Women’s track and field took home their seventh straight conference crown, while the other teams all finished in the top four of the conference, with many setting themselves up well for the NCAA championships in the coming weeks.

Here’s everything you need to know about Bears’ athletics from the week of April 8-14. 

Here’s everything you need to know about WashU athletics from the past week, March 25-31.

This week, a few winter sports seasons came to an end with national championships in indoor track and field, as well as basketball, while spring sports, including baseball, softball, tennis, and golf competed against elite opponents in spring break matchups.

After placing second in the 2024 ITA national indoor tennis championship, the No. 9 Washington University men’s tennis team was looking to take this momentum into the outdoor part of the season. They did just that, going 2-0 to start this new part of the season. The women’s team, ranked No. 15 in the country, similarly dominated, winning their only match of the weekend 8-1 over North Central College.

The Bears rallied in the first round, defeating No. 14 Carnegie Mellon to clinch a spot in the semifinals. From there, however, the Bears struggled against tougher opposition, losing 5-0 to   No.7 Emory, the conference’s second seed, but fell 5-3 to No. 18 New York University (NYU) to finish fourth in the conference.

“I wanted to win not for myself, really, but for the team overall,” Phillips said. “Having all my teammates on the next court over watching me and screaming for me after every point didn’t really make me nervous. It honestly just made me really excited to be out there and just be playing on behalf of my team and just trying to do everything for them to win.”

Washington University alumnus Chee Lee (’04) competed on the most recent season of “The Amazing Race,” the reality television series where teams of two race around the world solving clues and completing crazy challenges of any form, from watermelon launching to mountain climbing.

Women’s tennis players have worked this summer to find a replacement for head coach Kelly Stahlhuth, who resigned in July.

Freshman Sophia Huynh and sophomore Hannah Johnston have spent years playing tennis together both in St. Louis and St. John’s School in Houston.