) January 11, 2020
Arizona State upsets No. 2 Oregon pic.twitter.com/HEE8DAttBq
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: JAN. 12, 2020/ASU 55, #3 OREGON STATE 47
The Sun Devil women's basketball team completed its history making weekend by knocking off No. 3 Oregon State 55-47, enabling it to become the first unranked team to defeat consecutive Top 5 opponents. Senior Ja'Tavia Tapley paced ASU in both points (14) and rebounds (6). Seniors Reili Richardson and Robbi Ryan added 10 points each for the Sun Devils, who forced the Beavers to shoot 31 percent for the game, including a paltry 10 percent from beyond the arc (2-20). Also coming through with big contributions were senior Jamie Ruden (scored nine points in the first half) and junior Jayde Van Hyfte, who added seven points. ASU outscored the Beavers 10-2 after Oregon State tied the game at 45-45 in the fourth quarter.
----DOWN GOES NO. 3??@SunDevilWBB upsets No. 3 Oregon State!
— Sun Devil WBB (@SunDevilWBB) January 12, 2020
It is the first time since 2010 that an @ncaawbb team has beaten AP Top 5 teams in consecutive regular season games! pic.twitter.com/JyB9iWYZHd
WOMEN'S WATER POLO: FEB. 8, 2020/#8 ASU 10, NO. 5 UC IRVINE 9
ASU pulled off an upset victory over No. 5 UC Irvine to advance to the semifinals at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational. UC Irvine jumped out to an early 5-1 lead in the first quarter, but the Sun Devils came back to tie it up, 6-6, heading into the second half. It was a back-and-forth effort through much of the second half, but Borbala Kekesi's late fourth quarter goal -- her third of the game -- solidified the win.
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