<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3jQJFT_0wESPcem00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3jQJFT_0wESPcem00" width="1534" height="863" ><figcaption>Sun Devil Athletics</figcaption></figure>TEMPE – Sun Devil Soccer will welcome Kansas to Tempe on Sunday in the second of three straight games at home to wrap up the regular season. A crucial three points for each side will be on the line when the action begins at 1 p.m. at the Sun Devil Soccer Stadium.Arizona State enters the matchup with an 8-5-3 overall record, including a 6-2-2 mark at home. They sit 10th in the Big 12 table with a 3-5-1 record and an average of 1.11 points per game. The Sun Devils' recent form has them at 2-3 in the past five contests.ASU is 67th in the NCAA by scoring 1.88 goals per game after posting its eighth multi-goal game of the season on Thursday. Those goals come on an average of 14.19 shots per game, with 45.4 percent of those attempts on goal.Sun Devil opponents score 1.38 goals while taking 11.6 shots per contest. ASU has recorded six shutouts and turns away 74.7 percent of the opposition's shots on goal.Kierra Blundell leads the team with eight goals, while Enasia Colon has a team-best seven assists. The duo is tied for third in the Big 12 with 21 points. Colon and Cameron Valladares have each scored seven goals.Pauline Nelles has her GAA at 1.38 while posting eight wins and six shutouts in goal for the Sun Devils.Arizona State snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over Kansas State on Thursday. Keri Matthews gave ASU the lead with her fourth goal of the season in the 20th minute, while Valladares added the insurance goal in the 85th minute.WatchESPN+ will carry 11 Sun Devil home games and every Big 12 road game. ESPN+ is available via 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 NotesThe Sun Devils and Kansas have gone 1-1-1 in three previous meetings, with the last being a 4-0 ASU home win in 2013. The Jayhawks won the first meeting on a neutral site in 2009, and the teams played to a 2-2 draw in Lawrence during the 2012 campaign.About KansasKansas enters Sunday at 7-5-4 overall and tied for eighth in the Big 12 with a 4-4-1 record and averaging 1.44 points per game. They have won two straight and are unbeaten in three straight.Jillian Gregorski leads the Jayhawks with eight goals, while Lexi Watts has added six. Three players have posted four assists. Sophie Dawe has played most of the minutes in goal, with a 1.00 GAA and a .674 save percentage.Postseason PushWith two games remaining in the regular season, the Sun Devils need a win or losses by UCF and Iowa State to secure a spot in the Big 12 Tournament. ASU is still alive to finish anywhere from sixth through 14th in the final standings entering Sunday's action.Twice in NiceNow 8-0 when scoring at least two goals this season, ASU is 208-13-12 (.918) in program history when scoring multiple goals in a game. In addition, the team is 129-1-1 (.989) when scoring three-plus and 71-0 when scoring at least four goals.Brace for SuccessASU has set the program record with five different players posting a multi-goal game this season. Kierra Blundell had the team's first hat trick since 2022, while Enasia Colon has twice scored two goals in a game. Megan Sofield, Cameron Valladares, and Keri Matthews each have also recorded a brace this season.Freshman PhenomKierra Blundell leads ASU with eight goals, and her 21 points are tied for third in the Big 12. Among freshmen in the NCAA, Blundell is tied for fifth in goals and tied for third in points.Blundell is ninth in ASU history for goals by a freshman. Stacey Tullock holds the record with 13 goals in 1998. Six players tallied at least ten goals during their freshman campaign in Tempe.Colon ClimbsWith seven goals on the season, Enasia Colon has moved into a tie for 12th in program history with 18 career goals. Her assists against Kansas State on Thursday was the 16th of her career to move into a tie for ninth at ASU. Colon ranks 13th in team history with 52 career points. She also ranks in the ASU top 20 in shots, shots on goal, and shot percentage, along with per-game averages in goals, assists, and points.Clutch CamCameron Valladares extended her career high for goals in a season to seven when she scored against K-State on Thursday. Now tied for second on the team in goals this season, Valladares has scored for ASU in three of the past five games.Four of the goals scored by Valladares this season are game-winners, including her goal with 25 seconds remaining to defeat Utah Tech on Sept. 8. She is tied for the Big 12 lead in GWG and is one of 41 players in the country with at least four winners this season.Nelles NotesOn Thursday, Pauline Nelles secured her sixth shutout of the season, which ranks tied for 40th in the country. Nelles is second in ASU history with 18 career shutouts after setting the season record with nine last season.Nelles made her 200th career save against West Virginia on Sept. 26. She is fourth all-time at ASU with 219 saves and 27 wins.Looking AheadThe Sun Devils will conclude the regular season on Friday with a Territorial Cup game against Arizona in Tempe.</div></body>

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TEMPE – Sun Devil Soccer will welcome Kansas to Tempe on Sunday in the second of three straight games at home to wrap up the regular season. A crucial three points for each side will be on the line when the action begins at 1 p.m. at the Sun Devil Soccer Stadium.