When Claire Glasspiegel, Beth Pfohl, Danielle Prague, Snow Powers and Kris Zeschin received their acceptance letters last April, they did not know the impact they would have on the Danforth Campus. Or more specifically, the impact they would have at Aberdeen Golf Club.
Washington University is known nation-wide for its strong academics. But in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and Iowa, Wash. U. has a different reputation. These states represent Zone 9, Region 2 of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association, where the Washington University Equestrian Team, or WUET, placed second last month.
They sit in front of me in a semi-circle. Someone makes an inappropriate comment and they all laugh. “Don’t print that,” says one. They joke like sisters and they give each other a hard time. These four individuals certainly share a sisterly bond, but their diversity is what makes the unit so special.
I first set foot in the Field House at Washington University my senior year in high school.
Before my meeting with women’s basketball coach Nancy Fahey, I walked through the brown double doors to the floor, and my eyes were immediately drawn to the then 11 national championship banners hanging from the rafters (the volleyball team would hang another banner in 2003).
I would like to preface this article by saying that all of this is factually unsubstantiated. The following thoughts are merely my own wonderings.
So how does women’s basketball coach Nancy Fahey do it? How do you lose two All-Americans and First Team UAA players and only return 14 points to a starting line-up and still sit atop arguably the toughest conference in Division III women’s basketball?
As the clocks ticks down, both teams are in their respective locker rooms going over last minute points of focus.
The ball fell neatly out of bounds after nearly being blocked by two defenders. The team jumped in celebration. This was the scene last week in the national championship match in Division III women’s volleyball.
After a 30-game win streak, the Bears season came to an end in the National Championship match at the hands of Juniata University. The only team to beat the Bears in the regular season, the Eagles rallied from a 2-1 deficit to take down the Bears in five games (30-27, 20-30, 30-22, 27-30, 10-15).
Two wins stand between the Bears and their NCAA record ninth national championship.
Two hours before game time, junior Haleigh Spencer and a handful of her teammates were already dressed and warming up.
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