TEMPE – Sun Devil Soccer closes out a three-game homestand on Friday night when they host Utah in Big 12 Conference action. The first meeting with a former Pac-12 rival this season will begin at 7 p.m. at the Sun Devil Soccer Stadium.
Arizona State enters Friday at 7-2-3 overall and 2-2-1 in Big 12 play. They are tied for sixth in the conference standings at 1.40 points per game. The Sun Devils have recorded five shutouts and are 5-1-2 at home on the season. Offensively, ASU is scoring 2.17 goals per game while attempting 15.25 shots per outing. Sun Devil opponents score 0.75 goals on 10.8 shots per game.
Kierra Blundell has scored a team-high eight goals and leads the Big 12 with 20 points. Enasia Colon has added six goals and a team-high six assists for 18 points. Cameron Valladares has five goals, and her three assists match the total from Keri Matthews.
Pauline Nelles holds a 0.75 goals-against-average and .842 save percentage in goal.
ASU secured a 3-1 home win over Cincinnati on Sunday in their last outing. Colon finished with a goal and two assists, while Grace Gillard and Valladares also scored in the win.
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: Utah holds a 7-6-4 lead in the all-time series, but the Sun Devils are 5-1-3 in games played at home. The Utes claimed a 2-0 win in Salt Lake City last season after the teams played to a scoreless draw during the 2022 season in Tempe.
ABOUT UTAH: The Utes will bring a 4-4 overall record into Friday's meeting. They are winless (0-2-2) in their last four games played and sit tied for 10th in the Big 12 with a 1-2-2 record and 1.00 points per game.
Taliana Kaufusi leads the Big 12 with nine goals while attempting 31 shots. Katie O'Kane has added five goals. Kasey Wardle holds a 1.13 GAA and a .743 save percentage as the primary goalkeeper.
NUMBER 900: The goal by Kierra Blundell against West Virginia on Sept. 26 was the 900th scored by the Sun Devils in the program's 29-year history. Those 900 goals were scored by 140 different players.
TWICE IS NICE: Behind a 7-0 record this season when scoring at least two goals, ASU is now 207-13-12 (.918) in program history when scoring multiple goals in a game. In addition, the team is 129-1-1 (.989) 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 leads ASU with eight goals after scoring in two of the last four games. Her 20 points are tops in the Big 12 and 17th nationally. Blundell ranks second in the country among freshmen in goals and third in points.
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: With a point in three straight games and six total goals, Enasia Colon has moved into 13th in program history with 49 points and 17 goals in her ASU career. She needs three goals to become the 12th player in team history to score 20 career goals.
Colon 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 is third on the team with five goals and 13 points. She snapped a four-game drought without a goal in the win over Cincinnati on Sunday.
Four of the goals scored by Valladares this season are game-winners, including 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 18 players in the country with at least four 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 26 career wins. Nelles made her 200th career save against West Virginia on Sept. 26, and she is fifth in team history with 202 through Sunday.
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 take their final road trip of the regular season next week, with two games in Texas. They begin the week against Baylor in Waco on Oct. 10.
Arizona State enters Friday at 7-2-3 overall and 2-2-1 in Big 12 play. They are tied for sixth in the conference standings at 1.40 points per game. The Sun Devils have recorded five shutouts and are 5-1-2 at home on the season. Offensively, ASU is scoring 2.17 goals per game while attempting 15.25 shots per outing. Sun Devil opponents score 0.75 goals on 10.8 shots per game.
Kierra Blundell has scored a team-high eight goals and leads the Big 12 with 20 points. Enasia Colon has added six goals and a team-high six assists for 18 points. Cameron Valladares has five goals, and her three assists match the total from Keri Matthews.
Pauline Nelles holds a 0.75 goals-against-average and .842 save percentage in goal.
ASU secured a 3-1 home win over Cincinnati on Sunday in their last outing. Colon finished with a goal and two assists, while Grace Gillard and Valladares also scored in the win.
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: Utah holds a 7-6-4 lead in the all-time series, but the Sun Devils are 5-1-3 in games played at home. The Utes claimed a 2-0 win in Salt Lake City last season after the teams played to a scoreless draw during the 2022 season in Tempe.
ABOUT UTAH: The Utes will bring a 4-4 overall record into Friday's meeting. They are winless (0-2-2) in their last four games played and sit tied for 10th in the Big 12 with a 1-2-2 record and 1.00 points per game.
Taliana Kaufusi leads the Big 12 with nine goals while attempting 31 shots. Katie O'Kane has added five goals. Kasey Wardle holds a 1.13 GAA and a .743 save percentage as the primary goalkeeper.
NUMBER 900: The goal by Kierra Blundell against West Virginia on Sept. 26 was the 900th scored by the Sun Devils in the program's 29-year history. Those 900 goals were scored by 140 different players.
TWICE IS NICE: Behind a 7-0 record this season when scoring at least two goals, ASU is now 207-13-12 (.918) in program history when scoring multiple goals in a game. In addition, the team is 129-1-1 (.989) 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 leads ASU with eight goals after scoring in two of the last four games. Her 20 points are tops in the Big 12 and 17th nationally. Blundell ranks second in the country among freshmen in goals and third in points.
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: With a point in three straight games and six total goals, Enasia Colon has moved into 13th in program history with 49 points and 17 goals in her ASU career. She needs three goals to become the 12th player in team history to score 20 career goals.
Colon 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 is third on the team with five goals and 13 points. She snapped a four-game drought without a goal in the win over Cincinnati on Sunday.
Four of the goals scored by Valladares this season are game-winners, including 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 18 players in the country with at least four 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 26 career wins. Nelles made her 200th career save against West Virginia on Sept. 26, and she is fifth in team history with 202 through Sunday.
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 take their final road trip of the regular season next week, with two games in Texas. They begin the week against Baylor in Waco on Oct. 10.