Pulling upset after upset and riding a suddenly fierce offense, the Washington University volleyball team’s improbable run in the NCAA tournament finally came to an end on their final night in Oshkosh, Wis.
When every game for the past two weeks has been an adventure, it’s nice to have a laugher.
The Washington University volleyball team received that kind of blessing Tuesday night as they swept Greenville College in another strong defensive performance.
For two careers that have paralleled each other in so many ways, it seems fitting that junior outside hitter Rexi Sheredy and junior middle hitter Caroline Dupont would notch their greatest milestone to date in the same game.
The Bears begin postseason play against Bluffton University on Friday at 8 p.m., with the winner facing the winner of Hendrix College versus Maryville College in the regional semifinals on Saturday. If the Bears can win their first two games, they could face University Athletic Association rival and No. 5 Emory University in the regional championship.
Sophomores Rexi Sheredy and Caroline Dupont are inching their way toward the Washington University Volleyball record book one kill at a time.
The team’s No. 11 ranking is its lowest ever in a preseason poll, but most of last year’s key players return and give the Bears hope for another run to a championship.
OUTLOOK: What has been a disappointing season thus far for Washington University’s volleyball team can be salvaged with a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. But if the No. 11 Bears fail to win their regional and advance to the national quarterfinals, it will be their third straight year of elimination in the first weekend—the first such occurrence in program history.
Last week’s loss to the University of Chicago marked the fifth straight time Washington University’s volleyball team dropped a match against a ranked opponent, a virtually unprecedented run of futility for the historically dominant program. But a 16-14 win in the fifth set against No.
Three weeks into the inaugural Washington University Fall Fantasy Sports League, it’s shaping into a two-man race between Copy Chief (and dedicated sports reporter) Zach Kram and Editor-in-Chief (and dedicated former sports reporter) Sahil Patel.
The Washington University volleyball team began the Wittenberg Fall Classic by dropping a 25-10 first set to Hope College, the Bears’ worst loss in a single set since Division III switched to 25-point sets in 2008. Unfortunately for Wash. U., the weekend didn’t improve much from there. The No.
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