(Tempe,AZ) Sun Devil Soccer has announced their 2023 schedule Thursday afternoon as head coach Graham Winkworth is set to begin his seventh season at Arizona State. The Sun Devils are slated to play five home games and four road matches ahead of their Pac-12 schedule this fall. Conference games hosted at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium feature the 2022 NCAA National Champions, UCLA, along with Oregon State, Washington, Washington State and USC.
“I’m very excited about our schedule for 2023 as we particularly have some excellent home matches,” Winkworth said. “It was very difficult assembling a schedule as most of this was done during a period of unknown (COVID-19). To have exciting and quality games will be awesome for all parties involved.”
ASU will appear on Pac-12 Arizona four times in 2023:
- at Stanford (Sept. 28)
- vs. USC (Oct. 19)
- at Utah (Oct. 26)
- at Arizona (Nov. 3)
Included in ASU’s schedule are six contests against teams that qualified for last season’s NCAA Tournament: Mississippi State, New Mexico State, Stanford, California, USC and UCLA. Three teams on the schedule the Sun Devils have never faced before.
The 2022 season included the program’s second NCAA appearance in three seasons, as it came to an end with a loss at No. 8 seed Portland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA match was the last for ASU’s outstanding quartet of fifth-year seniors: forwards Nicole Douglas and Olivia Nguyen and midfielders Alexia Delgado and Eva van Deursen. The four players combined for 337 games played and 298 starts while collectively amassing 101 goals and 73 assists. Following the season, Winkworth won the 2022 Wings of Gold Linda Vollstedt Coach of the Year.
This fall will feature 14 new Sun Devils including three graduate transfers, one goalkeeper, five forwards, two midfielders and defensemen along with four who are capable of playing multiple positions. Also joining the Maroon and Gold for the first time is assistant coach Hollie Loud.
As a team, the Sun Devils went 9-6-3, 5-5-1 Pac-12 last season.
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See below for more information on ASU’s 2023 schedule.
Thurs., Aug. 17 @ 7 p.m. MST – vs. Wright State / 8-7-3, 5-2-3 Horizon League
According to the records this is the first time the Sun Devils have played Wright State in program history. In the last five years, the Raiders have reached a .500 season win percentage twice. This past fall Wright State fell short in the Horizon League Championship Quarterfinals, 2-1, to Youngstown State University.
Sun. Aug. 20 – vs. Mississippi State / 12-6-4, 4-4-2 SEC – NCAA Second Round in 2022
In 2021, the Sun Devils defeated Mississippi State in Starkville 1-0 in the first meeting. Then senior Nicole Douglas scored the lone goal for ASU. This past season, MS State was defeated 2-0 in the SEC Quarterfinals Tournament by Alabama.The Bulldogs beat New Mexico State 2-1 in the first round of the NCAA, but lost to Memphis 4-0 in the second round.
Thurs., Aug. 24 @ TBD – at New Mexico State / 13-5-3, 7-2-2 Western Athletic Conference – NCAA First Round in 2022
The Sun Devils have defeated the Aggies both times they have faced each other in non-conference play (2021 and 2014), tallying a total of nine goals against NMSU and holding them to zero. In 2022, the Aggies accomplished a program high in season win percentage with .690. NMSU was defeated by Mississippi State 2-1 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Sun., Aug. 27 @ TBD – at UTEP / 4-11-3, 1-7-2 Conference USA
The last and only time the Sun Devils played UTEP was during the spring of 2021 featured in Sun Devil Stadium. Nicole Douglas scored two and Olivia Nguyen scored her first collegiate goal.
Thurs., Aug. 31 @ 10:00 a.m. MST – vs. Boise State / 8-5-7, 4-3-4 Mountain West
ASU and Boise State have split their program series, meeting for the first time in 2013 where the Broncos won 2-0. Last season, the Sun Devils won in Boise, 2-1, with both goals coming from Nicole Douglas. All three of Boise State’s conference losses came in the final five games of 2022.
Sun., Sept. 3 @ 10:00 a.m. MST – vs. Kent State / 4-7-7, 4-2-5 Mid-American Conference
Kent State is led by one of the longest-tenured coaches in the Mid-American Conference, Rob Marinaro, who has been with the program since its inception in 1997. This will be the first meeting between the Sun Devils and the Golden Flashes.
Thurs., Sept. 7 @ TBD – vs. Utah State (Tucson, Ariz.) / 8-5-8, 5-3-3 Mountain West
Utah State is the final non-conference game for the Sun Devils against an opponent the program has never played before. Utah State hired Manny Martins in 2021 and he became the fourth head coach in program history. In the 2022 season, USU advanced to the Mountain West tournament quarterfinals, reaching the conference tournament in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2013-14. The Aggies led the league in total points scored (87), total assists (31), total shots (300), total shots on goal (141) and were tied for first in goals scored (28). Their squad also featured three on the Mountain West All-Conference team with two on the second-team All-Mountain West.
Sun., Sept. 10 @ TBD – vs. Texas Tech (Tucson, Ariz.) / 9-4-6, 5-1-3 Big 12
This will be the seventh time in 12 years that the Sun Devils have played Texas Tech in Tucson for a neutral site game. Graham Winkworth led ASU to its defeat over the Red Raiders for the first time in program history in the fall of 2021 with three goals from Olivia Kearse-Thomas, Nicole Dogulas and Jazmine Wilkinson. Despite winning five games in the Big 12 last season, the Red Raiders lost to Oklahoma in the first game of the conference tournament.
Fri., Sept. 15 @ 7:00 p.m. MST – vs. Colorado College / 7-7-5, 4-3-4 Mountain West
The first time the Sun Devils met with Colorado College, they defeated them in Colorado Springs 1-0 thanks to Nicole Douglas. Last season, the Tigers lost 1-0 in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to San Jose State. Head coach Keri Sanchez has had one season under the helm, where the Tigers won two and tied two more games than in 2021.
Fri., Sept. 22 @ TBD – vs. Oregon State / 5-10-4, 1-8-2 Pac-12
The Sun Devils kick off conference play in a rematch of last fall’s game against the Beavers. Nicole Douglas scored in the first twenty minutes of play, but it was not enough as Oregon State tallied two in the second half for a 3-1 defeat over the Sun Devils.
Thurs., Sept. 28 @ 7:00 p.m. MST – at Stanford / 7-7-5, Pac-12 – NCAA Second Round in 2022 (PKs)
(Broadcast, Pac-12 Arizona and Pac-12 Bay Area)
Last season the Sun Devils fell short at home 2-0 to the Cardinal.
Sun., Oct. 1 @ TBD – at California / 7-7-5, 4-3-4 Pac-12 – NCAA First Round in 2022 (2OT)
The first half was a battle as fans walked into the second half with a tied game. With less than twenty minutes remaining, Eva van Deursen put one away to give the Sun Devils a 2-1 victory in Tempe.
Thurs., Oct. 5 @ TBD – vs. Washington / 10-6-3, 4-6-1 Pac-12
Alexia Delgado scored 14 minutes into the game for the Sun Devils lone goal in the 1-2 loss to the Huskies.
Sun., Oct. 8 @ 12:00 p.m. MST – vs. Washington State / 8-7-4, 2-6-3 Pac-12
In the fall, ASU headed Washington State their first home loss of the season (10/20) with a 2-0 victory thanks to goals by Olivia Ngyuen and Hannah Leitner.
Fri., Oct. 13 @ 7:00 p.m. MST – at Oregon / 4-8-7, 2-6-3 Pac-12
(Broadcast, Oregon Live Stream-2)
Nicole Douglas set new single-game standards for most goals (four) and points (nine) in a single game in the Sun Devil soccer team’s 5-1 win over the Ducks.
Thurs., Oct. 19 @ 7:00 p.m. MST – vs. USC / 12-3-3, 8-1-2 Pac-12 – NCAA First Round in 2022
(Broadcast, Pac-12 Arizona)
Enasia Colon scored her second collegiate goal in the Sun Devils 1-2 loss to the Trojans.
Sun., Oct. 22 @ TBD – vs. UCLA / 22-2-1, 9-2 Pac-12 – 2022 NCAA National Champions
It was a tough run last October as the Sun Devils lost in Los Angeles.
Thurs., Oct. 26 @ 4:00 p.m. MST – at Utah / 6-7-6, 2-5-4 Pac-12
(Broadcast, Pac-12 Arizona)
Over 90 minutes of soccer was played in Tempe last time these two teams met, but there was not a winner declared with a scoreless match.
Sun., Oct. 29 @ 11:00 a.m. MST – at Colorado / 8-7-5, 2-6-3 Pac-12
(Broadcast, Colorado Live Stream)
Alexia Delgado put one in the back of the net while Eva van Deursen scored two goals including the game winner for a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo.
Fri., Nov. 3 @ 7:00 p.m. MST – at Arizona / 8-7-3, 5-5-1 Pac-12
(Broadcast, Pac-12 Arizona)
In 2022, the Sun Devils defeated the Wildcats for the first time since 2015 with a second half comeback thanks to goals from Eva van Deursen and Lucy Johnson. Keri Matthewsalso got on the stat sheet with her goal in the first.
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