(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) The regular season gets underway for Arizona State with the first puck drop Friday night against UMass- Amherst. After a successful 4-1 win in Friday's exhibition game against NAIT, the Sun Devils are going into this weekend's matchup quite confident. “We want to win in this building,” alternate captain Louie Rowe said.
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ASU Women’s Hockey: Devils head into weekend series against Boulder with chip on shoulders
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) There is nothing like the feeling of proving someone wrong. Whether that be in an argument, on a math test or even on the ice. This weekend serves as a golden opportunity for the Arizona State women's club hockey team to do just that. This weekend’s matchup against the
ASU Women’s Hockey: Dynamic defense key for Devils
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) While defending the goal is of the utmost importance for the Arizona State’s blue line, jumping into the rush is elevating the scoring chances for the Sun Devils this season. And when odd-man attacks break out, the ASU defense strives to always communicate with their partners. In their first series
ASU Soccer: California run continues with ranked UCLA and USC
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After a challenging week on the road against Cal and Stanford, the Arizona State women’s soccer team will continue their run against California teams this weekend. The Sun Devils return to their home turf to take on No. 1 UCLA on Thursday and No. 6 USC on Sunday. Although
ASU Women’s Hockey: Aggression to play major role to success for Sun Devils
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) If there could only be one takeaway from the first series of the year for the Arizona State women's club hockey team against Grand Canyon University, it would certainly be the Sun Devils' aggressive play in the attacking zone. This aggressive approach, mainly coming from the defensive line, has been a
ASU Soccer: Sun Devils fall hard to No. 2 Stanford
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After an impressive draw against California to begin their Bay Area trip Thursday, the ASU women’s soccer team failed to have the same quality performance against Stanford Sunday afternoon. Stanford cruised to a 6-0 victory against the Sun Devils. From kickoff, the Cardinal seemed to be the more energetic
ASU Hockey: Walker impresses in win over NAIT
(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) Johnny Walker led Arizona State in tonight's exhibition game against Northern Alberta Institute for Technology, helping it secure a 4-1 victory. NAIT came out strong with fast opening lines in the first, but due to a high number of penalties (four in the first period), Walker was able to one up
ASU Hockey: Five burning questions for the 2017-2018 season
(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) “Be the tradition.” That has been Arizona State head coach Greg Powers’ emphasis to his squad throughout its short existence as a NCAA team. As the Sun Devils head into their third season as an Independent, they will look to improve upon their 10-19-3 record. ASU finished strong last season,
ASU Women’s Hockey: Devils take advantage of early GCU mishaps in 4-1 win
(Photo: Liesl Babicka/WCSN) After finishing Friday night’s game in a 1-1 tie, the Arizona State women’s club hockey team finally shook off all of the offseason cobwebs, finishing its two-game series against Grand Canyon University with a decisive 4-1 victory on Saturday. GCU began to apply pressure immediately after puck-drop. However, even with
ASU Soccer: Devils open up Pac-12 play with a victory
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) On Friday night, Arizona State soccer played Oregon State in their first Pac-12 match of season and were determined to start conference play with a win. The first half started out slowly for both teams as sloppy mistakes were evident. Poor passes and lazy movement denied either team the