Arizona head coach encouraged former Wildcat star to announce her future plans after the NIVC championship game. Hodge was eventually convinced. “I just signed with Puerto Rico, so I’m gonna be playing there,” Hodge said.
Hodge didn’t provide the name of the team at that time. Her team finally announced her signing on Thursday evening. She will play for Valencianas de Juncos.
The team plays in the seven-team Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino (LVSF). It is located in the city of Juncos, about 35 miles outside San Juan. While the league started in 1968, the team has only been around since 2004.
It won a league title in 2007. It went 11-12 in the 2024 season, finishing fourth. The 2025 season begins on Jan.
2 and will run through May 4. It will consist of 24 matches. Hodge ended her Arizona career as the program leader in sets (585) and matches (148) played.
She had a career-best 3.79 kills and 4.33 points per set her final season.
Her .239 hitting percentage was also the best of her career. Other career bests were her 0.
18 aces, 2.17 digs, 0.14 assists, and 0.
68 blocks per set. She ended it all as the MVP of the 2024 NIVC. Hodge is not the only one whose plans became clear on Thursday.
The other player will have an impact on next year’s team. Senior libero has been trying to decide what she would do next year. She and Stubbs had to figure out if returning to Arizona could work.
“Freshman year, that was really hard for me, but now that I have a fifth year, it’s be.
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