Shortstop K'Lee Arredondo, right, returns for her junior year when the Wildcats open their season in February.

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Coach Mike Candrea announced the Arizona Wildcats' 2009 schedule Friday. The UA will play host to 27 games on 19 dates, and will play 28 games on 22 dates away from Tucson.

Arizona will play at least one game against eight teams that finished in last year's final NFCA Top 25, and 15 teams that made the NCAA tourney last season.

The UA will open its season Feb. 6 in Tempe at the Kajikawa Classic by taking on five teams, including perennial national championship contender Northwestern, and a Nevada squad that beat the UA in the same tournament a year ago.

Other highlights include: the Wilson Tournament, hosted by South Florida; a midweek doubleheader with UTEP in Tucson; the Wildcat Invitational; and a visit to College Station, Texas, for a three-game set with 2008 WCWS runner-up Texas A&M.

The UA will open conference play at home with a three-game series against the Oregon schools on March 27.

A rare eight-game homestand will begin with the Wildcats taking on defending national champ Arizona State in a Friday-Saturday match April 10-11, followed by the Bay Area schools.

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The UA men's and women's cross country teams finished 14th and 15th, respectively, in the Notre Dame Invitational on Friday in South Bend, Ind.

Mohamud Ige paced the men with his 52nd-place finish. He covered the 5-mile distance in 24 minutes 38 seconds. Victor Zazueta finished 63rd in 24:43.

Irine Lagat led the UA women with a 12th-place finish in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17:03. Hannah Moen was 60th in 17:38, and Maggie Callahan was 65th in 17:40.

● Wildcats Pat Metham and Ravid Hazi saw tennis action on the first day of the All-American Championships on Friday in Tulsa, Okla.

In his only match, Metham lost to Collin Hoover of Texas A&M 6-2, 6-4.

"The All-American Championships has some of the elite college players," coach Tad Berkowitz said. "The important thing is that Pat gained some valuable experience."

Hazi won his only match of the day when Lucas Tirelli of St. Mary's withdrew.

Hazi will play Will Beck of Kentucky today.

Both Pima College cross country teams finished third in the Arizona State Invitational at Kiwanis Park in Tempe on Friday.

Damion Crawford led the men with a personal best time of 25 minutes 46 seconds in the 8-kilometer event. He finished fifth out of 72 runners.

Four Aztecs finished in the top half of the pack for the women, led by Hannah Morgan, who was 11th overall in 19:34 in the 5,000-meter race.

● Pima's volleyball team lost 3-2 to No. 12 Phoenix College on Friday. Game scores were 25-23, 15-25, 25-15, 23-25 and 15-12. Caitlin Rand led Pima with 14 kills.