Wildcats keep pace for three quarters, but USC offense prevails

LOS ANGELES - Arizona gave No. 1 Southern California all it wanted for more than three quarters Saturday at Memorial Coliseum but fell short in its upset bid, 42-21.

USC (5-0, 3-0 Pacific 10 Conference) racked up a school-record 724 yards of total offense and controlled the ball for 37 minutes to down Arizona (1-4, 0-2) in a closely contested matchup before a crowd of 90,221. [Read article]

Team showcases fast-paced style in McKale exhibition

The Phoenix Suns showcased their fast-breaking, 3-point shooting offense Saturday in McKale Center in an intrasquad scrimmage that ended in an 83-83 tie.

Suns guard Steve Nash dribbled down the clock but missed on a contested drive to the hoop as time expired.

Neither squad hesitated to shoot early in the shot clock or push the ball up the court, as per the Suns' style of play from last year, when they advanced to the Western Conference Finals and won an NBA-best 62 games. [Read article]

TEMPE - Although the statistics may suggest otherwise, the No. 12 Arizona volleyball team struggled in its sweep over in-state rival ASU Friday night in Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe.

The Wildcats (12-2, 4-1 Pacific 10 Conference) out-hit the Sun Devils (6-9, 1-4) .310 to .099 in a 30-22, 30-26, 30-26 victory, but committed 15 serving errors to ASU's 13.

"It's hard to complain about winning ... (but) we didn't serve well," said Arizona head coach Dave Rubio. "We made too many unforced errors. You can have some, but not to that degree." [Read article]

The best of the weekend's athletic performances

No. 5 - Midfielder-forward Scored school-record 14th goal in win over OSU, completed 2nd hat trick of season in win over Oregon

No. 10 - Middle blocker Made career-high 11 kills in sweep of ASU

No. 8 - Quarterback Threw for career-best three touchdowns in loss to No. 1 USC [Read article]

Wildcats welcome familiar faces, tune up for season with routs

The Arizona softball team's fifth and final game of its fall tournament was a homecoming of sorts last night at Hillenbrand Stadium.

Former Wildcats Candace Abrams and Jen Martinez shuffled through the Pima dugout as assistant coaches, and Aztecs head coach Stacey Iveson returned to the field where she helped nurse three national championship teams. [Read article]

Miller's record-setting performance leads UA

About the only Arizona soccer records that don't have senior midfielder-forward Mallory Miller's name in front of them are for goalkeepers.

Miller doesn't play goalkeeper, so those records may be the only ones she can't touch before her collegiate career wraps up at the end of this season.

Miller scored four goals over the weekend, including her second career hat trick, and notched two assists to give Arizona wins against Oregon and Oregon State in the opening weekend of Pacific 10 Conference play. [Read article]

Injury-ravaged men's squad finishes second at ASU Invite

The Arizona women's cross country team won its first meet of the season Friday, taking the ASU Invitational in Tempe, while a depleted men's squad managed a second-place finish.

Despite holding out top runners senior Fanice Chepkorir and sophomore Emily McGregor for Pre-NCAA Invitational training, the Wildcat women won the meet over ASU with a score of 36 points. [Read article]

LOS ANGELES - Junior tight end Brad Wood played an integral part in the dogfight between the Arizona football team and No. 1 Southern California Saturday, catching four passes for 59 yards and his fifth touchdown of the season.

Despite playing within a touchdown of the two-time defending national champion Trojans for over three quarters, the look on Wood's face as he emerged from the locker room in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum said it all - nothing less than a win would do. [Read article]

The No. 23 Arizona women's golf team tees it up today in the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Seattle, shooting to improve on its less-than-impressive performance in its season opener.

Wildcats head coach Greg Allen will be putting three freshmen in the lineup to join senior Cassandra Kirkland and redshirt senior Lani Elston-Marshall. Arizona competes against teams from 13 other schools across the country, including ASU, Oregon, UNLV and Pepperdine. [Read article]

In traveling to its second tournament in a week, the Arizona men's golf team will be bringing along some new blood in the hopes of infusing the team with a burst of energy.

Freshmen Nicholas Park and Ben Fox make their Wildcat debuts today and tomorrow at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in Birmingham, Ala.

Arizona will compete against a field including Auburn, Brigham Young, Georgia Tech and host Alabama at the Old Overton Club, a par-71, 6,958-yard course. The teams will play 36 holes today and the remaining 18 for the final round tomorrow. [Read article]