Arizona volleyball head coach Dave Rubio has been preaching the need to limit errors, especially on serve, this season. Had the Wildcats been able to follow that game plan, they would likely still be undefeated. As it was, 13 service errors were a big reason they dropped their first match of the season and moved to 4-1 on the year.
It was a tight match, but Arizona lost its first true road game of the season in a five-setter (25-20, 20-25, 25-23, 17-25, 15-12) at North Carolina. The Wildcats had just five aces to go against the 13 errors while the Tar Heels had 14 aces to 10 service errors.