While many students went home for some time off and turkey last week, there was little rest for the Washington University basketball teams this Thanksgiving break as they continued their seasons through the holiday weekend.

With a last-second victory against the University of Chicago last weekend, the Washington University women’s basketball team clinched the UAA championship, guaranteeing them an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament and their 28th consecutive playoff appearance.

The No. 3 Washington University men’s tennis team beat Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference favorite Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 8-1 in its first action of 2016 on Saturday at Kings Point Racquet Club in Belleville, Illinois.

In its first home games of the season, the Washington University women’s basketball team used a stifling defense to spark its offense as it nabbed two blowout victories this weekend.

Behind two event wins from senior Ryan Doll and a first-through-third sweep in the women’s pole vault, the Washington University track-and-field teams concluded their last meet before the University Athletic Association Outdoor Championships on a high note.

A 1-1 weekend at home against No. 15 Webster University fluctuated between the strongly positive and the strongly negative for the Washington University baseball team. Bad news first—the Bears’ ace pitcher Stephen Bonser, a senior, who entered Saturday morning with a 2.

The Washington University cross country teams competed this past Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Gibson Family Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind. The No. 2 men’s team placed fifth in a field of 13 teams, with its top five finishing in the overall top 50. Freshman Tarek Elhage led the way in the 8-km. race with a time of 27:40.