February

The women’s basketball team loses to arch-rival New York University 83-58, the team’s worst loss ever under head coach Nancy Fahey.

Troy Ruths of the men’s basketball team is named to the USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Third Team for his work in computer science.

March

Troy Ruths is named Academic Player of the Year by ESPN The Magazine.

Men’s basketball reaches the Final Four for the first time in school history. Though the team falls in the semifinals, there is great hope for next season as the squad will only lose one key player.

Women’s basketball reaches the national championship game, losing to DePauw University 55-52. Their postseason run was particularly impressive as the team opened the season 1-3. They also enacted revenge against NYU, beating them 73-53 in the semifinals.

Meredith Nordbrock and Kelly Kono each garner seven All-American citations at the NCAA swimming and diving championships.

May

Laurel Sagartz pitches the final perfect game of her career. She had three in her senior season and two others over her four years. She also had a total of nine no-hitters in her career.

John Watts finishes second at the NCAA Championships, winning the national Rookie of the Year award.

Softball advances to the Collegiate World Series for the first time in the team’s seven-year history. The squad falls in the finals to Linfield College.

June

David Kramer, class of 2007, begins his professional baseball career in the inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League.

September

Over the span of two weekends, the volleyball team loses four games, raising a number of questions about the usual top-notch team.

The women’s soccer team beats Illinois Wesleyan for the first time since 2000, marking their first victory against the squad under head coach Wendy Dillinger.

October

John Watts wins Washington University’s first individual men’s tennis title in school history, defeating Gustavus Adolphus’ Andy Bryan 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the finals at the ITA Fall Championships.

November

Football finishes 7-3, going better than 6-4 for the first time since 2001.

The women’s cross country team finishes third at the NCAA meet. Seniors Tricia Frisella, Kate Pentak and Tyler Mulkin garner All-American honors.

Volleyball wins a NCAA record ninth national title, beating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 3-2 in the national championship match. The team also defeated three teams it had lost to earlier in the season during the final rounds of play.

Men’s soccer records their best season since 1995, advancing to the Elite Eight and recording 16 wins.

December

Jaimie McFarlin, a leader of the women’s basketball team tears her ACL and meniscus just weeks after point guard Sean Wallis of the men’s team breaks his leg. Both will be out for the rest of the season. Four other athletes have suffered season-ending injuries already this school year: Kim O’Keefe and Nina Noll of women’s soccer, Ethan Silver of men’s soccer and Emilie Walk of volleyball.

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