Players run practice while the No. 15 women's club lacrosse team continues to

succeed despite having to compete for more than a year without a coach

As hard is it to imagine the men's basketball team winning without Lute Olson or the softball team without Mike Candrea, the women's lacrosse team is succeeding without a coach.

Despite not having a sideline roamer, the Wildcats have jumped out to a 3-1 record, losing 10-5 on Saturday to No. 3 UCLA öö a team which beat No. 1 Cal Poly 8-4. [Read article]

UA head coach Lute Olson criticized Wildcat fans yesterday, saying they are spoiled.

Sadly, this is true. If Arizona wins by 20, fans sit and talk about how boring the game was. If UA has a scare say against, oh, Washington or Washington State, then suddenly the Wildcats suck.

You have to consider one thing: the due factor is against Arizona. It's hard to sweep any team during a season because the Wildcats have to play one game away. [Read article]

With the Pacific 10 Conference season set to begin this weekend, the UA men's tennis team has one last match this afternoon to prepare itself for the rigors of conference play.

The 48th-ranked Wildcats finish their non-conference schedule today at 1:30 p.m. at the Lanelle Robson Tennis center against Utah.

Arizona (4-1) is coming off a weekend that saw them defeat UC-Santa Barbara and lose to BYU. [Read article]

For the third time this season, freshman center Shawntinice Polk was named the Pacific 10 Conference Player of the Week.

This was the first time since the 1997-98 season that a Wildcat player has won the award three times in one year. The last person to do this was Adia Barnes.

The Pac-10 Conference made this decision yesterday after the Wildcats swept the weekend series from both Washington schools. During the two games, Polk averaged 21 points, eight rebounds, three blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals. Polk also set a new double-double record over the weekend with her 16th of the season when she had 28 points and 12 rebounds against the Cougars Saturday. [Read article]

"Next Generation"

The UA softball team makes its first home appearance as it plays host to the Pepsi Arizona Softball Classic this weekend.

Arizona (10-1) kicks off the weekend against Minnesota on Friday followed by Northwestern later that night.

On Saturday, No. 2 Arizona faces Florida International, followed by Arkansas.

Washington is the only Pacific 10 Conference team that travels to the desert this weekend. [Read article]