College Sports

2009 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT

Growing into green and gold: UAA 'redshirts' join the roster

Many of last year's "Women in Black" are thrilled to have traded their redshirt status for green-and-gold jerseys on this year's UAA basketball roster.

Breaking down the women's bracket

COLLEGE CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING

Dunbar 76th at NCAA championships

Former Kodiak star Trevor Dunbar finished 76th in the Division I men's cross-country championships Monday in Terre Haute, Ind.

2009 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT

Restocked and ready

With a raw 6-foot-10 freshman and a rusty 6-foot-9 sophomore new to the team, UAA men's basketball coach Rusty Osborne can't resist thinking ahead a season or two.

A look at how the Shootout shakes out

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UAA cross-country running team boasts three All-Americans

UAA hit the finish line of the cross-country season Saturday at the national championships by producing three All-Americans and a program-best fifth-place team showing for the women, but it wasn't the outcome the Seawolves had hoped for.

COLLEGE HOCKEY

Seawolves beat Mavericks 4-1 to earn a series split

Tommy Grant figured the only way to bust out of his prolonged goal drought was to keep shooting the puck -- often, from every conceivable angle, and in every possible situation.

Photos: Hockey: UAA vs. Mankato

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

UAA spiker honored

UAA's Jackie Matthisen garnered all-tournament honors at the NCAA Division II West Region, where the Seawolves last week recorded their first victory in postseason play.

2009 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT

Be thankful for this year's Shootout, it could be worse

If you're down about the downsized Great Alaska Shootout, which for the first time in 32 years will feature six men's basketball teams instead of eight, cheer up.

Change has always been part of the game

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

UAA spikers swept away

In two seasons, the Seawolves volleyball team has gone from cellar-dwellers to conference champions. On Friday, UAA saw what it will take to reach the next level.

COLLEGE HOCKEY

UAA thrashed 8-2 by Mankato

As absurd as it sounds given the 8-2 anvil Minnesota State-Mankato dropped on UAA, a feel-good story actually emerged for each side at Sullivan Arena on Friday night.

Blog: Woody on Hockey

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Historic victory

The first NCAA tournament win in school history appeared to be slipping from the Seawolves' grasp Thursday, but the UAA volleyball team regrouped in time to salvage a dramatic five-set win over Hawaii Hilo.

COLLEGE HOCKEY

UAA's Grant hopes to get out of his goal-scoring drought

Before UAA's hockey practice began in earnest Thursday afternoon, Tommy Grant laughingly spent some time sprawled in front of one net, kicking out his legs and flailing his arms as teammates gently nudged pucks on goal.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Seawolves prepare for Regionals

The last time the UAA volleyball competed in the NCAA Division II playoffs, the seniors on the current squad -- Calli Scott, Ashley Bates and Stacie Meisner -- were 2 years old.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Campbell leads UAA to victory in Hawaii

UAA's Malcolm Campbell threw down a one-handed, alley-oop dunk in the final minutes of play, capping a late run that gave the Seawolves men's basketball team a hard-fought 80-66 victory at Hawaii Pacific on Tuesday.

Seawolves own glass in 2nd win

As a redshirt freshman who played high school basketball in Kodiak, Alysa Horn doesn't have much experience with 100-point games, much less been the one to lift a team into triple figures.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

UAA setter, coach nab GNAC honors

The resurgent and red-hot UAA volleyball team on Monday collected some of the glory that goes with its first Great Northwest Athletic Conference title, as senior setter Calli Scott was named league player of the year and Chris Green nailed down coach of the year.

New boards will protect UAF hockey players

The home of the University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey team is getting new dasher boards, the impact-absorbing plastic walls that surround an ice rink.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Seawolves smother Hilo in season opener

With eight new players logging minutes and with Rebecca Kielpinski's retired jersey hanging on the wall, the UAA women's basketball team opened the season in familiar fashion Sunday, pummeling Hawaii-Hilo 100-48.

Photos: UAA season opener

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

UAA eyes revenge in playoff opener

The UAA volleyball team is getting what it wants from its first trip to the playoffs in 19 years -- a rematch with a team that handed the Seawolves one of their worst losses of the season.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

UAA rides raucous crowd to victory

The Seawolves volleyball team finished a remarkable regular season on a stellar note, setting a school record for consecutive wins in front of a near-record crowd at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.

21-point loss ends see-saw preseason

So far in its crazy season-opening road trip, the UAA men's basketball team has seen just about everything but a real game.

Seawolves shake the new-look label

The new-look UAA women's basketball team begins the season today in Anchorage with a look that might not seem all that new at all.

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Players hide, fear concussions

Washington Redskins kick returner Rock Cartwright remembers his brain "shaking like a bell" when he was walloped in a game against the New York Giants a few years ago. What Cartwright never did when the hit happened? He never told Washington's medical staff his head ached.

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