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Soccer Heads to Fort Worth to Face #12 TCU

Soccer Heads to Fort Worth to Face #12 TCU


TEMPE – Sun Devil Soccer will play its final road game of the regular season on Sunday when it faces No. 12 TCU at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The action will begin at 11 a.m. AZT.

Arizona State will enter the game at 7-4-3 overall and 2-2-1 in road games. They have gone 2-4-1 in Big 12 play, where they sit tied for 10th in the conference table with an average of 1.00 points per game. The Sun Devils’ recent form has them at 1-3-1 over the past five games.

ASU ranks 66th in the NCAA by scoring 1.93 goals per game on the season, and they have scored multiple goals in a game seven times. They take 14.71 shots per outing, with 45.6 percent of those attempts on goal.

The opposition averages 1.21 goals per game while taking 11.6 shots per outing. ASU stops 77.6 percent of shots on goal and has five shutouts.

Kierra Blundell has scored a team-high eight goals and is third in the Big 12 with 20 points. Enasia Colon has added six goals and a team-high six assists for 18 points. Cameron Valladares also has six goals.

Pauline Nelles holds a 1.21 goals-against-average and .776 save percentage in goal.

The Sun Devils opened this road trip with a 4-0 loss at Baylor on Thursday. ASU fell behind in the 11th minute and never recovered in losing consecutive games for the first time this season.

Watch

Sunday’s game and every Big 12 road game ASU plays will be available on ESPN+ on the ESPN App, ESPN.com or plus.espn.com. Subscribers can watch it via most mobile and connected TV platforms, including iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, Android devices, Roku, and Chromecast.

Series Notes

ASU has split its two all-time meetings with TCU, with each team winning on the road. This will be the first meeting since the 2008 season when the Horned Frogs won in Tempe. The Sun Devils won on the road during the 2007 season.

About TCU

The Horned Frogs are 10-2-2- overall and tied atop the Big 12 table with a 5-0-2 record and averaging 2.43 points per game. They are 6-0-1 at home this season.

Seven Castain leads TCU with nine goals and 21 points while Bella Diorio and Caroline Kelly each have six goals and two assists. Megan Plaschko has played the majority of minutes in goal with a 1.00 GAA and a .742 save percentage.

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