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 swimming and diving teams squared off against some of the best talent in the state this past weekend. In the annual Show-Me Showdown on Oct. 8, hosted by the University of Missouri on Oct. 8, the Bears faced six other in-state teams. “It is a very competitive meet,” head coach Brad Shively said.

Every team in college sports wants to win a national championship. But the Washington University women’s volleyball team is one of the few that would actually consider anything else a disappointment. Coming off of a heartbreaking national semifinal loss to Emory University last year at the Wash. U.

For the Washington University women’s soccer team, 2010 and 2011 could not be any different. Last season, the Bears fielded just six returning starters en route to an 11-8-2 record, a fourth-place conference finish and a second-round NCAA tournament exit. The fourth-place conference finish broke the Bears’ streak of four consecutive conference titles.

Coming off a 6-0 loss to No. 2 Emory University in the University Athletic Association finals on April 17, the Washington University men’s tennis team bounced back with a convincing 8-1 victory over Grinnell College on Saturday. The No. 6 Bears started off the day with a 3-0 sweep in doubles for the seventh time this season.

Senior Ben Harmon and juniors Dan Davis and Tyler Jackson each garnered All-America Honors at the 2011 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Indoor Championships, leading the Washington University men’s team to an eighth-place finish, besting a previous top finish of 15 in 2000. Wash. U. picked up 18 points in total at the March 12 meet in Columbus, Ohio, the most in team history.

The Washington University swimming teams came home from the University Athletic Association Championships in Rochester, N.Y., with four wins and some potential NCAA-qualifying times.

There will be no national championship repeat for the Washington University women’s volleyball team. The third-ranked Bears fell to No. 1 Emory University, 3-1, ending the team’s season in the Wash. U. Field House in front of a crowd of 1,722.

The Washington University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams finished sixth and fourth, respectively, at the University of Missouri Show-Me Showdown this past weekend. The meet, in Columbia, Mo., on Saturday, Oct. 2, was the first of the 2010-11 seasons.

As far as women’s golf programs go, No. 6 George Fox University and No. 14 Washington University in St. Louis have a tremendous amount in common. And yet, one extra George Fox stroke at their conference championship this past weekend may be the difference between Wash. U.