The men’s soccer team ended its 2009 season on Nov. 7 at the University of Chicago. After finishing 4th in the UAA and not receiving an at-large NCAA tournament bid, games ended sooner than the close-knit group of players had anticipated.
After three one-goal games played at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, last weekend, the men’s club water polo team earned fourth place at the Division III club national championship tournament.
CHICAGO—When an official’s call dictated the deciding goal in the game against the University of Chicago, the men’s soccer team’s final game ended much the same way the season first began. Both teams took very few shots; Wash. U. recorded nine, while Chicago took 11. In the second half, the Bears controlled the ball, moving much of the play to the Maroons’ defensive half. Despite the counterattack, the Bears took only two shots in the second half.
After losing three consecutive games, the men’s soccer team snapped its scoring drought with a 1-0 win over Brandeis.
Coming off a loss at Division I Southern Illinois University Carbondale, the men’s and women’s swim teams both claimed victory over DePauw on Saturday. With a first-place finish in Saturday’s last event, the 400 freestyle relay, the men secured a 151-147 win, while the women’s squad bested the Tigers, 155-129.
The Washington University men’s soccer team fought hard but suffered 1-0 defeats to Berry College and No. 4 Loras College over the weekend. In preparation for the Loras match, the men’s soccer team devoted much of its strategy to substitution in Friday night’s game against provisional Division III opponent Berry College.
As the men’s soccer team enters the final stretch of its regular-season schedule, senior captain John Hengel leads the Bears with six goals. Hengel led the Bears to victory against Fontbonne on Oct. 13, scoring twice in the team’s first three-goal performance.
The men’s soccer team split a pair of University Athletic Association (UAA) games on Friday and Sunday, coming away with a win over Case Western Reserve University and a loss to No. 6 University of Rochester.
After a loss on Sunday, the men’s soccer team played through a cold rain to rebound with its first three-goal game of the year in a victory over Fontbonne.
“It was a big win, it was a regional game and coming off a loss it’s a big confidence booster,” senior co-captain John Hengel said. [...]
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