Notable stats

Arizona State (16-3, 7-1 Big 12) earned its eighth win in a row in the series against Utah (12-7, 4-4 Big 12) while improving its overall win streak to seven.

For the third match in a row, senior opposite Noemie Glover notched 20-plus kills, earning 23 in the win. It was her fourth match this season eclipsing the 20-kill mark, eighth time in her career. This was her 13th match in a row with double-digit kills. Additionally, she got her third double-double of the year by adding 11 digs.

A second double-double on the squad tonight came from junior outside hitter Una Vajagić with 16 kills and 10 digs. This was her third double-double in a row to improve to a team-best ninth of the season, all in the last 11 matches. She also had three aces

The Sun Devils had 13 blocks in the win, the ninth time this season with double-digit blocks. It was the second match in a row reaching double figures, six in the last seven. Leading the team was senior middle blocker Ella Lomigora with seven.

Sophomore outside hitter Maéva Schalk nearly got her first double-double with nine kills and 13 digs. The dig total is a new career high for her. She also earned a new personal best in blocks with five.

The two setters combined for 54 assists. Senior Isabella Costantini had 24 and seven digs, while freshman Elle Mottola dished out 20 assists, two kills and two blocks.

Junior libero Faith Frame had 11 digs tonight, her third-straight match in double figures, 12th time this season.

Set one: Utah 27, ASU 25

The opening set was close to start, neither team able to go on a run. A kill from Vajagić tied it up at 6-6. Utah got a lead of three before an error and an ace from freshman Paige Lehman put ASU within one, 12-11. Neither team was still able to create much separation, but the Utes slowly got their lead back up to three, 20-17, forcing a timeout from the Sun Devils. Glover came out of the break with a vengeance, putting away two-straight kills on big swings to make it 20-19. ASU put together a 4-0 run behind the serve of Lehman and two blocks to take the 23-22 lead. However, aided by some Arizona State errors, Utah won it in extra points, 27-25. There were nine ties and three lead changes in this set.

Set two: ASU 25, Utah 19

Arizona State took control early in the second frame, going up 4-1 after an ace from Vajagić and a couple of blocks from Lomigora. A huge 9-1 run for the Sun Devils boosted their lead up to 17-9. That run included a few kills from Glover and another ace from Vajagić. The Utes responded, scoring four in a row to close the gap to 22-18 and force both Sun Devil timeouts in that run. A smart shot from Vajagić ended the run, then a kill from Glover swiped the ball off the block for the kill to put ASU at set point, 24-19. An error from the home team won the set for Arizona State, 25-19.

Set three: ASU 25, Utah 21

It was back and forth to begin the third set until a few kills from Schalk helped ASU on a 5-0 run with Lehman serving to go up 10-5. An ace from junior middle blocker Zoey Burgess pushed the lead to 13-10, but Utah closed the gap to one at 13-12. The Sun Devils scored four-straight points with two blocks from Lomigora to push it to 17-12. A run of three with Lomigora involved in all three points made it a seven-point advantage, 20-13. The Utes were able to close the gap to 20-16 after scoring three in a row, but a kill from Glover got the sideout. Utah put pressure on again late, holding off three-straight set points, but Glover’s 20th kill won the set, 25-21.

Set four: ASU 25, Utah 21

The teams kept it tight until junior Piper Rama served Arizona State on a 7-0 run to go up 13-7. The run saw three errors from the home team, as well as two aces from Rama. A run of three from the Utes cut the lead to two until Vajagić’s kill got the sideout and put the Sun Devils up 15-12 at the media break. Utah took the lead at 18-17 after another run of three, but ASU responded with four-straight points to go back up 21-18. The teams traded points towards the end of the set, but back-to-back kills from Vajagić won the set for the Sun Devils, 25-21.

Up next

The road trip continues for Arizona State with a matchup at No. 11 BYU on Saturday. The match will be at 5:30 p.m. MST/6:30 p.m. MDT on ESPN+.

Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Kimberlie Haner 

Final scores:

No. 6 ASU Men 210, – SMU, 90
No. 18 ASU Women, 221 – SMU, 79

Who’s going to World Championship trials?

Ilya Kharun, Quin Seider, Tolu Young, JT Ewing, Nick Simons, Oliver Munn, Miriam Sheehan, Julia Illmann, Daniel Marinov, Mattia Mauri.

Senior Ilya Kharun earned victories in both butterfly events, winning the 100m fly in 49.40 and the 200m fly in 1:51.44, both by multiple seconds. Additionally, junior butterfly specialist Julia Ullmann won both fly events, hitting the wall in 57.59 (100m fly) and the 200m fly in 2:08.82. Both will compete at world trials next weekend.

Fifth year Nick Simons swept both of his backstroke events, winning the 100m back in 50.44 and the 200m back in 1:52.18. Junior Tolu Young won his only individual event, placing first in the 50m free in 21.02. Senior Miriam Sheehan was second in the 100m fly in 58.32 and was on both relay teams that placed first.

The women’s 200m medley won by 2.05 seconds, hitting the wall in 1:47.00 as the women’s 200 free relay was won in 1:39.03. ASU’s men’s top relay won the 200m medley in 1:33.02 and the 200m free in 1:24.66.

Diving results:

Women’s 1M: 2. Kayden Hayes (233.55), 3. Libby Thai (204.30), 4. Saeren Brett (198.23)
Women’s 3M: 2. Kayden Hayes (247.05), 3. Saeren Brett (222.08), 4. Libby Thai (212.70)

Men’s 1M: 2. Mario Del Valle (310.43), 5. Cody Smith (233.25), 7. Carson Christiansen(215.85)
Men’s 3M: 4. Mario Del Valle (325.50), 6. Cody Smith (250.35), Carson Christiansen (196.35)

Final results:

200m Medley Relay

Women –

1. ASU A: 1:47.00
2. ASU B: 1:49:05
3. ASU C: 1:51.04

Men –

1. ASU  A: 1:33.02
2. ASU B: 1:35.42
3. ASU C: 1:35.54
4. ASU D: 1:35.66

800m Freestyle

Women –

1. Alexa Reyna: 8:41.84
2. Lia Csulak: 8:58.01
3. Eleaunah Phillips: 9:07.59

Men –

1. Reece Grady: 7:58.27
4. Michael Hochwalt: 8:20.06
5. Ethan Linville: 8:21.35

200m Freestyle

Women –

1. Albane Cachot: 1:56.33
2. Grace Lindberg: 1:57.85
3. Maya Hetland: 2:00.10
5. Sonia Vaishnani: 2:01.43

Men –

2. Mattia Mauri: 1:44.28
3. Quin Seider: 1:45.26
4. Noah Mudadu: 1:46.21
7. Saadeddin Saadeddin: 1:51.47
–  Dillion Albertyn: 1:49.22
– Kuba Shaw: 1:46.85

100m Backstroke

Women –

1. Jordan Greber: 58.37
2. Alyssa Albertyn: 59.87
3. Alexia Sotomayor: 59.98 (Peru national record)
4. Payden Rafferty: 1:00.57

Men –

1. Nick Simons: 50.44
2. Nathan Muratory: 51.54
3. Parker Deshayes: 51.83
4. Henry Lyness: 52.75

Hayden Hakes: 52.97
Jack Troy: 52.44

100m Breaststroke

Women –

1. Lucie Vasquez: 1:06.30
2. June Selin Tran-Hansen: 1:06.89
3. Cali Watts: 1:09.05
7. Lily Jayne Allison: 1:11.94

Men –

1. Oliver Munn: 57.54
3. Brayden Taivassalo: 1:00.45
4. Ian Disoway: 1:00.47

200m Butterfly

Women –

1. Julia Ullmann: 2:08.82
3. Monica Leydar Lasalvia: 2:11.01
4. Haddie Vohs: 2:12.54
6. Belis Sakar: 2:16.46

Men –

1. Ilya Kharun: 1:51.44
2. Jake Mason: 1:55.21
4. London Rising: 1:59.34

50m Freestyle

Women –

2. Ellie Chalupsky: 24.97
3. Shane Golland: 25.03
6. Rowyn Biffart: 25.83
8. Olivia Colombo: 26.06

Men –

1. Tolu Young: 21:02
2. Jake Lloyd: 21.29
3. August Vetsch: 21.40
4. Tyler Porter: 21.84

100m Freestyle

Women –

1. Albane Cachot: 52.55
2. Ellie Chalupsky: 54.15
4. Alyssa Albertyn: 54.70
8. Rowyn Biffart: 56.72

Men –

1. Filip Senc-Samardzic: 47.06
2. Quin Seider: 47.15
3. Mattia Mauri: 48.00
6. Tyler Porter: 48.58
– Dillion Albertyn: 48.99
– Jack Troy: 50.04

200m Backstroke

Women –

1. Jordan Greber: 2:09.38
2. Alexia Sotomayor: 2:11.80
3. Payden Rafferty: 2:11.94
5. Alexa Reyna: 2:17.44

Men –

1. Nick Simons: 1:52.18
2. Nathan Muratory: 1:53.75
4. Hayden Hakes: 1:55.64
5. JT Ewing: 1:56.43

200m Breaststroke

Women –

1. Lucie Vasquez: 2:24.46
2. June Selin Tran-Hansen: 2:29.54
4. Cali Watts: 2:30.64
5. Lily Jayne Allison: 2:34.86

Men –

1. Daniel Marinov: 2:08.76
2. Ian Disoway: 2:11.49
3. Brayden Taivassalo: 2:12.21
8. Michael Hochwalt: 2:24.56

400m Freestyle

Women –

1. Grace Lindberg: 4:11.86
3. Haddie Vohs: 4:17.71
6. Riley Christensen: 4:26.73

Men –

1. Noah Mudadu: 3:44.48
2. Mattia Mauri: 3:44.78
4. Kristupas Trepocka: 3:46.86
– Jake Mason: 3:48.44
– Kuba Shaw: 3:52.02
– Ethan Linville: 4:00.23

100m Butterfly

Women –

1. Julia Ullmann: 57.59
2. Miriam Sheehan: 58.32
5. Shane Golland: 1:01.04
7. Monica Leydar Lasalvia: 1:02.10
– Olivia Colombo: 1:02.03

Men –

1. Ilya Kharun: 49.40
2. August Vetsch: 51.00
3. London Rising: 52.17
4. Henry Lyness: 52.39
– Jake Lloyd: 52.63
– Parker Deshayes: 53.38

200m IM

Women –

1. Maya Hetland: 2:12.32
2. Sonia Vaishnani: 2:13.39
3. Grace Lindberg: 2:14.27
4. Ariel Beltran: 2:16.33
– Eleaunah Phillips: 2:16.15
– Belis Sakur: 2:20.62
– Lilly Jayne Allison: 2:21.08
– Lia Csulak: 2:22.62

Men –

1. Filip Senc-Samardzic: 1:58.90
3. Reece Grady: 2:01.67
7. Michael Hochwalt: 2:05.77
8. JT Ewing: 2:06.07

200m Free Relay

Women –

1. ASU B: 1:39.03
2. ASU A: 1:39.15
5. ASU C: 1:42.74
6. ASU D: 1:44.63

Men –

1. ASU B: 1:24.66
2. ASU A: 1:25.42
3. ASU C: 1:27.52

Up Next:

ASU qualifiers will travel to Westmont, Illinois to compete in the World Championship Trials (SCM) from Oct. 28 – 31 at FMC Natatorium.

Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Moira Ann Boyes

The Aztecs picked up a straight set victory over the Artichokes 25-15, 25-12, 25-15 as they never trailed in the match. Pima swept the regular season meetings with the Artichokes (9-9, 5-5) for the first time since 2021. The Aztecs won in five sets at Scottsdale on Sept. 18.

Up 10-9 in the first set, the Aztecs created a little breathing room with three straight points. Sophomore Addison Gilvin (Sahuarita HS) and freshman Skylar Westburg had kills while freshman Leah Stoneking’s (Catalina Foothills HS) ace made it 13-9. Pima led 20-15 and closed out the set with five straight points. Westburg and freshman Victoria Page helped put the Aztecs up 1-0 with their kills during that stretch.

Westburg got the Aztecs started in the second set with four kills and Stoneking’s ace put them up 9-1. Sophomore Alexia Hutchens’ (Salpointe Catholic HS) kill gave Pima their first double digit lead of the set at 12-2. The Aztecs held a 19-10 advantage and scored another three straight points to get the lead back to double digits with the help of Page and Wesburg’s kills, and Stoneking’s ace to make it 22-10. The Aztecs took a 2-0 lead.

Freshman Amaris Biancuzzo (Mica Mountain HS) scored back-to-back points with a kill and an ace as Pima scored three straight points to take a 7-3 lead and maintained the advantage throughout the final set. Biancuzzo was part of another run as she had two kills and an ace to help them go up 17-9. The Artichokes cut the deficit to five points at 19-14 but would not get any closer. The Aztecs came out of a timeout and scored five straight points to set up match-point at 24-14. Wesburg had the final kill to seal the win.

Westburg closed out the match with a team-high 12 kills. Biancuzzo finished with seven kills and two blocks.

Stoneking posted 14 digs and three aces while sophomore Breeze Schelter had 15 assists and three aces. Sophomore Alexandra Jacome (Canyon del Oro HS) closed it out with 16 assists and two aces.

The Aztecs will play their final regular season road game on Friday at Phoenix College. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.

Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez 

Hutchens, a sophomore outside hitter, was selected ACCAC Division II Offensive Player of the Week.

She is the third Pima player to earn the Player of the Week honor this season. Freshman Victoria Page was selected Offensive Player of the Week for Aug. 24-30 and freshman Leah Stoneking (Catalina Foothills HS) captured Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 13-19.

Hutchens had a total of 16 kills on 29 attempts while hitting .448 for the eight sets she appeared in. The Aztecs grabbed victories on the road at Central Arizona College and Mesa Community College.

She had six kills on 10 attempts with no errors in their straight set win over the Vaqueras and 10 kills on 19 attempts (.368 hitting percentage) in a five-set thriller over the Thunderbirds.

Hutchens has appeared in all 19 matches and played in 58 sets so far this season. She has 86 kills on 247 total attacks (.219 hitting percentage) with 18 digs, 13 blocks, seven aces, three assists and 101.0 points.

The Aztecs have four regular season games remaining on the schedule; three of them will be at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium. They will face off against Scottsdale Community College on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

See her selection on the ACCAC website:

https://accac.org/news/476318735787886470/accac-volleyball-players-of-the-week-week-9

Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez 

The award, which is voted on by the other coaches in the league, shows the respect Murauskas has garnered after a fantastic 2025-26 campaign. This is the first time a Sun Devil Men’s Basketball player has been named Preseason Newcomer (or Freshman) of the Year in any league.

Not only was Murauskas tabbed as the conference’s top newcomer, he also landed on the Big 12 Preseason All-Conference First Team. He is one of 10 individuals to earn the accolade and he becomes the first Sun Devil to achieve the feat since the program transitioned to the Big 12. Here is a breakdown at the Big 12 Preseason Awards/Honors:

2026-27 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors
Preseason Player of the Year: Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Preseason Newcomer of the Year: Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Preseason Freshman of the Year: Tyran Stokes, Kansas

2026-27 All-Big 12 Preseason Team

Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Robert Wright III, BYU*
Dedan Thomas Jr., Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Tyran Stokes, Kansas
Xavier Edmonds, TCU
JT Toppin, Texas Tech*

*Indicates unanimous selection

Better call Paul-ius

Unanimously regarded as one of the premier transfer prospects in the 2026 portal class

No. 10 overall transfer prospect (No. 4 power forward) according to 247 Sports

No. 9 overall transfer prospect (No. 6 forward) according to ESPN

No. 8 overall transfer prospect (No. 2 power forward) according to Rivals ON3

No. 10 overall transfer prospect (No. 6 forward) according to CBS Sports

NABC First Team All-District (2025-26); NABC Second Team All-District (2024-25)

Two-time First Team All-WCC selection (2024-25, 2025-26)

Teamed up with new Sun Devil Head Coach Randy Bennett to finish a combined 56-12 (82.4%) with two NCAA Tournament appearances over the past two seasons

WCC Newcomer of the Year (2024-25)

Lute Olson National Player of the Week (Jan. 27, 2025)

USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (Jan. 6, 2026)

Four-time WCC Player of the Week recipient (Dec. 9, 2024, Dec. 1, 2025, Jan. 5, 2026, Jan. 26, 2026)

Sixth-most points scored in a Single Season in Program History (606 in 2025-26)

Third-most made free throws in a Single Season in Program History (168 in 2025-26)

Appeared in every game for the Gaels in 2025-26, starting 32 of the 33

Team’s leading scorer, averaging 18.4 PPG and second leading rebounder at 7.6 RPG

Shot 48.2% from the field and 84% from the stripe in 2025-26

Scored in double-figures 30 times for the year

Reached 1,000 career points thanks to a career-best 32-point/15-rebound performance at Pacific (Feb. 14, 2026)

Recorded seven double-doubles in 2025-26, bringing his career tally to 20

Started and appeared in every game in 2024-25, finishing second on the team in scoring (12.1 PPG) and rebounding (7.7 RPG)

Led the WCC with 13 double-doubles in 2024-25

2024-25 Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American

Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Connor Smith

 

Additionally, Glover is on the Big 12 Starting Seven, alongside fellow Sun Devil junior libero Faith Frame.

This is the second Big 12 weekly award for Arizona State this season, the first since the first week of the season when freshman Elle Mottola was the Big 12 Rookie of the Week. ASU now has five total Big 12 Starting Seven nods. For Glover, this is her fourth weekly award of her career.

For the complete list of Big 12 weekly award winners, head to the conference website.

Glover helped Arizona State improve its win streak to six in a row after two wins last week. She started the week by earning 23 kills and a career-high 16 digs in the rivalry win against Arizona at home. In the reverse sweep at No. 17 Kansas on Sunday, she collected a season-high 25 kills, as well as four blocks. Glover has had three matches this season with 20-plus kills (seven in her career) and is on a streak of 12-straight matches with double-digit kills.

Holding down the back row, Frame notched double-digit digs in both wins with 18 against Arizona and 17 against Kansas. She has reached double-digit digs in both matches and in three of the last four, making it 11 matches in double figures this season. Additionally, in the rivalry win, she surpassed 1,000 career digs and helped ASU to a 69-dig total, the second-largest dig total of the season for the Sun Devils.

Weekly awards this season

Big 12 Rookie of the Week

Elle Mottola (9/1)

Big 12 Offensive Player of the Weekk

Noemie Glover (10/20)

Big 12 Starting Seven:

Elle Mottola (9/1)
Una Vajagić (9/1)
Zoey Burgess (10/13)
Noemie Glover (10/20)
Faith Frame (10/20)

Up next

Arizona State is on the road this week, playing Utah on Thursday and No. 11 BYU on Saturday.

Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Kimberlie Haner

Prior to Kent St., Davis played two years at Southern University, one at Jacksonville St. and a year of junior college football at Dodge City Community College.

In his two seasons at Southern University, Davis played in 15 games and recorded 29 tackles, 13 of those solo. He also had 10½ tackles for loss including six sacks.

Davis is from St. Louis.

Press Release courtesy of the Arizona Rattlers – Jay Gonzales

Notable stats

• Arizona State (15-3, 6-1 Big 12) improved its winning streak against Kansas (12-5, 5-2 Big 12) to four in a row after completing the reverse sweep. It also was the second match in a row in this series to go to five sets, both in Lawrence.
• Head coach JJ Van Niel improved to 9-4 in five-set matches. This was the first reverse sweep during his tenure and the first ASU has had since 2022.
• The Sun Devils improved to 7-1 against ranked teams this season. This was Van Niel’s 23rd ranked win in his four seasons. Additionally, this is the sixth win in a row.
• Senior opposite hitter Noemie Glover shined during the national broadcast, earning a season-high and match-high 25 kills. This was her second match in a row with 20-plus kills and 12th-match in a row in double figures. In her career, this was her seventh match with 20 or more kills. It also was a career high in attempts (68).
• The block came alive in the back half of the match as Arizona State ended up totaling 14.5 in the win. This was the ninth time this season with double-digit blocks, including in five of the last six matches. Senior middle blocker Ella Lomigora tied her season best with eight blocks to lead all players. Fellow middle junior Zoey Burgess added five while three other players had four.
• The double-double machine of junior outside hitter Una Vajagić kept up her well-rounded play with 15 kills and 10 digs. This was her eighth double-double of the season, all of which have come in the last 10 matches. She now has 18 double-doubles in her career.
• Junior libero Faith Frame had a match-high 17 digs. This is her second match in a row in double figures, 11th this season.
• Setters senior Isabella Costantini and freshman Elle Mottola totaled 50 assists in the win. Costantini had 26 assists and 13 digs for her second double-double of the year, 25th of her career. Mottola had 11 assists and four blocks, the latter tying her personal best.
• Sophomore Maéva Schalk had seven kills, four digs and four blocks in the win. Her block total is a new career high.

Set one: Kansas 25, ASU 17

The Sun Devils started off strong, Glover earning three early kills to help ASU go up 6-2. However, the Jayhawks responded with a big 7-0 run with five aces to take the 9-6 lead. After another run of three for Kansas, Arizona State called its second timeout, down 12-7. The home team added three more to make it six in a row, ASU down 15-7 at the media timeout. The Sun Devils were able to score three in a row with two pin hitter kills and a block, making it 20-14. Glover added a few more points, but Kansas would win 25-17.

Set two: Kansas 25, ASU 14

In the second set, the teams traded points until Kansas scored five in a row to double it up, 10-5, and force an early ASU timeout. The Jayhawks made it seven straight until a kill from Vajagić ended the run, 12-6. Following some back and forth, Kansas went on a 4-0 run, which ended after a tip kill from junior middle blocker Antonina Serafinowska at 20-11. A few late kills from Vajagić and Glover got ASU some sideouts, but Kansas would take the 2-0 match lead after winning the set 25-14.

Set three: ASU 25, Kansas 22

An ace from freshman defensive specialist Paige Lehman gave ASU an early 4-1 lead. However, Kansas responded with three-straight points to tie it. The Sun Devils went on a 4-1 run with two kills from Glover to go up 11-8. Heading into the media timeout, the Jayhawks scored three in a row to go up 15-14. From there, the back and forth resumed until Arizona State went on a 5-1 run with three Kansas errors to extend the lead to 23-18. The Jayhawks battled back, scoring three-straight points to get within two, 23-21. However, a kill from Burgess got ASU to set point and a block from Burgess and Mottola sealed the win, 25-22.

Set four: ASU 25, Kansas 20

The close competition carried over to the fourth set. ASU created some space after scoring three in a row with a kill from Vajagic and two Kansas errors to make it 9-6 and force a timeout from the home team. After a solo block from Mottola, it was an 11-7 lead for the Sun Devils, and the Jayhawks called their second timeout. Kansas put together four-straight points to bring an ASU break, tied at 12-12. The Jayhawks got back on top after a 3-0 run, 18-17, but a kill from Vajagić knotted it up again. Two more kills from Vajagić and a block from Glover and Lomigora put the Sun Devils up 22-19. Arizona State closed out the set with three-straight points, all involving Glover, to win 25-20.

Set five: ASU 15, Kansas 10

Vajagić served ASU on a dominant 7-0 run to lead 7-2 to start the fifth set. Glover had three kills in that run. An ace from sophomore defensive specialist Ella Lewis made it a 10-4 advantage, bringing Kansas’ second timeout. Out of the break, the Jayhawks scored three in a row to close the gap, but after a Sun Devil timeout, they missed their serve for the timeout. The block stayed strong, with Burgess getting involved down the stretch, including a block with Mottola to set up match point at 14-10. Fittingly, a block from Lomigora and Vajagić completed the comeback, winning the fifth set 15-10.

Up next

Arizona State stays on the road next week, heading to Utah to take on the Utah Utes on October 22 before a top-20 matchup at BYU on October 24.

Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Kimberlie Haner 

The victory marked Arizona State’s third consecutive win and second under head coach Dave Hakstol, who is now 2-0-0 since taking over behind the Sun Devil bench. Urban turned aside 42 of 44 shots, including 16 saves in each of the first two periods, to help the Sun Devils secure their first road series sweep since Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2025.

Richard Baran, Nathan Behm, Filip Nordberg and Ben Muthersbaugh each found the back of the net for ASU, while Muthersbaugh added an assist to finish with a team-high two points. Both Baran and Nordberg recorded their first collegiate goals in the win.

Freshman forward Nathan Behm continued his impressive start to the season, scoring his fourth goal through six games as he leads all NCAA Division I freshmen in goals scored. Fellow freshman Jonas Woo added an assist on Behm’s second-period power-play goal, bringing his season total to six points (1G, 5A).

The Sun Devils also continued their success on special teams, converting one of three power-play opportunities while holding the River Hawks scoreless on all four of their chances. ASU improved to 4-0-0 this season when scoring a power-play goal and has a 95.8% success rate on the penalty kill.

ASU will enjoy a bye week before opening NCHC conference play with a two-game road series at St. Cloud State on Oct. 30-31.

Game Notes

• Sophomore goaltender Sam Urban recorded a career-high 42 saves on 44 shots, surpassing his previous career best of 40 saves against North Dakota on Jan. 24, 2026.
• ASU completed its first road series sweep since Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2025 (at Miami), and extended its winning streak to three games.
• Head coach Dave Hakstol improved to 2-0-0 behind the Sun Devil bench after earning his first collegiate victory since March 28, 2015, in Friday night’s series opener.
• Richard Baran recorded his first collegiate goal, while Filip Nordberg scored his first goal of the season.
• Sophomore forward Daniel Shlaine extended his career-high point streak to six games with an assist on Baran’s first-period goal. Shlaine has recorded six points (4G, 2A) through ASU’s first six contests.
• ASU’s penalty kill finished a perfect 4-for-4, while the power play converted once in three opportunities.
• ASU has scored 26 goals through its first six games of the season, averaging 4.33 goals per contest.
• The Sun Devils improved to 4-0-0 when scoring a power-play goal this season.

Period-by-Period

First Period

Baran and the Sun Devils opened the scoring  just 3:22 into the first period, with Daniel Shlaineand Ben Kevan collecting assists. Urban made 16 saves in the opening frame to preserve the Sun Devils’ 1-0 advantage heading into the first intermission.

Second Period

UMass Lowell evened the contest at 1-1 1:35 into the second period The Sun Devils responded late in the frame, beginning with Behm’s power-play goal at 16:27 off assists from Woo and Muthersbaugh to regain the lead.

Nordberg extended ASU’s advantage to 3-1 with 13 seconds remaining in the second period to give the Sun Devils a two-goal cushion entering the final frame.

Third Period

The River Hawks cut the deficit to 3-2 at 3:04 of the period, but ASU responded with Muthersbaugh’s third goal of the season at 9:34 off an assist from Cade Littler, restoring the two-goal advantage.

Urban turned aside 10 shots in the final frame as the Sun Devils held on to secure the 4-2 victory and complete the weekend sweep.

Quotes

Head Coach Dave Hakstol

On Samuel Urban’s performance

“Tonight, we saw in full display the battle level that Urbs (Samuel Urban) has. A lot of it obviously comes down to skill and ability, but sometimes, even as a goaltender, I think we look past their competitive level, their willingness to meet things nose to nose. I thought Urbs did that this weekend, and for sure at times tonight, he was really important.”

On the team’s resilience

“For sure, tonight had its challenges, but I sure like the way we reacted. That’s a pretty good hockey team over there. They pushed us and pushed hard. We got through the first 10, 12 minutes of that [second] period, and then we were able to take advantage of the power play. It takes a little bit of presence to go out and take advantage of the power play when you’ve been defending for the better part of the last 10 minutes, and our guys did that.”

Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Danny Sullivan 

The No. 5 ranked Aztecs defeated Paradise Valley Community College 3-0. They earned two shutout wins over the Pumas (1-14-1, 1-11-1) outscoring them 6-0 in their meetings.

Freshman Jonathan Karumuna (Pinnacle HS) finished with a goal and an assist. He put Pima on the scoreboard in the 16^th minute with his fifth goal of the season. It was assisted by sophomore Sean Ribadeneira (Pinnacle HS). Karumuna helped put Pima up by two goals when he provided the assist on freshman Luis Schmid’s goal in the 76^thminute.

Freshman Mossi Ombeni (Tucson Magnet HS) provided more insurance with his goal in the 81^st minute. Sophomore Wei Wei Mannos (Pinnacle HS) was credited with the assist.

The Aztecs outshot the Pumas 13-4 in on-goal attempts. Sophomore Tommaso Leonardi closed out the game with four saves.

The Aztecs will close out the regular season next Saturday, Oct. 24 when they play at Scottsdale Community College. Game time is set for 5:45 p.m.

Pima goals: Jonathan Karumuna (Sean Ribadeneira) 16^th minute; Luis Schmid (Karumuna) 76^th minute; Mossi Ombeni (Wei Wei Mannos) 81^st minute.

Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez