CougZone.com - Pac-Tending 11-04-09

November 4, 2009

CougZone News Services

"The committee was pleased with the level of interest in our championship that we found from cities, institutions and conferences from around the country."

- NCAA chair of the Division I women's basketball committee and senior associate athletic director at Iowa, Jane Meyer, after the sites for the first round, second round and regional games were for the 2011 tournament were announced.

The 2009-10 championship season continues at the Creek and the conference continues to show its strength in both women's soccer and women's volleyball as six teams are in the Top 25 in the NCAA soccer RPI and six more teams are in the Top 25 in the NCAA volleyball RPI.

Meanwhile, at NCAA HQ, Stanford and Washington State and Stanford will host first round, second round and regional games in the 2011 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship.

Arizona

In women's soccer, the Wildcats were swept by California and Stanford to drop to 4-13-1 overall and 1-6 in conference play.

Washington

In women's cross country, Washington captured the Pac-10 title.

Oregon

In football, freshman running back LaMichael James was named as the conference's offensive player of the week.

UCLA

In volleyball, senior outside hitter Kaitlin Sather was named as the conference's player of the week.

California

In women's soccer, redshirt junior forward Lisa Kevorkian was named as the conference's player of the week.

Oregon State

In football, senior quarterback Lyle Moevao is out for the season after suffering a foot injury in practice and head coach Mike Riley has indicated he will pursue a medical hardship waiver for a potential sixth year of eligibility.

Arizona State

In women's swimming, the Sun Devils will host UNLV and Wazzu in their season home opener.

Stanford

In men's cross country, Stanford captured the Pac-10 title.

WSU

In soccer, 13th-ranked [RPI] Wazzu skunked both Oregon State and Pac-10 winless Oregonto move to 13-4-1 overall and 5-1-1 in conference play. The Cougars also received verbal commitments for 2010 from goalkeeper Gurveen Clair and defender Nicole Ambrose from the Vancouver Whitecaps.

In volleyball, 38th-ranked [RPI] Wazzu was swept by Arizona State and Arizona to drop to 5-6 in conference play and 16-6 overall on the year.

In football, the Cougars lost to Notre Dame to fall to 1-7 overall and remain winless in conference play at 0-5.

In women's hoop, Wazzu defeated defeated Lewis-Clark State in the season's exhibition opener.

USC

In men's hoop, the Trojans defeated Cal State-Dominguez Hills, 64-47, in the season's exhibition opener.

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