Washington University is offering students free transportation, lodging and tickets to the 2011 Division III NCAA Women’s Basketball Championships at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill. The No. 12 Bears face host and No. 7 Illinois Wesleyan in the second national semifinal on Friday night. Wash. U. fell to the Titans 73-68 on Nov. 20 at the Tip Off Tournament.

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.

A spirited group of twenty-three students made the journey to San Antonio, Texas to watch Wash. U. Women’s Soccer play in its second ever NCAA Final Four and its first ever National Championship. Sports Editor Johann Qua Hiansen captured the devoted fans’ cheering as the team fought its way to a second place finish in [...]

Washington University is sending a fan bus to cheer on the women’s soccer team while they participate in the Division III Final Four this weekend in San Antonio.

At Division I schools, intercollegiate athletics serve as a central rallying point for students. Sports junkies and students who came into college ambivalent to collegiate athletics fill stadiums to cheer for their university.