Arizona baseball: From title to pros, Rickard, Heyer try to make their mark

Believe it or not, center fielder Joey Rickard and pitcher Kurt Heyer don't remember the final out of the Arizona Wildcats' national championship game last June.

Arizona baseball: NCAA champs start title defense Friday against Coppin State

Andy Lopez’s first opening day as a coach is still the one he remembers most.

Arizona Wildcats baseball: After title, players quickly make exodus to various leagues

Johnny Field and his Arizona Wildcats teammates arrived in Tucson at noon on Tuesday, where the 2012 NCAA national champions were greeted by 5,000-plus fans at McKale Center.

Arizona Wildcats baseball: 'Class act' Brown reaps rewards from hard work, patience

OMAHA, Neb. —Bobby Brown, had he chosen, could have turned the moments following Thursday’s 10-3 College World Series win over Florida State into one big I-told-you-so.

Back-to-back doubles, steely efforts in relief help UA win opener

OMAHA, Neb. - The Arizona Wildcats' first College World Series game since 2004 was a showcase of styles and a battle of wills.

Arizona baseball: Wildcats plan to double down under bright lights of ESPN coverage

The ESPN network televised nearly 10 hours of Arizona Wildcats baseball last weekend, and will show even more during a sun-soaked super regional that starts Friday.

Give 'em 5: Draft kind to Cats

UA shortstop Alex Mejia went to St. Louis in the fourth round, the highest of five Wildcats drafted Tuesday.

Give 'em 5: Draft kind to Cats

Joey Rickard was shagging flies along the Hi Corbett Field warning track at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday when he was summoned back to the UA clubhouse.

Greg Hansen: These Cats don't yield to pressure

The Pac-12 championship game went on and on and on. It went on for three hours and 50 minutes. Although Arizona never trailed, the consequences and the theatrics were such that it seemed like the Wildcats never led.

Arizona baseball: Juniors could give UA edge down stretch

Kurt Heyer says: "Experience is really the key" for UA as it heads into its final six regular-season games and the postseason.

Arizona baseball: Juniors could give UA edge down stretch

The Arizona Wildcats will play six games in the next 10 days, a critical stretch that will determine whether the nation's 14th-ranked team will host an NCAA regional or hit the road.

Arizona baseball: Ironman finally takes break

During the first 156 games of his college career, Joey Rickard played through a groin injury, a hip problem and all sorts of minor, tape-it-up-and-go issues.

Arizona Wildcats baseball: Rickard's knee injury shouldn't keep him on the bench long

During the first 156 games of his college career, Joey Rickard played through a groin injury, a hip problem and all sorts of minor, tape-it-up-and-go issues.