WHEN: Friday at 3 p.m. MST/4 p.m. MDT
WHERE: Prentup Field • Boulder, Colo.
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The Sun Devil soccer team (4-0-2) starts Pac-12 play on Friday (3 p.m. MST/4 p.m. MDT) when it travels to Boulder, Colo., to face the Colorado Buffaloes. This will be ASU’s second trip to the state of Colorado this season. Last month (Aug. 28), the Sun Devils played Denver to a 1-1 tie.
The fact the Sun Devils are unbeaten is a testament to the team’s focus despite the obstacles it has overcome to play the games it has thus far.
Both of ASU’s opening weekend contests were affected by weather. ASU’s opening game, 1-1 tie vs. 2021 NCAA Tournament participant South Dakota State, started on the night of Aug. 18 and finished on the morning of Aug. 19. Keri Matthews’ first career goal tied the game at 1-1 on Friday after SDSU took the lead during Thursday’s evening session. ASU’s next scheduled contest vs. Hawai’i (Aug. 21) did not even start (lightning) just as the teams were getting to warm up. The game was eventually canceled.
The Sun Devils were able to start and finish their first road contest, a 2-1 win at Boise State (Aug. 25), without any unusual stoppages. However, weather issues once again came into play – a 50-minute lightning delay before the start of the second half – in ASU’s ensuing contest, at Denver.
ASU returned home and scored its most goals since the 2021 season opener in a 6-2 win over UAB (Sept. 1). The Sun Devils then went 13 days without playing a game after their home contests vs. Georgia Southern (Sept. 4) & Pepperdine (Sept. 8) were canceled (Covid-19 protocols).
ASU returned to action last week with a pair of 5-0 wins over Grambling State (Sept. 14) and vs. Toledo (Sept. 18).
The tremendous job of ASU has done of maintaining its focus would come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the program in recent years. During the Covid season of 2020 (played in the spring of 2021), ASU made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014 and was just short of making its first Sweet 16 after falling to Duke in double OT. Last season, ASU still managed to post a double-digit win total having to play 22 different players in the starting line due to an unlucky spate of injuries. Including this season’s 4-0-2 record, the Sun Devils are now 28-7-2 in regular…
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