Return of healthy middle blocker key to matches against highly-ranked Nebraska and Pepperdine

The Wildcats found out the hard way how tough it was to play with an unhealthy senior middle blocker Stefani Saragosa last weekend.

UA lost its first match to an unranked team since 1998, when it lost in three games to Louisville.

The Wildcats received some good news yesterday when Saragosa said she felt like she was back to normal ÷ and that is good news because UA women's volleyball team is preparing for No. 2 Nebraska and 14th-ranked Pepperdine this weekend. [Read article]

The 2002 World Basketball Championship tournament is in full stride heading toward the medal round and all sports fans are asking the same question ÷ "Who cares?"

The answer is · no one.

Imagine all the die-hard fans who are unable to sleep the night before a highly anticipated battle between the Americans and powerhouse Angola. Think about the way experts will spend countless hours analyzing the match-up between Paul Pierce and Jean-Jacques Conceicao. Wow, I'm starting to get fired up just thinking about it! This is a guaranteed SportsCenter Showcase. [Read article]

Michael Jolivette won an award this week ÷ but he has a bigger one in mind.

For his efforts in Saturday's 37-3 win against Northern Arizona University, the junior cornerback was named Pacific 10 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week; but his goal for the rest of the season is to be the conference's defensive player of the year.

"Winning the award this week was definitely cool," he said. "It was a good deal and I'm glad I got it." [Read article]