Tucson, Ariz.- The Sand Cats will return home to Tucson after two weeks on the road to host the Arizona Duals on Thursday, March 14.
Last weekend, the Wildcats went 1-3 at the Pac-12 South Invitational, facing three top-20 teams. Arizona is 8-3 (1-3 Pac-12) on the season. At the Arizona Duals, the Sand Cats will face Park University and Benedictine University at Mesa.
Arizona Duals Match Ups
Park University-The Sand Cats will face Park University for the first time on Thursday.
Benedictine University at Mesa– The Wildcats are 3-0 in their meetings with Benedictine. The last time the two teams met was in March 2022, and the match result was a 5-0 Wildcat victory.
Arizona Duals full match schedule:
Thursday, March 14:
MATCH 1- Arizona vs. Park University (10:00 a.m.)
MATCH 2- UTEP vs. Park University (11:00 a.m.)
MATCH 3- Arizona vs. Benedictine University Mesa (12:00 p.m.)
MATCH 4- Benedictine University Mesa vs. UTEP (1:00 p.m.)
NOTING THE WILDCATS
The Sand Cats are undefeated at home this season.
Steve Walker is in his 11th season as the head coach for the Wildcats. Walker has a career record of 188-85 (.689) at Arizona. Named the 2016 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Coach of the Year, Walker led Arizona to the first NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship in 2016.
Hope Shannon is 55-35 (.611) in her career at Arizona. Shannon continues to move her way up in the ranking of Wildcat wins leaders and is now No. 12 at Arizona for career wins.
Grace Cook has a 25-18 (.581) record at Arizona and a 64-31 (.674) career record. A transfer from Missouri State, Cook is the all-time individual career wins leader at Missouri State, with 39 wins.
Kylee Fitzsimmons has a career record of 16-7 (.696). This season, Fitzsimmons has gone 7-3 with partner Annie Kost at the No. 3 position and 0-1 with partner Grace Cook at the No. 2 position.
Annie Kost has a record of 33-20 (.623) with the Wildcats. In the 2024 season, she has an 8-3 record at the No. 3 position. Kost now ranks as No. 20 in career wins at Arizona.
Freshmen Jess Horwath and Kate Phillips are 8-3 at the No. 4 position and in their careers at Arizona. The pair pulled off a three-set victory against ASU last weekend at the Pac-12 South Invitational.
Miranda Erro is 25-16 (.610) at Arizona. This season, Erro has a record of 6-4 (.6) in the No. 5 position with…
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