Two preseason AP All-Americans. Two top 10 teams who split their home-and-home series last season. Two conference foes who have had just one non-conference game to prepare them for what they are about to do.
What will it take for the No. 7 Arizona Wildcats or the No. 9 UCLA Bruins to emerge victorious on Friday night?
“We sort of know what we’re going to get from Aari (McDonald) and from Cate Reese,” said UCLA head coach Cori Close. “And I think that they would probably say the same about (Charisma Osborne) and Michaela (Onyenwere).