Washington
The Huskies’ women’s cross country squad received a huge bump in the polls last week after an impressive showing at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational@@changed from adidas Wisconsin Invitational, http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-xc/adidas-Invitational-2011.html@@. Competing against 17 of the top 30@@http://www.uwbadgers.com/blog/2011/09/rankings-show-loaded-field-for-wisconsin-adidas-invitational.html@@ teams in the nation, Washington came out on top, finishing with 199 points@@http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-xc/stats/2011-2012/111014_wisconsin_adidas_invite_women.html@@. In the meet, the team outshined conference rivals Arizona, Oregon, Stanford and California. As a result, the Huskies — which were ranked No. 24 in the nation — were vaulted to the No. 2@@http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/cross-country-women/d1@@ spot behind national leader Florida State. This is the highest ranking for the Huskies since they were ranked No. 1 in the NCAA in 2009@@http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/c-xc/spec-rel/wash-c-xc-spec-rel.html@@.
California
After Cal’s No. 2-ranked@@http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/avca_coaches@@ volleyball team swept the Arizona schools last weekend@@http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-volley/sched/cal-w-volley-sched.html@@, two stars on the team were rewarded with honors from the Pac-12 conference. Redshirt junior Shannon Hawari@@http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/cal-w-volley-mtt.html@@ was named Defensive Player of the Week@@http://www.pac-12.org/SCHOOLS/California/Tabid/957/Article/138082/Bank-of-the-West-Volleyball-Weekly-Honors.aspx@@ while Lillian Schonewise@@changed from “Shonewise”, see previous link@@ was named the Freshman of the Week@@http://www.pac-12.org/SCHOOLS/California/Tabid/957/Article/138082/Bank-of-the-West-Volleyball-Weekly-Honors.aspx@@. Hawari is the third Cal player to receive Defensive Player of the Week honors this season.
Oregon State
Last weekend the Oregon State women’s soccer team completed an impressive sweep of their northern neighbors with a 4-1 victory over Washington on Sunday@@http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/w-soccer/sched/orst-w-soccer-sched.html@@. That win came on the heels of a 2-1 victory over Washington State on Friday@@see previous link@@. Playing in the highly competitive Pac-12, the Beavers are now 6-2-0 in conference play@@see previous link@@, trailing only undefeated Stanford, which is currently ranked No. 1@@changed from No. 2, http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-women/d1/nscaa_coaches@@ in the nation.
Arizona
Four track and field athletes affiliated with Arizona men’s and women’s teams will be competing at the 2011 Pan American Games@@http://www.teamusa.org/events/6958@@, taking place Oct. 14-30 in Guadalajara, Mexico@@see previous link and http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/c-xctrack/spec-rel/102111aaa.html@@. Current Wildcats Edgar Rivera-Morales and Alyssa Hasslen@@both on http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/c-xctrack/mtt/ariz-c-xctrack-mtt.html@@ will compete in the high jump and shot put finals, respectively. In addition, former Arizona standouts Christina Rodgers@@http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/w-track/mtt/rodgers_christina00.html@@ and Nick Mossberg@@http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-track/mtt/mossberg_nick00.html@@ will participate in the meet. Rodgers, who graduated from Arizona after last season, will run in the 800-meter semifinals while Mossberg, who left Tucson in 2009, will compete in the pole vault finals@@see previous for both@@.
Arizona State
When the Arizona State football team hosts Pac-12 newcomer Colorado on Oct. 29, the school will begin to set a standard for “being green” in the Pac-12. IMG College and Arizona State athletics purchased 125,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy from Arizona Public Service to help power its stadium@@two sentences are almost word-for-word with press release: http://www.aps.com/main/news/releases/release_676.html@@. The energy will be enough to run the stadium during the Colorado game and the rest of the home games for Arizona State in 2011@@see previous link. again, almost verbatim@@.
Stanford
Tuesday’s singles final at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships@@http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/102011aac.html@@ will only feature players from the Cardinal, as Mallory Burdette takes on Nicole Gibbs at noon. During semifinal action on Monday, second-seeded Burdette took out third-seeded Denise Dy of Washington by a score of 6-4, 6-1, and fourth-seeded Gibbs defeated top-seed Jana Juricova of California 4-6, 6-2, 6-2@@all on http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=22987 (almost verbatim again)@@.
Colorado
In women’s soccer, Colorado goalkeeper Kayla Millar@@http://www.cubuffs.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=259&SPSID=3934&DB_OEM_ID=600@@ recorded six saves and sophomore Hayley Hughes scored the go-ahead goal to power the Buffaloes to a 1-0 win over California on Friday afternoon, its first-ever Pac-12 victory@@almost verbatim: http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=205320181@@. The win improved the team to 4-9-2 overall (1-5-1 Pac-12)@@see previous link@@. California suffered just its fourth loss of the season and dropped to 10-4-2 overall (3-2-2 Pac-12)@@see previous link@@.
USC
The No. 4@@changed from No. 3: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/avca_coaches@@ USC volleyball team hit an impressive .371 on Saturday during a 3-0 sweep of the Colorado Buffaloes (25-18, 25-14, 25-17) for its 12th-straight win@@verbatim: http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/102311aab.html@@. Senior All-America@@checked, not “All-American”@@ outside hitter Alex Jupiter had a team-high nine kills while hitting .333 with 12 digs, two aces and two solo blocks. USC improved to 17-3 in the season and 12-1 in conference play@@http://pac-12.org/SCHEDULESSCORES.aspx#Standings@@.
UCLA
The Bruins’ women’s soccer team continued a dominant season last weekend, sweeping the Arizona schools to improve its standings to 5-1-2 in Pac-12 play@@http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-soccer/sched/ucla-w-soccer-sched.html@@. Sophomore Chelsea Stewart@@http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/ucla-w-soccer-mtt.html@@ (one goal, one assist) had a hand in both goals for UCLA as the team won 2-0 over Arizona State on Friday, its 10th shutout this season@@http://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-women/article/2011-10-23/virginia-tech-upsets-north-carolina@@. The team is ranked No. 6@@changed from No. 3: http://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-women/article/2011-10-23/virginia-tech-upsets-north-carolina@@ in the nation.
Utah
The University of Utah men’s swimming and diving team fell short against the California Golden Bears earlier on Oct. 21 at the Spieker Aquatics Complex@@http://www.calbears.com/facilities/spieker-aquatics-complex.html@@ when it lost by a score of 158-119@@http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/sched/utah-c-swim-sched.html@@. The Utes’ women’s team was also defeated by Cal, 174-105@@see previous link@@. Both Utah teams are now 0-2 in Pac-12 conference@@see previous link@@.