Sofía Maldonado Diaz is taking Pac-12 volleyball by storm.
The Arizona freshman was named the conference’s newcomer of the week after posting historic numbers against No. 11 Washington. Her 25.
Arizona volleyball’s Sofia Maldonado Diaz named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week
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Sofia Maldonado Diaz may have been a little under the radar as a recruit. The fact that U.S. volleyball coaches got to see her so rarely had a lot to do with that. She’s certainly making an impact for the Arizona Wildcats in her first season, though, including being named the
Arizona head coach
Dave Rubio said that he first saw his emerging star at the SCVA Las Vegas Classic when she was a high school sophomore. By the time she was a senior Chris Tobolski of Volleyball Mag
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The Arizona Wildcats dropped a tight five-setter (25-19, 17-25, 27-25, 25-21, 13-15) to No. 11 Washington on Saturday, but came out like a different team than the one that was swept the night before. Dominant and in control.
The Wildcats won their first set of the season by making their opponent look like the inexperienced one. To some extent, they were. The Huskies lost
Kara Bajema, their dominant outside hitter, to graduation. But they still started the season in the top 10 and certainly aren’t welcoming nine new players this year like Arizona is.
Senior star
Paige Whipple was a big reason the Wildcats got off to a hot start, but young talents
The Arizona Wildcats went into their home opener against No. 11 Washington hoping to right the ship after a poor showing against Utah in their season opener.
It would be easy to blame it all on.
How to watch, what to expect when Arizona volleyball hosts Washington this weekend
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The Arizona Wildcats faced Utah, the team expected to win the Pac-12, in the opening week and things don’t get much easier in week two, as they return to McKale Center to host the eleventh-ranked Washington Huskies on Friday and Saturday.
Arizona will be looking for its first wins after being swept by the Utes.
“Washington traditionally has.been one of the top three of teams in our conference for many, many years,” Arizona head coach