Pouliot loses her singles match

The women's tennis team traveled to the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., yesterday to compete in the Riviera All-American Championships, which runs until Oct. 13.

Sophomore women's tennis player Marie-Pier Pouliot competed in the pre-qualifying singles bracket, and sophomore Dianne Hollands teamed up with Pouliot to compete in the pre-qualifying doubles bracket. Pouliot fell to Urska Juric of Missouri in the first round of pre-qualifying singles play, 6-2, 6-2.

The Wildcat duo of Pouliot and Hollands was defeated in the first round of doubles play by Duke's Katie Granson and Julia Smith, 8-1.

The Wildcat tennis team will continue play Tuesday, Oct. 8, when Hollands and junior Debbie Larocque compete in the qualifying singles bracket.

Men's tennis wins doubles

On the final day of competition yesterday, the Wildcats won three of four matches, including the doubles championship at the Northern Arizona Invitational in Sedona, Ariz.

In singles play, junior Carl Hagman defeated Ryan McBride of Arizona State, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0, to advance to the final round. In fourth-draw action, junior Colin O'Grady defeated Luis Avila of New Mexico State, 7-5, 6-4, while freshman Tim Mullane fell to Avila's doubles partner Danilo Zivanovic of New Mexico State, 7-6, 6-2.

The final round of the doubles tournament showcased two Arizona doubles teams. The team of Tim Mullane and NMSU's Danilo Zivanovic topped Carl Hagman and Colin O'Grady, 8-5, to claim the doubles championship.

During the tournament, the Wildcats won 17 of 20 matches.

The Wildcats return to action on Tuesday Oct. 8, when junior Whi Kim is set to compete in the qualifying rounds of the ITA All-American.

Recruiting class ranked 10th

UA head baseball coach Andy Lopez's first recruiting class at Arizona has gained the attention of the national media. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper named Arizona's 2001-02 recruiting class the 10th-best in Division I. The publication ranks schools on the talent of the recruits that actually show up to play on campus after classes start for each respective school.

Lopez and recruiting coordinator Mark Wasikowski are no strangers to top recruiting classes. While at Florida, their 1999 class was ranked second in the nation by the newspaper.

Arizona's 2001-02 recruiting class consists of 13 freshmen, including a pair of MLB draftees, seven junior college players and Georgia Tech transfer Kevin Guyette.

Arizona joins fellow Pac-10 schools UCLA (seventh) and Stanford (ninth) in the top 10. Other conference schools in the top 30 are USC (12th), Arizona State (14th) and Oregon State (29th).

Georgia Tech was named the school with the top recruiting class in the nation this season. The Yellow Jackets signed nine freshmen players, including four who were drafted in June, but opted to play collegiately instead.

The Wildcats were set to open their fall schedule today, but that date has been pushed back a week. Fall practices will now begin next Monday at 2 p.m. Walk-on tryouts will be held that same day beginning at 5 p.m.