Following his team’s first conference loss of the season, Sun Devil coach Graham Winkworth said that there’s not many better opportunities to respond than against Stanford, the defending national champions.
Arizona State (8-2-2, 4-1-2 Pac-12) took advantage of the occasion. Behind a pair of first-half goals from Jazmine Wilkinson and Eva Van Deursen, the Sun Devils beat the Cardinal 2-0 for their first victory over Stanford (5-5-1, 4-3-0) since 2013.
Wilkinson, the freshman that scored her first career goal against Cal on Friday, wasted no time in netting her second. Olivia Nguyen centered the early counter attack before pushing it out wide to Wilkinson on the right side.