Coach Dave Rubio's team celebrated his 500th win at the UA earlier this month.

Arizona volleyball coach Dave Rubio registered one of the top victories of his current UA total of 503 on Friday, beating No. 12 Oregon in Eugene. “We will play 16 straight opponents ranked in the top 30,” Rubio told me last week. “We don’t play Cal or Arizona State, who are currently unranked, until the last two matches of the season. This is crazy.” When the Wildcats return home to play Washington and WSU next weekend, they will be meeting the currently ranked Nos. 14 and 23 teams in the country.


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