TEMPE – Sun Devil Soccer (6-1-3) heads to northern California for a pair of road matches versus No. 3 Stanford (8-0-1) on Thursday, September 28 at 7 p.m. MST and California (4-3-2) on Sunday, October 1 at 1 p.m. MST. Thursday's match will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Network, while Sunday's match can be streamed on the Cal Live Stream.
The Sun Devils kicked off Pac-12 conference play with a 2-0 win over Oregon State on Friday at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium. Enasia Colon netted both goals, securing her third brace of the 2023 season. The opening goal of the match came in the 23rd minute when freshman Savannah Maley sent a perfect cross into the box that Colon finished off for the goal. The 58th minute saw a great passing sequence as Colon played a through ball to Keri Matthews, who passed the ball right back to Colon for a one-touch shot at the edge of the box, which found the back of the net for the final goal.
FEATURES/LINKS
--Far from home, German goalkeeper Pauline Nelles Defends a New Net (by Jack Barron, ASU State Press/Sept. 5, 2023)
--"She's unpredictable" – Enasia Colon Dismantles Defenses with Textbook Finishing (by Jack Barron, ASU State Press/Sept. 14, 2023)
Stanford is undefeated in the 2023 season thus far and is coming off a 1-0 win over Washington State. Freshman Mia Bhuta scored the lone goal for the Cardinal in the 10th minute, while senior goalkeeper Ryan Campbell gave a Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week performance for the third time this season.
Stanford owns an 18-5-3 overall record in the all-time series with the Sun Devils, and they are 10-2 at home. ASU last won on the Farm in the 2013 season.
In California's last match, the Golden Bears defeated Washington in a 1-0 victory on Friday. Fifth-year forward Mia Fontana found the game-winning goal in the 39th minute.
Cal has gone 16-6-4 in games with the Sun Devils, including an 8-2-2 mark in Berkeley. ASU won last season's meeting 2-1 in Tempe, and their last road win in the series was in 2018.
Forwards Suzuka Yosue (4) and Maley (4) currently lead the Pac-12 in assists this season, while Colon is in third place in the conference with her six goals. Goalkeeper Pauline Nelles also dominates the goalkeeping leaderboards, holding the highest save percentage of .914 and the lowest goals-against-average at 0.30.
With seven shutouts in 10 games, ASU is seventh in the country with a .700 shutout percentage. The Sun Devils enter the road trip, having not allowed a goal in 197 minutes, 56 seconds, and only one goal in the past four contests.
ASU has outscored its opposition 13-2 in this season's second half of games. They have six goals in the first 15 minutes after intermission and another six in the game's final 15 minutes.
The Sun Devils have gone 4-0-1 at night – games that start after 6 p.m. – and they are 7-1-2 in the last 10 night games dating back to last season.
The Sun Devils kicked off Pac-12 conference play with a 2-0 win over Oregon State on Friday at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium. Enasia Colon netted both goals, securing her third brace of the 2023 season. The opening goal of the match came in the 23rd minute when freshman Savannah Maley sent a perfect cross into the box that Colon finished off for the goal. The 58th minute saw a great passing sequence as Colon played a through ball to Keri Matthews, who passed the ball right back to Colon for a one-touch shot at the edge of the box, which found the back of the net for the final goal.
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FEATURES/LINKS
--Far from home, German goalkeeper Pauline Nelles Defends a New Net (by Jack Barron, ASU State Press/Sept. 5, 2023)
--"She's unpredictable" – Enasia Colon Dismantles Defenses with Textbook Finishing (by Jack Barron, ASU State Press/Sept. 14, 2023)
Stanford is undefeated in the 2023 season thus far and is coming off a 1-0 win over Washington State. Freshman Mia Bhuta scored the lone goal for the Cardinal in the 10th minute, while senior goalkeeper Ryan Campbell gave a Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week performance for the third time this season.
Stanford owns an 18-5-3 overall record in the all-time series with the Sun Devils, and they are 10-2 at home. ASU last won on the Farm in the 2013 season.
In California's last match, the Golden Bears defeated Washington in a 1-0 victory on Friday. Fifth-year forward Mia Fontana found the game-winning goal in the 39th minute.
Cal has gone 16-6-4 in games with the Sun Devils, including an 8-2-2 mark in Berkeley. ASU won last season's meeting 2-1 in Tempe, and their last road win in the series was in 2018.
Forwards Suzuka Yosue (4) and Maley (4) currently lead the Pac-12 in assists this season, while Colon is in third place in the conference with her six goals. Goalkeeper Pauline Nelles also dominates the goalkeeping leaderboards, holding the highest save percentage of .914 and the lowest goals-against-average at 0.30.
With seven shutouts in 10 games, ASU is seventh in the country with a .700 shutout percentage. The Sun Devils enter the road trip, having not allowed a goal in 197 minutes, 56 seconds, and only one goal in the past four contests.
ASU has outscored its opposition 13-2 in this season's second half of games. They have six goals in the first 15 minutes after intermission and another six in the game's final 15 minutes.
The Sun Devils have gone 4-0-1 at night – games that start after 6 p.m. – and they are 7-1-2 in the last 10 night games dating back to last season.