Arizona, Sacramento State Face Off on Saturday

WILDCAT CLASSIC
SEPT. 20-21 • McKALE CENTER

ARIZONA (9-2)	ALABAMA STATE (3-10)	NEW MEXICO STATE (8-3)	SACRAMENTO STATE (5-7)
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THE GAMES

DATE	TIME	MATCHUP/RESULT	LINKS
Friday, Sept. 20		Arizona 3, Alabama State 0	Recap • Box Score
Friday, Sept. 20		Sacramento State 3, New Mexico State 2	Box Score
Friday, Sept. 20		Sacramento State 3, Alabama State 0	Box Score
Friday, Sept. 20		Arizona 3, New Mexico State 0	Recap • Box Score
Saturday, Sept. 21	9 a.m.	New Mexico State vs. Alabama State	Live Stats • Live Stream
Saturday, Sept. 21	12 p.m.	Arizona vs. Sacramento State	Live Stats • Live Stream

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CATS SET FOR FINAL NONCONFERNCE TUNE-UP

After two weeks on the road, Arizona (7-2) returns home for its last nonconference event of the season, welcoming in Alabama State (3-8), New Mexico State (8-1) and Sacramento State (3-7) for the Wildcat Classic, Sept. 20-21 in McKale Center.
The Wildcats open the event with a pair of matches on Friday, taking on Alabama State (10 a.m.) and New Mexico State (7:30 p.m.) on day 1 of the event before closing the Classic vs. Sacramento State on Saturday (12 p.m.).
Arizona went 3-0 at last year's Wildcat Classic defeating UT Martin, New Mexico State and UC Davis in the 2018 nonconference finale.
Live Coverage: Live stats will be available for all Wildcat Classic matches at ArizonaStats.com ... Arizona's matches in the tournament will be streamed for free at ArizonaWildcats.com/VBLive while all non-Arizona matches will be streamed by FloVolleyball.tv (subscription required) ... Follow this weekend's action and all season long on Twitter (@ArizonaVBall).
Tickets: Arizona's first match of the weekend vs. Alabama State will be complimentary admission for all fans ... For Arizona's matches vs. New Mexico State and Sacramento State, as well as all remaining matches this season, visit ArizonaWildcats.com/VB.
Promotions: vs. New Mexico State - Wildcat Club Appreciation Night; all Wildcat Club members receive two complimentary tickets ... vs. Sacramento State - Club Volleyball Night; all club volleyball teams can purchase $4 tickets.

QUICK HITS

Coming off a dominant performance at the Kansas Invitational, the Wildcats (7-2) return home to host the Wildcat Classic in the final nonconference weekend of the season.
Arizona swept the Kansas Invitational, needing the minimum nine sets to dispatch of Kansas, Morehead State and Syracuse. It marked the first road weekend that the Wildcats did not drop a set since Sept. 10-11, 2009.
The Wildcats have now won five straight matches, including four consecutive sweeps. In those five victories, Arizona has won 15 straight sets. That sits as the eighth longest set winning streak in school history. This weekend, UA will chase the school record of 22 set in 2000, when the Cats set a school record with seven straight sweeps from Sept. 16-Oct. 7.
Arizona is debuting a brand new offense this season, and with every passing week, the comfort level is apparent. During Arizona's five-match winning streak, it has been led by its offense. Over those five matches, Arizona is averaging 14.56 kills/set on .335 hitting.
While the offense is an improving work-in-progress, Arizona's defense has been stellar all season long. The Wildcats have limited their opponents to a .167 hitting percentage and have held seven of their nine opponents under .220 for the match.
The Wildcats are 7-0 when posting a better hitting percentage than their opponents and 0-2 when they are outhit by their opponent.
Arizona is third in the Pac-12 with 436 digs through three weeks of the season. The Wildcats are led by freshman libero Kamaile Hiapo's 3.65 digs/set. Hiapo's 113 digs are the most by a Pac-12 freshman (and fifth overall). Earlier this season vs. West Virginia, Hiapo posted 27 digs in Arizona's four-set win, tied for the most digs in a match by a freshman in UA history.
Senior middle blocker Devyn Cross hit .667 last weekend in Kansas, with 24 kills on just 33 swings. She is now hitting .478 for the season, second in the Pac-12 and 12th in the NCAA.
The next assist for senior setter Julia Patterson, who is currently ninth in school history in career assists, will move her up the Arizona career charts. Patterson, who is averaging 9.77 assists/set this season, enters the week with 2,691 career assists, one behind Michaela Ebben (2,692 assists; 1994-96), who currently sits eighth in school history.
Head coach Dave Rubio is in his 28th season as the Wildcats' head coach. Last season, Rubio became the second coach in Pac-12 history to surpass 500 victories as a league coach and currently has a career record of 519-323 (.615) at Arizona.

ALABAMA STATE HORNETS (3-8)

Team Notes: Alabama State has lost eight straight matches after a 3-0 start, including a four-set loss in a midweek match to South Alabama on Tuesday ... Bayle Bennett leads Alabama State with 3.76 kills/set.
Head Coach: Penny Lucas-White (9th season; 168-144)
Series History: Arizona 2, Alabama State 0
Last Meeting: 9/2/2016; Arizona 3, Alabama State 0 (25-19, 25-9, 25-8); Tucson, Ariz.

NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES (8-1)

Team Notes: New Mexico State went 2-1 last weekend at the NM State Springhill Suites Invitational, defeating Grambling State (3-0) and Lamar (3-1) and falling to Portland (0-3) in its home tournament ... Savahnnah Davison was named WAC Offensive Player of the Week after averaing 3.70 kills/set during the week; she leads the team, averaging 3.33 kills/set on the season.
Head Coach: Mike Jordan (22nd season ; 474-201)
Series History: Arizona 18, Alabama State 1
2018 (1-1): A: NMSU 3, UA 2; H: UA 3, NMSU 0

SACRAMENTO STATE HORNETS (3-7)

Team Notes: Sacramento State went 0-3 at last weekend's UIC Invitational in Chicago, falling to Murray State (3-1), Bradley (3-1) and UIC (3-0) ... The Hornets, who have started three freshmen on occassion this season, are in the midst of a 12-match road trip; they're currently 1-6 on that road trip.
Head Coach: Ruben Volta (12th season; 184-180)
Series History: Arizona 4, Sacramento State 0
Last Meeting: 8/25/2018; Arizona 3, Sacramento State 1 (25-12, 25-17, 26-28, 25-17); Sacramento, Calif.

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Players Mentioned

#13 Devyn Cross: MB; 6' 0"; Senior

#4 Julia Patterson: S; 5' 11"; Senior

#8 Kamaile Hiapo: L/DS; 5' 7"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#13 Devyn Cross
: 6' 0"; Senior
: MB

#4 Julia Patterson
: 5' 11"; Senior
: S

#8 Kamaile Hiapo
: 5' 7"; Freshman
: L/DS

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Arizona, Sacramento State Face Off on Saturday

Players Mentioned

#13 Devyn Cross

#4 Julia Patterson

#8 Kamaile Hiapo

Players Mentioned

#13 Devyn Cross

#4 Julia Patterson

#8 Kamaile Hiapo