Courtesy in part by Arizona Communication Services
(Tucson, AZ) Following a 22-10 regular season, the Arizona volleyball team has earned its fifth at-large selection to the NCAA Tournament in the last six seasons. The Wildcats will begin their road in Lincoln, Nebraska against Missouri.
Arizona will open the tournament on Friday, Nov. 30, against first-round opponent Missouri at 3:30 p.m. MST/4:30 p.m. CST in Lincoln. National No. 7 seed Nebraska will host first and second round action. The Corn Huskers will face Hofstra in the first round with the winners set to meet on Saturday at 6 p.m. MST/7 p.m. CST.
This marks Arizona’s 29th trip to the NCAA Tournament and the 20th time head coach Dave Rubio has led the Wildcats to the postseason. It is Arizona’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament since advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2016; UA has been selected for five of the last six and eight of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments. Under Rubio, Arizona has been to seven Sweet 16s, four Elite 8s and advanced to the Final Four in 2001.
“It’s always exciting when you’re an at-large team and you don’t know where you’re going to go or who you’re going to play against,” said head coach Dave Rubio. “It’s exciting for us to see that we were selected and we will play Missouri at the at-large regional.”
Arizona finished the season 22-10 overall and its 11-9 conference record put the Cats fifth in the Pac-12.
UA’s 22 victories and its 11 conference wins both mark the program’s second most wins since 2005 — only UA’s 24-10, 12-8 Pac-12 season in 2014 was better in that timeframe. The Wildcats’ 11-win improvement from their 11-18 2017campaign marks the largest improvement in the school’s NCAA Division I history.
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