PRIMER: Iowa State at Arizona

Who: Iowa State (4-5-4, 0-3-2 Big 12) at Arizona (4-5-4, 1-1-3 Big 12)

Where: Mulcahy Stadium (1,462) – Tucson, Ariz.

When: Sunday, October 11 – 3 p.m. CT

Kicking Off
After earning a second straight Big 12 result for the first time since 2024, Iowa State will look to keep the momentum going as it stays in the Grand Canyon State to take on Arizona. The Cyclones will look to make it three in a row over Arizona as it battles to get back in the upper half of the league.

The Cyclones are coming off a second-straight Big 12 tie, drawing with ASU in Tempe on Thursday, 1-1. Alaina Villa scored the equalizer for ISU as she moved into sole possession of most goals on the team (3).

Arizona enters Sunday's contest having defeated Houston last time out – a team that ISU dropped a 2-1 decision to back in September. The win was Arizona's first in conference play.

From the Notebook

Eme McClenahan has been a revelation in net for the Cyclones.
- The redshirt freshman leads the Big 12 in saves (52) and has three clean sheets plus two combined shutouts.
- She's recorded a pair of ten-save outings too (against Arizona State and Iowa).
Through 13 games, 12 different Cyclones have scored goals.
- That's the most Cyclones to have scored in a single season since 2012.
Iowa State shut out five of its first seven opponents, marking the first time since 2015 an ISU squad has done so.
Iowa State's 2-1-1 start to the season was tied for the best four-game opening stretch by an ISU team since 2016.
Iowa State's two highest-scoring games under Coach Fannon have come against UNI. A 6-0 win over the Panthers in 2024 marks the most in a game, while the 5-0 win from August is the second-most.
Morgan Goodman recorded the first three-plus assist game by a Cyclone since Ashley Johnson in 2012, when she collected a trio of helpers against Kansas City.
- Goodman finished with five points against the Roos, the most by a Cyclone in a game since Emily Goldstein at Oklahoma in 2013.
Iowa State scored four goals in the win over KC. It was the fifth game of the Fannon Era that ISU has netted at least four goals in a contest.
Iowa State drew nine corner kicks against Omaha. It was the team's most in a single game since 8/20/23.
Iowa State earned a season-opening result for the fourth consecutive season, as it dispatched Omaha, 1-0.
After two seasons with San Francisco without earning a point, Danica Lunceford scored her first career goal in her first contest with the Cyclones, which would prove to be the game-winner.
ISU lost over half of its 2025 roster (14 players) over the offseason.
Morgan Struttmann, Giovanna Hansen and Maia Soulis will miss the remainder of the season with injury.

Leading the Cyclones
Through 13 outings, Morgan Goodman and Alaina Villa lead all Cyclones in points with six. Goodman leads the team in assists (4), while Villa leads in goals (3). Fellow sophomores Megan Walters and Sophie Forrester are tied for the second-most goals with two apiece. Erin Hopewell leads the team in minutes played (1,067), while Forrester leads in shots (24).

Eme McClenahan has started each contest between the pipes for ISU. The redshirt freshman has three clean sheets and a pair of combined shutouts to her name this year. She has 52 saves so far, tallying a career-high 10 saves in two outings.

Overall, the Cyclones have scored 16 goals and allowed 12 through 13 contests. The team has 154 total shots, averaging 11.8 per contest, and has placed 39.6% of them on goal.

Opponent Outlook
Arizona's attack is one of the most balanced ISU has faced, as the team has seven players who have scored and each has at least two goals. Leading the way is Mireya Stephenson, who owns three scores with six points.

In goal, Sofia Cortes-Browne has started all 13 outings for Arizona. She has also split time with Laurynn Ziller, though, who has seen action in ten games. Cortes-Browne leads the team in saves (24) and holds a 0.667 save percentage.

Overall, the Wildcats have scored 15 goals and allowed 16 through 13 contests. The team has 142 total shots, averaging 10.9 per contest, and has placed 43.0% of them on goal.

Series History
The Cyclones will take on the Wildcats in Tucson for the third time in a series that ISU leads 3-2. Iowa State has won each of the last two meetings, which came in Ames, and is 1-0 against UA as Big 12 members.

Up Next
The Cyclones will wrap their three-game road stint on Friday, October 16, against Kansas in Lawrence. ISU and KU are slated to kick off at 6 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+.

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Players Mentioned

Sophie Forrester

Morgan Goodman

Giovanna Hansen

Erin Hopewell

Danica Lunceford

Eme McClenahan

Maia Soulis

Morgan Struttmann

Alaina Villa

Megan Walters

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