TOURNAMENT
The Cactus Classic
Bear Down Beach (Tucson, Arizona)

MATCH INFO
11 a.m. | Friday, March 4 | at Arizona
1 p.m. | Friday, March 4 | vs. Arizona State (neutral site)
9 a.m. | Saturday, March 5 | vs. Colorado Mesa
11 a.m. | Saturday, March 5 | vs. Boise State

Times listed are MST. 

NOTES

• Santa Clara kicked off the 2022 season last week going 2-2, beating Ottawa-Arizona 5-0 and Utah 3-2 on the first day at the Spartan Beach Volleyball Courts on the campus of San José State.  The following day, the Broncos were narrowly edged out, losing both matches at 3-2 to Concordia-Irvine and San José State.
• Alexia Inman and Michelle Shaffer finished the weekend with a 4-0 record, with one of those wins paired together.  Inman went 3-0 while paired with Nicole Robison while Shaffer and Jordan Bennett were 3-0 together.  
• The Broncos are led by Associate Head Coach Jeff Alzina who is in his third season with the program.  
• Last season, the Broncos finished 5-7 including 3-5 in West Coast Conference action. 
• The squad is comprised of 14 players with eight returners and six first-year players.  
  • Returners include: Alexia Gallegos, Julia Sangiacomo, Michelle Shaffer, Jordan Bennett, Kat Georgiadis, Natalie Rentsch, Elena Radeff and Claire Doud.
  • First-year players include: freshmen Nicole Robison and Alexie Epstein; redshirt freshmen Casey Campbell, Elyse Erickson and Sophia Tulino and graduate student Alexia Inman who transferred from Cal.