The Bears made a mockery of the postseason’s opening weekend, treating it as a continuation of the regular season with a pair of shutouts at Francis Olympic Stadium. With a 5-0 win over Westminster College Saturday and a 3-0 victory over Illinois Wesleyan University Sunday, Wash. U. moved to 19-0 in 2018.

On Saturday, Nov. 19, the Washington University football team will travel to Oshkosh, Wis., to take on the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the first round of the NCAA playoffs. It will be just the program’s third appearance in the postseason, and its first since 2013.

Washington University’s women’s soccer team is in the midst of a run of sustained success almost unparalleled in the current Division III climate. Since 2011, the Bears have won three titles in one of the country’s most competitive conferences, they’ve placed four players on the national All-American squads and they’ve combined for a robust 88-14-4 record in that span.

By the time junior back Kevin Goon stared down the DePauw University goalkeeper from about 12 yards, eight other members of the Washington University men’s soccer team had assumed the same lonely position.

With an opportunity to end a 13-season playoff drought, the Washington University football team had its season on the line against the University of Chicago on a windy Saturday afternoon at Francis Field.

With 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter against Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh Saturday, the Washington University football team’s playoff hopes lay on the right foot of kicker Alex Hallwachs.

At long last, midterms are finally trickling to a close. Thanksgiving break is so close the taste of turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes already inhabits our mouths. The end of the semester is just around the corner; reading week and finals will come soon after. But for our women’s soccer team, the most important part of the season to date comes this weekend.

We have officially reached the most exciting point of the fall athletic season, at which every weekend could be your last: the playoffs.

The men’s soccer team won two close matches, staying within one point of the UAA lead and giving them a chance at a league championship heading into the final game of the season.

One inning separated the Washington University baseball team from a loss on Saturday, but a four run seventh enabled the Bears to split their doubleheader against Greenville College.