Sports
Third time’s the charm
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — After a third appearance in the championship game in four years, Jaimie McFarlin and the veteran Washington University women’s basketball team would not be denied. “Even when I was shooting those last free throws, I was thinking [that] it’s still not over.”
Overtime victory clinches spot in national championship game
The No. 6 Washington University women’s basketball team has some unfinished business after punching its ticket to the national championship game at 2 p.m. on Saturday with an 86-75 overtime victory over No. 1 Amherst College. The Bears face No. 4 Hope College for the national title. It was a game with three different stories.
Welcome to reality
Allow me to be frank. As I see it, the bashing of Tiger Woods for deciding to return to the Masters just weeks after he stood before cameras and said, “I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don’t know when that day will be,” is stupid and naïve. As a golf fan, two words flashed across my mind as I watched him utter that: green jacket. That’s right.
Softball unseated in UAA championships
From 2004 to 2009, the Washington University softball team was synonymous with University Athletic Association conference champion. The Bears had won the championship six years in a row. One too many losses has ended that streak, as Wash. U. tied with Brandeis University for second with a 5-3 conference record.
Bears drop 4 of 5 in conference tournament
After a hot 5-1 start to the season, the Washington University baseball team was looking at the annual University Athletic Association (UAA) tournament with high hopes. The tournament, which took place over spring break in Florida, was to be a chance for the Bears to truly test their skills. Instead, the team dropped four straight games, coming away with a 1-4 conference record.
Women’s basketball: Ladies off to NCAA-record 9th semifinal
The words of senior co-captain Zoë Unruh resonated throughout the Washington University Field House after the No. 6 Washington University women’s basketball team defeated defending-champion George Fox University 59-52. With the win on Saturday, the Bears earned a trip to the semifinals of the NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament in Bloomington, Ill. The No. 5 Bruins defeated the No.
Wash. U. organizes women’s basketball fan bus
Washington University students can sign up for a free road trip to Bloomington, Ill., to cheer on the No. 6 women’s basketball team at the NCAA Division III national semifinals against the top-ranked and undefeated Lord Jeffs of Amherst College on Friday. The Lord Jeffs are carrying a 31-game winning streak into the semifinals.
Men’s basketball shocked by IWU in second round
Prior to the March 6 second-round game, Washington University and Illinois Wesleyan University had faced each other three times before in the Division III men’s basketball NCAA tournament. The Titans had prevailed in all three games. This contest was no different.
Men’s tennis: Hot and cold over break, Bears finish the week 4-1
After dropping only one match in three blowouts against the University of the South (9-0), Methodist University (8-1), and Baldwin-Wallace College (9-0), the Washington University men’s tennis team got swept by Division II opponent Armstrong Atlantic State University, 9-0, before edging out sixth-ranked Kenyon College, 5-4. “We just played pretty well in those first few matches,” head coach Roger Follmer said.
Rough start for women’s golf
No. 5 Washington University (383-384-382, 1149) were not up to their best when they headed down to the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational at the lengthy, water-hazard-abundant Alaqua Country Club, designed by Gary Player. The Bears finished last out of 13 teams, but only one other school was from Division III.
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