TEMPE, Ariz. – Senior Karli Canale led No. 17 San Diego State with six goals, including the seventh hat trick of her career, and Emily Bennett tallied three goals and Lucia Carballo, Jessica Leckich and Rory Nuuhiwa each scored twice, but the No. 6 Arizona State Sun Devils were successful on over 50 percent of its shot attempts in a pair of wins, 15-9 and 20-9, on Saturday in the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.
Game One
No. 17 San Diego State was 9-of-26 (.346) in shot attempts, including 2-of-6 (.333) on power plays, but could not overcome an early 3-0 deficit in a 15-9 loss to the No. 6 Arizona State Sun Devils.
Trailing 3-0 with 1:16 to play in the first quarter, Karli Canale opened her season account with the Aztecs first goal of the year to trim the team's deficit to 3-1. It was the first of four tallies in the game for Canale, as she recorded the seventh hat trick of her Aztecs' career. ASU responded with a goal just over 20 seconds later, but Emily Bennett notched her first goal of the weekend and the teams went to the second quarter with the Sun Devils up 4-2.
In the second period, Arizona State (1-0) used its strong inside presence to tack on four more goals. Only a Maddie Higginson goal at the 5:11 mark kept the Sun Devils from shutting out SDSU in the quarter and the teams went to the half with ASU leading 8-3.
Arizona State scored four times coming out of the intermission before a pair of Canale goals in the final two minutes of the period sent the game to the final stanza with ASU leading 12-5.
In the last quarter of the game, San Diego State (0-1) got the better of ASU on the scoreboard 4-3. After an early goal by the Sun Devils, Rory Nuuhiwa picked up her first goal of the season with 4:49 to play, making the score 13-6. After another ASU goal, Canale tallied her fourth goal of the game and then Dani D'Andrea scored for the first time in 2021 to get the Aztecs within a six-goal margin, at 14-8 with just over a minute and a half to play.
The teams traded goals in the final minute. Jessica Leckich scored with 59 seconds to play to make the final score 15-9.
Zoe Morgan (0-1) went the distance in goal for SDSU. She made 10 saves and had a steal in the loss.
Arizona State's offense was led by Luca Petovary's five goals and goalie Itzahiana Baca (1-0) earned the win with five saves.
No. 6 Arizona State 15, No. 17 San Diego State 9
Mona Plummer Aquatic Center, Tempe, Ariz.
SDSU: 2-1-2-4 -9
ASU: 4-4-4-3 -15
SDSU goals: Karli Canale (4), Emily Bennett (1), Dani D'Andrea (1), Maddie Higginson (1), Jessica Leckich (1), Rory Nuuhiwa (1)
ASU goals: Petovary (5), Van Buren (3), Kiss (2), Olive Marti (2), Begg (1), McDowell (1), Schaffer (1)
SDSU saves: Zoe Morgan (10)
ASU saves: Baca (5), Ehinger (0)
Game Two
A similar start led to a similar outcome in the second game of the day against Arizona State (2-0). The Aztecs were outscored 4-0 in the first five minutes of the game and were playing catch-up the rest of the way in a 20-9 defeat.
Spotting the Sun Devils four goals, San Diego State (0-2) got on the board with two tallies of its own to make it a 4-2 game. Lucia Carballo found the back of the cage at the 2:05 mark and then just over 30 seconds later, Karli Canale doubled the Aztecs goal total with her first of the game and fifth of the day. ASU got a late goal to make the score 5-2 after eight minutes.
To open the second quarter, Arizona State kept its momentum going and racked up three more goals to take an 8-2 lead. Jessica Leckich scored at the 3:55 mark to halt the ASU run, but the Sun Devils finished the period with three more tallies and led 11-3 at the break.
Emily Bennett struck twice in the third quarter, at the 4:39 and 0:24 marks, and Rory Nuuhiwa added her second goal of the day, but the Arizona State offense was clicking, adding five more goals and took a 16-6 advantage into the final frame.
After an ASU goal to open the fourth quarter, Canale and Carballo scored their second goals of the game to make it 17-8. The Sun Devils responded with a goal and at the 2:30 mark freshman Kori Bento got into the scoring column with the first goal of her collegiate career. ASU found the back of the cage two more times in the final two minutes for the final score of 20-9.
With one save in 16 minutes, Zoe Morgan (0-2) took the loss and Grace Halliday, playing in the second half, had three saves.
Arizona State's Luca Petovary scored five times and Chelsea Karimazondo (1-0) earned the win in goal with seven saves.
No. 6 Arizona State 20, No. 17 San Diego State 9
Mona Plummer Aquatic Center, Tempe, Ariz.
SDSU: 2-1-3-3 -9
ASU: 5-6-5-4 -20
SDSU goals: Emily Bennett (2), Karli Canale (2), Lucia Carballo (2), Kori Bento (1), Jessica Leckich (1), Rory Nuuhiwa (1)
ASU goals: Petovary (5), Cameron (4), Van Buren (4), Begg (2), Kekesi (2), Rogge (1), Schaffer (1), Traxler (1)
SDSU saves: Grace Halliday (3), Zoe Morgan (1)
ASU saves: Karimazondo (57), Ehinger (0)
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Canale’s Six Goals Leads Aztecs at Arizona State
