(San Diego, CA) Sophomore Tate Stokesberry scored a career high of four goals while fifth year Greta Stahl tallied a hat trick for Sun Devil Lacrosse (4-11, 3-6 Pac-12) on Friday night against the Aztecs. In the 15-12 loss to San Diego State (6-9), goaltender Katie Vahle reached a new career high of 300 saves.
The Sun Devils play UC Davis on Sunday, April 23 at 12:00 p.m. MST at Aztec Lacrosse Field at SDSU.
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Notables:
Tate Stokesberry scored four goals, a single game career high in goals for the sophomore. Stokesberry now has seven points on the season, with four coming against the Aztec.
Kaylon Buckner, Berit Brookfield, Greta Stahl, Teagan Ng, Annie Haley all contributed a goal aside from Stokesberry’s hat trick.
Katie Brodsky grabbed two assists while Tate Stokesberry tallied one against SDSU.
Brodsky has extended her point streak to nine games while Buckner pushes her’s to five games.
Greta Stahl’s hat trick is the second of the season as a Sun Devil.
Buckner led the Sun Devils with nine draw controls. She currently leads the all-time record in draw controls at Arizona State with 212.
Buckner’s second goal of the game marks the Sun Devils’ 14th woman-up goal of the season.
Gigi Gaspar and Kaylon Buckner had three ground balls each.
Katie Vahle had seven saves on the night, allowing her to reach a new career high of 300 saves.
Eleventh time in 2023 the Sun Devils have scored double digits in their game.
The Sun Devils won the draw against the Aztecs, 16-15.
Game Summary:
Buckner opened space with a dodge, drove herself into the goal and found the back of the net on the left side to cut the Aztec lead to two goals. Katie Brodsky wrapped around behind the goal to find Berit Brookfield in a sprint, wide open where she capitalized to give the Sun Devils their second goal. In the first thirty seconds of the second quarter, Teagan Ng scored on her free position opportunity to make it 6-3. Tate Stokesberry tallied the fourth off a negative angle. In a give-n-go with Stokesberry, Greta Stahl without hesitation found the back of the net. With less than three minutes remaining in the first half, Stokesberry popped her second goal of the night to bring the Sun Devils within four goals.
Goal thirsty, Stokesberry knocked in her third that rolled past the Aztec goaltender. In the woman-up advantage Brodsky found Buckner in open space who finished her 31st goal of the season. In the last 15 seconds of the third quarter, Mina Scott connected with Annie Haley for a goal to continue the offensive push. Less than six remaining in the game, Stokesberry rushed in herself and with a right-handed side arm rip, she put the Sun Devils at double digits. With 2:34 left, Greta Stahl scored in her free position opportunity for back-to-back goals for the Sun Devils putting themselves within four. Stahl followed up with a quick third goal for the Devils, assisted by Scott. The three goal fourth quarter wouldn’t be enough for ASU as they fell 15-12.
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Liesl Babicka
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