TEMPE– Sun Devil Lacrosse returns home and opens the month of March by facing off against Saint Joseph's on Saturday, March 1. The first matchup between the two programs is slated to start at 12 p.m. AZT, and is not set to be livestreamed, however stats will be available on Stat Broadcast.
Saturday marks the first of four straight home games for ASU, as the team has played four of their first five games on the road in 2025.
Sun Devil Outlook:
Despite tying a program-best 3-0 start, ASU has fallen in their last two games of the season, and holds on to a 3-2 record. Despite the losses, the Sun Devils have seen major production on both sides of the ball as junior attacker Jordyn Behar leads the team, and NCAA, with 21 assists.
The Sun Devils faced their first ranked opponent of the season after Monday's meeting with No. 22 USC. The team fell just short of an upset in the 16-14 defeat, marking nearly three years since the program has beaten a ranked team. In the defeat, senior goalie Katie Vahle recorded a career-high 18 saves, and is approaching the program's all-time save mark.
The hot start has ASU leading the Big 12 Conference in a variety of categories: assists per game (8.4), draw controls per game (16.80), save percentage (.513), and points per game (23.60). In all four categories, the Sun Devils sit at top-20 in NCAA ranks.
Scouting the Opponent:
Saint Joseph's is just the second member of the A10 Conference that the Sun Devils will face. They have a 1-4 record this season, with their lone win coming on the road at Temple. In the preseason, the Hawks had goalkeeper Jorden Concorda named to the 2025 Tewaarton Award Watch List. In five starts she's allowed 68 goals and has a .382 save percentage.
In their 2024 campaign, the team held an 11-7 record, eventually falling in the semifinal round of the A10 Championship.
Sun Devil Notables:
Saturday marks the first of four straight home games for ASU, as the team has played four of their first five games on the road in 2025.
Sun Devil Outlook:
Despite tying a program-best 3-0 start, ASU has fallen in their last two games of the season, and holds on to a 3-2 record. Despite the losses, the Sun Devils have seen major production on both sides of the ball as junior attacker Jordyn Behar leads the team, and NCAA, with 21 assists.
The Sun Devils faced their first ranked opponent of the season after Monday's meeting with No. 22 USC. The team fell just short of an upset in the 16-14 defeat, marking nearly three years since the program has beaten a ranked team. In the defeat, senior goalie Katie Vahle recorded a career-high 18 saves, and is approaching the program's all-time save mark.
The hot start has ASU leading the Big 12 Conference in a variety of categories: assists per game (8.4), draw controls per game (16.80), save percentage (.513), and points per game (23.60). In all four categories, the Sun Devils sit at top-20 in NCAA ranks.
Scouting the Opponent:
Saint Joseph's is just the second member of the A10 Conference that the Sun Devils will face. They have a 1-4 record this season, with their lone win coming on the road at Temple. In the preseason, the Hawks had goalkeeper Jorden Concorda named to the 2025 Tewaarton Award Watch List. In five starts she's allowed 68 goals and has a .382 save percentage.
In their 2024 campaign, the team held an 11-7 record, eventually falling in the semifinal round of the A10 Championship.
Sun Devil Notables:
- Senior goalie Katie Vahle notched a career-high 18 saves in Monday's performance. She tied her previous career-high 16 saves in the loss to Denver on Friday.
- Bella Ingrao is the reigning Big 12 Midfielder of the Week after recording a career-high three goals against DU last week.
- Vahle is chasing the program's career save mark, and is now 40 saves away from tying Berkeley Bonneau's program record of 576 saves.
- Junior attacker Lydia Oldknow's goal-scoring streak ended Monday, however she has a 24-game point-scoring streak.
- Junior attacker Jordyn Behar continues to rack up the saves this season after five against USC. She holds the team lead with 21 assists and averages 4.2 assists per game, the second best mark among active players in the NCAA.
- Behar's 21 assists this season has her in the program's record books at 9th all-time. In five games, Behar is halfway to hitting the single-season assist record of 42 set in 2022 by Emily Glagolev.
- Redshirt Freshman attacker Addie Shevitz has scored a hat trick in back to back games.
- Anna Viglione is 12 draw controls away from tying her 2024 total of 60, which came in 18 games.