TEMPE – The 2024 season was another historic year for Sun Devil Volleyball as the team won the first conference championship in program history and advanced in the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season.
Team Accomplishments
The 2024 Big 12 Champions, Arizona State finished the season with a 30-3 record, going 17-1 in Big 12 play. The Sun Devils, who earned a No. 3 seed and hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, advanced to the second round, the second-straight year doing so. ASU hosted tournament matches for the first time since 1995. The conference title was the first Big 12 title across all sports for ASU and the first conference championship in program history. In volleyball, Arizona State is one of four teams in the conference to have won a Big 12 title (also Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State).
The 30 wins on the year are the most this century and one from the most all-time (31 in 1982). The winning percentage of .909 is the best in team history. Additionally, ASU had 20 sweeps this year, tied with the program record. The Sun Devils went undefeated at home in the regular season for the first time since becoming an NCAA sport. Before falling in the final match, Arizona State had an 18-match winning streak, the second-longest in program history.
The Sun Devils built up an impressive resume over the season. In addition to their monumental win total, they went 5-2 against ranked opponents, including a top-10 win over then-No. 8 Kansas. Arizona State never lost a match to an unranked team during the regular season. The .909 win percentage this season is the best in program history.
Not only did ASU win, but it won with efficiency, hitting .272 on the year, top 20 in the nation for hitting percentage. There were five individual efforts ranked in the top 10 in the ASU record book for hitting percentages and two matches in the top 10 (.476 vs Cal Baptist is second best, .458 vs. Memphis is the fifth best). The Sun Devils have also held opponents to low clips, ranking in the top 20 all season for opponent hitting percentages (currently at .161).
Home matches were must-see events in Tempe this season. Split between Desert Financial Arena and Mullett Arena, 10 of the 15 home matches had over 3,000 in attendance, with six over 4,000. All six of those 4,000-plus attended matches are ranked in the top 10 for…
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