On the road for the first time since January 15th, Washington University’s 25th-ranked men’s basketball team fell to the University of Rochester 94-84 on Friday. Senior Dylan Richter led the way for the Bears with 20 points, including his 1000th point as a Bear.

The No. 8 Washington University women’s basketball team hit the road for the first time in two weeks and opened the weekend with a 60-55 upset win over fifth-ranked University of Rochester.

The Washington University women’s basketball team faced a pair of strong opponents this weekend in University Athletic Association play and came away with one win and one loss. The Bears defeated their rival, the Emory University Eagles, on Sunday afternoon. The game was hard-fought from start to finish and went into overtime before the Bears prevailed, 83-80.

The Washington University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are both in contention for conference titles through two days of competition at the 2011 University Athletic Association Championships in Rochester, N.Y. The women sit in third out of seven teams while the men are in fourth place. Both teams have already contributed some strong performances.

Entering this past weekend with just five games remaining in the regular season, the Washington University men’s basketball team couldn’t afford any more miscues in order to keep its playoff hopes alive.

The No. 14 Washington University women’s tennis team was unable to maintain its lead over the University of Rochester and fell 5-4 to the Yellowjackets to start the University Athletic Association tournament in Cleveland, Ohio. “The effort was there. We definitely wanted to do well, but I think it was all in the preparation.

Just 1.6 seconds and two points separated the Washington University men’s crew team from a race victory and the overall points trophy. When the Washington University men’s crew team reached the end of the final race in the University Rowing Association championships, it had earned both. The Wash. U.

After falling 61-53 at the University of Rochester for their first conference loss of the season, the Washington University women’s basketball team was back home this weekend—and they had little trouble returning the favor. In both of the weekend’s games, the Bears grabbed control early on and never gave up the lead.

This letter is in response to Andrew Gottlieb’s column “Why Washington University should consider starting a Division I basketball program” appearing in Monday’s edition of Student Life. Gottlieb’s article, though apparently well intentioned, was unfortunately fraught with many inaccuracies and misconceptions regarding the state of the athletic programs at Wash. U.

The Washington University men’s basketball team capped off a four-game road trip unscathed, highlighted by two victories this weekend against conference rivals University of Rochester and Emory University.