Hunter Hippel, Author at Cronkite Sports

ASU Baseball: Workman’s two home runs push No. 10 Sun Devils to sweep Fresno State

by Hunter Hippel - March 8, 2020March 8, 2020

(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) Justin Fall may not have had his best stuff or the best start Sunday afternoon. That's been the case more than often than not in the young season for the Arizona State junior left-hander, as the highly-touted southpaw doesn't have the numbers most expected him to and has

ASU Baseball: Jump powers Sun Devils to 9-4 win over Fresno State

by Hunter Hippel - March 7, 2020March 7, 2020

Down 1-0 in the bottom of the first, Arizona State junior right fielder Hunter Jump stepped into the batter's box with junior first baseman Spencer Torkelson on first base, courtesy of the projected top-three draft pick's 30th walk in what's been an already record-breaking year. With the first baseman 90 feet

ASU Baseball: No. 10 Sun Devils hit the road for first time for two-game set at Cal State Fullerton

by Hunter Hippel - March 3, 2020March 3, 2020

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Sunday's 18-10 wallop by Nebraska against Arizona State may not have come at a better time for the Sun Devils. Sure, a loss in that fashion may not entirely be a good thing, but as head coach Tracy Smith said after the game, the performance might have been

ASU Baseball: Freshmen shine, offense explodes for dominate win over Nebraska

by Hunter Hippel - February 28, 2020February 28, 2020

(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) For a team loaded with what is projected to be multiple high round draft picks and with top-end talent, Friday night at Phoenix Municipal Stadium looked a bit different than the average game for the No. 12 Sun Devil baseball team. Thanks to nagging outfield injuries, Arizona State had

ASU Baseball: No. 12 Sun Devils look to continue win streak in Nebraska series

by Hunter Hippel - February 28, 2020February 28, 2020

(Photo: Nick Badders/WCSN) No. 12 Arizona State baseball is on the way to redeeming themselves after a tough start to the season. After underwhelming at 2-3 in it's first five games, the Sun Devils have ripped off four straight wins and are starting to look like the preseason powerhouse they were

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils lose to Wisconsin 6-2, ends regular season

by Hunter Hippel - February 22, 2020May 25, 2020

MADISON – Friday night, Arizona State men's hockey head coach Greg Powers stressed the need for his team to not engage in a shootout with the Wisconsin Badgers. It was clear, Powers said, that they were unable to keep up due the historic program's 12 NHL draft picks on its

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils fall in 7-6 shootout vs.Wisconsin

by Hunter Hippel - February 21, 2020May 25, 2020

MADISON – The first 29 seconds of Arizona State men's hockey's game against Wisconsin Friday night indicated that the contest might be a wild one. ASU took a 1-0 lead on an easy 4-v-2 rush thanks to sophomore defenseman Josh Maniscalco's snipe from senior forward Tyler Busch. Wisconsin sophomore winger Roman Ahcan

ASU Baseball: No. 13 Sun Devils hope bats will come, continue nonconference against Boston College

by Hunter Hippel - February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Tuesday night was supposed to be the time things rounded into shape for No. 13 Arizona State Baseball this season. It was the night a projected overpowering offense would show up for the first time in the new season. It was the night, for the first time this

ASU Baseball: No. 13 Sun Devils welcome Oklahoma State for midweek matchup

by Hunter Hippel - February 18, 2020May 25, 2020

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Arizona State baseball had high expectations to live up to coming into the opening weekend of the season. Baseball America had them ranked No. 3 in the country. D1Baseball had them ninth. They did not exactly live up to the rankings. The Sun Devils came out of their weekend 2-2,

ASU Men’s Hockey: Pasichnuk scores hat trick as Sun Devils sweep UAA

by Hunter Hippel - February 15, 2020December 5, 2021

Brinson Pasichnuk knew this weekend would be an emotional roller coaster for him. He had a lot at stake. First, he was sitting at career point No. 99 heading into the two-game series against Alaska-Anchorage. The 100th would make him the first Arizona State men's hockey player ever to hit that