Wash. U. Baseball started their season off strong with a three-game sweep over Hendrix College

Every year senior ace Annie Pitkin has been on the Washington University softball pitching staff, she’s improved. As a freshman, she put together a 3.28 ERA in 111 innings. As a sophomore, it was 1.96 in 167.2. In her junior and most recent season, she twirled a 1.62 ERA in 169.0. It is not clear where her ceiling may be in her final season, but she is also excited about seeing the same development in the rest of the Bears pitching staff.

For first-year head coach Pat Bloom and the Washington University baseball team, the start of the 2016 season offered the hope of a new spring. Unfortunately for Bloom, his debut did not go according to plan, as the Bears lost both games of their season-opening doubleheader to Hendrix College by the scores of 2-1 and 6-4 Saturday at Warrior Field in Conway, Ark.

Despite a record-shattering offensive day in Conway, Ark., the Washington University football team found itself on the Hendrix College 14-yard line with four seconds left in regulation and in need of just a little more aerial magic.