UA senior hired by Fox Sports Net to cover Wildcat sports

After weeding through more than 50 candidates for a student reporter position, Fox Sports Net Arizona has made its final cut, selecting UA senior Dan Mitchell as the newest member of its broadcast team.

"I was really shocked," said Mitchell, a Chandler native majoring in English and journalism. "I really honestly didn't think I'd get the job. When they called and told me, I was really caught off guard." [Read article]

Despite a Wildcat report yesterday that the Arizona volleyball team is set to play Oregon Saturday night, the match will actually take place Thursday in McKale Center.

Arizona (7-10, 1-6 Pacific 10 Conference) is scheduled to play Oregon (3-12, 0-7) on Thursday, followed by a Friday matchup against Oregon State (12-7, 2-5) and a Sunday match at the No. 2 Rainbow Wahine (17-1, 5-0 Western Athletic Conference) of Hawaii. [Read article]

Will all 36,847 UA students please stand up?

Thank you.

Now, those not interested in this year's Major League Baseball playoffs may sit down. The remaining 35,500 please be patient. It's time for us to figure something out here.

Those of you not pulling for the Cubs or Red Sox can go elsewhere ÷ you are excused as well. At this point, being from New Jersey, I would have left the room. Go Yankees. [Read article]

The Arizona women's basketball team is the league coaches' pick to finish second in the Pacific 10 Conference this season, the Pac-10 announced yesterday.

The Wildcats picked up 72 points ÷ including two first-place votes ÷ to trail only defending Pac-10 champion Stanford, who picked up 80 points and eight first-place votes in the preseason poll.

Arizona head coach Joan Bonvicini said her team is good enough to prove the voters right, but that it will take a lot of hard work to get there by the end of the season. [Read article]

The UA cross country team headed north to Tempe this weekend to compete in the Arizona State Invitational, with both the men's and women's squads taking second place in the meet.

In a meet dubbed a "training race" by head coach James Li, Arizona was among six college squads participating in Tempe. The Wildcats' opponents included Utah, Hawaii, New Mexico State, Long Beach State and host ASU. [Read article]