With the extra year granted to college players last season, there’s a chance that Arizona volleyball fans got a glimpse of the promise of the next four years at today’s Cactus Classic. Jaelyn Hodge, Sofia Maldonado Diaz, and Puk Stubbe paced the Wildcats as they opened the season with straight-set wins over Marist College (25-11, 25-15, 25-23) and New Mexico State (25-19, 25-14, 25-20).
“I think for all the three pins if we pass the ball well...it’s tough to figure out who (Emery Herman is) going to set, and then it creates splits in the block,” Arizona head coach Dave Rubio said.