Women’s Tennis
The women’s tennis team (2-0) picked up its first two regular season victories on Saturday with a 6-3 win over Luther College and a 9-0 shut out of Nebraska Wesleyan University. The number one through six singles players went undefeated for the weekend, and although the top three doubles teams fell to Luther, they were all victorious against Wesleyan. Sophomore Jenny Stein, senior Nandini Chaturvedula and junior Shilpa Reddy led the women as the top three singles players. Stein and Chaturvedula paired up for the No. 1 doubles team. The women’s next match is at DePauw University on Tuesday, March 6.
Indoor Track
The women’s indoor track team took first and the men placed second at the DePauw Invite on Saturday. Sophomore Valerie Lasko took first in the 55 meter dash [7.61] and 200 run [27.05], while freshmen Mindy Kuhl and Melanie Mikecz finished first [2:22.43] and second place [2:23.30] in the 800 run, respectively.
Also finishing in first place for WU were sophomore Brooke Lane in the 3,000 [11:04.54], senior Susan Chou in the 5,000 [18:16.33], and senior Suzi Ramsey in the 55 meter hurdles [8.62].
The women also captured first in field events, including sophomore Elizabeth Stoll in the high jump [1.63m], freshman Kammie Holt in the long jump [5.09m], freshman Lindsey Clark-Ryan in the triple jump [10.08m], and senior Natasha Richmond in the shot put and weight throw [11.93 and 13.27, respectively].
Finishing first for the men in track events were junior Todd Bjerkaas in the 55 meter dash [6.68] and 200 meter run [23.19], and senior Marc O’Neal in the 600 [1:23.77]. In the longer events, senior Nathan Herschberger and senior Pat MacDonald took first in the 1,500 [4:05.32] and 5,000 meter runs [15:26.48], respectively.
Freshman Jon Wetherbee placed first in the men’s long jump as well [6.26m].
WU also grabbed first place in the men’s distance relay with a time of 10:24.23.
The men and women conclude their season with the UAA Championships this weekend at Case Western Reserve University.
Women’s Swimming
Four WU swimmers have qualified for the 20th annual NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships to be held March 8-10 at Buffalo, NY. Two of the women will swim in individual events. Junior Lindsay Wilkinson is entered in the 50 and 100 freestyle and also the 100 backstroke. Senior Elisa Annelin, though she is entered in four events, will swim in the 100 and 200 breastroke and the 200 IM. Sophomore Rachel Feldman and freshman Lindsay Wells will join Wilkinson and Annelin in the 200 and 400 medley relay, as well as the 200 and 400 freestyle relay.
The men’s national qualifiying results will be announced Thursday, March 1.
Men’s Lacrosse
The WU men’s lacrosse club team defeated the University of Missouri-Columbia 12-11 on Saturday for their third win of the season. The game was a rematch of last year’s meeting between the two teams, in which the Bears knocked off Mizzou 11-10 in an overtime victory. Saturday’s game was another close match, but the Bears prevailed to beat the Tigers by one point. The men will have their first home game of the year this Friday, March 2 against Michigan State University. They will also be at home for two additional games before spring break, on March 4th against Indiana University and March 8th versus University of Missouri-Rolla. All home games will take place on the South 40 Intramural Field.