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Arizona volleyball outlasts ASU in Tempe to open Pac-12 play

TEMPE, ARIZ. — On Wednesday, Arizona head coach Dave Rubio had serve receive on his mind. How could he maximize the unique skills of his four pin hitters to improve that part of the game? On Thursday, the answer was clear: use all four of them. It was one of the keys to a five-set victory (23-25, 25-16, 25-17, 21-25, 15-9) over Arizona State.

During non-conference play, Rubio stuck with a rotation of Jaelyn Hodge, Sofia Maldonado Diaz, and Puk Stubbe most of the time. Dilara Gedikoglu got two starts in the 11 matches leading up to Pac-12 play, but she also failed to appear in two other matches.