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photo Nebraska, Pepperdine don't let Rubio get past 200 wins

Freshmen shine, but struggle with serving and passing continues as Wildcats drop consecutive Saturday matches

Just a day after UA head volleyball coach David Rubio earned his 200th victory, he was denied his 201st and his 202nd in back-to-back loses to Nebraska and Pepperdine.

"Our serving was weak," said Rubio. "We either served weak or made a serving error. Our passing didn't do more than that. Those are by far the two big areas for us. It's going to be a season-long process to get better at that." [Read article]

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photo The pain of expectation

David Rubio just sat and stared.

With his legs crossed and his right hand fastened over his face, the UA women's volleyball coach looked like he just couldn't wait till the misery would end.

This wasn't supposed to happen ÷ especially like this.

But when the final point was scored, it wasn't his Wildcats sweeping through their own tournament; it was Pepperdine sweeping them.

The loss came hours after UA lost to Nebraska ÷ the eventual tourney champion ÷ in a four-game match. [Read article]

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Women's soccer wins weekend tournament in Iowa with win, tie

The UA women's soccer team is coming full circle from last year and it has no intention of slowing down.

UA went to the Iowa State Cyclone Classic, played and conquered.

UA played to a tie with Wisconsin on Friday, 1-1, and crushed Northern Iowa 5-0 yesterday, as the Wildcats won their second tournament in two weeks.

The tournament didn't have a great start for the Wildcats on Friday as it only took the Badgers eight minutes to put one past freshman goaltender Amanda Martin, who stopped all but one shot over the weekend. [Read article]

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UA Sports Briefs

Golf director qualifies for U.S. Senior Amateur Championship

UA director of golf Rick LaRose blistered the field with a seven-under-par 65 to qualify for the 2002 United States Senior Amateur Championship earlier this week.

LaRose, who led all qualifiers with his 65, tallied nine birdies and two bogeys in the sectional qualifier at Estrella Ranch Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz. He is scheduled to compete in the 48th Senior Amateur Championship from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3 at Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla. [Read article]

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UA Sports Trivia:

Q: Name the teams that have eliminated UA from the NCAA Basketball Tournament the last four years?

A: Twice by Oklahoma, once by Duke and once by Wisconsin.


 
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