TEMPE, Ariz. – The Arizona State volleyball team and first year head coach Sanja Tomasevic welcome fans and season ticket holders to the program's annual Maroon & Gold scrimmage to kick off the looming 2017 season.
The event is slated for Saturday, Aug. 19 at 4 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena. Admission to the scrimmage is free.
For the first time since 2011, Arizona State is set to open the season within the friendly confines of Wells Fargo Arena, as the Maroon and Gold will play host to the Sun Devil Classic Aug. 25-26. The Sun Devils will welcome Weber State, Boise State and North Dakota State and compete in three matches over the course of two days of play.
Season tickets for the 2017 Sun Devil volleyball season are now available. Join the #SunDevilFight and secure season tickets to Arizona State's 13 home matches today by calling a ticket representative at 480-965-5812.
As a 2017 Sun Devil Volleyball season ticket holder (PURCHSE HERE), fans will enjoy:
Meet The Team
The Seniors: Libero Halle Harker, middle blocker Oluoma Okaro and defensive specialist Blair Robalin return for their respective senior seasons. Joining the crop of seniors is transfer outside hitter Isabel Miller, who previously competed at Boise State and San Diego Mesa.
Harker has led the Sun Devils in digs in each of her previous three seasons donning the Maroon and Gold and appeared in all 120 sets for Arizona State in 2016. Her career tally of 1,403 digs sits at No. 6 in the all-time ASU record book.
Okaro made an immediate impact last season after transferring to the program from San Francisco, ultimately earning All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors. Posting a team-best 336 kills, Okaro also notched 128 blocks and 39 service aces to highlight a strong Junior campaign.
Robalin who enters her third season with the team appeared in 10 sets while tallying 11 digs in 2016.
Miller who most recently spent two seasons at San Diego-Mesa College averaged 4.89 kills per set overall and 5.49 in conference while holding a .228 hitting percentage last season for the Olympians.
The Juniors: Middle blocker Carmen Unzue is back for her second season with the Sun Devils, joined by transfers Peyton Grahovac (Opposite Hitter/Long Beach State), Alexa Lister (Middle Hitter/Louisiana Tech) and Brooke Westphal (Defensive Specialist/South Florida State College).
Unzue posted 26 kills and 15 total blocks while appearing in 28 sets for the Sun Devils in 2016.
Grahovac joins the Sun Devils after two exceptional seasons at Long Beach State, that saw the Orange, Calif. native accumulate 321 kills and 85 blocks, while appearing in 165 sets and making 44 starts.
Alexa Lister, daughter of Arizona State Hall of Fame basketball player Alton Lister, last spent two seasons under Adriano de Souza at Louisiana Tech University. She appeared in 87 sets while making 21 starts as a Sophomore in 2016, pacing the Lady Techsters in blocks with 46 to her credit and finishing the season third in kills (154).
Westphal a transfer out of South Florida State College, was twice named an All-Conference honoree (Suncoast; First-Team, 2016; Second-Team, 2015) during her tenure with the program. She most notably concluded the 2016 season as the NJCAA leader in D/S (8.32)
The Sophomores: Libero Courtney Leffel, setter Nicole Peterson, defensive specialist Halle Johnson and outside hitter Ivana Jeremic return for their sophomore seasons, joined by Santa Clara transfer Callie Jones.
Leffel, who appeared in 116 of 120 total sets for the Sun Devils in 2016, notched 196 digs, accounting for the second most in that category on the season.
Peterson who saw playing time in 47 total sets, posted 264 assists (second-most on the team), while adding 68 digs and nine service aces for Arizona State in 2016.
Johnson appeared in 78 total sets while tallying 120 digs in 2016.
Jeremic heads into 2017 coming off a strong freshman campaign in 2016, that saw her post 246 kills, an average of 2.4 per set, while adding 127 digs.
The Freshmen: The Sun Devils' 2017 roster features five freshmen: Griere Hughes (Outside Hitter/Fishers, IN./Hamilton Southeastern), Danica Krstonošic (Outside Hitter/Novi Sad, Serbia/Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj), Shelbie Dobmeier (Setter/Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood), Megan Beedie (Middle Blocker/Cambridge, ON./Jacob Hespeler Secondary School) and Mary Vidal (Libero/San Antonio, Texas/Antonian College Prep).
Meet The Staff
Head Coach/Sanja Tomasevic: Tomasevic was named the eight coach of the Arizona State volleyball program on Dec. 21, 2016. She moves into the role after serving the program as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for ASU's indoor program in 2016, where the Sun Devils capped the year with three straight home wins, including a five-set thriller over Pac-12 rival Arizona.
Prior to her time in Tempe, Tomasevic spent two years at the University of Miami, where she helped the Hurricanes reach back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. The 2015 season also marked Miami's second straight season with 20-plus wins. Tomasevic went to Miami after spending two seasons at Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Roadrunners.
The Serbia native played eight years professionally, including the final two as a co-captain of POMI Casalmaggiore in Italy. She was named to four All-Star Games and was named the Best Server at the 2010 European Challenge Cup. She won three league championships, including back-to-back Greek titles with Panathinaikos in 2009 and 2010.
A two-time All-American and the 2005 Asics and CVU.com National Player of the Year at the University of Washington, Tomasevic led the Huskies to four NCAA tournament appearances, including the 2005 National Championship, and a pair of Pac-10 Conference titles. In October of 2016, Tomasevic became just the second individual volleyball player to be inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame.
The former outside hitter ended her collegiate career as Washington's all-time leader in points (2,159.5), kills (1,795) and service aces (156). She is one of only five players in Huskies history to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs.
Assistant Coach/Carlos Moreno: Named to the Sun Devil staff on Feb. 2, Moreno joins the program after previously serving as a graduate assistant under the direction of Amanda Berkley at Southern Mississippi University. During his one-year tenure at Southern Miss, Moreno operated in a number of facets including on-court coaching, recruiting, fundraising, and compliance. Moreno most notably worked extensively with the team's offensive systems and setters, including All-Conference honoree Sarah Bell.
Prior to his stint at Southern Miss, Moreno garnered coaching experience directing camps and clinics in his native country of Brazil, while also serving as the head coach of the University of Sao Paulo Women's Volleyball Team from 2000 to 2002.
Preceding his coaching career, Moreno compiled a prolific playing career as a setter at Brigham University, garnering essentially every national award possible, including AVCA and MPSF Player of the year honors. A three-year starter for the Cougars, Moreno amassed 4,628 career assists, marking the second-most in program in history, while adding 78 career aces (4th-most in program history). Spearheading BYU NCAA Championship runs in 2003 and 2004, Moreno earned a plethora of Player of the Year and MVP honors while also being placed on MSPF's and AVCA's respective first-teams.
A two-time All-American and the 2004 AVCA National Player of the Year, Moreno led the Cougars to two NCAA tournament appearances, including the 2004 National Championship, and a pair of MPSF Conference titles.
Assistant Coach/Macey Gardner: Former Sun Devil standout Macey Gardner was tabbed to the role of assistant coach on May 15, after serving one season as an assistant coach under Shane Pinder at Liberty University. Arguably one of the greatest student-athletes in not only the program's history, but Sun Devil Athletics' history, Garnder notched a plethora of accolades during her time as a Sun Devil.
Macey Gardner Sun Devil Trophy Case
Arizona State will then hit the road for three consecutive weeks, beginning with a trek to Spokane, Wash., Sep. 1-2, for a trio of meetings with Nevada, Gonzaga and Portland State.
The following weekend, the Sun Devils will hop on Interstate 17, traveling 150 miles north to compete in the NAU Tournament, Sep. 8-9. The Maroon and Gold will face off with Cal State Bakersfield and host Northern Arizona on Fri., Sep. 8, before wrapping up the trip with a match against Utah State.
The Sun Devils will round out the non-conference slate at the UT Arlington-hosted Maverick Classic, Sep. 15-16. Arizona State will take on Lamar Fri., Sep. 15 followed by a pair of meetings with Houston Baptist and Texas Arlington respectively on Sep. 16.
Pac-12 Play: The Sun Devils will officially kickoff their 2017 Pac-12 slate on Thursday, Sep. 21 at home, with the Maroon and Gold slated to play host to conference rival Arizona in the 2017-18 Territorial Cup Series ® opener. The match will represent Arizona State's Pac-12 Network debut for the season. On Sunday, Sep. 24, the Sun Devils will wrap up the home stand welcoming Washington.
Arizona State's first conference road trip will feature matches against Stanford (Wednesday, Sep. 27) and California (Friday, Sep. 29).
Following the trek to Northern California, the Sun Devils will return to Tempe for their longest home stand of the season. The four-game stretch begins Wednesday, Oct. 6th with a matchup with UCLA in addition to a Thursday, Oct. 7th contest against USC. The next weekend, Arizona State hosts Colorado (Wednesday, Oct. 13th) and Utah (Friday, Oct. 15th) to complete the extended home stay.
The Sun Devils will then proceed to travel to Oregon the next weekend to take on Oregon (Wednesday, Oct. 20th) and Oregon State (Thursday, Oct. 21st). Arizona State returns to Wells Fargo Arena to square off for the second time with the Bay Area schools. The Sun Devils play Stanford (Wednesday, October 27th) and California (Friday, October 29th) with both matches being aired on Pac-12 Network.
Arizona State will hit the road again the following week as they head back to California, this time to the southern part of the state. The Sun Devils will take on USC (Friday, Nov. 3rd) and UCLA (Saturday, Nov. 4th), each for the second time on the season.
During the final home stand, the Sun Devils will take on Oregon (Thursday, Nov. 9th) and Oregon State (Friday, Nov. 11th). Arizona State will honor the senior class during the final match on Nov. 11th against Oregon State.
Arizona State's gauntlet of a 20-match Pac-12 slate will see the Sun Devils take on some of the nation's top teams. ASU will match up with the defending national champions, the Stanford Cardinal, twice during the regular season (Sep. 27 & Oct. 27). The Maroon and Gold will face a total of nine teams that made the NCAA tournament, including eight teams from the Pac-12 conference – Stanford, Washington, Washington State, Utah, Oregon, UCLA, USC and Arizona.
Harker Climbing ASU's Career Digs List: Entering her fourth and final season with the Sun Devils, libero Halle Harker sits in coveted company among the program's all-time greats. With a career digs tally of 1,403 to her credit, good for sixth all-time in the category, she is just one of eighteen players to surpass the millennium mark in digs in program history. Pacing the team in sets played (120) and appearing in each of the Sun Devils' 32 respective matches in 2016, Harker posted a team-best 459 total digs. Harker has led the Sun Devils in digs in each of her three campaigns donning the Maroon and Gold, and will seek to close out her collegiate career in high fashion this fall.
Instant Replay: This upcoming season, Arizona State will be one of six schools in the Pac-12 Conference to utilize instant replay systems at home matches. Instituted by the NCAA at the start of the 2016 season, the challenge review system is currently optional and not a requirement of competition. Outlined protocol for the systems is as follows: Each team will have three challenges per match; Challenges are not tied to timeouts; Only the team that lost the rally will be able to challenge; If the call is reversed, the team that lost the review will be able to challenge another aspect of the point. Each team will be limited to one challenge per rally; A coach will need to make the challenge before the referee extends his arm for service to begin the next point; There must be indisputable video evidence for the official to change the original call. Coaches will be allowed to challenge the following plays.
Complete 2017 Home Schedule:
Aug. 19 Maroon & Gold Scrimmage
Aug. 25 vs. Weber St. -- 11 a.m. PT
Aug. 25 vs. North Dakota St. -- 7 p.m. PT
Aug. 26 vs. Boise St. -- 5 p.m. PT
Sep. 21 vs. Arizona -- 8 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Sep. 24 vs. Washington -- 1 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 6 vs. UCLA -- 8 p.m PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 7 vs. USC -- 6 p.m. PT
Oct. 13 vs. Colorado -- 7 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 15 vs. Utah -- 1 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 27 vs. Stanford -- 8 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 29 vs. California -- 11 a.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Nov. 9 vs. Oregon -- 5 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Nov. 11 vs. Oregon St. -- 7 p.m. PT
SDA Clear Bag Policy: In order to enhance public safety, Sun Devil Athletics will now enforce their Clear Bag Policy at all ticketed events hosted at SDA facilities. Fans may bring in one (1) clear bag no larger than 12" x 6" x 12" or a 1-gallon plastic storage bag. Fans are limited to one clear bag per person, along with a small clutch or purse for privacy. Please refer to the pictures above for non-approved bags.
Sun Devil Athletics adopted the Clear Bag policy to improve public safety at our venues and provide a great game day experience by making access at all facilities more efficient. This proactive measure will enhance security inside and outside of the athletics venues and speed up the security screening process for all fans.
The event is slated for Saturday, Aug. 19 at 4 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena. Admission to the scrimmage is free.
For the first time since 2011, Arizona State is set to open the season within the friendly confines of Wells Fargo Arena, as the Maroon and Gold will play host to the Sun Devil Classic Aug. 25-26. The Sun Devils will welcome Weber State, Boise State and North Dakota State and compete in three matches over the course of two days of play.
Season tickets for the 2017 Sun Devil volleyball season are now available. Join the #SunDevilFight and secure season tickets to Arizona State's 13 home matches today by calling a ticket representative at 480-965-5812.
As a 2017 Sun Devil Volleyball season ticket holder (PURCHSE HERE), fans will enjoy:
- A guaranteed seat at every home game
- A personal service representative
- Discounted tickets
- Priority points
- Much more!
Meet The Team
The Seniors: Libero Halle Harker, middle blocker Oluoma Okaro and defensive specialist Blair Robalin return for their respective senior seasons. Joining the crop of seniors is transfer outside hitter Isabel Miller, who previously competed at Boise State and San Diego Mesa.
Harker has led the Sun Devils in digs in each of her previous three seasons donning the Maroon and Gold and appeared in all 120 sets for Arizona State in 2016. Her career tally of 1,403 digs sits at No. 6 in the all-time ASU record book.
Okaro made an immediate impact last season after transferring to the program from San Francisco, ultimately earning All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors. Posting a team-best 336 kills, Okaro also notched 128 blocks and 39 service aces to highlight a strong Junior campaign.
Robalin who enters her third season with the team appeared in 10 sets while tallying 11 digs in 2016.
Miller who most recently spent two seasons at San Diego-Mesa College averaged 4.89 kills per set overall and 5.49 in conference while holding a .228 hitting percentage last season for the Olympians.
The Juniors: Middle blocker Carmen Unzue is back for her second season with the Sun Devils, joined by transfers Peyton Grahovac (Opposite Hitter/Long Beach State), Alexa Lister (Middle Hitter/Louisiana Tech) and Brooke Westphal (Defensive Specialist/South Florida State College).
Unzue posted 26 kills and 15 total blocks while appearing in 28 sets for the Sun Devils in 2016.
Grahovac joins the Sun Devils after two exceptional seasons at Long Beach State, that saw the Orange, Calif. native accumulate 321 kills and 85 blocks, while appearing in 165 sets and making 44 starts.
Alexa Lister, daughter of Arizona State Hall of Fame basketball player Alton Lister, last spent two seasons under Adriano de Souza at Louisiana Tech University. She appeared in 87 sets while making 21 starts as a Sophomore in 2016, pacing the Lady Techsters in blocks with 46 to her credit and finishing the season third in kills (154).
Westphal a transfer out of South Florida State College, was twice named an All-Conference honoree (Suncoast; First-Team, 2016; Second-Team, 2015) during her tenure with the program. She most notably concluded the 2016 season as the NJCAA leader in D/S (8.32)
The Sophomores: Libero Courtney Leffel, setter Nicole Peterson, defensive specialist Halle Johnson and outside hitter Ivana Jeremic return for their sophomore seasons, joined by Santa Clara transfer Callie Jones.
Leffel, who appeared in 116 of 120 total sets for the Sun Devils in 2016, notched 196 digs, accounting for the second most in that category on the season.
Peterson who saw playing time in 47 total sets, posted 264 assists (second-most on the team), while adding 68 digs and nine service aces for Arizona State in 2016.
Johnson appeared in 78 total sets while tallying 120 digs in 2016.
Jeremic heads into 2017 coming off a strong freshman campaign in 2016, that saw her post 246 kills, an average of 2.4 per set, while adding 127 digs.
The Freshmen: The Sun Devils' 2017 roster features five freshmen: Griere Hughes (Outside Hitter/Fishers, IN./Hamilton Southeastern), Danica Krstonošic (Outside Hitter/Novi Sad, Serbia/Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj), Shelbie Dobmeier (Setter/Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood), Megan Beedie (Middle Blocker/Cambridge, ON./Jacob Hespeler Secondary School) and Mary Vidal (Libero/San Antonio, Texas/Antonian College Prep).
Meet The Staff
Head Coach/Sanja Tomasevic: Tomasevic was named the eight coach of the Arizona State volleyball program on Dec. 21, 2016. She moves into the role after serving the program as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for ASU's indoor program in 2016, where the Sun Devils capped the year with three straight home wins, including a five-set thriller over Pac-12 rival Arizona.
Prior to her time in Tempe, Tomasevic spent two years at the University of Miami, where she helped the Hurricanes reach back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. The 2015 season also marked Miami's second straight season with 20-plus wins. Tomasevic went to Miami after spending two seasons at Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Roadrunners.
The Serbia native played eight years professionally, including the final two as a co-captain of POMI Casalmaggiore in Italy. She was named to four All-Star Games and was named the Best Server at the 2010 European Challenge Cup. She won three league championships, including back-to-back Greek titles with Panathinaikos in 2009 and 2010.
A two-time All-American and the 2005 Asics and CVU.com National Player of the Year at the University of Washington, Tomasevic led the Huskies to four NCAA tournament appearances, including the 2005 National Championship, and a pair of Pac-10 Conference titles. In October of 2016, Tomasevic became just the second individual volleyball player to be inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame.
The former outside hitter ended her collegiate career as Washington's all-time leader in points (2,159.5), kills (1,795) and service aces (156). She is one of only five players in Huskies history to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs.
Assistant Coach/Carlos Moreno: Named to the Sun Devil staff on Feb. 2, Moreno joins the program after previously serving as a graduate assistant under the direction of Amanda Berkley at Southern Mississippi University. During his one-year tenure at Southern Miss, Moreno operated in a number of facets including on-court coaching, recruiting, fundraising, and compliance. Moreno most notably worked extensively with the team's offensive systems and setters, including All-Conference honoree Sarah Bell.
Prior to his stint at Southern Miss, Moreno garnered coaching experience directing camps and clinics in his native country of Brazil, while also serving as the head coach of the University of Sao Paulo Women's Volleyball Team from 2000 to 2002.
Preceding his coaching career, Moreno compiled a prolific playing career as a setter at Brigham University, garnering essentially every national award possible, including AVCA and MPSF Player of the year honors. A three-year starter for the Cougars, Moreno amassed 4,628 career assists, marking the second-most in program in history, while adding 78 career aces (4th-most in program history). Spearheading BYU NCAA Championship runs in 2003 and 2004, Moreno earned a plethora of Player of the Year and MVP honors while also being placed on MSPF's and AVCA's respective first-teams.
A two-time All-American and the 2004 AVCA National Player of the Year, Moreno led the Cougars to two NCAA tournament appearances, including the 2004 National Championship, and a pair of MPSF Conference titles.
Assistant Coach/Macey Gardner: Former Sun Devil standout Macey Gardner was tabbed to the role of assistant coach on May 15, after serving one season as an assistant coach under Shane Pinder at Liberty University. Arguably one of the greatest student-athletes in not only the program's history, but Sun Devil Athletics' history, Garnder notched a plethora of accolades during her time as a Sun Devil.
Macey Gardner Sun Devil Trophy Case
- ASU record holder for career kills with 1,882, 11 more than the previous record holder.
- 17th Sun Devil to record 1,000 career digs, and just the 10th to record 1,000 or more kills and digs in her career.
- Recorded eight matches with 27 or more kills.
- First Sun Devil to earn national honors from the AVCA since Amanda Burbridge was recognized on Oct. 23, 2000.
- 2015 Pac-12 Women's Volleyball Player of the Week.
- 2015 AVCA Player of the Week.
- 2014 AVCA All-Pacific South Region Honoree, ASU's first since 2000.
- ASU's second three-time selection to the Pac-12 All-Conference team (joining Christine Garner (1993-95)).
- 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention Honoree.
- Selected to play on the Pac-12 volleyball All-Star team in China in 2013
- Owns the ASU freshman records for total kills (577), kills per set (4.40) and kills in a match (28).
Arizona State will then hit the road for three consecutive weeks, beginning with a trek to Spokane, Wash., Sep. 1-2, for a trio of meetings with Nevada, Gonzaga and Portland State.
The following weekend, the Sun Devils will hop on Interstate 17, traveling 150 miles north to compete in the NAU Tournament, Sep. 8-9. The Maroon and Gold will face off with Cal State Bakersfield and host Northern Arizona on Fri., Sep. 8, before wrapping up the trip with a match against Utah State.
The Sun Devils will round out the non-conference slate at the UT Arlington-hosted Maverick Classic, Sep. 15-16. Arizona State will take on Lamar Fri., Sep. 15 followed by a pair of meetings with Houston Baptist and Texas Arlington respectively on Sep. 16.
Pac-12 Play: The Sun Devils will officially kickoff their 2017 Pac-12 slate on Thursday, Sep. 21 at home, with the Maroon and Gold slated to play host to conference rival Arizona in the 2017-18 Territorial Cup Series ® opener. The match will represent Arizona State's Pac-12 Network debut for the season. On Sunday, Sep. 24, the Sun Devils will wrap up the home stand welcoming Washington.
Arizona State's first conference road trip will feature matches against Stanford (Wednesday, Sep. 27) and California (Friday, Sep. 29).
Following the trek to Northern California, the Sun Devils will return to Tempe for their longest home stand of the season. The four-game stretch begins Wednesday, Oct. 6th with a matchup with UCLA in addition to a Thursday, Oct. 7th contest against USC. The next weekend, Arizona State hosts Colorado (Wednesday, Oct. 13th) and Utah (Friday, Oct. 15th) to complete the extended home stay.
The Sun Devils will then proceed to travel to Oregon the next weekend to take on Oregon (Wednesday, Oct. 20th) and Oregon State (Thursday, Oct. 21st). Arizona State returns to Wells Fargo Arena to square off for the second time with the Bay Area schools. The Sun Devils play Stanford (Wednesday, October 27th) and California (Friday, October 29th) with both matches being aired on Pac-12 Network.
Arizona State will hit the road again the following week as they head back to California, this time to the southern part of the state. The Sun Devils will take on USC (Friday, Nov. 3rd) and UCLA (Saturday, Nov. 4th), each for the second time on the season.
During the final home stand, the Sun Devils will take on Oregon (Thursday, Nov. 9th) and Oregon State (Friday, Nov. 11th). Arizona State will honor the senior class during the final match on Nov. 11th against Oregon State.
Arizona State's gauntlet of a 20-match Pac-12 slate will see the Sun Devils take on some of the nation's top teams. ASU will match up with the defending national champions, the Stanford Cardinal, twice during the regular season (Sep. 27 & Oct. 27). The Maroon and Gold will face a total of nine teams that made the NCAA tournament, including eight teams from the Pac-12 conference – Stanford, Washington, Washington State, Utah, Oregon, UCLA, USC and Arizona.
Harker Climbing ASU's Career Digs List: Entering her fourth and final season with the Sun Devils, libero Halle Harker sits in coveted company among the program's all-time greats. With a career digs tally of 1,403 to her credit, good for sixth all-time in the category, she is just one of eighteen players to surpass the millennium mark in digs in program history. Pacing the team in sets played (120) and appearing in each of the Sun Devils' 32 respective matches in 2016, Harker posted a team-best 459 total digs. Harker has led the Sun Devils in digs in each of her three campaigns donning the Maroon and Gold, and will seek to close out her collegiate career in high fashion this fall.
Instant Replay: This upcoming season, Arizona State will be one of six schools in the Pac-12 Conference to utilize instant replay systems at home matches. Instituted by the NCAA at the start of the 2016 season, the challenge review system is currently optional and not a requirement of competition. Outlined protocol for the systems is as follows: Each team will have three challenges per match; Challenges are not tied to timeouts; Only the team that lost the rally will be able to challenge; If the call is reversed, the team that lost the review will be able to challenge another aspect of the point. Each team will be limited to one challenge per rally; A coach will need to make the challenge before the referee extends his arm for service to begin the next point; There must be indisputable video evidence for the official to change the original call. Coaches will be allowed to challenge the following plays.
Complete 2017 Home Schedule:
Aug. 19 Maroon & Gold Scrimmage
Aug. 25 vs. Weber St. -- 11 a.m. PT
Aug. 25 vs. North Dakota St. -- 7 p.m. PT
Aug. 26 vs. Boise St. -- 5 p.m. PT
Sep. 21 vs. Arizona -- 8 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Sep. 24 vs. Washington -- 1 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 6 vs. UCLA -- 8 p.m PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 7 vs. USC -- 6 p.m. PT
Oct. 13 vs. Colorado -- 7 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 15 vs. Utah -- 1 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 27 vs. Stanford -- 8 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Oct. 29 vs. California -- 11 a.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Nov. 9 vs. Oregon -- 5 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona)
Nov. 11 vs. Oregon St. -- 7 p.m. PT
SDA Clear Bag Policy: In order to enhance public safety, Sun Devil Athletics will now enforce their Clear Bag Policy at all ticketed events hosted at SDA facilities. Fans may bring in one (1) clear bag no larger than 12" x 6" x 12" or a 1-gallon plastic storage bag. Fans are limited to one clear bag per person, along with a small clutch or purse for privacy. Please refer to the pictures above for non-approved bags.
Sun Devil Athletics adopted the Clear Bag policy to improve public safety at our venues and provide a great game day experience by making access at all facilities more efficient. This proactive measure will enhance security inside and outside of the athletics venues and speed up the security screening process for all fans.