If the Arizona Wildcats are going to get to the promised land of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament it is vital that talented outside hitters Jaelyn Hodge and Sofia Maldonado Diaz take the next step in their development. That step has been driven home by head coach Dave Rubio all season: score while keeping errors as low as possible. Hodge is taking that to heart. She’s also pushing herself to take the next step.
It’s a tricky process that Hodge has been trying to navigate for the past two years. Almost one-third of the way through her junior season, she’s still working on her hitting percentage but she sees the progress.