Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
January 16, 1998

Sidelines

The No. 24 Wildcats women's tennis squad hopes the combination of youth and veteran leadership will lead to success at this weekend's Pacific 10 Conference Indoor Championship.

The tournament serves as a sneaker softener for Arizona. The event is separated into two flights - one for each team's top three players and the second for the remaining trio.

"The tournament is in flights, so you get to see who you're playing the rest of the year," said senior Betsy Miringoff.

UA head coach Stephanie London, who in her first year toils with a revamped group of players featuring four fresh faces - three of which practiced for the first time Wednesday - is forced to rely on her veterans' savvy court presence.

"We have a very new and young team, but players higher in our lineup are experienced. I would like to see the older players do well, but it will be good to see the new players in action."

Last season, the then-Six-Pac consisted of the UA, Arizona State and the four California schools. Washington, Washington State and Oregon, were added in the offseason.

- Michael Jacobs

Briefly

The UA's No. 10 men and fifth-ranked women's swim teams dive back into action Saturday as they host Northern Arizona.

The meet, held at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center, begins at 1 p.m.

A total of 15 UA swimmers (10 women and 5 men) earned automatic bids to March's NCAA Championships by swimming NCAA "A" standard times at UA's last meet, the Texas Invitational on Dec. 5-7 in Austin, Texas.

"This group is swimming very, very well right now," UA head coach Frank Busch said.

- Bryan Rosenbaum

By the Numbers

141:

The number of points Adia Barnes needs to reach the 2000 point plateau.

Sean and Bob Elliott are the only other basketball players - men or women - to reach the mark. Barnes is already the women's basketball team's all-time leading rebounder and scorer.