WashU played three games against University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point on March 8 and 9, winning all three games. The Bears battled Coe College on March 10 and lost, but won against Westminster on March 12. To end their Spring Break schedule, the Bears played on March 15 and 16 against Gustavus Adolphus College in back-to-back doubleheaders, winning two out of the four matches.

In 2024, Fontbonne announced that it would close, and that WashU would purchase its campus. Nearly a year later, on Feb. 26, 2025, the Fontbonne baseball team stepped up to the plate at WashU’s Kelly Field to take on WashU in their last-ever athletics contest.

The Bears went 2-1, winning the doubleheader on Saturday and dropping the game on Sunday. With these games, the Bears are now 5-1 in regular season play as they continue to ramp up their season. 

The WashU baseball team opened their season, defeating Aurora College 6-1 and 4-1 in a doubleheader on Feb. 23. 

WashU is proposing to relocate its baseball, softball, intramural, and club sports facilities to the land it is leasing from Concordia Seminary, as part of an effort to expand and modernize its athletic facilities. However, the plans are facing scrutiny from Clayton residents, who worry that the new facilities will create too much noise and traffic. 

Women’s track and field took home their seventh straight conference crown, while the other teams all finished in the top four of the conference, with many setting themselves up well for the NCAA championships in the coming weeks.

Baseball embraced their “road warrior” mentality this past weekend and swept a crucial four-game series against the last-place Brandeis University Judges from April 19-21. The sweep comes at a critical time of the season and bolsters WashU’s tournament resume with one weekend remaining in the regular season.

For the Bears, however, the four-game stretch against the Eagles was a weekend to forget.

Here’s everything you need to know about Bears’ athletics from the week of April 8-14. 

WashU athletics had a strong first week of April, highlighted by a road conference sweep by softball. Baseball won a key non-conference game on a walk-off homer, and the golf, track and field, and tennis teams all put up strong performances.