STILLWATER, Okla. – Looking to maintain footing on the Big 12 Conference table, Sun Devil Soccer will head to the Sooner State to square off against Oklahoma State (5-6-3, 1-4-1) at Neal Patterson Stadium in Stillwater at 5 p.m. MST / 7 p.m. CDT on Friday, Oct. 16.
Television
- Adam Hildebrandt (play-by-play) and Anna Berghall (analyst) will call Sunday morning’s action on ESPN+, which will be available to stream on either the Disney+, ESPN or Hulu apps.
Series history
- The winner of Friday night’s contest will mark a 1-1-1 all-time series tie between Arizona State and Oklahoma State.
- The Sun Devils are looking for their first win over the Cowgirls in Stillwater, Okla., since the series began during the 2014 season.
- This Friday’s match will mark the first time Arizona State has played Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla., since Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, when the Cowgirls earned a 3-2 win despite the Sun Devils taking a 2-1 lead into halftime.
- Arizona State and Oklahoma State will meet in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2014 and 2015, when the Sun Devils won, 2-0, in Tempe, before the Cowgirls won, 3-2, in Stillwater.
- Last season, the two programs played to a 0-0 tie after 90 minutes on the pitch on Thursday, Sept. 25 in Tempe.
- No active Sun Devil has scored a goal against Oklahoma State.
- In fact, Arizona State hasn’t netted a goal in a match against the Cowgirls since the 37’ of a 3-2 OSU win in Stillwater on Sept. 18, 2015.
Kicking off
- A win over Oklahoma State would give Arizona State its eighth win of the season, marking the seventh consecutive season the Sun Devils have won 8 or more matches in a single season.
- A victory over the Cowgirls would also give the Sun Devils their third conference win on the season, which would tie for the most conference wins in a single season since joining the Big 12 Conference prior to the 2024 season.
- With her next penalty kick, Kierra Blundell will have scored her third penalty kick of the season, which would be the second most by a Sun Devil in a single season in program history.
- Nicole Douglas holds the program’s single-season penalty kick record with six.
- With her next goal, Kierra Blundell will have eight goals in the season, the most by any Sun Devil since Blundell scored nine as a freshman in 2024.
- Enasia Colon was the last Sun Devil, not named Kierra Blundell, to score 8 or more goals in a single season when she scored nine in 20 matches played throughout the 2023 season.
- A victory at Oklahoma State on Friday would mark the third road win for Arizona State this season, giving the Sun Devils back-to-back seasons with 3-or-more wins in true road matches for the first time since doing so in four straight seasons (2020-23).
- Three points for Arizona State on Friday would give 10th-year head coach Graham Winkworth his 85th win at the helm of the Sun Devils, just five behind tying Kevin Boyd for the most wins by a head coach in program history.
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