Sooner or later, it was bound to happen.

Whenever you have two great pitchers on the mound öö like UA freshman Alicia Hollowell and University of Texas sophomore Cat Osterman öö the team that makes the least mistakes wins.

So it was only natural that when No. 2 Arizona committed its first error in six games last night at the Fiesta Bowl Tournament in Phoenix, it was about to experience its first loss of the season, a 2-1 heartbreaker to No. 12 Texas. [Read article]

It's hard to imagine how a victory over a winless team late in the season could be considered a "big win."

However, Arizona's 80-50 win over Washington State (0-21) on Saturday was huge.

With Arizona's victory, along with Washington's loss to Arizona State on Saturday, the Wildcats moved into a tie for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference standings with the Huskies.

"We don't like for ASU to win, but this time it was good for us," said freshman center Shawntinice Polk. [Read article]

With members of three UA national championship teams watching from the Sancet Field bleachers, the current Wildcats climbed out of an 8-0 hole against Baylor yesterday before falling in extra innings for the second consecutive game.

The Bears, ranked 10th by Baseball America, claimed the series victory 2-1 after winning Saturday's game in 11 innings. Arizona won the first game 7-4 on Friday.

Sophomore Michael Griffin put Baylor out in front for good in the top of the 11th with his team-record sixth hit of the day, a line-drive single that scored David Murphy from second base. Another Bear single put the visitors up 11-9 and finished off the day's scoring. [Read article]

A revamped baseball alumni weekend allowed the program to remember and honor ex-UA players during a three-game series against Baylor.

The weekend served as a homecoming for former Wildcat teammates and an opportunity for them to mentor the current baseball roster.

"I've been coming back here for 15 years and every year it's worth just keeping the foundation of the alumni coming back to reminisce and tell stories," said alumnus Gil Heredia, a starting pitcher of the 1986 national championship team. "The key is to give an incentive to the current player to have a dream of playing in the big leagues." [Read article]

The women's golf team swings into action today as they set out to Palos Verdes, Calif. as the top-ranked team in the nation.

The 2003 Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge is Arizona's first spring tournament, and the first time this year it will have a chance to defend it's No. 1 ranking.

Winning is going to be easier said than done though, with nine of the top fifteen teams in the nation set to play. Along with top ranked Arizona, No. 2 Oklahoma State is in the field. [Read article]

Coming off a tough loss to Brigham Young University on Saturday, the UA men's tennis team rebounded strong, finishing the weekend by routing UC-Santa Barbara.

After losing a close match-up to BYU 4-3, Arizona swept UCSB, winning all seven available points. With the win on yesterday, the Wildcats improved their season record to 4-1.

The doubles loss by junior Whi Kim and freshman Daniel Andrus was the sole match Arizona lost to UCSB. [Read article]

Sandwiched between games with No. 21 UCLA and No. 2 Colorado State, the men's lacrosse team's match-up with Loyola Marymount had all the makings of a letdown, but the Laxcats rallied in the second half to win 8-6, led by limping All-American senior Bryan Moore.

The No. 6 Laxcats (2-0, 2-0) opened the weekend with a blowout of No. 21 UCLA, 15-5, but found themselves down 2-0 to unranked Loyola Marymount after the first quarter and 4-1 after the second. [Read article]

As the indoor season draws near, the University of Arizona men and women's track and field squads traveled to Idaho this weekend, looking to place more of their athletes into post-season play.

At the Boise Elite Invitational on Saturday, several Wildcats qualified for both NCAA and Mountain Pacific Conference Championship post-seasons. Tough squads from UCLA, Stanford, Texas and Utah State added to the competition in Boise. [Read article]

When the No. 6 Arizona Icecats thought about what could possibly go wrong this weekend on their road trip to Colorado, they never imagined this.

From forgotten equipment and broken skates to food poisoning and a malfunctioning Zamboni machine, it would have been completely understandable if the team had succumbed to host Colorado State and left without a win.

But according to UA head coach Leo Golembiewski, that wouldn't happen to this team, at least not this late in the season. [Read article]

Sophomore Monica Bisordi tied for a share of the floor title and freshman Abby Pearson won a share of the vault title, as seven University of Arizona gymnasts competed in the 23rd Annual State Farm Cat Classic individual championships on Saturday.

After a third place finish (194.575) on Friday night in the Cat Classic team championships, Bisordi, Pearson, juniors Sheehan Lemley and Andi McCabe, and sophomores Jamie Duce, Kristine Harper and Katie Johnson combined for two individual titles and seven top-five finishes for Arizona. [Read article]