B14 • THE DAILY WILDCAT
Sports • Wednesday, May 14, 2014
THE GOATS FROM PAGE B14
UA baseball disappoints
Season of struggles BY ROBERTO PAYNE
BY EVAN ROSENFELD
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THE UA WOMEN’S basketball team kept it close, but fell 64-79 to the Cal Golden Bears in McKale Center on Jan. 20.
There are bad seasons and then there are bad seasons. The 2013-14 Arizona women’s basketball teams had a really poor season, as head coach Niya Butts struggled to find consistency through numerous injuries and transfers. The Wildcats went 5-25 overall and only 1-17 in Pac-12 Conference play. By the end of the season, Butts had only seven healthy bodies and couldn’t even hold a normal practice without extra practice players. Expectations were not high for this year’s team, but it’s safe to say no one thought they would win only one game in the 2014 calendar year and struggle this mightily.
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JUNIOR CATCHER Riley Moore walks back to the dugout after being forced out at second base during Arizona’s rained-out game against Seton Hall at Hi Corbett Field on March 1. Arizona finished the rained-out game the next day, losing 4-2.
In the two seasons since being crowned College World Series champion, Arizona baseball has seen itself sink from the top of the Pac-12 to near the bottom. Head coach Andy Lopez underwent heart surgery in the fall, missing practice until this semester. The Wildcats will finish the year under .500 for the first time since 2006 and have lost 30 games as of May 11. Arizona’s pitching rotation has been inconsistent and injury-ridden. Only seldom do the Wildcats present solid pitching and have the run support needed to win games.
In the Ball Park What was your favorite sports moment of the year?
Tyler Williams, pre-business freshman “My favorite moment was the return against Alabama in the final seconds that won the game in the missed field goal.”
Sebastian Hernandez, molecular and cellular biology senior
Justice Hartwell, pre-business freshman “My favorite sports moment was when the basketball team made it to the Elite Eight.”
“My favorite moment was all of March Madness, hanging out at the bars and cheering on the team.”
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Riley Finley, pre-business freshman “My favorite sports moment was the first interception of the Oregon football game.”