Walton, Anderson and Frye finish with at least 10 points and 10 rebounds each to pace No. 1 ÎCats

TEMPE öö When Channing Frye returned home to take on Arizona State last season, he had high hopes of playing well and getting a win in front of family and friends.

Unfortunately for Frye, the Wildcats were embarrassed by 16 points and Frye finished with just six points and four rebounds. [Read article]

TEMPE ÷ There is no doubt for the rest of the season: The Wildcats will be heckled on the road about the "Candygate" incident.

Saturday night was no different as Sun Devil fans showered the UA players with candy bars after UA's 20-point victory. Even though none of the candy bars hit any of the Arizona players, some were thrown back into the yellow-clad ASU student section.

Ironically, it was the Sun Devil players that looked like they had been a little too close to the snack bar, as they were a step slow in the second half. It showed that they were missing another star player to complement freshman Ike Diogu and are still a few players away from catching up with the Wildcats. [Read article]

Arizona head coach Joan Bonvicini insists that her team will have to play physical and tight defense to be successful come tournament time.

If Saturday's 72-52 win over intra-state rival Arizona State in McKale Center was any indication of things to come, it's not a huge reach to expect to see the Wildcats deep in the NCAA tournament.

"We were going to be in their face from the get go," said Bonvicini. "As we wind down the regular season, that is what it is about; defensively, you have to be aggressive." [Read article]

Fans at UA's Hillenbrand Stadium may have seen one game, but UA head coach Mike Candrea saw an entirely different one.

For those who packed the stadium to watch the Wildcats defeat the University of New Mexico 8-0, saw a dominating offensive performance by Arizona in the Worth Wildcat Invitational yesterday.

Just like last weekend, the Wildcats forced the eight-run mercy rule into effect after six innings. [Read article]

The Arizona baseball team wrapped up its second straight series victory yesterday, shutting down the Minnesota offense to claim the weekend's rubber match, 7-2.

Junior pitcher Richie Gardner (3-0) scattered eight hits over five innings for the Wildcats (8-4) in the win, giving up just one run despite pitching on an injured leg.

Head coach Andy Lopez said he was impressed by his performance under the circumstances. [Read article]

Playing in front of more than 6,000 fans at the Tucson Convention Center on Saturday night, the Icecats' trio of departing seniors wanted to leave a lasting impression in their final home contest.

This might not have been exactly what they had in mind.

Seniors Matt Naylor and co-captain Bill Pardue were ejected for their part in a brawl behind the Icecats' net with just under eight minutes to go and the No. 6 Arizona Icecats (23-4) clinging to a 3-1 lead over in-state rival No. 19 Arizona State. [Read article]

The women's golf team is back in action this week for its only tournament of the year in the Old Pueblo, hosting the Wildcat Invitational starting today at the Arizona National Golf Club.

With a runner-up finish two weeks ago, the team is set to change its misfortune at the Regional Challenge after the last round was rained out, cutting short a comeback bid.

With a change to the team, and players seeing their first action in quite a while, the Wildcats look to grab the title that they lost last year for the first time in four years. [Read article]

Competing against its toughest competition to date, UA track and field men's and women's squads yielded mixed results this weekend in Boise, Idaho, competing in the Mountain

Pacific Conference Championships.

The unranked men's squad fell short in its bid for a conference championship but finished strong in third place, behind UCLA and No. 6 Stanford. The injury-riddled No. 18 women's squad dropped to sixth place overall. [Read article]

UA women's tennis fell short in its bid to tally its first wins over conference opponents, losing to USC and UCLA over the weekend.

After being swept 7-0 by the Trojans on Friday, Arizona dropped an emotional Saturday afternoon bout with the ninth-ranked Bruins.

Looking to avenge Friday's sweep, the Wildcats started Saturday strong, winning all three doubles matches and earning the first point of the afternoon. Playing on court number one, the duo of Dianne Hollands and Emilie Scribot defeated the pair of Jackie Carleton and Susi Wild. Hollands' lunging backhand in the first set drew big applause from the crowd and put Arizona up 5-1. The pair never looked back after that winning 8-3. [Read article]

The No. 16 University of Arizona women's gymnastics team fell to No. 1 UCLA, 195.275-197.400, on Sunday, Feb. 23 before a crowd of 3489 in UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. With the loss Arizona drops to 4-6, 1-3, while UCLA improves to 10-1-1, 5-1-1.

Individually for the Wildcats, sophomore Monica Bisordi tied for fourth place on vault (9.825), third on floor (9.900), and finished fifth on bars (9.825), fourth on beam (9.825) and fourth in the all-around (39.375) [Read article]