Vandergeest's bat comes alive to bury Sun Devils again

Tempe, Ariz. öö After seeing senior shortstop Lovie Jung was intentionally walked for a fourth time, junior catcher Mackenzie Vandergeest licked her lips and preceded to punish Arizona State with a two run double in the seventh to lift the UA softball team to 4-2 win at ASU.

No. 1 Arizona (42-4, 11-1) swept the regular season series with No. 12 ASU (28-15, 5-6 Pac-10) thanks to Vandergeest's four RBIs, highlighted by the game-winning hit. Down 0-2 in the count with two out, Vandergeest hit a two-run double, scoring sophomore outfielder Courtney Fossatti and Jung. [Read article]

Don't mind that it is only the fourth week in April, but this weekend marks a joyous time in every red-blooded, male American's life.

No, I am not talking about the Pi Beta Phi pool party öö although I do love my Pi Phis öö I am talking about that annual spring occurrence known as the NFL draft. Yes sports fans, 17 hours of NFL draft coverage await us this weekend, or more than the government's daily allowance of Mel Kiper Jr. [Read article]

Confident Wildcats head to Southern California for conference title shot

The women's golf team has already had a year that most programs would be happy with, but for this Arizona squad, things are just getting started.

The Wildcats will be teeing it up in Corvallis, Ore., for the first round of the Pac-10 Championships and will be gunning for their fourth consecutive title at the event. [Read article]

The Arizona men's and women's tennis teams will try and keep their momentum going this weekend at the Pacific-10 Conference Championships in Ojai, Calif.

Both the No. 21 women and No. 38 men begin play today on the heels of upset victories last weekend over rival Arizona State to close out their respective seasons. The Pac-10 tournament will coincide with the 103rd annual Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament. [Read article]

The way things are going lately, the Arizona baseball team is probably glad its non-conference schedule ends Monday.

Tuesday night, the Wildcats (28-15) were shut out for the first time all season in a 4-0 upset loss to Grand Canyon (30-23), eight days after losing in the ninth inning at home to their last non-conference foe ÷ and Monday's opponent ÷ Sacramento State.

The GCU Antelopes, a NCAA Division II team, collected just four hits in the game, but they came at the right times and plated four runs. The Antelope pitching staff did the rest, holding the Arizona lineup to just three hits while striking out 14. [Read article]