When the season started, Arizona volleyball had several goals. One was to get to the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats fell short of that, but decisions made in Los Angeles will allow them to have a postseason anyway. It will also allow them to stay home for at least one round as the team prepares to host New Mexico State, UNLV, and Texas-Rio Grande Valley in the opening rounds of the Women’s National Invitational Volleyball Championship beginning Dec. 3.
The NIVC gives one automatic bid to each of the 32 conferences, awarding it to the top-finishing team in each league that does not get an NCAA Tournament bid.