Playing its third match in three days, the No. 6 Washington University men’s tennis team swept local rival Principia College on Monday afternoon, and the No. 15 women’s team beat Division II University of Missouri-St. Louis, 5-2, on Wednesday afternoon,

The Washington University men’s and women’s tennis teams each took a split this weekend, defeating Case Western Reserve University Saturday, April 13 before falling to the University of Chicago on Sunday, April 14

The Washington University men’s tennis team continued its recent hot streak with a 9-0 sweep over the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Friday afternoon, while the women’s team came in third place at the Madison Invitational.

The end of February is always a hectic time for Washington University sports, as winter sports head into the business end of their seasons and spring sports begin to ramp things up. Track and field, men’s and women’s tennis and baseball were all in action. Here’s how the Bears fared in their travels.

The women’s tennis team won its only match, a Sunday showdown against DePauw University, 5-4. The men’s team also defeated DePauw on Sunday, sweeping them 9-0, but lost to Butler University and the University of Indianapolis the day before.

The Washington University men’s tennis team finished the fall phase of its 2018-19 season on a high note this weekend at the International Tennis Association Central Regionals, as sophomore Ethan Hillis made it to the tournament final and will face the University of Chicago’s Jeremy Yuan in the championship match Monday morning.

This weekend, four members of the Washington University men’s tennis team traveled to Newport, R.I., for the third annual Hall of Fame Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Grass Court Invitational. The four athletes, seniors Konrad Kozlowski and Radha Vishnubhotla, junior Bernardo Neves and sophomore Benjamin van der Sman, competed against players from Bowdoin College, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Colleges and Trinity University in a showdown of the nation’s best Division III tennis players.

Each spring, various Wash. U. teams travel thousands of miles, flying to preseason warm ups, tournaments against high-ranking opposition and even national championships.

At the ITA Indoor Championship, the Bears fell in a 5-4 decision.

It’s cold out, but spring sports are starting.