Men’s Tennis
Sophomore John Watts and junior Charlie Cutler have both advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals in singles action while the duo of Cutler and junior Chris Hoeland advanced to the next round in doubles. The Bears are coming off their thrilling 5-3 national championship victory yesterday.
Track and Field
The Bears are on the move with several submitting provisional times. Seniors Tyler Mulkin and Tricia Frisella provisionally qualified in the 5,000 meter run. Freshman Taryn Surtees also submitted a provisional qualifying time in the same event.
It was a race to the finish with the Bears up 4-3 against Emory. Men’s tennis was competing in Lewiston Maine for the program’s first national title. In doubles action, juniors Charlie Cutler and Chris Hoeland prevailed at the No.1 slot while junior Nirmal Choradia and sophomore John Watts prevailed at No.2 doubles. Freshman Isaac Stein won his No.6 singles in straight sets while Hoeland bounced back to win the last two sets in No.5 singles.
The defining moment in the battle to be the first team to get to five points came down to sophomore Danny Levy.
Sophomore Danny Levy was locked in a heated battle against Emory’s David Caplan in the No. 3 singles spot while junior Charlie Cutler was down in the No. 2 spot against Emory’s Mark Boren.
Both matches were into their final sets after both Emory players took the first and both Wash. U. players won the second. Cutler was down 5-3 while Levy had a slight edge at 6-5. Either game could have spelled victory for Wash. U. but it was Levy who scored the national championship winning point with a 7-5 win.
That’s the third team national championship for Washington University with volleyball and men’s basketball taking home the title this school year. This year we also had senior Morgen Leonard Fleckman taking home the NCAA Indoor National Pole Vaulting championship and sophomore John Watts winning the ITA National Championship.
It’s never been a better time to be a Bear fan with several other teams pulling in program bests and Wash. U. riding the top spot in the Director’s Cup Standings. The latest standings will be out on May 22.
The first points are in the books at number one double’s and Wash. U. took it. Juniors Charlie Cutler and Chris Hoeland strung together 8 straight victories to win 8-4.
Wash. U. also took number two doubles but dropped number three doubles.
In singles the Bears have taken two and the Eagles have taken two. Freshman Isaac Stein prevailed at No. 6 singles and junior Chris Hoeland won at the no. 5 spot. No. 2 and No. 3 are still in contention with Eagles and Bears splitting the first two sets. It’s 6-5 in the No. 3 in Wash. U.’s favor and 5-3 in the No. 2 spot in Emory’s favor.
It’s 69 degrees in Maine and the Bears have broken out of their huddle. The national anthem has been sung and it’s game time. The courts are Wash. U. colors. Red and green apshalt. It’s going to be a point for point battle.
They’re off with number one doubles. Claremont Mudd Scripps took third place in the previous match.
You can listen in on this battle royale between No. 5 Wash. U. and No. 3 Emory at RadioTennis.com.
No. 2 singles is the match up to watch according to commentators.
The entire season comes down to a rematch by No. 5 Wash. U. and UAA archrival No. 3 Emory University. The Bears face off against the Eagles for the title of national champion in Maine.
Wash. U. advanced after defeating the No. 2 Claremont Mudd Scripps College 5-1.
The Bears defeated Emory for the first time in program history this February to take third place at the ITA Indoor National Championships. When the two teams last clashed, Emory beat Wash. U. to defend the UAA crown. Wash. U. is in search of it’s first men’s tennis national title while the Emory Eagles look to secure their third crown.
The first match is set for 12:30 p.m. ET in Bates College.
Live stats are here.
A live audio feed is here.
The tournament website is here.
Men’s Tennis
May 13
Only four teams remain and the Bears are one of them as they defeated No.6 Gustavus Adolphus College 5-0 to zip to the NCAA Semifinals. It promises to be a match of titans as the Bears face the highest ranked team left in competition, No. 2 Claremont Mudd Scripps College.
The other two teams left are No. 3 Emory and No. 7 Middlebury. The winners of the matches will face off for the championship crown while the losers play in the third place match.
May 9
The No. 5 men’s tennis team has advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals which will be held at Bates College in Maine. Wash. U. became the Central Regional Champion after dispatching No. 16 DePauw University 6-0. They will face No. 6 Gustavus Adolphus College on May 13. Gustavus Adolphus is on a 12 match winning streak.
Juniors Charlie Cutler and Chris Hoeland have also qualified in doubles while sophomore John Watts has qualified for singles in the 2008 Division III Men’s Individual National Championship held from May 16-18.
Softball
May 10
The sixth seeded Coe College struck fast and hard to end the seventh seeded Bears’ season. Coe scored two runs in the second, added an insurance run in the third and then padded their lead with four more in the sixth. Wash. U. (25-15) fell 7-0 to the Kohawks committing four errors. The Red and Green were limited to three hits the entire game.
Coe nearly blew the game wide open in the second. After scoring their first two runs, Coe had loaded the bases. With two outs, freshman Claire Voris got the batter out swinging. Voris ended the season with a 15-7 record on the plate.
All five seniors played in their last game as Wash. U. Bears. Seniors Amy Vukovich and Laura D’Andrea each recorded a hit. The 2008 UAA Champions will return next year.
May 9
The Bears lost to the number one team in the country DePauw University 5-0. DePauw got the early lead scoring three runs on a costly error by the Bears in the top of the second. A deep hit to right field went off the glove of senior Karli Stander to clear the bases. Wash. U. was in contention the entire game but were unable to score any of nine runners who were all left on base. DePauw cushioned their lead with a two run fifth inning. Freshman Claire Voris struck out six in the loss.
Track and Field
Junior Danielle Wadlington has automatically qualified for nationals in the triple jump. Other Bears have provisional NCAA marks in several events including senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman’s school record 3.75m height in the pole vault. The team continues to compete in order to qualify more contestants in the Outdoor National Championships this summer.
Wash. U. sees action at the Dr. Keeler Invite in Naperville, Ill. from May 8-9.
Senior Tyler Mulkin and freshman Taryn Surtees provisionally qualified in the 5,000 meter run at the Dr. Keeler Invite. Senior Jesse McDaniel also provisionally qualified in the 10,000 meter run.
Senior Angela Hartman raced to a NCAA provisional time of 2:14.60 in the 800 meter run while classmate Abbey Hartmann had a provisional time of 10:56.69 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. Sophomore Hope Rathnam also provisionally qualified in the steeplechase. Wadlington also provisionally qualified in the 100 meter hurdles but had run a faster time in an earlier meet.
Men’s Tennis
The No. 5 men’s tennis team has advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals which will be held at Bates College in Maine. Wash. U. became the Central Regional Champion after dispatching No. 16 DePauw University 6-0. They will face No. 6 Gustavus Adolphus College on May 13. Gustavus Adolphus is on a 12 match winning streak.
Juniors Charlie Cutler and Chris Hoeland have also qualified in doubles while sophomore John Watts has qualified for singles in the 2008 Division III Men’s Individual National Championship held from May 16-18.
Softball
Wash. U. advanced to the next level after beating Tri State 1-0 as freshman Claire Voris picked up her first post season win in the pitcher’s circle. The Bears struck first although the situation was perilous. With two outs, the Red and Green were able to string together three consecutive hits to score senior Karli Stander off an RBI single by junior Kerry Kreitman.
Tri State put the Bears in a dangerous jam with a runner on third with one out but Voris struck out the second batter and Kreitman retired the final batter on a fly out. Voris allowed only three hits the entire game and recorded eight strikeouts.
The Bears advance to play against the number one seed and number one team in the country DePauw University. The 2008 UAA Champions split their previous meeting with DePauw dropping the first frame in an eight inning 4-1 loss and coming through with a 1-0 victory in their last regular season game. That win snapped DePauw’s 37 game winning streak.
The Midwest Regional will be hosted by Augustana College from May 8-12 in Rock Island, Ill. The Bears are currently the number 16 team in the country.
Here’s a link to the bracket.
Here’s a link to the regional website.
Women’s Tennis
The No. 15 Bears played valiantly but fell to No. 4 Emory University 5-0 in the second round of the NCAA National Championships.
Track and Field
Junior Danielle Wadlington has automatically qualified for nationals in the triple jump. Other Bears have provisional NCAA marks in several events including senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman’s school record 3.75m height in the pole vault. The team continues to compete in hopes of fielding more contestants in the Outdoor National Championships.
Wash. U. sees action at the Dr. Keeler Invite in Naperville, Ill. from May 8-9.
Good luck in finals and in all competitions. We’ll keep covering sports through this blog as several sports begin their post season campaigns. Both men’s and women’s tennis will play their first matches this weekend. Track and field continues to qualify athletes for the outdoor national championships later this summer. Baseball and softball wrap up their seasons this week.
Congratulations to senior Priya Srikanth of swimming and diving, senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman of track and field, and senior Troy Ruths of men’s basketball. The Bears received $7,500 educational grants through the NCAA postgraduate scholarship program. They are three of the 58 Winter Sports recipients in all Divisions. Ruths led the men’s basketball team to their first national title, Leonard-Fleckman is the 2008 Indoor Pole Vault National Champion and Srikanth continued to set new school records coming in eighth at nationals in the three meter spring board event.
Click here for the official press release.
Congratulations to junior Shanna-Lei Dacanay of women’s basketball who led all of Division III with a 2.83 assists/turnover ratio this season. In all divisions, Dacanay was seventh.
Congratulations to sophomore Jeremy Rogoff for being the first Wash. U. and UAA athlete named this year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association Player of the Week honorable mention. Rogoff struck out a career high 14 batters against Case Western Reserve as Wash.U. won 12-1.
Men’s Tennis
The Bears will host the NCAA Central Regionals this weekend. The Bears advances to the next round against No. 16 DePauw University after beating Grinnell College 5-1.
Men’s Tennis defeated DePauw University 6-0 to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals at Bates College. They will face either Gustavus Adolphus College or the University of Texas-Tyler.
Women’s Tennis
The team earned at large berth to the national NCAA tournament and face Huntingdon College on Friday. The winner of this match will face UAA champion Emory University.
After sweeping Huntingdon College in the NCAA first round, Wash. U. fell to No. 4 Emory 5-0. The Bears were unable to overcome the 3-0 deficit from doubles play. They will return next school year for another run at the UAA and NCAA championships.
Softball
Wash. U. was swept in a doubleheader against Missouri Baptist University dropping the first frame 5-4 before falling once more 5-1. The Red and Green end their season with a home doubleheader against the number one team in the country, DePauw University on Saturday.
The Bears came close but were unable to pull off the upset. Wash. U. scored the first run in the bottom of the six as a high pop up by junior Lindsay Cavarra landed right between the pitcher and the shortstop. While the Tigers were looking up for the ball, sophomore Ashton Hitchcock came tearing through the bases to score.
DePauw managed to tie the score in the seventh through some clutch hitting.
Wash. U. had a bases loaded opportunity in the bottom of the seventh but couldn’t complete it. It came down to the tiebreaking 8th inning with tiebreaker rules in effect. DePauw loaded the bases and with a full count, a bases clearing double scored three runs for DePauw.
One run separated the winners from the losers in the second frame. One run ended DePauw’s 37 game winning streak as the Wash. U. Bears held on for the 1-0 win. Junior Lindsay Cavarra celebrated her 21st birthday with the only RBI of the game as she sent a double to left field. Freshman Claire Voris held the number one team in the country to only two hits as she picked up the win.
The Bears find out on Monday if they advance into the postseason.
Baseball
Baseball demolished Maryville with a 14-3 win on Thursday. The Bears lost both frames of a doubleheader against California State East Bay on Friday. The Bears ended their season with a 14-4 loss to Greenville College. Wash. U. ended with a 15-14 record.
Track and Field
The number one women’s track team in the country and the men’s track and field team competed at the Butler Twilight this weekend in Indianapolis, Ind. against schools from all divisions.
Seniors Tricia Frisella and Tyler Mulkin took first and second respectively in the 3,000 meter run. Classmate Angela Hartman took second in the 800 meter run while sophomore Molly Schlamb took third in the 1,500 meter run.
The women’s 4 x400 relay team of Hartman, junior Danielle Wadlington, junior Erika Wade and Schlamb also took first. Senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman notched another provisional NCAA mark with a 3.70m height in her first place pole vault finish while teammate junior Jessica Lane finished third with a 3.40m height.
On the men’s side, the 4 x 400 meter relay squad of junior Tanner Coghill, senior Marcus Woods, freshmen Ben Harmon and Skyler Moots took first. Sophomore Keith England took second in the javelin throw.
Full results of the Butler Twilight can be found here.
Junior Danielle Wadlington has already automatically qualified for the triple jump with a distance of 12.02m. Several Bears from both squads have also provisionally qualified for a multitude of events.
Top results for this season can be found here.
Congratulations to senior Priya Srikanth of swimming and diving, senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman of track and field, and senior Troy Ruths of men’s basketball. The Bears received $7,500 educational grants through the NCAA postgraduate scholarship program. Ruths led the men’s basketball team to their first national title, Leonard-Fleckman is the 2008 Indoor Pole Vault National Champion and Srikanth continued to set new school records coming in eighth at nationals in the three meter spring board event.
Click here for the official press release.
Men’s Tennis
The Bears began their quest for a UAA championship with a 9-0 whomping of the University of Rochester. The tennis team continued with a 5-0 victory over the University of Chicago. Wash. U. fell to Emory 5-2 in the UAA title match. The Bears will host the NCAA Central Regionals this weekend.
Women’s Tennis
The team earned at large berth to the national NCAA tournament and face Huntingdon College on Friday.
Softball
The Lady Bears were unable to defeat Division II University of Missouri St.Louis dropping both frames of a doubleheader. The Bears lost the first game 3-0 and were unable to overcome a 5-3 deficit in the second.
The Bears lost a 2-1 game to Maryville University before snapping their slump with a 16-8 victory against Webster University.
Wash. U. continues their regular season with their a home doubleheader against Missouri Baptist University at noon on Thursday May 1. The Red and Green end their season with a home doubleheader against the number one team in the country, DePauw University on Saturday.
Baseball
The Bears picked up a 7-1 victory against Chicago and beat Chicago once more in an 8-2 win. Wash. U. split their games with Case, routing the Spartans 12-1 before falling 8-7 in the last game against Case Western Reserve.
Baseball plays at Maryville on Thursday May 1at 6 p.m. before hosting a doubleheader against California State East Bay at noon on Friday. The Bears cap their regular season against Greenville College on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Track and Field
The number one women’s track team in the country and the men’s track and field team competed at the SIUE Cougar Open this Saturday. The women came in fourth in a 16 team field featuring Division I schools such as SLU. The men finished tenth.
The fluctuating weather patterns have wreaked havoc with several teams schedules. Baseball and softball have been particularly affected with a minimum of 10 games cancelled so far this season. Exams are also coming up so once Student Life stops producing the print edition, most sports coverage will be via this blog.
We’ll try to update this blog if weather continues to affect schedules though the best place to go is the Athletics Department website and check the schedule of the team for the latest info.
Women’s Tennis
The Lady Bears advance to the UAA Semifinals with a 5-4 win over New York University. The Bears face Carnegie Mellon University at 1:30 p.m. for a ticket to the UAA Championships. Wash. U. is hosting the championships at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center at Forest Park.
No.14 Wash. U. fell to No.9 Carnegie Mellon 7-2. The Bears took third in the UAA Championships defeating the University of Chicago 6-3. They must wait until April 28 to learn of their post season fate.
More tournament info and the latest results can be found here.
Men’s Tennis
The Bears swept NAIA Powerhouse Lindenwood University on Tuesday in a 9-0 match. The Bears cap their homestead with a match against McKendree University which they swept 9-0.
Track and Field
Track and field competed at the UAA Outdoor Championships at the University of Chicago last weekend. The Bears will compete in the SIUE Cougar Open on Saturday April 26, in Edwardsville, Ill.
The women’s team surged to a first place finish and the men’s team took fourth. Junior Danielle Wadlington placed in the top three in all of the events she competed in, including an automatic qualifying distance in the triple jump.
Baseball
The Red and Green finish up the month of April with two games against the University of Chicago and two games against Case Western Reserve University at Cleveland on the 26th and 27th.
Softball
Softball plays against Division II University of Missouri St. Louis on Thursday after a two week hiatus. Senior Kaylyn Eash pitched a perfect game against Westminster College in their last outing.
The Bears lost both games of their doubleheader dropping the first frame 3-0 before falling 5-3 in the second. Wash. U. was able to get the first run in the night cap as senior Karli Stander scored. The Tritons jumped ahead to a 3-1 lead soon after but the Bears started a comeback. With runners on first and second, the Tritons called up a relief pitcher who blanked the Bears out that inning. The Division II Tritons extended their lead to 5-3 by capitalizing on some key fielding errors and Wash. U. could not relight their offensive fire in the closing innings of the nightcap.
Wash. U. square off with Webster University at Webster with the first frame of the doubleheader starting at noon on Saturday April 26. The Lady Bears wrap up the weekend with a doubleheader against Maryville University at noon on Sunday.
Wash. U. ends their regular season with their last home doubleheader against Greenville College at 4 p.m. on Tuesday April 29.
Baseball
The game against Webster University scheduled for today was cancelled due to inclement weather. Wash. U. took it to Westminster on Wednesday with a 12-4 win. The Bears will play Illinois Wesleyan University on Thursday.
Track and Field
The track and field team hosts their last meet prior to UAA Outdoor Conference Championships. The meet will take place all day on the 11th. The women come to the meet with their 1st place finish at the WU Select meet fresh in their minds while the men who came in fourth in the WU Select Meet will look to improve.
The Bears finished second in both men’s and women’s at the WU Quad Meet and will now travel to Chicago for conference championships.
Softball
The Bears could do nothing wrong in today’s games winning their first game 5-0 and then taking the second frame against Westminster college 13-0. The Lady Bears were backed by the fiery pitching of senior Kaylyn Eash who had her first perfect game in five innings and ace pitcher freshman Claire Voris who gave up only two hits.
Wash. U. dominated the second game from the get go scoring 10 runs in the first inning. Junior Kerry Kreitman put the first run on the board with an RBI single. Senior Amy Vukovich sent in two more with a double deep to right field. Eash then sent a three run homer out of the park followed by classmate Laura D’Andrea who added another two run homer. Kreitman continued the offensive blitz with an RBI triple and Vukovich capped the inning with an RBI single.
Eash sent another ball out of the park to tie Laurel Sagartz with 15 career homers. Eash’s perfect game was only the seventh in school history and the 12th no hitter.
The Bears four games in Bloomington were all cancelled due to inclement weather. The Bears face Illinois College with an away doubleheader on Friday.
Women’s Tennis
The Lady Bears face Coe College at 9 a.m. and Rhodes College at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Wash. U. The Lady Bears had 6-3 wins over both teams.
The Bears swept through Principia College with a 9-0 smashing on Monday. The Bears fell to Division I Saint Louis University in an 8-1 loss.
The Red and Green will vie for the UAA Crown this weekend from Friday to Sunday at the Tao Tennis Center.
Men’s Tennis
The No. 2 Bears faced Coe College at 9 a.m. and Rhodes College at 3 p.m. on Saturday at The team swept both opponents with 9-0 wins.
Wash. U. continued it’s dominating win streak with a 9-0 thrashing of Maryville University on Tuesday. They look to a tough weekend against Division II Southern Illinois Edwardsville on Friday followed by top ranked Division II Drury University on Saturday.
Men’s Basketball
The national championship banner was unveiled on Wednesday to a standing ovation by hundreds of fans who had packed the field house.
Coach Mark Edwards threw out the first pitch at Tuesday’s Cardinals game against the Brewers.
The Athletics Complex was packed with athletes as they filled the stands of the Field House at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday evening.
Eight teams competed with the defending champion men’s basketball team starting the night off. Most of the participants involved were freshmen.
The night was filled with talent, shenanigans and lots of laughs. Each group was judged according to creativity and talent on a scale of 1 to 10. In the judges chairs were assistant Cross Country Coach Paul Thornton, assistant volleyball coach Paula Urbanek, and assistant women’s basketball coach Bobbi Morse.
The judges took their inspiration from American Idol judges. Urbanek was generally upbeat and generous as she followed Paula Abdul while Morse told contestants straight up if they were good or not using inspiration from Simon Cowell. Thornton threw in a few ‘Dawgs’ in his comments as he played homage to Randy Jackson.
The men’s basketball team took fourth place overall with their medley of an Irish jig, a tribute to the Oompa Loompa song from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and a rousing rendition of Queen’s We are the Champions.
The men’s soccer team scored 54.5 points after their dance number impressed all those in the gym. Senior Onyi Okoroafor got the crowd jumping with his hot pink ensemble and wacky wig. One of the men’s soccer players brought one of the women’s soccer players onto the gym floor to join the act. The team tied with the women’s basketball team after a tie breaking dance off failed to break the deadlock.
The men’s swimming and diving team had a good performance of MC Hammer’s ‘Can’t Touch This’ generating cheers from the women’s swimming and diving team who created a poster to support them.
Three freshmen of the volleyball team tried to pay homage to their experience filling up water bottles and serving as slaves with an original song sung to the tune of ‘God bless the U.S.A’. One was dressed as Winnie the Pooh while another was dressed as genie. The Lady Bears were commended for their effort but were ripped to shreds by the judges.
The men’s cross country team suffered the same fate as the volleyball team as their dance act failed to
impress the judges. The Red and Green were one of the ‘boy band’ acts of the night.
The baseball team paid tribute to the Bears with the mascot making an appearance. The Bear threw out some free T-shirts into the crowd as five baseball players dressed in their red baseball sweaters watched eight teammates perform for the crowd. The players that actually danced generated a lot of excitement with the crowd as they sang Sweet Caroline.
The baseball team also seemed to have a country theme going as several guys rode their teammates like horses in one song. The ladies in the audience were thrilled when several members of the baseball team took off their shirts to show off their muscles but the judges weren’t exactly thrilled. The team did score well enough to come in fourth.
The women’s basketball team also scored 54.5 points. This act began with freshman Jenny Lloyd playing her guitar and singing a heartwarming song. Her teammates then followed up with some percussion music generated by dribbling balls. Freshman Moji Hassan then began a rap that paid homage to the championship history of Wash. U. The Lady Bears culminated the act with two upperclassmen doing a dance number.
Women’s soccer ended the night with freshmen performing dance moves and music from boy bands N Sync and the Backstreet Boys. The act was torched by Morse who in Simon Cowell fashion gave it a 5 total. The other judges were much nicer giving at least double that score.
The entire talent show was emceed by juniors Sean Wallis and Tyler Nading of the men’s basketball team who announced that a tiebreaker would be held between the men’s soccer team and women’s soccer team. The winner would be determined by audience noise. But the 30 second dance off between two contestants failed to break the deadlock and it was announced that the teams would split the prize money and the glory this year.
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