First-year track and field coach Fred Harvey looks to bring the UA program to the next level while following in the footsteps of a coaching legend

For the past 15 years Fred Harvey has built a reputation as one of the premier sprint and hurdles coaches in the nation. This season he began his tenure at the helm of UA track and field, picking up the daunting task of replacing not just former head coach, but legend Dave Murray. [Read article]

Channing Frye had a good weekend, if you couldn't tell by the amount of articles and columns in Tucson.

While I wish to take nothing away from his dominating weekend öö particularly against USC öö Frye was one of many Wildcats recognized for their achievements.

Junior right-hander Sean Rierson was named the Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger National Pitcher of the Week.

Rierson entered the weekend with a 14.14 ERA, pitched a two-hit gem in a 6-0 rout of UC Irvine. It was the first two-hitter for a Wildcat pitcher since 1986. [Read article]

It might be the 10th time this season the Wildcats have been ranked No. 1, but maybe the first time the players feel they deserve it.

"We feel like we're No. 1 right now," senior Rick Anderson said.

When the poll came out yesterday afternoon, Arizona (20-2) remained at the top for the fourth time in the last five weeks with 59 first-place votes.

"It was a real good weekend," senior Luke Walton said. "We are starting to play a lot more than just one half. Our defense is starting to make strides." [Read article]

The Wildcats showed no mercy against Arkansas on Sunday, driving in run after run until the eight run mercy rule was put into effect.

The game was called in the fifth inning after UA jumped out to a 9-1 lead -- the first mercy rule implementation of the young season for the Wildcats.

UA first baseman Wendy Allen's ground out to second base drove in the ninth UA run to conclude the Pepsi Arizona Softball Classic tournament. The win brought Arizona's season record to 13-1. [Read article]

Men's rugby loses to rugby national power New Mexico 41-22

The men's rugby program had plenty to celebrate about during the festivities surrounding its first ever Parents' Day -- until its varsity played New Mexico, losing 41-22.

The Wildcats (4-4, 1-1), a team without one scholarship player on roster, fell to the Lobos (11-2), who boast 17 players on scholarship, many from rugby hotbeds such as Paraguay and Uruguay. [Read article]