Arizona A Runner-up in National Championship Match
Finished Season Ranked 2nd in Nation
Arizona A entered the tournament with the #4 overal seed and #1 seed in pools for each of the first 2 days of the tournament. The Wildcats dominated the tournament (8-0, losing only 1 set prior to the championship match) and were undefeated for both the tournament and 2009 leading up into the National Championship match. In that match, UC Santa Barbara was able to pull of the win by scores of 26-24 and 25-19. Prior to this match, Arizona A had beaten UC Santa Barbara in the championship matches of both the SDSU tournament and the Las Vegas Open tournament.
4 players were named to the NCCS all tournament teams.
1st team All Tournament:
Outside Hitter, Katy DeBruin
Setter, Abbey Withey
Libero, Mikaela Knutson
2nd team All Tournament:
Right Side Hitter, Desiree Long
This 2008-2009 season Arizona A went 37-3 losing only 2 matches during the fall season
and the National Championship match on April 11th. UC Santa Barbara
accounts for 2 of our three losses for the entire season, setting the final record between the two at 3-2 in the Wildcats favor.
Arizona A was coached by the former assistant coach of the Arizona Women's Division I
team, Chris Gonzalez and the assistant coaches were Todd Blankenship (also a
player on the Men's Club Team) and Brenden Kerr (a volunteer coach for the Arizona Women's
Division I team)
| 2009_tournament_results_packet.pdf |
| 2009_all-tournament_selections.pdf |
Arizona B finishes season strong; Division 3 Copper Division Champions
Arizona B had a great finish to the season beating Colorado B 25-23 and 25-22 in the Copper division championship!!!Despite several coaching changes and much adversity throughout the season, Arizona B fought to win the Copper Division at Nationals. The first two days of pool play were difficult for the team, but in bracket play on the final day, the team united to defeat Colorado B. Earlier that day, middle blocker Brigette Walters suffered an ACL injury, which sidelined her for the rest of the tournament (and indefinitely). Even with the loss of their starting middle, the team was able to go 3-0 for the day! The team is proud to have overcome the discouraging first two days and play together as a well-rounded team. We have high hopes for their success again next season!!!!!