With a national television audience on hand, the No. 9 Arizona baseball team busted out of its slump to win two out of three from No. 22 Southern California over the weekend.

The Wildcats (28-15, 12-3 Pacific 10 Conference) scored 13 runs in the third inning yesterday to win the rubber game 18-4 before a live audience on ESPN at Sancet Stadium.

Arizona beat the Trojans (27-15, 9-6) 7-2 Saturday on Fox Sports Net after being shut out 13-0 Friday on ESPNU. [Read article]

What a difference a pitcher made against the No. 2 Arizona softball team this weekend against No. 7 Oregon State.

The Wildcats fell 4-0 yesterday, as Beavers ace Brianne McGowan (31-5) struck out 12 and gave up five hits in seven innings.

Arizona (34-8, 8-6 Pacific 10 Conference) had routed OSU (38-10, 11-4) 9-0 in five innings Saturday, their first mercy-rule win this season, scoring three runs in the first, second and fifth innings off OSU's Amy Klever and Ta'Tyana McElroy. [Read article]

Last week's NFL draft was disappointing for Arizona-bred college players. Former Wildcats Steve Fleming and Andre Torrey went undrafted, while ASU's quarterback Andrew Walter slipped to No. 69 after being a possible first-round pick.

Yet the disappointing outcome for these players should not deter them from excelling.

To them I say, look at recent NFL performers who have emerged from draft day obscurity to gridiron stardom. [Read article]

Although no Arizona football player was drafted in the April 23-24 NFL Draft, NFL teams picked up four Wildcat free agents over the weekend.

Seniors Andre Torrey, Steve Fleming, Carlos Williams and Chris Johnson will get the opportunity to try out for NFL teams.

The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots picked up Torrey, a defensive lineman who will likely play linebacker in the pros. Torrey was the Wildcats' leader in tackles for losses (13) and sacks (five) last season. [Read article]

Individually, the Arizona track and field teams accomplished what they wanted to.

As a team?

That was a different story.

The athletes had 26 qualifying performances, eight of which were new or improved.

In the team-score competition, which was formatted as a double-dual meet between host ASU, NAU and the Wildcats, the Sun Devils downed both the Wildcat men and women (108-91, 116-81, respectively). [Read article]