“The Case weekend is definitely the series we always have circled on our calendar. They’re definitely our biggest in-conference rivals. We were coming back this year with a big chip on our shoulder, a little bit of vengeance.”

Student Life sat down with Brooks to discuss her life outside of softball, how Division III softball compares to growing up playing competitively in Florida, and how she stays calm under pressure on the mound.

This weekend, however, the Bears left no doubt as to who the better team was. WashU swept the four-game series, securing two victories by mercy rule and outscoring NYU 33-3 across the weekend on April 5-7.

The Washington University softball team went 2-2 in its first four games of University Athletic Association (UAA) play, splitting its weekend series against the Brandeis University Judges on March 29-31.

The Bears’ 2-2 record over the weekend puts them at 11-5 overall entering conference play.

The Washington University Bears softball team won both games of their season-opening doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 25, defeating the Hanover College Panthers by scores of 8-0 and 6-1.

After an up-and-down season, the Washington University softball team is ready to compete in 2024. With a blank slate ahead of them and the fire to return to the postseason like two years ago, the Bears appear poised for a bounce-back. 

The Washington University softball team had two doubleheaders against Brandeis on Friday and Saturday this past weekend. In the first double-header, WashU and Brandeis split the wins. 

The Washington University softball team took an impressive sweep of the Emory University Eagles this past weekend. The Bears dominated the four-game series, winning each game as a team to stay comfortably No. 3in the UAA. With the four wins on the weekend, the Bears’ overall record now stands at 17-15, with a mark of 9-7 in conference play.

“This is just what this team is capable of doing,” sophomore Maggie Baumstark said after the WashU softball team’s two-game sweep against Carnegie Mellon University Saturday, April 8. “[There are] lot of different reasons why [we haven’t been playing like this], but this is how we know we can play. So it feels good to just be ourselves again.”