Volleyball climbs closer to .500 with home victory

The Arizona volleyball team earned its second Pacific 10 Conference win of the season last night ÷ a 3-0 win over visiting Oregon ÷ thanks to the Wildcats' ability to produce a more balanced attack than usual.

Arizona (8-10, 2-6 Pac-10) won for the second time in three matches by beating the Ducks (3-14, 0-8) in straight sets ÷ 30-21, 30-28, 30-19. [Read article]

The city of Chicago ÷ at least its North Side ÷ is no doubt still in mourning over the cruel twist of fate its baseball team was once again handed this week.

Are the Cubs cursed? Was it just bad luck? Were the Marlins really that resilient?

Or is there some other force at work here?

What happened to the Cubs this week was not indicative of the will of the baseball gods, but rather, their masters: the professional sports gods. [Read article]

Tucson will get a little hotter tomorrow night after the sun goes down, as the UA soccer team plays host to in-state rival Arizona State in the team's only action of the weekend.

The No. 24 Sun Devils (8-2-2 overall, 2-0-0 Pacific 10 Conference) travel south on Interstate 10 to face the Wildcats (4-7-1, 0-2-0) at Murphey Stadium. The game is set to begin at 7 p.m.

Sophomore midfielder Jennifer Klein is looking forward to this one more than most games, but said that every game is addressed the same when it comes to preparation. [Read article]

The Arizona football team will look to forget about "Xs" and "Os" this weekend as it plans to focus primarily on getting some "Zs."

Smiles could be seen across the football practice facility after yesterday's practice as the squad headed toward McKale Center to hit the showers. It was evident that the players knew not only that they would be free from running sprints all weekend, but that they were also excited about having some time to kick back. [Read article]

The Arizona women's golf team tees off this morning at the Pepsi-Stanford Invitational, coming off its first team win of the season.

The Wildcats, currently ranked 2nd in the Golfweek/Sagarin poll and the Golf Channel coaches poll, will be facing arguably the toughest field of their fall schedule.

UA head coach Greg Allen believes that an impressive finish this week will continue their momentum. [Read article]

The UA men's tennis team is in Midland, Texas this weekend to participate in a tournament that invites only the top tennis programs in the country.

Senior Tom Lloyd (2-1), junior Colin O'Grady (0-1), and sophomore Roger Matalonga (4-1) are representing the red and blue this weekend in the Midland Collegiate Classic, hoping to continue their fall season success.

Matalonga and O'Grady will compete in the doubles portion of the tournament. Last season, the duo posted an impressive 13-7 record and opened the spring doubles season with an eight-match winning streak. [Read article]

Give Blood: Play Rugby!

That's the slogan printed on the t-shirts of the Arizona rugby team, which begins play today against Utah in Salt Lake City.

After going 10-4 last season, the squad is back and ready for battle. Led by coach Dave Sitton, Arizona will try to make it back to the postseason, which it missed last season for the first time in the last five years.

Although many of the players from last season are gone or have turned to coaching, the new faces on the team are as hungry as ever, and some have gained much needed experience this summer playing in New Zealand. [Read article]