WHEN: Friday at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Sun Devil Soccer Stadium • Tempe, Ariz.
WATCH: Pac-12 Mountain
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After going 1-3 in consecutive games against the current top four teams in the Pac-12 standings, the Sun Devil soccer team (6-3-2, 2-3 Pac-12) returns home to face Utah on Friday night. Game time is set for 7 pm at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium.
ASU’s accomplishments over the first six weeks of the season included a five-game winning streak, the program’s second 6-0-2 start in three seasons and its first 2-0 start in Pac-12 league play since 2007.
In ASU’s Pac-12 opener at Colorado (Sept. 23), Alexia Delgado scored the game’s first goal and midfield teammate Eva van Deursen accounted for the other two, including the game-winner with three seconds remaining in ASU’s dramatic, 3-2 win.
ASU started what most outside the state of California would consider to be the toughest possible four-game stretch in the Pac-12 with a come-from-behind win over Cal (2-1 on Sept. 29). For the second straight game, fifth-year seniors Delgado and van Deursen found the back of the net for the Sun Devils. Van Deursen’s goal in the 73rd minute – assisted by Delgado and Lucy Johnson – gave the Sun Devils a lead they would not relinquish.
ASU had to deal with the bitter taste of defeat for the first time this season after it was not able to score a goal – also a first this season – in a 2-0 setback to current No. 9 Stanford on Oct. 2. The Sun Devils were again held scoreless in a 4-0 loss at top-ranked UCLA on Oct. 6. ASU concluded the difficult string of games with a 2-1 loss at then-No. 8 USC on Sunday. The good news for the Sun Devils is they are coming off their best half of soccer in the loss at USC. Freshman Enasia Colon’s goal in the 48th minute cut ASU’s two goal deficit in half. Although they were ultimately not able to score the equalizer, the Sun Devils’ spirited play on both ends of the field resembled their performance in their last win against Cal on Sept. 29.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
• How competitive is the Pac-12? Prior to last week’s games in Los Angeles, the Sun Devils were in a three-way tie for fourth place. Fast forward one week and ASU (2-3 in the Pac-12) comes into Friday’s game in a four-way tie for seventh place (tied with Washington, Utah and Oregon). UCLA (5-0) leads the way…
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