Just two weeks ago, the Arizona volleyball team was 0-5 in Pacific 10 Conference play and preparing to face a pair of top-10 teams ÷ No. 8 UCLA and No. 1 Southern California ÷ on the road. It was still the first week in October and the Wildcats' season was heading downhill fast.

But after splitting with USC and UCLA during their trip to Los Angeles and sweeping the Oregon schools last weekend at McKale Center, it appears the Wildcats (9-11, 3-6 Pac-10) are proving they may still belong among the nation's elite. [Read article]

UA sophomore Erica Blasberg has been the No. 1-ranked golfer in the nation for most of her short collegiate career.

After her performance this weekend at the Stanford Women's Intercollegiate, it looks like she might be staying at the top for a while.

Blasberg shot a 7-under 209 to tie Duke's Elizabeth Janangelo atop the leader board.

The win completed the hat trick for Blasberg, who took home her third straight title this season. [Read article]

Be excited. Be very excited. Saturday's Îafternoon madness' was just the tip of the proverbial iceberg of what promises to be a great season of UA basketball.

After all, the mighty Wildcats can't be the consensus No. 1 squad every year. Take reigning national champ Syracuse, for example. If you told me at this point last year that the Orangemen, led by a freshman, were going to shock the nation and win the Final Four, I would have told you to take whatever it is you are smoking back down to Fourth Ave. [Read article]

Coming off its first week off in close to seven weeks, the Arizona football team gets set to head north to take on Pacific-10 Conference foe California with hopes of building on its on-field efforts of the past month.

The Wildcats were one of two Pac-10 teams idle last weekend, along with struggling Oregon, who took the week off after three consecutive strong performances against TCU and UCLA at home and Washington State on the road. [Read article]

Opening the 2003 season on the road, the Arizona rugby team fell to Utah and Montana, but managed to down Idaho in the season's first exhibition matches.

Despite the losses, the games proved to be valuable tools for the Arizona coaching staff, according to UA assistant coach Mike Coleman.

"We did a very good job, being that these were our first games," Coleman said. "We know our players' abilities, but we still need some of our skills tuned." [Read article]