Dan DaranciangInformation gathered from bearsports.wustl.edu.
The women’s basketball team was named as host for the first two rounds of the 2006 NCAA Regionals on Friday and Saturday at the University Field House. The third-ranked team (23-2, 13-1 UAA) has won 10 games in a row and is making their 17th straight trip to the Tournament. In the 18 Tournament appearances in the program’s history, the Red and Green have totalled four national championships (1998-2001) and six trips to the Final Four. They will face Manchester College (21-7) in Friday’s second game at 7 p.m. and with a win will play the winner of the Carroll College (23-4) and Calvin College (23-4) game, which will be played at 5 p.m. at the Field House on Friday. Saturday’s round two game will be at 7 p.m. in the Field House.
Senior Ryan Corning of baseball, senior Zack Fayne of men’s tennis, senior Kelly Manning of women’s basketball and freshman Shweta Pai of women’s tennis were named University Athletic Association (UAA) Athletes of the Week on Tuesday. Corning batted .500 and scored four runs in the University’s two wins in the season’s opening games against Fontbonne University. Fayne posted a 4-0 overall record as the 17th-ranked Bears upset two top-15 teams, Washington & Lee University and the University of Mary Washington, in Fredericksburg, Va., last weekend. Manning scored a UAA-record 39 points in the Bears’ 87-77 win Saturday at the University of Chicago as she connected on 14-of-27 field goals and 9-of-9 free throws in 38 minutes of play. Pai won the No. 4 singles title at the Principia College Invitational in Elsah, Ill., last weekend by extending her singles play this season to 10-1.
Six Washington University women’s basketball players were named to the All-UAA team this year, as senior Kelly Manning garnered UAA Player of the Year honors. Senior Danielle Beehler and Manning were named to the first team, while senior Katie Benson, freshman Shanna-Lei Decannay, junior Rebecca Parker, and junior Sarah Schnell were named honorable mention.
Three Washington University men’s basketball players were also named to the All-UAA team, as freshman standout Tyler Nading earned UAA Rookie of the Year accolades. Sophomore Troy Ruths earned first-team honors, senior guard Scott Stone was named to the second team, and Nading earned honorable-mention honors. Ruths started 23 games for the Bears, leading the team in scoring (16.6) and rebounding (7.2). He finished the season ranked fourth in the conference in scoring, sixth in rebounding and blocks (1.17), ninth in field goal percentage (.492) and 10th in free-throw percentage (.694). Stone ranked first in the UAA in three-pointers made (3.00), second in steals (1.76) and minutes played (33.84), third in assist-turnover ratio (2.02), seventh in assists (3.56), eighth in scoring (15.0) and ninth in three-point field goal percentage (.355). Nading averaged 9.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while also shooting a team-best 52 percent from the field, sixth best in the UAA.