Sarah Blacker is back for a fifth season with the Arizona beach volleyball team, and she has some significant individual and team goals on her agenda.
She’s from San Diego and lives just blocks from the beach.“I went back and forth for a while," Blacker said."And then I started realizing, ‘Wow, I love this way more than indoor volleyball. It might be something I want to pursue.'
Blacker wants to help bring the program back to the NCAAs. Winning a national championship has been a goal since she walked onto the UA campus in the fall of 2018. “It was just a matter of getting her into our system and familiarizing her with the speed of the game at this level. And she just took off. She went from year one, playing on fours, having an outstanding season, and then slowly from there just creeping up the pecking order in our lineup. She has the mind of a veteran out there — and is someone that is really good about sharing and has been a great teammate.
“I always think about if my team loses, but I win my game, I did everything I could to help. ... If I don't have that mindset, then it's going to be hard to put your team in that to win." "It was quite a long recruitment, to get Sarah to commit to that fifth year, but we're doing it. I always felt that she was going to do it. It just a matter of finding the right academic program.”
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