In the last-ever Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championships, Arizona won its first-ever conference tournament title. Arizona men’s tennis defeated Stanford 4-0 Saturday night in Ojai, Calif. to take home the championship, marking a new milestone for the program under coach Clancy Shields. #ArizonaTennis x #BearDown pic.twitter.com/X2hpSUg3jP — Arizona Men's Tennis (@ArizonaMTennis) April 28, 2024 Arizona (24-3) split the regular season Pac-12 championship with Stanford. The Cardinal were the only team to beat Arizona in conference play, taking down the Wildcats in Tucson last month. Arizona avenged ..read more

Arizona senior first baseman Carlie Scupin at batting practice before the No. 19 Wildcats defeated No. 9 UCLA on Apr. 27, 2024. At Easton Stadium in Los Angeles | Photo courtesy of Arizona Athletics It may not have been on televisions everywhere, but it was a game for the ages. At least if you’re an Arizona Wildcat. The No. 19 Wildcats played their most complete game of the season to defeat No. 9 UCLA at Easton Stadium on Saturday evening. It evened the series between the two teams and secured win No. 100 for Arizona head coach Caitlin Lowe. The 100th win is a BIG one. Congratulations to ou ..read more

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Four former Arizona Wildcats latched on to NFL teams Saturday as undrafted free agents, joining three players who were selected in the NFL Draft. Running back Michael Wiley signed with the Washington Commanders, linebacker Taylor Upshaw signed with the Carolina Panthers, defensive lineman Tyler Manoa signed with the Minnesota Vikings and running back DJ Williams signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The UDFA signees were joined by former Arizona defensive back turned USC Trojan Christian Roland-Wallace, who signed with the Kansas City Chiefs. They join draftees ..read more

Arizona Athletics Streaks are meant to come to an end. Arizona lost a Pac-12 game for the first time in more than a month, falling 4-3 at Washington on Saturday afternoon to end its school-record 11-game win streak in league play. The Wildcats (26-15, 14-6) hadn’t lost in conference play since March 23 at Oregon. The UA took a 3-1 lead in the 4th on a squeeze bunt by Tommy Splaine and an RBI single from Andrew Cain, but Washington (15-20-1, 7-13) tied it in the bottom of the inning with two unearned runs. A fielding error by Maddox Mihalakis allowed one run to score, then the Huskies tied it o ..read more

Photo by John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Tanner McLachlan showed up to Arizona’s spring practice in 2022 as a walk-on recovering from a major knee injury. Two years later he’s the Wildcats’ first tight end to get drafted since Gronk. McLachlan was chosen Saturday by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 6th round of the 2024 NFL Draft, going 194th overall. He’s the first UA tight end taken since Rob Gronkowski went in the second round in 2010 to the New England Patriots and just the eighth in school history. WITH THE 194TH PICK ➡️ TE TANNER MCLACHLAN@IEL_LLC | : NFL Draft on ESPN/ABC/NF ..read more

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Jacob Cowing took a chance when he decided to transfer to a program that was coming off a 1-11 season. That gamble paid off for him and Arizona. The former Wildcat wide receiver was chosen by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Saturday, becoming the UA’s first drafted wideout since Juron Criner in 2012. Cowing was selected 135th overall and the last pick of the fourth round. Dreams to reality @jaycowing_ is officially a San Francisco 49er @49ers #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/Z2OPq6Rhoz — Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall) April 27, 2024 ..read more

Arizona Athletics Arizona will host its annual Spring Game on Saturday night inside Arizona Stadium, but don’t expect anywhere close to the amount of flair, pomp and circumstance that existed under the previous coaching staff. “Saturday is I think it’s going to be a little bit more (of a practice),” UA coach Brent Brennan said. “There’s gonna be some live work in there, but it’s not going to a divide the team ... type of deal.” The event, which begins at 6 p.m. PT and will air live on the Pac-12 Network, will mark the end of spring for a program that is coming off one of the best seasons in sc ..read more

Arizona softball players take part in batting practice before their game against UCLA at Easton Stadium on Apr. 26, 2024 | Photo courtesy of Arizona Athletics The No. 19 Arizona Wildcats came into the opening game of their series at No. 9 UCLA having only lost two games in April. Their six wins had come against pitching staffs with ERAs of 3.09, 3.14, 4.41, and 4.62. The Bruins’ staff is third in the Pac-12 at 2.68. The question was whether the Bruins were pitching that well because they had three games canceled. Two of those missed games were against California, which hits more home runs and ..read more

Arizona Athletics 16 out of 17 overall Arizona has decided to just not lose in conference play. The Wildcats (26-14, 14-5) extended their school record to 11 consecutive Pac-12 victories on Friday night, beating Washington 3-2 on the road. Mason White’s RBI single in the top of the 8th drove home Garen Caulfield to break a 2-2 tie, then Kyler Heyne and Anthony ‘Tonko’ Susac shut the door in the eighth and the ninth for the UA’s 16th win in 17 games overall. Arizona managed only two hits and four baserunners in the first six innings against Washington starter Jared Engman before Adonys Guzman o ..read more

Arizona softball first baseman Carlie Scupin (20) | Photo by Ryan Kelapire The Pac-10 didn’t start sponsoring women’s sports until almost 15 years after Title IX passed in the fall of 1986. That’s four years after the Arizona Wildcats and UCLA Bruins played the first game of what would become the most storied rivalry in the sport of softball. On Friday, the teams begin their final series as members of the same conference. When the rivalry began, the sport wasn’t yet under the aegis of the NCAA. Women played under the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) until 1982. The tw ..read more