TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Volleyball has released its full 2023 schedule, the program announced on Thursday. Ten of Arizona's matches will be televised on Pac-12 Networks.
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Under first-year head coach
Charita Stubbs, the Wildcats are returning four starters from last season:Â
Jaelyn Hodge,
Alayna Johnson,
Sofia Maldonado Diaz, and
Puk Stubbe. Arizona's offense is returning the two kills leaders from last season in Maldonado Diaz (372 kills) and Hodge (353 kills).
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Coach Stubbs and the Cats will open 2023 with the Cactus Classic from Aug. 25-26 at home in McKale Center. The Cats will welcome North Carolina, Pacific, and UC Davis for the Cactus Classic.Â
Arizona will then head to Grand Canyon (Sept. 1-3) to play Iowa State, LIU, and GCU before heading to Wisconsin (Sept. 7-9) to face Miami and Wisconsin in a pair of matches.
The Wildcats will return home to host the Wildcat Classic from Sept. 15-16 before opening Pac-12 action on the road at Arizona State on Sept. 21 on the Pac-12 Networks. Arizona will have 10 of its 20 Pac-12 matches televised on the Pac-12 Networks, four of which will be home matches.
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After hosting Arizona State, the Cats will welcome Washington State to McKale Center on Sept. 24. The Wildcats will travel to California and Stanford from Sept. 29-Oct. 1. Arizona will return home to host UCLA and USC Oct. 6-8 before hitting the road for four-straight matches. The Cats will travel to Oregon and Oregon State on Oct. 13-15 before heading to Colorado and Utah from Oct. 20-22 to wrap up the first half of the season.
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The second half of the conference schedule will begin at home with Stanford on Oct. 27 and California on Oct. 29, followed by a trip to USC and UCLA from Nov. 3-5. Arizona will host back-to-back weekends against Utah and Colorado on Nov. 9-11 and Oregon State and Oregon from Nov. 17-19. Arizona will face Washington in Seattle for the final road match of the season on Nov. 21 before hosting Arizona State on Nov. 25 to close out the regular season.
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Arizona broke the season ticket record for the 2023 season for the second year in a row. To purchase season tickets, click
here or call 520-621-CATS.
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