The Washington University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams split victories this past weekend against DePauw University Saturday, Oct. 29, with the women’s team taking a 168-126 win while the men’s fell 173-120. The women’s side won 11 events overall, with sophomores Chi Pham and Meghan Lam taking two victories each. Pham won the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.

As another week passed, another quality victory came for the No. 3 Washington University women’s golf team. The Bears (304-306, 610) led from beginning to end at the Pat Clouse Invitational in Springfield, Ohio, as they defeated No. 2 DePauw University (316-317, 633) by 23 strokes. Rounding out the top five teams of the competition were No.

The No. 5 Washington University women’s golf team left the Katman Klassic hosted by No. 2 DePauw University with a lot to feel good about following their score of 647. While the Bears only managed a third-place finish, they finished just one stroke out of second place and ahead of three other ranked opponents.

The No. 17 Washington University women’s tennis team (12-3) traveled to Madison, Wis., for the 2011 Midwest Invitational as the fifth seed and finished in third place overall with victories over No. 11 Gustavus Adolphus College and No. 14 DePauw University. The team’s only loss came to No. 3 University of Chicago.

The defending national champions have reached the postseason for the 22nd straight season. The No. 12 Washington University women’s basketball team will face No. 10 Denison University in the opening round of the 2011 Division III NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship tournament on Friday night in Holland, Mich., as announced Monday by the NCAA Selection Committee.

The Washington University women’s basketball team split two games against Illinois Wesleyan University and DePauw University this past weekend. On Sunday, sophomore Anne Sayers’ put-back at the buzzer gave the Bears a 58-56 victory over DePauw. Senior Kathryn Berger recorded a team-high 15 points, while Hannah Cusworth and Dani Hoover each added eight points.

After powering through six matches without losing a set, No. 2 seeded Washington University senior Isaac Stein of the men’s tennis team dropped the finals match of the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regional Championships to No. 1 seed Sam Sweeney of North Central College, 6-3, 6-3. “I guess that’s the funny thing about sports: One day you can play great, and the next day you can kind of lose it…”

Despite seven new faces and three missing ones from last season’s national champion Washington University women’s volleyball team, the results on the court through one week hardly looked different from those of teams of years past.

Washington University’s women’s tennis team will have to wait for another shot at DePauw University after falling 5-4 on Saturday. The No. 11 Tigers are a familiar foe for the No. 15 Bears as they knocked out Wash. U. by the same score in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year. The Red and Green are currently not scheduled to face DePauw again in the regular season. Wash. U.

The Washington University women’s basketball team ended a four-game losing streak against rival DePauw University Friday night before falling to No. 6 Illinois Wesleyan University on Saturday. The 1-1 weekend was good enough for a second place finish at the annual Tip-Off Tournament, hosted this year by Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, Ill.