Stoudamire's 26 paces Cats to another victory

Behind senior guard Salim Stoudamire's 26 points, Arizona men's basketball head coach Lute Olson became the second coach in Pacific 10 Conference history with 300 conference wins as the No.12 Wildcats beat Southern California 88-76 last night at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

Arizona (20-4, 10-2) used an 18-8 spurt to start the second half to propel itself to the win over the Trojans (9-14, 2-10). [Read article]

In last night's 88-76 win over USC, everyone in the Arizona men's basketball team starting five decided to get involved.

Aside from sophomore forward Ivan Radenovic, who scored nine points and added 12 rebounds, every starter scored in double figures.

UA senior guard Salim Stoudamire led the way with another outstanding shooting night, going 5-of-7 from beyond the arc and scoring 26 points overall. [Read article]

The Arizona women's basketball appeared headed for a blowout loss in the early going of last night's contest with UCLA in McKale Center.

That was before the backcourt trio of junior Natalie Jones, senior Dee-Dee Wheeler and freshman Ashley Whisonant came to life and put an end to Arizona's three-game losing skid, beating the Bruins 76-73 and completing its first conference sweep of the season. [Read article]

Coming off a season-opening sweep of New Mexico, the No. 11 Arizona baseball team looks to continue its hot streak against Northern Colorado.

The series starts today at 4 p.m., continues tomorrow at 1 p.m. and concludes Sunday at noon at Sancet Stadium.

The Wildcats (3-0) hope to carry on their impressive play from last weekend, in which they outscored the Lobos 38-11 and dominated in many facets of the game. [Read article]

Part of being the nation's top collegiate softball team means knowing who's who and when to start worrying about the next date on the schedule.

For the No. 1 Wildcats, that decision comes every Monday.

"As far as any team we're going after, we don't really try to play the name game," said senior outfielder Allyson Von Liechtenstein. "We just kind of go after whoever it is and play 110 percent every game." [Read article]

The Arizona women's gymnastics team is at home tonight to host Stanford at 7:30 in McKale Center.

The No. 20 Gymcats are back after completing consecutive road meets in Seattle and Berkeley, Calif., in which they set season-high scores in each meet.

Last week at California, the Gymcats put up a season-high 194.900 points as they defeated the Golden Bears (189.850).

"I'm very pumped. I think the team is going to do fantastic," said freshman Rachelle Silberg. [Read article]

The Arizona Icecats wrap up the last leg of a three-week, six-game road swing tonight and tomorrow in Lubbock, Texas with a two-game set against Texas Tech starting today at 6 p.m.

Arizona (10-11-1) looks to rebound from a 1-5 skid, which has dropped the team below .500 for the first time since December.

Major factors in the Icecats' recent woes are the injuries of its two captains, senior forward Mickey Meehan and junior defenseman Mike Pelletier. [Read article]

The Arizona tennis teams, needless to say, have a very tough weekend ahead of them.

The No. 33 Arizona men's team kicks off the Pacific 10 Conference schedule with a trip to Palo Alto, Calif., today to play the No. 7 Stanford Cardinal (4-0), and then travel tomorrow to Berkeley, Calif., to play the No. 26 California Golden Bears (2-1).

"We're going in with the attitude and belief that we can win," said men's tennis assistant coach Tad Berkowitz. "We lost a close match last year, but with our extended lineup this year we have a shot." [Read article]

The Arizona swim and dive teams host in-state rival ASU in their final dual meet of the season tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.

The last time these two teams met, during the 2003-2004 season, the men's and women's team both overtook ASU. The men won 169.5-128.5, and the women prevailed 170-130.

"The Sun Devils always swim well against us and swim fast. I won't anticipate anything different (this weekend)," said Arizona men's swim and dive head coach Frank Busch. [Read article]

The Arizona men and women's track teams head to Seattle this weekend, where they look to continue their recent success at the University of Washington's Husky Invitational.

The Wildcats take on a variety of teams from the Pacific 10 Conference, including in-state rival ASU, Stanford and Oregon.

Though the teams have been successful lately, Arizona head coach Fred Harvey said there's always room to develop further. [Read article]

The Arizona men's lacrosse club team experienced a tough blow last season losing against Sonoma State in the national quarterfinals.

This season has started anew, and the Wildcats enter with a No. 5 national ranking and a predicted third-place finish in the strong Western Collegiate Lacrosse League.

The Laxcats play their season opener today against Missouri at 7 p.m., followed by a match Saturday against No. 14 Loyola Marymount at 1 p.m. at Murphey Stadium. [Read article]

After defeating Stanford and falling to St. Mary's two weeks ago, the Arizona club rugby squad travels again to California to face Long Beach State today and UCLA tomorrow.

After finding an easy victory against the Cardinal, Arizona head coach Dave Sitton used the loss to a skilled St. Mary's team as motivation for improvement in practice this week.

Sitton said the squad reviewed ways to survey the field, including what he referred to as "looking at the role of the runner." [Read article]