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ASU completes season sweep against BYU in four-set win

by Seth Schwartzberg - November 8, 2025November 8, 2025

TEMPE - After a dominating win earlier in the week against Texas Tech, No. 6 Arizona State came out and won a nail-biter against No. 21 BYU in four sets, 17-25, 28-26, 25-23, 25-21. After winning the third set, it seemed like everything was going the Sun Devils’ way. After quickly taking

Sun Devils bounce back with dominant sweep over Texas Tech

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by Seth Gilefsky - November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

TEMPE – No. 8 Arizona State had gone a dozen games without a loss on the season before they fell last Friday against Iowa State in Ames, but the mark of a great team is how they rebound from losses, and Wednesday night the Sun Devils did just that. A dominant

Sun Devils stay perfect in Big 12 play with convincing win over TCU

by Alexandra Kranian - October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

TEMPE — No. 6 Arizona State entered its ninth Big 12 matchup of the season against No. 13 TCU, aiming to keep its conference win streak alive against its highest-ranked Big 12 opponent yet. The Horned Frogs arrived in Tempe looking to bounce back after dropping two straight matches to

Sun Devils sweep Bears in 12th straight home conference win

by Seth Gilefsky - October 8, 2025October 8, 2025

(Photo: Madison Sorenson) TEMPE – Since joining the Big 12 last year, the friendly confines of Desert Financial Arena have been a welcome sight for No. 8 Arizona State, having not lost a match at home in that timeframe. The Sun Devils opened their home conference slate with a sweep over

ASU extends win streak to six behind sweep over Utah

by Pratham Valluri - October 4, 2025October 4, 2025

(Photo: Elijah Longoria) On a day when Arizona State received its 2024 Big 12 Championship Ring, it welcomed Utah for its conference home opener after starting Big 12 play with a pair of wins on the road last week. A 3-0 sweep (25-16, 25-15, 25-16) over Utah (8-7, 0-3 Big 12) served

ASU stays hot with sweep over GCU

by Seth Schwartzberg - September 20, 2025September 20, 2025

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) TEMPE - In the second of three games for No. 8 Arizona State as part of the Sun Devil Classic, the Sun Devils welcomed in-state rivals GCU, who were coming off a Friday night sweep of Milwaukee. With the fourth-largest crowd for a volleyball game at Desert

No. 7 ASU leaves Nore-Stahl Classic with convincing victories

by Alexandra Kranian - September 7, 2025September 7, 2025

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) TEMPE, Ariz. — No. 7 Arizona State returned to the court on Sunday to round out the Nore-Stahl Classic with a Sunday afternoon matchup against Loyola Marymount, which lost in four sets to Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday. ASU ended the weekend with a straight-set sweep over the

ASU overcomes early struggles and injuries in home opener win

by Ethan Ignatovsky - September 6, 2025September 6, 2025

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) TEMPE -- After dropping the second set of the night and narrowly escaping the third set with a win, No. 7 Arizona State volleyball needed to enter the fourth set of its home opener matchup against Florida Gulf Coast with a bang. The set started off with a

JJ Van Niel Extended Through 2029 After Historic Two-Year Start

by Tyler Weiss - April 3, 2025April 3, 2025

(Photo: Sammy Nute/WCSN) With just two days left in the year 2022, then-athletic director Ray Anderson tapped JJ Van Niel to be the ninth head coach of Arizona State volleyball. Inheriting a team that hadn’t seen a tournament appearance since 2015, Van Niel came to The Valley with his work cut

Sun Devils conclude historic year in heartbreak, says goodbye to core of seniors

by Charlie Limoncelli - December 8, 2024December 8, 2024

(Photo: Michael Kain/WCSN) TEMPE — Despite Arizona State volleyball’s season coming to an end prematurely, the Sun Devils had a historic year: ASU reached 30 wins for the second time in program history, earned the first conference title in program history and hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament