With the regular season successes of the Washington University volleyball, cross country and men’s and women’s soccer teams, a postseason berth was essentially a foregone conclusion for all four teams.

The Washington University women’s soccer team, ranked fourteenth, defeated No. 25 University of Chicago for the first time since 2006 to clinch second place in the University Athletic Association standings. Wash. U. won 1-0 behind sophomore Jen Reed’s third goal of the season. She scored unassisted from 35 yards out, blasting the ball into the top corner of the net.

Sophomore back Jen Reed scored in the 76th minute to push the No. 14 Washington University women’s soccer team past the No. 25 University of Chicago in Chicago on Saturday afternoon. The win earned the Bears second place in the University Athletic Association.

A major reason the No. 14 Washington University women’s soccer team is 12-4 on the season is a potent scoring attack that is averaging 2.81 goals per game. Sophomore wing midfielder Lauren Steimle is helping lead the way.

The No. 9 Washington University women’s soccer team scored four second half goals to stun Webster University in a come-from-behind 4-1 victory. Senior Emma Brown scored twice and junior Clara Jacques became the all-time wins leader for the Bears.

The Washington University women’s soccer team scored three goals in the second half to pull out a 3-0 victory over Carnegie Mellon University in their University Athletic Association season opener. Freshman Anna Zambricki provided the breakthrough for the Bears when she scored her ninth goal of the season off a through ball from senior Emma Brown in the 62nd minute.

Trailing by two goals at halftime, the No. 16 ranked Washington University’s women’s soccer team stormed back in the second half to top DePauw University 3-2 on Friday and remain undefeated.

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.

Last year, the Washington University women’s soccer team went the furthest that it has ever gone in program history, falling one goal short of an NCAA National Championship. This year, there was uncertainty whether or not the team would even make the post-season with its 10-7-2 record (3-2-2 University Athletic Association).
On Monday, the team received its fifth consecutive Division III NCAA Tournament bid and will face Allegheny College in the first round of play on Friday at 1:30 p.m.

In its final home game, against the University Athletic Association leading University of Chicago, the Washington University women’s soccer team (10-7-2, 3-2-2 UAA) fell 1-0 on Saturday, Nov. 6.