Three weeks into the inaugural Washington University Fall Fantasy Sports League, it’s shaping into a two-man race between Copy Chief (and dedicated sports reporter) Zach Kram and Editor-in-Chief (and dedicated former sports reporter) Sahil Patel. Meanwhile, Senior Sports Editor Alex Leichenger and Managing Editor Derek Shyr lag behind in third and fourth place, respectively.

Freshman volleyball players Alex Sheredy and Caroline Dupont have carried Team Sahil to a league-leading point total of 179 through Week Three. Patel didn’t even need Matthew Berry to help him find sleeper pick Dupont in the fourth round.

Team Zach has relied on consistent scoring from a variety of lineups featuring three women’s soccer players: juniors Anna Zambricki and Lillie Toaspern and sophomore Amy French. He checks in at 149.85 points. Kram picked up French, the draft’s other sleeper, in the fifth round.

Team Zach and Team Derek struck the league’s first trade after Week Two, with Toaspern and sophomore volleyball player Nkiru Udenze sent to Team Derek for senior football quarterback Eric Daginella.

Daginella has been the lead fantasy scorer for a struggling football offense, though his starting position may be in flux after two benchings in Saturday’s 10-0 loss to No. 20 Coe College.

The injury bug has bitten Team Alex, with men’s soccer player and second-round pick Jeremy Kirkwood sidelined through the first two weeks and senior football running back John Hagemann also missing two games. Despite solid contributions from volleyball players Meghan Byrne, a senior, and Jackie Nelligan, a sophomore, plus senior women’s soccer forward Jessica Johnson, Team Alex is mired in a distant third at 99.1. He hopes that cross country will be included in the fall league’s next incarnation and is using its absence as his excuse for drifting further and further from contention.

Team Derek will hope for a boost from its acquisition of Toaspern, but Shyr currently sits in last with 72.85 points. Despite drawing flak on Twitter for trading away Daginella, sources say that his pride has not been compromised.

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