The Pac-12 announced last week that fall sports will move to conference-only schedules in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, effectively stripping Arizona volleyball of four weeks of its season, or about 12 non-conference matches.
The Pac-12 is expected to announce revised schedules for fall sports by the end of July, and UA coach Dave Rubio would like to see volleyball move to a double round-robin that would call for 22 conference matches instead of the customary 20. (Pac-12 teams usually play nine conference rivals twice and the two others once.)
Rubio mentioned the extra weeks lost from the non-conference season can be used as bye weeks in case of a coronavirus outbreak.