2020-21 Territorial Cup Series® Standings

Finally got our kachina for beating that team down south last season ??#NoPity pic.twitter.com/nrZZ3gEtWi

— Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) August 25, 2021

Arizona State University and University of Arizona sports teams competed against one another in 19 common varsity intercollegiate sports during the 2020-21 academic year. For a school to be the winner of the Territorial Cup Series ® Trophy, it must accumulate 10 points, and Arizona won the trophy with 10 points.

• Each sport will be worth one (1) point.
• The point is awarded to the team that wins a season series.
  1. If the teams play once in a given season (football) then that game counts as one point.
  2. For baseball and softball, all regular season games count towards season series tally, including the non-conference games.
  3. For cross country, golf, and track and field only, one point is awarded to whichever team finishes higher in the Pac-12 Championship.
• If teams split the regular season match-ups, then each team receives a half-point for that sport.
• In the event of a tie the following tie-breaker will be used: University with higher finish in the Directors' Cup Standings.
  1. In the event of a tie after the Directors' Cup Standings are used the TCS will end in a tie.

As the 2020-21 season progresses, below will be a running recap of competitions from this season in which a Territorial Cup Point is on the line.

See the updated scoring here.

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD (ASU GETS BOTH POINTS; FINAL SERIES SCORE IS UA 10.0, ASU 9.0)
MAR. 12-13, 2021 -- ASU MEN 4TH (72 POINTS), UA MEN 5TH (67)/ASU WOMEN 3RD (77), UA WOMEN 8TH (51.50): ASU finished fourth in the men's rankings (72 points) and third in the women's (77) and collected four conference championship medals during the week in getting both points.
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UA MEN’S GOLF WINS POINT (UA CLINCHES SERIES 10.0-7.0)
APRIL 28, 2021:  UA WINS PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP, ASU SECOND: The Sun Devil men's golf team played well enough to win a lot of tournaments this week, but not quite well enough to win the Pac-12 title. The Sun Devils couldn't overcome leader Arizona and finished second at Mayacama Golf Club (par 72/6,785 yards) in Santa Rosa, CA. ASU finished at 37-under 1,403 (346-349-360-348) while Arizona won the crown at 41-under 1,399 (344-352-355-348).  ASU (-25) was four shots behind Arizona (-29) entering the final round and took a lead midway through the final round, but Arizona played great down the stretch to win the title. ASU's second-place finish is its best since it won the title in 2008. Arizona grabbed the third-round lead with a 5-under 355 (teams played six and counted five as per Pac-12 tradition) while ASU had sophomore Ryggs Johnston tied for the individual lead at 12-under 204 (67-66-71) and senior Chun An Yu three shots back at 9-under 207 (69-69-69). Both Johnston and Yu tied for fourth at 4-under 276, with Yu shooting 69 every day and Johnston finishing with a 72.

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ASU WOMEN'S GOLF WINS POINT (UA LEADS 9.0-7.0)
APRIL 25, 2021: ASU 3RD AND UA 4TH AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP: ASU (+8/860) secured a third-place finish for the second consecutive championship and third time in five tries under head coach Missy Farr-Kaye. With Territorial Cup Series implications making every stroke important, the Sun Devils finished ahead of Arizona to claim the point. It is the first time since 2016 the Maroon & Gold claimed the point, a crucial one in preventing the Wildcats from clinching the series. It was a clutch finish by Linn Grant that was the key for ASU, as she birdied 16 and 17 down the stretch to put her team up one stroke in the standings. Three Sun Devils birdied 16, showing poise when they needed to the most. The Sun Devils finished behind champion USC and host Stanford, with six of the ten teams finishing +23 or worse.

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UA BEACH VOLLEYBALL WINS ANOTHER HALF POINT (UA LEADS 9.0-6.0)
APRIL 22, 2021: UA 4, ASU 1 AT XAVIER COLLEGE PREPATORY: No. 20 Arizona State fell in the second Territorial Cup dual against No. 9 Arizona, 4-1, at Xavier College Preparatory on on April 22. Arizona State finished the regular season 9-10 (4-7 Pac-12), while Arizona (21-4, 5-2 Pac-12) earned the full Territorial Cup point in the series after winning the dual in Tucson earlier this season. This was also the last regular season dual for ASU before the Pac-12 Championships. The lone point for the Sand Devils came on court three. Senior Cierra Flood and sophomore Sarah Waters dropped the first set but came storming back to take the second and third sets and win the match. It was the 50th career win for Flood, making her the seventh Sand Devil to reach that mark. This is the third win for this pair over a duo from a ranked team this season.


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SUN DEVIL SOFTBALL EARNS FULL POINT (UA LEADS 8.5-6.0)
APR 16-18, 2021 -- @ASU 3 GAMES, ASU 1: A new COVID induced scheduling format for 2021 -- four games in three days with one non-conference game on Saturday night -- turned into a Pac-12 sweep for the Sun Devils as the Wildcats could only get the non-conference win. ASU won the Friday night contest 4-3 and then clinched the Pac-12 series with a solid 8-1 win in the Saturday matinee. Arizona won the Saturday night non-conference game, but ASU earned the eight-inning 4-3 win and Pac-12 sweep behind Denae Chatman's two-homer effort and Maddi Hackbarth's game-winning hit. The Sun Devil Pac-12 sweep of the in-state rival is their first since 2012, the first series win versus the Wildcats in the Trisha Ford era and the team's first sweep of a Pac-12 opponent in 2021.

 

We sweep, Tucson weeps ??

We take ALL the territorial cup points pic.twitter.com/pbllIk4xT4

— Sun Devil Softball (@ASUSoftball) April 18, 2021

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ASU WOMEN'S TENNIS WINS FULL POINT (UA LEADS 8.5-5.0)
APRIL 17, 2021 -- ASU 4, @UA 0: ASU won in Tucson 4-0 shutout with Lauryn John-Baptiste, Giulia Morlet, Marianna Argyrokastriti's singles victories leading the way. 

 

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— Arizona State Women’s Tennis (@sundevilwtennis) April 17, 2021

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UA MEN'S TENNIS WINS FULL POINT (UA LEADS 8.5-4.0)
APRIL 17, 2021 -- UA 4, @ASU 0: No. 23 Arizona won in Tempe with a 4-0 shutout over No. 25 Arizona State.

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UA WOMEN'S SOCCER CLINCHES FULL POINT (UA LEADS 7.5-4.0)
APRIL 16, 2021 -- UA 2, @ASU 0: The Arizona State soccer team (8-5-2, 4-3-2) ended the regular season with a 2-0 loss to in-state rival, Arizona (9-5-1, 4-5-1) in a heartbreaker at Sun Devil Stadium. Arizona got the early lead in the 16th minute and never looked back as they held the Sun Devil offense to just nine shots. Midway through the second half, the Wildcats sealed the deal with a two-goal lead in the final home stand of the season.

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UA BEACH VOLLEYBALL WINS HALF POINT (UA LEADS 7.0-4.0)
MARCH 28, 2021 -- @UA 4, ASU 1: In the first rivalry dual of the season, the two teams competed in tight contests, four of the five going to three sets. The Sun Devils won the first sets on courts one, three and five, but the Wildcats responded and forced all of them to three sets. Katelyn Carballo and Lexi Sweeney were the only ASU pair to come out victorious. The No. 2 pair of Anderson and Sochacka were able to bounce back in their second set to force a third but came up short.

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UA BASEBALL WINS FULL POINT (UA LEADS 6.5-4.0)
APR 1-3, 6, 2021 -- @UA 3 GAMES, ASU 1: The Wildcats took three of four from ASU as it won 10-5 on April 1 and 3-2 on April 3 to bookend a Pac-12 weekend and then won a Tuesday non-conference game following the series in Tucson 14-2. ASU won 7-6 on April 2.

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UA SOCCER GETS HALF POINT  (UA LEADS 5.5-4.0)
MAR. 19, 2021 -- @UA 1, ASU 0: Despite a physical battle and a backstop performance by goalkeeper Giulia Cascapera, the No. 16 Arizona State soccer team suffered its first loss of the season at Arizona on March 10. The match between ASU (6-1-2) and Arizona (6-3-0) does not count toward conference standings, making the Sun Devils still undefeated in Pac-12 Conference play. In her eighth start of the season, Cascapera came up with five saves on the night, her second-most in a single game this season. Arizona scored the lone goal at 32:47 as the Wildcats outshot the Sun Devils 17-8. 

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INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD (EACH TEAM GETS A POINT, UA LEADS 5.0-4.0)
MAR. 12-13, 2021 -- ASU MEN T-18, UA MEN 25TH/UA WOMEN T-20, ASU WOMEN T-29: The Sun Devil women tied for 29th with six points, while the men tied for 18th with 10 points. Arizona secured the women’s point in the Territorial Cup Series as it had 10 points and tied for 20th while the Sun Devil men notched a Territorial Cup point (Arizona tied for 25th with eight points). Jorinde Van Klinken took third in the shot (17.56m/57-7.5) for the women’s six points, while Turner Washington’s national title in the shot put (21.36m/70-1) earned all 10 of the men’s points. The NCAA Championship was used in 2021 due to the cancellation of the MPFS Championships.

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VOLLEYBALL (ASU GETS A HALF POINT, UA LEADS 4.0-3.0)
MAR. 7, 2021 -- @ASU 3, ARIZONA 2: Down 2-0, Sun Devil Volleyball came roaring back to complete the reverse sweep and beat the Arizona Wildcats in five sets (26-28, 12-25, 25-16, 25-22, 15-10) in Desert Financial Arena in its first five-set win of the season. The all-time series record between these two teams is now 53-53 after splitting this season series. Sophomore setter Shannon Shields came in to start as the setter in the second set, notching 33 assists, the highest she has had as a Sun Devil. She also had two kills and seven digs. Three Sun Devils reached double figures in kills. Freshman Marta Levinska had 16 on a .371 clip, as well as five blocks and six digs. Sophomore Iman Isanovic had 15 kills with three aces. Finally, freshman Roberta Rabelo had 10 kills, her second time in double figures this season.
 

OUR. STATE. ?? pic.twitter.com/SGLHQ4J7Yt

— Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) March 8, 2021

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GYMNASTICS (ASU GETS A POINT, UA LEADS 4.0-2.5)
MAR. 6, 2021 -- @ASU 196.100, ARIZONA 196.075: Senior Cairo Leonard-Baker celebrated senior day with a meet-clinching routine on floor to push No. 7 Sun Devil Gymnastics to their sixth-straight win over the Arizona Wildcats, 196.100 to 196.075, on Saturday in Desert Financial Arena. Arizona State (5-4) won the Territorial Cup point with this win over Arizona (2-6). ASU Head Coach Jay Santos has not lost to the Wildcats in his time with the Sun Devils. Senior Cairo Leonard-Baker ended her home career with a bang. She won the bars title with a 9.900, her second in a row. She also notched a 9.900 on floor to clinch the win. Anything less than her 9.900 would have tied or lost the meet. On vault, she added a solid 9.

Got our kachina today for our win over the cats last season ??

Also a good time to remind everyone that Jay and Jess have never lost to the kitties ?? pic.twitter.com/LbSNW5f1YL

— Sun Devil Gymnastics (@SunDevilGym) September 3, 2021

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CROSS COUNTRY (ARIZONA GETS TWO POINTS, GOES UP 4.0-1.5)
MAR. 5, 2021 -- UA WOMEN AND MEN 8TH, ASU MEN AND WOMEN 9TH: ASU competed hard in the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships in Washington and celebrated Vincent Mauri finishing in the top-25 of the pack in the men's 8k, along with a handful of new personal records. Stanford brought home first place as a team in both the women's 6k and the men's 8k. Megan Reniewicki led the Sun Devils in the women's 6k and finished 41st with a time of 20:53.70. In total, ASU recorded 11 PRs in Washington.

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VOLLEYBALL (ARIZONA GETS A HALF POINT, GOES UP 2.0-1.5)
MAR. 5, 2021 -- @ARIZONA 3, ARIZONA STATE 0: In the first of two rivalry games on the weekend, Sun Devil Volleyball came up short against the Arizona Wildcats, falling in three sets (25-19, 25-19, 25-20) at the McKale Center. Arizona State (1-10) fell to Arizona (5-8) for the first time since 2018. The Sun Devil serve was strong at times during the match, totaling six aces, four of which came from the third set. Sophomore Iman Isanovic led the way with three aces and in kills with 11, one of two players in the match to reach double figures.

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (ARIZONA STATE GETS A HALF POINT FOR SERIES SPLIT, SERIES TIED AT 1.5)
FEB. 27, 2021 -- ARIZONA STATE 66, ARIZONA 64 (OT): Taya Hanson (team-high 19 points/13 in second half and OT) and Jaddan Simmons (15 points/11 in second half and OT) combined for 34 points to help the Sun Devil women's basketball team upset ninth-ranked Arizona 66-64. Freshman posts Maggie Besselink and Katelyn Levings scored seven points apiece. Besselink grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds (tying the single-game high by a Sun Devil this season) and senior Bre'yanna Sanders, who was honored as part of Senior Day ceremonies after the game, accounted for eight points. For the Sun Devils (11-9, 6-9 Pac-12), it was their first win of the season over a Top 10 foe and their third in the last two seasons after knocking off second-ranked Oregon and third-ranked Oregon State in successive games last season.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL (ARIZONA GETS A HALF POINT FOR SECOND WIN, SERIES IS IN FAVOR OF ARIZONA 1.5 TO 1)
JAN. 25, 2021 -- AT ARIZONA 80, ARIZONA STATE 67: Arizona jumped out early and often and raced to a 40-18 halftime lead and led by as many as 26, but ASU cut it to nine late. Remy Martin led ASU with 24 points, while Jalen Graham had career bests in points (14) and rebounds (11). ASU was 8-of-35 (.229) from the field in the first half, had seven shots blocked and was outrebounded 40-30. ASU's first points were at the 13:16 mark as it fell behind 12-0 and 32-8 (4:41) as it shot  8-of-35 (.229) in the first half.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL (ARIZONA GETS A HALF POINT FOR FIRST WIN, SERIES IS TIED 1-1)
JAN. 21, 2021 -- ARIZONA 84, ARIZONA STATE 82: A wild game that ended with an Arizona tip in off an airball three-pointer gave Arizona the win despite ASU shooting .524 from three (11-of-21), 18-of-21 (.857) from the free throw line in the second half and scoring 52 second-half points. There were 13 lead changes and 10 ties as Arizona jumped out to an 11-point lead late in the first half and ASU led by seven with 4:42 remaining. Remy Martin (six assists) and Josh Christopher (three steals) led ASU with 18 points each. Arizona made 7-of-11 (.636) three-pointers in the first half. Jalen Graham in his first game since Dec. 16 (mononucleosis) had 10 points and three blocks in 24 minutes (+14) off the bench. ASU committed a season high 16 turnovers.
 

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— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) January 22, 2021

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FOOTBALL (SUN DEVILS GET FIRST FULL POINT IN THE SERIES, ASU LEADS 1.0-0.5)
DEC. 11, 2020 -- ASU 70, AT ARIZONA 7: History was made on a cool Friday evening as the Sun Devils rewrote numerous sections of the record book with its 70-7 dismantling at Arizona in the annual Territorial Cup contest. How quickly did it get going in the favor of the Sun Devils? ASU had two touchdowns in the first minute. Since 1996 that has only happened twice: North Texas vs. UTEP (Nov. 2, 2019) and Western Michigan vs. Ball State (Oct. 9, 2010). The Sun Devils recorded a school record 10 touchdowns for the second-most points in program history and most in the Pac-12 era, surpassing the 61 set in 1951. The victory gave ASU four in a row over the Wildcats - the first four-game winning streak for ASU in the Pac-12 era. Rachaad White earned the Bob Moran Territorial Cup Most Valuable Player award behind his 133-yard, three-touchdown effort that was highlighted by a 93-yard touchdown run (tied for the fifth-longest touchdown rush in program history).
 

We just received the uniform of @ASUFootball’s Peizhang "Jackson" He; the 1st Chinese-born player to score a touchdown in FBS history! He came to Arizona state after moving thousands of miles from his hometown of Shaoguan, China. #GoDevils pic.twitter.com/2VsO5HorDK

— College Football Hall of Fame (@cfbhall) February 4, 2021

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (ARIZONA GETS ON SCOREBOARD FIRST AND LEADS WITH A HALF POINT)
DEC. 10, 2020 --AT ARIZONA 65, ASU 37: A 27 percent shooting effort and 23 turnovers proved to be too much for the Sun Devils to overcome against the nation's sixth-ranked team as ASU fell 65-37 at Arizona. Taya Hanson tied her career high with 14 points to lead the Sun Devils, who were facing their second-straight Top-10 foe, after falling to then-No. 9 UCLA 63-59 on Sunday. Unlike Sunday's game in which the Sun Devils (4-2, 1-2 Pac-12) fought back from a 17-point deficit to eventually take the lead in the final frame against the Bruins, ASU found itself unable to put together any substantial scoring runs once the Wildcats went up by double digits in the second quarter.