TEMPE – No. 23 Sun Devil Volleyball is back home this weekend, hosting USC on Friday in Desert Financial Arena at 6 p.m. MST and UCLA on Sunday in Mullett Arena at 1 p.m. MST.
Fan Information
Friday’s match against USC at Desert Financial Arena will be Arizona State’s Pink Game for breast cancer awareness. Fans are encouraged to wear pink. That matchup will be at 6 p.m. MST and will be on Pac-12 Insider. Because Sun Devil Hockey’s home opener is that evening as well, fans are encouraged to be aware of potential traffic.
On Sunday, the match against the Bruins will be at 1 p.m. MST in Mullett Arena. Fans at home can watch on the ASU Live Stream.
The fan guide can be found here. Tickets can be purchased here.
How to Follow
The first match against the Trojans will be on Pac-12 Insider. Sunday’s match against the Bruins will be on the ASU Live Stream. Live scoring will also be available. For more updates, follow along on Twitter (@SunDevilVB) and on Instagram (@sundevilvolleyball).
Sun Devil Outlook
No. 23 Arizona State (15-1, 3-1 Pac-12)
- The Sun Devils split the weekend in the Bay Area. ASU’s first loss of the season came at No. 3 Stanford, but the team bounced back with a five-set win at Cal. It was a weekend of firsts: the first loss and the first five-set match.
- Arizona State moved up in the AVCA Coaches Poll to No. 23. This is the first season since 2015 that ASU is ranked for multiple weeks and is also the highest ranking since that same season.
- The RPI rankings were released for the first time on October 2, and the Sun Devils are No. 15. They are the fourth-highest Pac-12 team, behind Stanford, Oregon and Washington State.
- Senior opposite Marta Levinska continues to reach new milestones in 2023. In the win over Cal, she went off, getting 30 kills for a new career high. That number is tied for the highest number of kills at ASU in the rally-scoring era. She is now 14 kills away from 12th place in the record book for career kills. In the national rankings, Levinska is top 30 in kills, kills per set, points and points per set.
- The other lefty on the team, graduate setter Shannon Shields, also had a career high against Cal, dishing out 54 assists. That was the third match of her career with 50-plus assists, second this season. She is 63 assists away from 2,000 career assists. In the…
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