TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State battled for 90 minutes Thursday but ultimately fell to Washington State in a tight, 1-0 heartbreaker.
It was a 63rd-minute header from Cougar forward Elyse Bennett that ultimately doomed the Sun Devils, the lone blemish for a Sun Devil defense that answered nearly everything thrown at them throughout the evening.
"We were set up defensively where we knew we were going to be out-shot considerably," said head coach Graham Winkworth after the match. "We knew that if they were shooting from distance with Nikki (Panas) in goal, we would be fine.