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Looking at ASU volleyball’s 2014 season

by Zac Pacleb - August 28, 2014August 29, 2014

(Photo: Noah Findling/WCSN) Ranked in the preseason for the first time since 1996, the No. 25 Arizona State Sun Devils head into head coach Jason Watson's seventh season with the highest expectations since his arrival in 2008. ASU was selected to finish fourth in the Pac-12. “The confidence level is pretty high,”

Meet ASU volleyball’s newcomers: Halle Harker Q&A

by Zac Pacleb - August 27, 2014August 29, 2014

(Photo: ASU Athletics) Halle Harker is a 5’5” freshman libero from Bakersfield, California (Liberty High School). She tallied up 731 digs her senior year and was also named First-Team All-Southwest Yosemite League in 2013. Q: For you personally, coming into your freshman year, what do you think you bring to this squad? A:

Meet ASU volleyball’s newcomers: Mia Mazon Q&A

by Zac Pacleb - August 26, 2014August 29, 2014

(Photo: ASU Athletics) Mia Mazon is a 5’4” sophomore libero from Phoenix, Arizona. She transferred to Arizona State in January from Phoenix College. Mazon was named to Division 1 Section 1 First-Team as a senior and the Division 1 Section 1 second team as a junior. Q: You’re from Phoenix. What is

Meet ASU volleyball’s newcomers: Madison McDaniel Q&A

by Zac Pacleb - August 24, 2014August 29, 2014

(Photo: ASU Athletics) Madison McDaniel is a 6’0” setter from Arlington, Texas (The Woodlands High School). She was a 2013 and 2014 selection to Lonestarvolleyball.com’s All-Texas 2nd team as well as a member of the 2012 AVCA Phenom List. Her high school team finished with a 45-0 record, becoming Texas’ eighteenth

ASU volleyball is back in business

by Zac Pacleb - August 23, 2014August 24, 2014

(Photo: Trey Lanthier/WCSN) The No. 25 Arizona State Sun Devil volleyball team held their annual Maroon and Gold game at Wells Fargo Arena today before their season gets underway on August 29 in Manoa, Hawaii. ASU held two scrimmages at ASU’s Polytechnic and West campuses last week, but today was the Sun

ASU volleyball players stay on the courts over the summer

by Zac Pacleb - July 10, 2014July 10, 2014

(Photo: Noah Findling/WCSN) If you’d told Arizona State junior middle blocker Whitney Follette that she would be spending two weeks of June in China, she would probably think you were crazy. In fact, she would say that there were other things she would be doing instead. “I had plans for the summer

Early season preview for ASU volleyball

by Zac Pacleb - January 9, 2014January 10, 2014

The Arizona State Sun Devils are going coming off of a season that saw time spent in the national rankings, an entire month spent in the losing column, and ultimately a first-round exit in the NCAA tournament. All that being accounted for, what should Sun Devil nation expect from head coach

Recapping 2013’s emotional roller coaster of ASU volleyball

by Zac Pacleb - January 6, 2014January 8, 2014

(Photo: Ryan Bafaloukos/WCSN) It has been over a month since the Arizona State Sun Devils’ season was ended in the first round of the NCAA tournament by way of a five-set loss against the BYU Cougars. In many ways, that match embodied the season for the Sun Devils. They started strong taking

ASU prepares for BYU in tournament opener

by Zac Pacleb - December 3, 2013December 5, 2013

(Photo: Noah Findling/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils earned their second consecutive bid to the NCAA Tournament and will face the No. 22 Brigham Young Cougars on Friday in Honolulu, HI. BYU finished second in the West Coast Conference after falling to No. 8 San Diego in five sets on November 23rd.

Macey Gardner, Sun Devils pull off narrow three-set victory

by Josh Frons - November 14, 2013

(Photo: Ryan Bafaloukos/WCSN) In a must-win situation for ASU, the Sun Devils did just that, in the form of a straight-sets sweep over Colorado (25-23, 28-26, 25-14). It was Bianca Arellano’s first game back after missing four matches with a sprained ankle. “It felt so great to be back,” Arellano said. “Macey (Gardner)