Arizona turned upside down as Oregon drops UA by five touchdowns

At first glance, it might have seemed like TBS was showing a replay of last week's game.

While the chain of events was similar, the Wildcats' opponent wasn't Southeastern Conference power Louisiana State, but rather Pacific 10 Conference ÷ and unranked ÷ foe Oregon.

For the second straight week, Arizona (1-2, 0-1 Pac-10) was blown out in front of a national television audience at Arizona Stadium when it lost its 12th consecutive Pac-10 home game, by a score of 48-10 to the Ducks Saturday night in front of 40,000 dismayed Wildcat fans. [Read article]

The Wildcats walked off the field Saturday night with their heads rightfully hung low and leaving most Tucsonans wondering how the bleeding was going to stop.

Arizona may have lost (again) to Oregon (again) by five touchdowns and a field goal. And head coach John Mackovic's team may have been clipped 106-23 in their last two games at Arizona Stadium ÷ including falling behind by a combined total of 58-0 in the first half and 86-3 through three quarters. [Read article]

As the Oregon Ducks ran out the clock Saturday night, ending their 48-10 victory over the Arizona Wildcats, time also ran out on the unwavering optimism that had surrounded this football team.

Following an impressive season opener that saw the offense click on all cylinders and the defense not allow a touchdown, fans began to believe the Wildcat coaches and players when they said they had a chance to upset Louisiana State. [Read article]

After losing to No. 11 UC Santa Barbara in four games, the Arizona volleyball team rebounded by sweeping American and giving its bench some much-needed experience in the process.

The No. 14 Wildcats (6-4) closed the Four Points University Plaza Arizona Invitational with a win over American (3-6) on Saturday. On Friday UA lost to UCSB in four games ÷ 30-26, 28-30, 30-24, 30-19 ÷ and swept New Mexico State (3-6) in three ÷ 30-28, 35-33, 30-19. New Mexico State managed to beat the Gauchos for the program's first win ever over a ranked team. [Read article]

Despite having last year's leading scorer roaming the sideline with a nagging ankle injury, Arizona soccer hasn't had much trouble getting its offense going this season ÷ only yesterday, the scoreboard finally reflected it.

The Wildcats (2-3) got themselves back into the win column yesterday following a 2-1 victory over Northern Arizona in Flagstaff.

Arizona outshot the Lumberjacks by an overwhelming 17-4 margin, including an 8-3 edge in shots on goal and a 9-1 advantage in corner kick opportunities. The Wildcats have managed to outshoot their opponents in all five games this season. [Read article]

The Arizona women's golf team jump-started its season this weekend with a third-place finish in one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year.

The Wildcats finished Saturday's play atop the leaderboard of the 2003 Fall Preview, but a lack of momentum yesterday dropped Arizona to third place, eight shots behind Auburn and Duke.

"We had a tough day (yesterday)," head coach Greg Allen said. "We hung in and fought hard. We just didn't have any momentum going for us." [Read article]