After eight months of offseason speculation, a predicted tenth-place conference finish and three weeks of pre-season preparation, it was another number that the Arizona football team used Friday night to silence its critics ÷ four.

That was the number of plays it took the UA offense to light up the scoreboard and jump out to an early lead over the visiting Miners of Texas-El Paso, with the Wildcats never looking back. [Read article]

O'Hara, Costa share spotlight and playing time in romp over Miners

Almost all of the talk in the weeks leading up to Arizona's season-opening game against UTEP was about who would be the better fit at quarterback, redshirt sophomore Nic Costa or redshirt freshman Ryan O'Hara.

There was a resounding answer in the UA' 42-7 blowout win over the Miners ÷ both.

Both quarterbacks split time in the Wildcats' opening-day win, and both showed they could lead the team down the field. [Read article]

As the saying goes, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. The UA women's soccer team probably wishes that list included soccer.

The Wildcats outshot their opponents 32-13 en route to one win and one loss at the Four Points University Plaza Arizona Invitational this weekend at Murphey Stadium. Their 1-1 record in the tournament earned them runner-up honors.

On Friday night, the Cats lost to eventual tournament champion Iowa State, 2-1. Junior forward Candice Wilks scored the lone goal for the Wildcats off a penalty kick after being taken down hard in the box. [Read article]

UA volleyball head coach Dave Rubio expected his young Wildcats to have a rocky early-season road on their way to becoming one of the country's elite teams.

Chances are, though, that he didn't expect it to happen all in the first weekend.

The No. 10 Wildcats (2-1, 0-0) felt both the low of a season-opening loss to unranked Notre Dame on Friday, and the high of beating No. 5 Pepperdine in the Sheraton Four Points Pepperdine Classic over the weekend. Arizona had a .100 hitting percentage and committed 34 hitting errors during Friday's match. [Read article]