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Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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Men's Hoops: Better than the best
Legendary UCLA men's basketball coach John Wooden visited the UA men's basketball team at practice yesterday as the winningest coach in Pacific 10 Conference history, with Arizona head coach Lute Olson right on his heels. By the end of this weekend, the top two names on that list may switch places.
"It's kind of ironic," said Olson about the timing of Wooden's visit. "Coach Wooden asked me a year ago if he could come here and watch a practice, and it just didn't work out."
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Women's Hoops: Wildcat trio prepares for final goodbye
As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end.
The end has arrived for point guard Dee-Dee Wheeler, forward Danielle Adefeso and guard Katrina Lindner of the Arizona women's basketball team.
The trio will hit the hardwood in McKale Center for the final time Saturday, as the Wildcats take on Washington in the last home game of the regular season. While they will not be able to repeat last year's Pacific 10 championship, the seniors hope to make another postseason run as they cap off four years of memories.
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Swim teams shoot for Pac-10 championship
If history has anything to say about it, the Arizona swim and dive teams should have an impressive weekend.
The Wildcats travel to Seattle today to compete in the Pacific 10 Conference championships, where Arizona has not finished out of the league's top five since 1996.
The meet starts at 11 a.m. today and runs through Saturday with both the women's swim and dive teams competing and just the men's dive team making the trip.
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No. 9 Arizona ready again for fading Devils
When ASU invaded Sancet Stadium Feb. 15, they entered with the confidence stemming from a 9-2 record against the Wildcats in the last three years.
Fourteen innings, five hours and 13 minutes later, junior first baseman Jordan Brown showed how much that mattered this year with a two-run walk-off home run to give No. 9 Arizona (9-1) a thrilling 7-6 victory over the Sun Devils. ASU (6-8) will be back for another non-conference battle this afternoon at 4 in Sancet Stadium, the start of a 12-game homestand for the Wildcats.
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Athlete of the Week: Out-Fox-ing the competition
Sophomore shortstop Kristie Fox has been phenomenal this season for the No. 1 Arizona softball team. The San Diego native leads the Wildcats in batting average, home runs and RBIs, and has produced often in the clutch. Her sacrifice fly in the eighth inning of game two of Arizona's doubleheader against Hawaii gave the team a 2-1 win. Fox stopped with the Arizona Daily Wildcat after practice to talk about big hits, helping her teammates score and a career with the FBI.
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Laxcats hope to knock off No. 3 BYU at home
The UA men's club lacrosse team hope to use the momentum from a comeback win over Utah Sunday when it plays No. 3 BYU tonight at 7 at the intramural fields at Rincon Vista.
Arizona (2-1) rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the second half against the Utes to win 10-8.
"The difference between the first and second halves against Utah was that in the second half, each and every one of you came out and did something," UA head coach Ken Broschart told his team following practice Monday.
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UA's Bisordi Pac-10 gymnast of week
For the second time in her career, Arizona senior Monica Bisordi was named Pacific 10 Conference Gymnast of the Week for Feb. 14-21, announced yesterday.
Friday, the San Mateo, Calif., native won her third consecutive all-around title and in the process established a new season high score of 39.425 over then-No. 16 Oregon State. In addition, Bisordi won at least a share of the title in three of the four individual events. She tied for first on both the vault and bars with a score of 9.875 on each. Bisordi met a season-best score of 9.9 in the floor exercise and in the process took sole claim of the individual title. She finished third on the uneven bars with a mark of 9.775.
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Women's golf takes 2nd at Wildcat Invitational
The Arizona women's golf team finished second, one stroke behind UCLA, in yesterday's third round of the Wildcat Invitational at Arizona National.
Junior Whitney Welch finally broke out of a two-year slump at the Wildcat Invitational, finishing sixth overall with a total score of 215 (+2).
"You think you'd have an advantage at home," said Welch. "But this time every year I play really bad."
At the Wildcat Invitational in 2004, Welch finished 74th overall with a total score of 262 (+49) and in 2003 she finished tied for 95th with a total score of 261 (+48).
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