Pac-12 play wasn’t supposed to start this way. Arizona opened conference play against ASU in McKale, a place where the Sun Devils had only won three times in 21 years. Then, they went to face a Utah team whose best player has missed three straight matches due to injury and features several underclassmen in important roles. It was a prime opportunity to open the league season 2-0.
It wasn’t to be. The Wildcats again struggled in serve receive and dropped their second straight match. Utah was in control of things for most of the evening, taking the straight-set victory by a score of 25-19, 26-24, 30-28.