Myerscough falls to 26th

Arizona golfer Laura Myerscough shot 5-over-par 78 yesterday to fall into a tie for 26th place after round two of the Women's World Amateur Team Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Myerscough is competing for the U.S. team, which stands in eighth place after 36 holes of the 72-hole tournament. The Americans trail tournament leader Thailand by nine strokes. Thailand posted its second straight subpar round Thursday to stand at 8-under-par after two rounds.

A senior from Charleston, Ill., Myerscough had a rough start in Thursday's round as she made bogeys on three of the first eight holes before rebounding with eight straight pars.

The Women's World Amateur Team Championship is being conducted at Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Arizona men's golfer Ricky Barnes will participate in the men's championship, which will be played Oct. 24-27 at the same site.

The top-rated Arizona women's golf team, sans Myerscough, opens play Friday at the Stanford-Pepsi Intercolle-giate in Palo Alto, Calif.

Offense shines in 2nd fall intra-squad game

The bats came to life during Arizona's second intra-squad of the fall season on Wednesday. The two teams roughed up the pitching staff for 20 runs on 20 hits in just six and half innings. Junior Brian Anderson went deep for the second straight day. Junior Mo Duran hit his first home run of the fall and newcomer Brad Boyer tallied his first home run in an Arizona uniform during the offensive onslaught.

Junior Joe Frazier finished the day 3-for-4 with three runs scored. The JC transfer is hitting a team-best .750 (6-for-8) in the two games thus far. Other newcomer standouts on Wednesday were freshmen Nick Hundley (2 -for-3, two RBIs), Kris Sanchez (1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBIs) and Lee Franklin (2 for 3, 2 RBIs). Chipper Crum, a JC transfer from Pima, had two stolen bases in the game, including a straight steal of home in the 7th inning.

Although Wednesday wasn't the best day for the pitching staff, freshman Jordan Brown did work three hitless innings in his first outing in an Arizona uniform.

Women's basketball picked to finish in middle of conference

The Arizona women's basketball team was voted to finish fifth by the conference's coaches.

For the third year in a row the favorite is Stanford. The Cardinal is 13 points ahead of Washington, at No. 2.

After finishing 32-3 last year, winning the Pac-10 and reaching the Sweet Sixteen, the Cardinal received nine of 10 first-place votes, with the other going to Oregon, a team expected to round out the top three.

The Wildcats tallied 61 points, just six behind USC at No. 4. The Wildcats finished last season 14-14, its worst mark since finishing 11-19 in 1995.

Arizona State öö the team that ousted the Wildcats from the Pac 10 tourney last year ÷ along with Oregon State, UCLA, California and Washington State compete the expected final standings.