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Washington State’s experience is too much for Arizona volleyball in straight-set defeat

Solving the puzzle of the upper echelon of the Pac-12 has been difficult for the Arizona Wildcats. On Friday, they fell to No. 11 Washington despite looking ready to take a 2-0 lead in the match. On Sunday, it was more of the same as the Wildcats fell to the Washington State Cougars 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-20). For Arizona head coach Dave Rubio, it’s the expected result when one team has several very talented super seniors and the other has very talented underclassmen.

“We have terrific talent, but when you’re playing the sport of volleyball, if you have that level of talent, experience is really what counts more than anything,” Rubio said.