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.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
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.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
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
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.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
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.
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.
4 late goals bury UAA on the road
The rigors of the road keep haunting UAA in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
RUNNING
Trevor Dunbar of Kodiak, a freshman at the University of Portland, claimed 12th place at the NCAA Division I West Region cross country championships Saturday.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Badgers score early and often in 5-1 win over Seawolves
Back-to-back victories continue to elude the UAA hockey team, which followed its blowout of second-ranked Denver last week with Friday night's dud at Wisconsin.
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NFL
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.
COMEDY
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen rocks a mullet and is pround of it -- all business in front, par-r-ty in the back!
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PHOTOS
The Bartlett Golden Bears beat the Service Cougars 9-0 Aug. 26 to remain undefeated.
PHOTOS
Dimond and West square off annually in the dual meet for the coveted steel bucket prizes for the year.
PHOTOS
South High beat Fairbanks 13-3 to claim the crown, avenging a 15-5 loss to them a day earlier in the double-elimination tourney.
PHOTOS
The seven-day, eight-stage handcycle and wheelchair race was a full of long roads, harsh weather and bears.
Scoring goals breeds confidence for UAA
Seawolves land local talent for hoops team
UAA's Cheseto named athlete of the year
Seawolves rout the NAIA Eagles
Friess named region coach of the year
Meisner, Matthisen net academic honor
Alaska connections flourish in the WCHA
Shootout ticket packages now on sale
Duke pummels UAA women in exhibition
UAA rolls nationally ranked Denver
Seawolves show their depth at regionals
UAA women hoops team ranked No. 8
Seawolves lose bite in series sweeper
Green is gold for UAA volleyball coach
Seawolves keep their perfect October intact
UAA hockey to meet winless Minnesota
UAA women named preseason No. 1
Cheseto and UAA women top GNAC
UAA wins 7th straight volleyball match
UAA comes back to beat North Dakota
Fighting Sioux take it to Seawolves
Seawolves are primed for a good showing
UAA's Lunden is efficient on and off ice
Seawolves bring home hot streak
UAA's Lundberg nets GNAC honor
Seawolves tumble to Robert Morris
Kincaid Park to host nordic nationals
Freshman get taste of new game
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