Student Life Sports launches a new series, Bear Basics, where athletes teach a reporter a special skill associated with their sport. In this video, Washington University volleyball star Meghan Byrne demonstrates her signature jump-serve for senior sports editor Sahil Patel and gives him some coaching tips for improvement.

Eight days before Sunday’s faceoff between the Washington University and Carthage College volleyball teams, the Bears celebrated an incredible comeback a University Athletic Association championship. On Sunday, a similar comeback ended Wash. U.’s season.

The No. 2 Washington University women’s volleyball team began its run at an 11th straight national championship with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-9, 25-17) win over cross-town rival Webster University on Friday night.

With the regular season successes of the Washington University volleyball, cross country and men’s and women’s soccer teams, a postseason berth was essentially a foregone conclusion for all four teams.

Before Saturday’s University Athletic Association championship game, the No. 3 Washington University women’s volleyball team had lost only five sets out of 100 this season. Three of them came against No. 2 Emory, which dealt Wash. U. its lone defeat on Oct. 16.

Before Saturday’s UAA championship game, the No. 3 Washington University women’s volleyball team had lost only five sets out of 100 on the season. Three of them came against No. 2 Emory, which dealt Wash. U. its lone defeat on Oct. 16. For the first two sets Saturday in New York, the Bears’ frustrations against their league rival continued. But Wash. U.

With nine days to stew after its only loss of the 2011 season, the Washington University women’s volleyball team made sure to end its regular season on a high note. The No. 3 Bears took the 2011 Halloween Classic, sweeping all four teams it faced—Concordia University and No. 4 Eastern University on Friday, and Hanover College and College of Mount St.

Between setting an NCAA record streak, nearly losing it and then rallying in dramatic fashion to continue the streak, Saturday was an eventful day for the Washington University volleyball team. The Bears began Saturday by winning their 58th straight set, breaking a Division III record established in 2007 by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

The Washington University women’s volleyball team set an NCAA record on Saturday, winning its 63rd consecutive set en route to sweeping Lindenwood University and Culver-Stockton Colleges to win the Washington University Invitational. By winning the first set against Lindenwood, the Bears set a Division III record by winning their 58th consecutive set. The Bears topped [...]

University Athletic Association play began on a high note for the No. 2 Washington University women’s volleyball team. The Bears continued their record-breaking start to the 2011 season, a perfect 17-0, by sweeping the first three teams on their UAA schedule at the Wash. U. Field House this past weekend.