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By Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 1, 1996
The Arizona Icecats host a physical Colorado Buffalo squad this weekend, one that has only four underclassmen, compared to Arizona's 14.
"They are an extremely physical team," Icecat coach Leo Golembiewski said. "They're an experienced team and they have players who beat us last year. They have a good history against us."
The Icecats will face off with Colorado tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Tucson Convention Center.
Colorado has won six games against the Icecats, most recently last season, when it beat Arizona 3-2 at the Tucson Convention Center.
"They are one of the few teams that have beat us in the TCC," Golembiewski said.
The Icecats are still on an emotional high this week after blowing out Stanford last weekend. Defensively, Arizona allowed only one goal with freshman goaltender Beau LeMire in the net. This clearly wasn't a test for LeMire, Golembiewski said.
"He knows he will see more pressure from the Colorado offense," Golembiewski said. "We're trying to get the butterflies out of his stomach."
- Shoshana Burrus
Volleyball
This weekend in Los Angeles the Arizona volleyball team will continue its quest to reach the NCAA tournament against No.12 Southern Cal and No. 18 UCLA.
The Wildcats (14-7 overall, 5-6 in the Pacific 10 Conference) are tied for fifth place in the Pac-10 after last weekend's sweep of Oregon and No. 25 Oregon State.
"The girls were really tuned in," UA head coach Dave Rubio said. "It was good to see that focus and intensity. Everyone contributed. I'm really proud of the whole team."
The Arizona match with Southern Cal will be televised on Fox Sports nationally. Arizona will play USC tonight at 7 and will face UCLA Sunday at noon.
Arizona needs to win four more matches if it hopes to make it into the postseason. The Wildcats face stiff competition this weekend from the Trojans (13-5, 7-3) and Bruins (13-8, 5-5).
-Sam Spiller
Cross Country
Sophomore Amy Skieresz will try to defend her individual title tomorrow as the women's and men's cross country teams compete in the Pacific 10 Championships in Stanford, Calif.
Last year, Skieresz became the school's first-ever Pac-10 individual champion. Her win marked the first time a freshman won the title.
Skieresz, who is undefeated this year, will look to become only the second female runner in history to win back-to-back Pac-10 titles. No. 11 Arizona will compete with No. 3 Stanford for the team title.
"Our women know they can compete with Stanford for the team championship," UA head coach Dave Murray said. "Our top two runners, Amy Skieresz and Emily Nay, have been solid all year."
Running with Skieresz and Nay on the 5,000-meter course will be senior Viola Schaffer, freshman Kristen Parrish, juniors Virginia Camacho and Tone Bratteng, and either junior Kelly Chavez or senior Susan Scott.
The men, who own six team titles and two during the 1990s, will look to their top runner, junior Bob Keino, to lead the squad. Last year Keino took second in the 8,000-meter event and in 1994 he was fourth. He will compete with Oregon's Karl Keska, the de fending champion, and Stanford's Greg Jimmerson and Brad Hauser for the individual title.
The Wildcats will go into the meet with their share of injuries. Sophomore Jeff McLarty will run despite a left hip strain and junior Jon Lansa will run with a sore quadricep muscle. Oregon and Stanford are considered the favorites this year. The UA men t ook third last year.
Other runners for the men's squad will be senior Jon Pillow, freshmen Micheil Jones and Jeremy Lyon, and junior Chad Wenger.
"As for our men, our chances are really affected by injury," Murray said. "It has been one of those things that we have not been able to avoid all year. "
- Joel Flom
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