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Arizona's Ify Ibekwe has learned to take contact
Arizona's Ify Ibekwe has learned to take contact
By Sue Favor
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Date: Jan 28, 2009

Arizona's new coach, Niya Butts, had her work cut out for her in revitalizing the once-strong program that in recent years has dwelt in the Pac-10 basement. Worse, injuries have left her with just barely a half-dozen players to dress. But overcoming adversity has always been part of the ethos at a school whose fight song recalls the final words of a fatally injured student athlete to his team.

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