Game Week Preview
Arizona State (2-1, 0-0 Pac-12) at San Diego State (0-1, 0-0 MPSF)
Thursday, Feb. 20 | 1 p.m. PT | Aztec Lacrosse Field at San Diego State University | San Diego, Calif.
Live Stats | Live Stream (SDSU Aztec Lacrosse Youtube)
San Diego State (0-1, 0-0 MPSF) at No. 13 USC (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12)
Sunday, Feb. 23 | 12 p.m. PT | Soni McAlister Field | Los Angeles, Calif.
Live Stats | Live Stream (Pac-12 Plus Facebook Page)
Aztec Storylines
- The San Diego State lacrosse team plays its first home game of 2020 when they host Arizona State University Thursday, Feb. 20 before heading back on the road to take on the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Calif. Sunday, Feb. 23.
- Opening draw for Thursday's game is set for 1 p.m. while Sunday's is scheduled for 12 p.m. Live stats will be available for both games on GoAztecs.com while the Aztecs' matchup with the Sun Devils will be live streamed here while the game at USC will be live streamed on the Pac-12+ Facebook Page.
- SDSU returns to The Mesa after a trip to Northern California, opening the season on a sour note with a 15-7 loss against the No. 20-ranked Cardinal. Captain and senior Taylor Sullivan led the Aztecs' scoring charge with three goals while collecting two ground balls and five shots. SDSU also received goals from senior Morgan Taylor, junior Julia Sheehan, sophomore Arielle Shahrabani and freshman Camdyn O'Donnell.
- Redshirt senior goalkeeper Katy Sharretts started her senior season off like she did her junior campaign, earning MPSF Defensive Player of the Week honors for the fifth time in her career. Sharretts tabbed 13 saves on 41 shots faced against the Cardinal Feb. 20, earning a .464 save percentage. The Bel Air, Md. native added seven ground balls and one caused turnover in her impressive season debut. Her seven ground balls collected in one game is a feat that has only occurred two other times by a MPSF player since 2017.
- With her performance on The Farm, Sharretts now has 374 career saves, moving within 32 saves of the program record (currently at 405 saves) for saves in a career with the entire 2020 season left to play. She averaged 10.67 saves per game throughout her redshirt-junior season, an average that if continued would give Sharretts the program record in the next four games.
- Fellow captain Taylor Sullivan recorded an impressive performance to begin her senior campaign, tallying a hat trick in addition to two ground balls and five shots against the Cardinal Feb. 20. After her performance at Stanford, the Annapolis, Md. native sits at 75 career goals, the fifth-most in a career in program history.
- Freshman Camdyn O'Donnell had an impressive start to her career in Scarlet and Black, registering her first collegiate goal, two shots on goal and a ground ball against Stanford Feb. 20. The newcomer prepped at nearby Poway High School, where she compiled 230 goals and 51 assists during her high school career.
- The Aztecs have a challenging 2020 schedule set, facing five nationally ranked teams in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) preseason poll. After they started off regular season play at No.20 Stanford, the Scarlet and Black now travel up to Los Angeles, Calif. just a week later to take on No. 13 University of Southern California on Sunday, Feb. 23. Competition against ranked opponents doesn't end in February, as the Aztecs travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. to battle the preseason No.9-ranked Michigan Wolverines in March. The two teams will face off on Sunday, March 22, at 1 p.m. Four days following, on Thursday, March 26, SDSU meets another ranked opponent in IWLCA preseason No. 10 Denver, as the Pioneers travel to San Diego for a noon match-up. Sitting at the top of the IWLCA preseason rankings is No. 1 University of Maryland, who SDSU will face for the first time in program history in College Park, Md. on Wednesday, April 1, at 7 p.m.
- The 2020 season will be Head Coach Kylee White's ninth season as the shot caller for the Aztecs. Since the inception of the program at San Diego State, White has accumulated a 65-70 overall record, highlighted by three-straight 10-plus win seasons.
- The offseason saw the Aztecs welcome a new face to The Mesa in assistant coach Taylor Gait, a 2016 (bachelor's degree) and 2018 (master's degree) Syracuse graduate. As a senior for the Orange, Gait tallied a career-high 21 points on 18 goals and a personal-best 13 assists, earning All-Northeast Region honors from the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA). Assistant coach Brandi Padilla earned a promotion and will now act as SDSU's associate head coach.
Up Next
After welcoming the Sun Devils and traveling to Los Angeles, Calif., the Aztecs return to the friendly confines of Aztec Lacrosse Field to host the University of California, Berkeley Friday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. The game is designated as the program's One Love Game, honoring the passing of University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love and promoting the One Love Organization's mission to educate young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships.
Opponent Notebook
Arizona State
ASU (2-1) is in a stretch of four road games to open its 2020 season. The Sun Devils topped the Aztecs' MPSF-foe UC Davis 16-12 Feb. 8 to open the season and come to San Diego after a trip to the Midwest, besting Detroit Mercy 24-6 while falling at No. 3 Northwestern, 28-12. Redshirt senior Kerri Clayton leads the team in goals (10) and points (12) so far this season, while junior Emily Galgolev earned Pac-12 offensive player of the week honors for her three goals, seven assists, three ground balls and two draw controls performance over the past weekend. ASU finished the 2019 season 6-12 with a 2-5 record on the road.
USC
The Trojans (2-0) opened their 2020 season on the road at Hofstra, topping the Pride 9-8. USC then hosted No. 9 University of Michigan for their home opener, earning a 10-8 win over the Wolverines. The defending Pac-12 champion is currently ranked No. 13 in the IWLCA coaches' poll, the 57th consecutive week that the Trojans are ranked in the poll. USC is led by two-time All American senior midfielder Kerrigan Miller, who comes off a 2019 season that saw her earn conference midfielder of the year honors. Miller scored four of the Trojans' goals in their upset over Michigan this past weekend. Head coach Lindsey Munday is 97-42 all-time and is the reigning Pac-12 Coach of the Year. USC hosts Boston College Friday, Feb. 21 before welcoming the Aztecs to campus.