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Arizona volleyball adds transfer MB Kristen Dear from Howard
The spring volleyball portal window has been kind to the Arizona Wildcats. While the team lost two to the late portal, they have added two in the past several days and there are indications that a third is on the way. The Wildcats announced the signing of former San Diego opposite Kennedy Osunsanmi on May […]
Arizona baseball can’t rally late, drops series opener to Houston
Big 12 Tournament hopes were still a real possibility for Arizona baseball Friday night, but following its 7-4 loss to Houston in the series opener those hopes have dwindled. The Wildcats (17-31, 7-18 Big 12) more than likely needed to sweep the series against the Cougars (21-28, 5-20 Big 12) to get closer to Big […]
Arizona alum Mike Schmitz named GM of Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks are turning to an Arizona alum to take over their franchise. The Mavericks on Friday announced the hiring of Mike Schmitz as general manager ahead of next month’s NBA Draft. Schmitz spent the last four seasons on the Portland Trail Blazers staff after serving as a draft analyst for ESPN. Schmitz attended […]
Dutch forward Endurance Aiyamenkhue signs with Arizona men’s basketball
It wouldn’t be an Arizona men’s basketball offseason under Tommy Lloyd without at least one addition from overseas. The Wildcats have signed Dutch forward Endurane Aiyamenkhue, the 11th international signee in Lloyd’s five-plus seasons running the program. The 6-foot-11, 220-pound Aiyamenkhue turns 19 in June. Born in the Netherlands, this past season he played for […]
Arizona football: Game themes, fan color coordination and some uniform history for 2026 season
What makes college football games so exciting? The unpredictability? The upsets? The traditions? Arizona football is bringing a bit more excitement to game days again this fall, with game themes set for the 2026 season. The Wildcats did this last season and most fans followed through. Most of the time it came down to simple […]
Big 12 Softball Tournament: Arizona squanders opportunities in loss to ASU
Arizona and Arizona State both gave their opponent chances in the opening round of the Big 12 Softball Tournament. Both pitchers worked around those chances for the most part. ASU got out of the scrapes a few more times than Arizona to take the 2-1 win and move on to the semifinals against Oklahoma State. […]
Arizona baseball to honor seniors, try to stay alive for Big 12 Tournament, during final homestand
It’s been a rough season for Arizona, to say the least. The combination of inexperience and injuries—a lot of injuries—has led to a major regression from 2025, when the Wildcats reached the College World Series for the 19th time in school history. Arizona won 44 games a year ago. This spring the UA is on […]
San Diego OPP Kennedy Osunsanmi signs with Arizona volleyball
Arizona head coach Rita Stubbs said she was looking in the transfer portal for every position except liberos this spring. She has one in the fold with the signing of former San Diego Torero Kennedy Osunsanmi. “Kennedy is a dynamic, athletic player and we are excited to welcome her to Arizona,” Stubbs said in the […]
Arizona Wildcats need to ‘be where our feet are’ in Big 12 Softball Tournament
Conference tournaments are the beginning of the postseason but they’re also very different than any other part of the season. Neither the regular season nor the NCAA postseason has the do-or-die nature of single-elimination conference tournaments. Teams only have to beat their opponents once, but the opposite is also true. One loss ends the run. […]
NCAA announces expansion of Division I men’s, women’s basketball tournaments
March Madness just got a little bigger. Whether that will make the best sporting event in the world any better remains to be seen. The NCAA formally announced Thursday that the Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will expand from 68 to 76 teams in 2027. It is the first increase in field size […]
Arizona baseball: Sophomore pitcher Smith Bailey shut down for remainder of season with shoulder injury
Arizona’s cursed season has added one more injury-caused expletive. Coach Chip Hale announced Wednesday night that sophomore pitcher Smith Bailey is done for the remainder of the season The right-hander is dealing with “soft tissue stuff” in his throwing shoulder that caused him to leave his last start Saturday at Kansas after two innings, making […]
Arizona gymnastics adds former Nebraska associate head coach Brian Amato to staff
The Arizona gymnastics program will have a full coaching staff with a coach to take point on each event for the first time in several years. That comes with the hiring of former Nebraska associate head coach Brian Amato as an assistant on John Court’s staff. Amato has been the primary coach on bars at […]
Arizona softball claims Big 12 Player, co-Defensive Player, Scholar-Athlete of the Year
The Arizona Wildcats have been in the Big 12 for two years. They have produced the Big 12 Player of the Year both times. Arizona catcher Sydney Stewart was named Player of the Year after earning the Big 12 Batting Title with a .490 average in league games. Last year, Wildcat two-way player Devyn Netz […]
NCAA Men’s Golf Tournament: Arizona to host Marana Regional
Arizona men’s golf won’t have to travel for NCAA Regional play. The Wildcats earned the No. 3 seed at the Marana Regional, which the UA will host from May 18-20 at the Gallery Golf Club northwest of Tucson. The top five teams from each of the six regionals advance to the NCAA Championships. Big 12 […]
Arizona men’s tennis coach Clancy Shields in ‘right spot’ as Wildcats prepare for Sweet 16
As Clancy Shields looked around LaNelle Robson Tennis Center on Saturday, he saw the university president, athletic director and men’s basketball head coach all looking on as Arizona men’s tennis play Clemson in second round of the NCAA Tournament. Suresh Garimella, Desireé Reed-Francois and Tommy Lloyd were among the hundreds of spectators who crammed in to […]
Arizona volleyball MB Adrianna Bridges enters transfer portal
Six months after reaching the NCAA Volleyball Tournament for the first time since 2018, the Arizona Wildcats had lost eight players to graduation or transfer. On Tuesday, that number became nine with the announcement of sophomore middle blocker Adrianna Bridges that she will transfer with two years of eligibility left. The Florida native joins outside […]
Arizona football: A way-too-early depth chart for 2026 season
Arizona football may have the month of May off, but that does not mean we are taking any time off. Following the end of spring practices, an idea of what the Wildcats could look like in the fall has formed. There are some positions that have no doubt on who they will put out onto […]
Arizona softball: Catcher Sydney Stewart drafted by AUSL’s Portland Cascade
When college softball players receive their “golden tickets” on their home fields, they know they will be drafted into the AUSL. They just don’t know where. Arizona All-American catcher Sydney Stewart found out where on Monday evening during the 2026 AUSL College Draft. She was taken midway through the second round by the expansion Portland […]
Arizona softball: Big 12 Tournament field set
Things could not have gone worse for the Arizona Wildcats over the weekend. They traveled to Utah where they just needed to win as many games as Oklahoma State to stay in second place in the conference. With the Utes fighting just to get into the Big 12 Softball Tournament, it seemed like something Arizona […]
Utah run-rules No. 19 Arizona, knocking Wildcats to 3rd in Big 12 standings
For the second straight day, the No. 19 Arizona Wildcats failed to find success against Utah pitcher Hailey Maestretti. Maestretti kept the Arizona bats in check through seven innings on Saturday then returned 24 hours later to throw a five-hitter on Sunday. The six-inning 10-2 Utah victory secured a spot in the Big 12 Tournament […]
Arizona baseball swept on road by Big 12-leading Kansas
Arizona’s doomed season began with a 6-game losing streak. It played just below .500 ball for the next two months, but the last two weeks its been back to how it started. The Wildcats lost 11-5 at Kansas on Sunday afternoon, getting swept for the second time in Big 12 play. Arizona (16-30, 7-17 Big […]
NCAA men’s tennis: Arizona to host Oklahoma in Super Regionals
At 24-4, Arizona is tied for the second-fewest losses among teams left in the NCAA Tournament. Three of the teams that beat the Wildcats are still left in the field, including the one who handed them their first defeat to open the 2026 season. Eighth-seeded Arizona will host No. 9 Oklahoma (20-6) in the Super […]
NCAA men’s tennis: Arizona outlasts Clemson to advance to 4th straight Sweet 16, will host for first time
For the fourth season in a row, Arizona got to host the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and for the fourth straight time it will be playing in the Sweet 16. But instead of having to plan a road trip for the next round, the Wildcats will be staying in Tucson. No. 8 seed […]
Two Arizona volleyball players enter transfer portal
The first portal period for volleyball comes in December. That’s when the bulk of players announce their intentions to move on. After spring tournaments, there’s another round of entries. The Arizona Wildcats have two departing in this second round, freshmen Paige Thies and Chloe Giehtbrock. Thies is an outside hitter from Oregon who got a […]
Smith Bailey exits early in Arizona baseball loss at No. 11 Kansas
It was a long shot at best that Arizona would be able to take a series at the top team in the Big 12, but any chance of that went out the window when one of its most consistent players came out of the game early. Sophomore right-hander Smith Bailey lasted only two innings in […]
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