Junior forward Cali Farquharson prevents a ball from going out of bounds during the game against UCLA on Sept. 26 in Tempe. (Photo by Andrew Ybanez)After playing its first three Pac-12 games at home, the ASU women's soccer team will head north to Seattle for its first road conference game against Washington.
The Sun Devils are coming off a weekend in which they played both Oregon and Oregon State. The Ducks forced a double overtime draw while ASU was able to beat the Beavers 1-0.
As has been the trend this season, ASU's offense relied on junior forward Cali Farquharson and freshman forward Aly Moon. Each added a goal to their season tally in the games last weekend. Farquharson leads the team with 10 goals and Moon is close behind with eight.
Farquharson's goal against Oregon State marked the third time in as many years that she has been able to score in double digits, scoring 10 goals in both her freshman and sophomore years for a total of 30 goals as a Sun Devil.
Farquharson remained humble but optimistic and wanted to make sure her teammates also get involved in the offense.
“We will see if I can get 11, but I’m not trying to focus on goals,” Farquharson said. “I’m just trying to focus on playing the best I can each game. I’m trying to get Aly Moon up there. I want her to catch up.”
Farquharson holds herself to a high standard when it comes to scoring goals.
“I don't expect anything less,” Farquharson said. “I have high expectations of myself. Thats one of my main goals, to consistently get double digits each year.”
By the looks of it, Farquharson could finally break her season high of 10 goals, with eight games left in Pac–12 Conference play.
Head coach Kevin Boyd said the team didn't look like its normal self over the weekend.
“We looked just a bit off for the weekend,” Boyd said. “I know we are in kind of a midterm time in school, and I think that’s weighing on them a little bit. What I just told them is games are finite. You only have so many in you, especially in your four years of college when you are limited to 20 games in a season until playoffs. You don't have that many.”
The Sun Devils will try to shake of the jitters from their weekend performance in practice, focusing on the next portion of their season.
The Sun Devils play Washington at 7 p.m. on Oct. 10 in Seattle.
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