Arizona's Brian Spears and Andre Sabbah finished one-two in the Pacific 10 Conference men's one-meter diving final, bringing the Wildcats into second place in the men's diving championship standings after one event at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.

UCLA dominated the women's three-meter final, capturing three of the top four spots. Arizona's highest finisher was Andrea Glass. Her 398.85 points were good enough for ninth. UA's Melanie Mabry was 11th and Kerri Hallinen was 15th.

- Craig Degel

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Candrea and Co. host Arizona Classic

If at first you don't succeed, invite the team to your own stadium.

The Arizona softball team, losers last weekend to Ohio State, did just that.

The Buckeyes, Washington and New Mexico State are in Tucson this weekend for the Arizona Softball Classic.

Last weekend at the Coca-Cola Classic in Phoenix, Ohio State (2-4) shutout the Wildcats 4-0.

"Well we need to go out and play the game the way it's supposed to be played and get better," Arizona head coach Mike Candrea said.

The Wildcats (4-2) will face New Mexico State today at 1 p.m. before their 3 p.m. showdown with the Buckeyes.

Washington is a perfect 6-0 after an unblemished weekend at the Coca-Cola. The Wildcats and the Huskies will do battle tomorrow at 1 p.m.

"They are very senior oriented and they are one of top teams in the country right now," Candrea said.

The Aggies came out of the Coca-Cola with a 3-4 record.

"They are very well coached," Candrea said. "This is Rick Gamez's second year and the program is only going to get better and better."

The Wildcats will face the Aggies today and again Sunday at 1 p.m.

- Craig Degel

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Baseball faces Kindall's alma mater

Today's game against Minnesota is the start of a three-game series of some historical importance for the 22nd-ranked Wildcats.

This game marks the first time Arizona has played Minnesota since head coach Jerry Kindall was inducted into the Golden Gophers Hall of Fame. Kindall was voted All-Big 10 Conference and All-America while playing shortstop for Minnesota in 1956. He still holds the Golden Gopher record for home runs in a season with 18.

The Kindall-led Golden Gophers defeated Arizona 12-1 in the 1956 College World Series championship game.

This year's Minnesota team is 0-3 and hoping for its first win against the Wildcats (16-5) after being swept by Florida State earlier this year. The Gophers were one win away from an NCAA Tournament regional berth last year, and with a record of 31-28 they had their 33rd-straight winning season.

"They are the best team out of the Big-10 year in and year out since 1956, forty years," Kindall said. "Over the years Minnesota didn't win the championship, but they won more than anybody else in that league."

The starting pitcher for the Wildcats in today's game will be senior right-hander Matt Hendren (4-0 3.30 ERA). Senior left-hander Shawn Barrington (1-1 4.13 ERA) will start tomorrow.

Today's game begins at 2:30 p.m. while tomorrow and Sunday's games begin at 1 p.m.

- Sam Spiller

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Gymnastics hosts BYU, Oregon St.

After a week of rest and relaxation, the UA women's gymnastics team is ready to head back into the meat of their schedule when they host Oregon State and No. 9 Brigham Young tonight at 7:30 at McKale Center.

"It was nice to have the week off at this point in the season," UA coach Jim Gault said. "We spent the last couple days concentrating on hitting our routines."

The No. 6 Wildcats (10-2 overall, 3-1 in the Pacific 10 Conference) will need a strong performance to keep themselves in a profitable position come the regional tournament. Arizona will be attempting this chore with freshman Maureen Kealey and junior Tenli Poggemeyer shouldering the all-around duties. Freshman Heidi Hornbeek will be sitting out the beam competition due to a bad back.

"We have been working on improving our consistency on beam," Gault said. "But really this whole sport is based on consistency, and as a coach I won't be happy until we go 24 for 24 every meet."

"This team has done a great job of staying together and encouraging each other," Gault said. "We need to keep that if we are going to succeed in April."

- Arlie Rahn

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Tennis faces UTEP, women advance

Eager to get back in sync after a painful weekend in Los Angeles where the Arizona men's tennis team dropped their first two Pacific 10 Conference matches, the team hosts the University of Texas-El Paso at the Tucson Country Club at 1 p.m tomorrow.

"We are focused on the next three weeks while we are at home. We have huge matches coming up with Washington and the Los Angeles schools after UTEP," junior Henrik Wagner said.

UTEP (3-2) is coming off a 6-1 defeat of Nebraska and looking to get back on track after losing its previous two matches.

The Miners feature Gwinyai Tongoona of Harare, Zimbabwe at the No. 1 singles position and Ralph Scholten at the two spot.

"I played in a tournament in the fall with three of the guys on their team and they can play tennis, their team drops a little after the first three, but they definitely can play," Wagner said.

Senior Chris Jenkins will put his undefeated singles record (8-0 in dual match play) on the line tomorrow, playing for his 14th win of the year.

The No. 10 women's tennis team (9-1, 3-1 in the Pacific 10 Conference) is already on their way to a successful weekend. They easily defeated No. 9 Tennessee 7-0 in the first round of the USTA/ITA Women's National Indoor Team Tennis Championship in Madison, Wis.

- Kevin Clerici

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UA track teams in Reno for Indoors

The Arizona men's and women's track and field squads will face their toughest competition of the young season when they travel to Reno, Nev., this weekend to defend their titles in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The Wildcats will be competing against at least 12 schools coming mainly from the Pacific 10 and Big West conferences. Seven of the nine Pac-10 schools (Oregon State has no track team) are sending full teams with Southern Cal and UCLA only bringing a few athletes. With so many Pac-10 schools going, UA head coach Dave Murray referred to this meet as "the unofficial Pac-10 indoor championships" since the Pac-10 does not have an official indoor championship.

This is the last indoor meet before the NCAA Indoor Championships held March 8-9, in Indianapolis.

Junior Chima Ugwu has already qualified for the NCAAs in the shot put with a toss of 61 feet, 11 1/2 inches. Senior All-American Michelle Johnson should qualify for the NCAA Indoors in the 55-meter hurdles as her time of 7.73 seconds is only .001 off an automatic entry and is the sixth-best time in the nation this year.

Murray also said Tapio Kolunsarka is a "shoe-in" for the NCAAs in the 35-pound weight throw. His toss of 66 feet, 1 inch was the fifth-best throw in the nation.

- Jason A. Vrtis