You introduce an almost completely new team. You have two players who have recently been quarantined for COVID-19. You have an international player who had difficulty getting into the U.S. Your season is postponed due to the pandemic. Your schedule is radically altered. You finally get to your first match and what’s the reward? For the Arizona volleyball team, it’s the No. 10 Utah Utes.
“If we’re gonna compete with these guys our swing percentage is going to have to be 90%,” Rubio said. “What the swing percentage means is that we’re setting a ball, and our hitters are getting up and hitting it at least 90% of the time, whether it’s in serve receive or it’s in transition.