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Savannah Kjolhede’s “unreal” performance powers Sun Devils to 15th straight win

by Brooklyn Cohen - November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

(Photo: Aubrie McMillan/WCSN) TEMPE-In their penultimate home matchup of the 2024 season, Arizona State women's volleyball brought the heat to Mullett Arena Thursday night and took down Iowa State in straight sets, 25-21, 25-15, 25-22. Savannah Kjolhede, a graduate student middle blocker, was a huge part of the Sun Devils success, leading

No. 9 Arizona State earns 16th sweep of season at West Virginia

by Ethan Ignatovsky - November 14, 2024November 14, 2024

(Photo: Katherine Gore/WCSN) PHOENIX — In the first set, a strong swing from Arizona State graduate outside hitter Roberta Rabelo on the right side of the court sent the volleyball to a perfect spot in the back-middle portion of West Virginia’s side. No one could get there in time to dig

No.11 Sun Devils stay hot, pull out gritty win over Kansas State

by Brooklyn Cohen - November 9, 2024November 9, 2024

(Photo: Savannah Sannes/WCSN) After their massive win over No. 8 Kansas, on Wednesday, No. 11 Arizona State volleyball team immediately turned their attention to the next matchup, Friday evening’s match against Kansas State University. With a crowd of 4,300 backing them at Desert Financial Arena, their third largest of the season and

Brynn Covell embraces fluid role with Sun Devils, opportunities for learning

by Brooklyn Cohen - October 19, 2024October 19, 2024

(Photo: Sammy Nute/WCSN) TEMPE-Brynn Covell’s stat line may not be the most impressive. Her name may not pop out on the score sheet, and she may not be the main player to watch on the court. But Covell is making her mark on every game she plays, contributing greatly to Arizona

New Conference, Same Rivalry: Sun Devils pull out gritty win over Arizona

by Brooklyn Cohen - October 10, 2024October 10, 2024

(Photo: Katherine Gore/WCSN) TEMPE — In the first Big 12 volleyball iteration of the historic Arizona State - Arizona rivalry, the Sun Devils showed “the Team Down South” exactly why ASU is the No. 13 team in the country. On a night that featured a full house at Desert Financial Arena with

ASU Volleyball: Sun Devils travel to Bay Area to take on Cal, Stanford

by Alex Suarez - October 1, 2021October 1, 2021

(Photo: Paige Cook/WCSN) Arizona State Volleyball (7-6, 0-2 Pac-12) will be on the road for the first time in Pac-12 Conference play as they travel to the Bay Area this weekend to take on Stanford and Cal. Following three-straight five set matches to UNLV, Arizona and Oregon, the Sun Devils will look

ASU Volleyball: Ford takes center stage as Devils drop season finale to Wildcats

by Troy Tauscher - November 25, 2018

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) In their final game of the 2018 season, the Arizona State Sun Devils could not put the pieces together offensively, falling in a sweep to rival Arizona (25-12, 25-17, 25-23). The Devils hit .087 for the match and -.027 in the first set. It took until the third set

ASU Volleyball: Sun Devils extend 11-match losing streak in four-set loss to No. 25 Bruins

by Gabe Swartz - November 16, 2018

(Photo: Travis David V Whittaker/WCSN) A hot start for Arizona State (13-16, 4-13) was unsustainable Friday night in Tempe, as the Sun Devils fell to No. 25 UCLA (13-11, 8-9) in four sets, 1-3 (25-18, 22-25, 18-25, 23-25). After being swept by the Bruins on Oct. 10 in Los Angeles, the Sun

ASU Volleyball: Sun Devils continue losing streak, fall in straight sets to Oregon

by Jack Bolla Morris - October 27, 2018

(Photo: Deja Broughton/WCSN) In a game of long rallies and long delays, Arizona State was unable to break through against No. 16 Oregon, losing their fifth straight match. It was a rough game for ASU offensively as the team combined to hit just .074. It wasn’t a game riddled with errors. but

ASU Volleyball: Sun Devils drop third straight after sweep by Utah

by Gabe Swartz - October 19, 2018October 19, 2018

(Photo: Travis David V Whittaker/WCSN) For the first time since Sept. 23, the Arizona State Sun Devils (13-8, 4-5) record fell below .500 in conference play, as they lost to Utah (12-8, 4-5) in three sets, (25-27, 23-25, 18-25) Friday night in Tempe Arizona State’s season kill-leader, junior Ivana Jeremic, was held