Mullen, who played four years of softball at Wash. U. before graduating in 2014, was working at a marketing firm and perusing LinkedIn for her next career move when she saw a post about open tryouts for the United States national handball program.

Junior Olivia Cook and senior Claire Voris pitched the Washington University softball team to four important wins this weekend. “They’ve done a tremendous job keeping the games close until we can get timely hitting from the offense,” head coach Leticia Pineda-Boutté said. “It’s a huge asset when they can keep the opponent’s run total down.