For the first time in program history, the WashU women’s tennis team will be coming back to St. Louis as national champions, after defeating No. 3 Pomona-Pitzer 4-3 on May 23 in Claremont, California.

For the very first time in program history, the No. 10 WashU women’s tennis team has booked a spot in the finals of the NCAA Division III Championships after defeating conference rival No. 1 University of Chicago in the Elite 8 on May 20 and No. 9 Johns Hopkins University in the Final Four on May 21.

The No. 10 women’s and No. 32 men’s team took on the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships in Altamonte Springs, Florida, seeking to bring conference glories to WashU. The men last won in 2014, and the women’s program is still seeking its first win.

The Bears swept the Judges on April 18 and 20, extending a season-high win streak to 12 consecutive games. With 12 games in the books against University Athletic Association (UAA) opponents — and an 11-1 record against them — this year’s team has a chance to claim WashU softball’s first outright UAA title since 2017. 

After another weekend of tennis on April 12-14, the No. 24 WashU men’s team came away 2-1, notably beating Division I Creighton University. The No. 14 women’s team won one and lost one, with both teams losing to The University of Chicago. 

Sophomore Amy Beanblossom has been a key and consistent performer for the WashU women’s golf team over the past two seasons and recently placed first at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Invitational on March 29-30 marking her first collegiate victory.

The No. 10 men’s tennis team traveled to the Cleveland area to face four universities, and the No. 17 women’s team flew down to Atlanta to face two conference opponents from March 28-30. 

The WashU men’s and women’s swim and dive teams competed at the NCAA Division III Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina from March 19–22. The men’s team finished in eighth place, headlined by fifth-year Kyle Wolford’s individual national championship in the 200-yard backstroke, and the women’s team finished in 20th.

Over the weekend of Feb. 21–23, WashU’s Army ROTC basketball team traveled to South Bend, Indiana to participate for their third time in the Flyin’ Irish Invitational Tournament at the University of Notre Dame. The Bears won the entire tournament, establishing for themselves an impressive winning legacy in a short timespan.

This past week, the No. 9 women’s and No. 12 men’s WashU tennis teams traveled to Southern California and San Antonio, Texas, for their respective Spring Break trips.