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MEN’S GOLF FINISHES NINTH IN WASHINGTON
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Wildcats find a new home
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MAUGA SWEEPS NATIONAL AWARDS
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RHOADES AND LEWIS NAMED TO USA TEAM
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MICKENS NAMED PAC-12 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
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CASINO DEL SOL’S SEWAILO Golf Club hosted the Arizona Intercollegiate golf tournament from Jan. 27-28. Both Arizona golf teams moved to Sewailo this academic year and now are able to set their own practice schedules. The Sewailo course was designed by Notah Begay III.
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chipping area, putting area and driving area. Every part of their game they want to work on in a All athletes on the UA campus practice setting, they can go over understand the struggles of and use any time they want.” balancing their practice schedules Notah Begay III, Native with their class schedules. American former PGA tour golfer But the men’s and women’s golf and current Golf Channel analyst, teams now have an easier time of designed Sewailo Golf Club. doing that — and at a world-class “Anytime you can just go out, facility. show up and have a driving range In December 2013, the Sewailo and putting facility waiting for Golf Club opened to the public and you, it’s a huge advantage,” said became the home of the sophomore Kolton Arizona golf teams. Lapa of the men’s We are so lucky to be out at Sewailo. Sewailo Golf Club is team. located at the Casino Both the men’s — Derek Radley, Del Sol, on Valencia and women’s assistant Arizona women’s golf coach Road, and features teams have seen separate training areas results in their for the teams to work on One of the benefits of having play since Sewailo Golf Club was every aspect of their game. their own facility means the players opened. The men’s team has not The Wildcats’ previous home, can go on their own at any time and finished lower than seventh place Arizona National Golf Club, is practice what they want, when they and has four top-five finishes. The about 27 minutes from the UA, need to. women have not finished lower while Sewailo is around 22 minutes. “Over on the practice facility than sixth place and have three “It is well worth the drive area, which we call the ‘Wildcat top-five finishes. because we have such a great Academy,’ they have free reign Beyond the immediate results facility to practice at,” said UA over there,” Anderson said. “It is a that the new home has helped men’s golf head coach Jim private facility and there is a range, produce for the teams, the future The Daily Wildcat
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Anderson. “Our home course is one of the very best in the Southwest.” Assistant women’s golf coach Derek Radley said the facilities at Sewailo are phenomenal. “We are so lucky to be out at Sewailo,” Radley said. “The 15 acres that we have just for the men’s and women’s teams, to be able to run private practices on it — I can’t tell you the progress that I’ve seen in our girls.”
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benefits it could produce for recruiting could be even bigger. “Golf programs across the country are really bulking up on the facilities they provide their athletes,” Anderson said. “I think it is evidence that the University of Arizona and its athletic departments are behind our team. For us to have a golf course that’s going to host the U.S. Open local qualifier next May … to have that as a home is certainly an attractive sell to prospective student athletes.” Junior Alex McMahon, a member of the men’s team, said facilities are one of the main things recruits consider picking a school. “When you come on your recruiting trip as a high school kid, that’s one of the main things you look at,” McMahon said. “How good are the facilities? Because you’re going to spend four, five, six hours a day at these places, so you want to be at nice spots.” — Follow Fernando Galvan @fgalvan35
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UW tops power rankings
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1. No. 20 Washington (22-6-1, 10-2 Pac-12 Conference)
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Arizona women’s tennis entered the top 25 on Tuesday. The No. 25 Wildcats are 13-0 at home. This is Arizona’s first top 25 ranking since 2012 when the Wildcats made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament and lost to North Carolina 4-2.
The Huskies kept the ball rolling over the weekend with a conference series win on the road against a very tough Oregon team. UW jumped up four spots in the NCBWA poll and will face some lighter competition this week in Seattle against Stanford.
2. No. 5 Oregon State (25-6, 9-3)
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ARIZONA FRESHMAN pitcher Morgan Earman pitches during Arizona’s 11-0 loss against Oregon State on March 30 at Hi Corbett Field. Earman is projected to start Arizona’s baseball game at ASU today at 6:30 p.m. at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona visits ASU’s stadium for last time BY JOEY PUTRELO The Daily Wildcat
Following its first conference series victory of 2014, Arizona baseball is ready to take another crack at its rival up north. Tonight in Tempe, Ariz., the Wildcats (14-19, 4-8 Pac-12) will face ASU (17-12, 7-5) at Packard Stadium for the last time ever. Next year the Sun Devils will play at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The Oakland Athletics recently wrapped up their final spring training days at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. It will be the second nonconference game of the season between these clubs.
The first pitch will be fired at 6:30 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on pac-12. com. The winner of the fivegame series will capture this year’s Territorial Cup point for baseball. Over the past weekend, Arizona hit the road and gave Utah (10-19, 1-11) its first Pac-12 win on Friday. But the Wildcats rebounded with a pair of wins the next two days behind a strong effort on the mound. It was the first time the Wildcats had won two straight games since they won a trio of consecutive games from March 11-14 versus Air Force and Washington State.
The Sun Devils are coming off of a home series win over USC, where all three contests were decided by a couple runs or less. Last season, Arizona had a 3-2 record against ASU. Back on March 26, the Wildcats initially led the Sun Devils 6-1, only to watch their lead vanish in the middle innings. A complete Arizona pitching meltdown led to 13 unanswered runs scored by the Sun Devils, including a 10-run bottom of the sixth. Arizona hasn’t had a consistent midweek pitcher all season long, but head coach
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The Beavers have won five in a row, culminating in their home sweep over Stanford, and are starting to heat up. They don’t have any midweek games and should be able to win the upcoming weekend series against Washington State, even though it’s on the road.
3. No. 12 Oregon (22-10, 7-5)
Oregon dropped three spots in the NCBWA poll after losing two out of three on the road against Washington. But the Ducks snapped the Huskies’ 10game win streak with a seven-run win on Friday, so credit where credit is due.
4. ASU (17-12, 7-5)
The Sun Devils impressed over the weekend, winning a conference series against USC at Packard Stadium. If ASU beats Arizona today and takes at least two out of three versus California, it could break into the top 25 of the NCBWA.
5. No. 22 UCLA (18-12, 6-3)
It was another week of .500 caliber baseball for UCLA, and it fell out of the NCBWA’s top 20 because of it. Losing a series to Long Beach State (15-15) over the weekend didn’t help its case. The Bruins look like they have a national championship hangover.
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