TEMPE – Graduate student Arden Besecker and senior Olivia McElroy will be representing Sun Devil Beach Volleyball at the AVCA National Championships this weekend, November 6-8, in Huntsville, Alabama.
The Sand Devils not attending AVCAs will be playing at the Lopes Fall Classic on Nov. 7-8, hosted by Grand Canyon in Phoenix.
The women's championship consists of 64 pairs from around the country with. Matches start on Friday and go through Sunday. The women’s pairs quarterfinal and semifinal matches on Saturday, as well as the third-place and championship matches on Sunday, will be broadcast on ESPN+. Additional women’s matches will be livestreamed on AVCA YouTube. See the full broadcast schedule here.
For more information on the championships, the tournament central page is on the AVCA website.
The duo representing ASU is graduate student Arden Besecker and senior Olivia McElroy. The pair went 2-1 at the 2026 Big-12 Championships, picking up two ranked wins against No. 7 TCU and No. 18 Boise State. Both players have played every dual in the 2026 season, McElroy going 19-14 and Besecker going 21-12.
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