Dave Rubio knows full well what is in store for his Arizona Wildcats volleyball team this fall, in the meat grinder that is Pac-12 volleyball.
Rubio, now in his 26th season leading the Wildcats, was curt in his assessment of how his team played in its two matches at Friday’s Cactus Classic.
Rubio, sporting a stubble-length black and grey beard that infringed upon his dark sports coat at the team’s postgame press conference, used cautious optimism to describe this year’s team.
His words cut through the pair of sweeps turned in against overmatched non-conference foes, in Eastern Kentucky and Grand Canyon University.