The Wildcat softball team ended a busy weekend at Hillenbrand Stadium with a sweep in yesterday's doubleheader against UNLV.

The pair of wins brought the team's record to 36-1.

The second half of the doubleheader ended in a 6-4 Wildcat victory, though the win was much harder to come by than in the first game of the day.

UA utility player Shelly Schultz scored the go-ahead run after a leadoff walk in the sixth inning, and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by utility player Samantha Quintero. Pinch hitter Candace Abrams doubled to shallow left, and Schultz came in when the throw got past the cutoff player. Center fielder Caitlin Lowe flied out to right field, and pinch runner Crystal Farley tagged and scored from second for the insurance run. [Read article]

Men's meet breaks 7 world, 8 NCAA records

The No. 9 Arizona men's swim and dive team completed the 2004 NCAA Championships Saturday in fourth place with 322 points. There were seven world, eight American, 15 U.S. Open and eight NCAA records broken thought the course of the meet.

To start the evening's action, UA sophomore Tyler DeBerry finished the 1500-meter freestyle in 11th place with a time of 15:09.31. [Read article]

While the at-capacity crowd in Hillenbrand Stadium Friday night may have been wearing red, white and blue, it certainly wasn't chanting, "U-S-A."

Although the Wildcat softball team fell to Team USA Friday, 6-1, the record crowd of 3,541 fans was rooting for current and former UA players on both teams.

Team USA, which played the Wildcats in a midseason exhibition game, features four former UA players. Jennie Finch, Lovie Jung, Nicole Giordano and Leah O'Brien-Amico all returned to campus to take on the No. 1 Wildcats. [Read article]

The Arizona baseball team scored six runs in the game's first four innings and added five runs in the seventh inning to blow out Washington State 11-3 yesterday.

The Wildcats took two of three from the Cougars to win their first Pacific 10 Conference series.

"It's good to be 2-1 in the Pac-10 and raring to go," said UA head coach Andy Lopez.

"This was a big (game) for us. You have to beat teams like this," said junior pitcher Kevin Guyette. [Read article]

The Arizona track and field teams went separate ways this weekend, as a few athletes traveled to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford Invitational and the rest of the team hosted the Jim Click Shootout at Drachman Stadium.

At the Stanford Invitational, the Wildcat distance runners were led by sophomore Robert Cheseret, who claimed the title in the Open/Collegiate section of the 10,000 meters with a USA-leading time of 28:25.62. [Read article]

Arizona State stole the show from the Arizona men's golf team in Tucson yesterday, placing three of its golfers in the top five places en route to the first-round lead at the 2004 National Invitational Tournament.

Three of the Sun Devils' five golfers shot 3-under-par or better as the team carded a 9-under 279 total and claimed a three-shot lead. All told, seven of the 11 teams finished the opening round at par or better. USC (282), Arizona (284) and Washington (284) rounded out the top three places in the standings. [Read article]

It was a rivalry game, but only one team came to play Saturday, as the UA men's tennis team defeated Arizona State 6-1 in front of one of its largest crowds of the season at the Robson Tennis Center.

The 24th-ranked Wildcats improved their record to 11-6 on the season, while dropping the No. 34 Sun Devils to 7-8.

Arizona started strongly, gaining the doubles point by winning two of three matches. [Read article]