WOMEN’S SOCCER
Fowler-Finn nets five in 3 games
The No. 9 women’s soccer team posted three wins last week to improve to 5-0. The Bears began the week with a 2-1 win against Webster University on Sept. 7. Sophomore MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn netted the game-winning goal in the 47th minute.
On Sept. 11, Fowler-Finn scored two goals, including the tying goal in the 68th minute, as the Bears posted a 3-2 upset victory at No. 3 Ohio Wesleyan University. Fowler-Finn got the Bears on the board in the 18th minute as she scored off a rebound. Sophomore Sara Schroeder then notched the game-winning goal for the Bears in the 79th minute.
The Bears capped the week with a 1-0 win over No. 25 Denison University on Sept. 12. Fowler-Finn beat Denison goalkeeper Liz Gillette with a free kick from 20 yards out in the 16th minute as the Bears posted their fourth win over a top-25 opponent this season.
Fowler-Finn now has 15 goals in 22 career games to rank No. 9 on the all-time WUSTL goals-scored list. She also moved into the top-10 in career points with 33 (T-10th) and career game-winning goals with five (T-9th).
FOOTBALL
Bears even slate; beat Westminster
The football team evened its record at 1-1 with a 41-20 win against Westminster College on Sept. 11 at Francis Field. WUSTL took the opening kickoff 78 yards on 12 plays for its first score of the season, as senior quarterback Adam Meranda scored from 1-yard out.
Westminster (0-2) knotted the score at 7 with 11:23 remaining in the second quarter after Boone Brady capped a 12-play, 61-yard drive with a 1-yard plunge.
The Bears defense, which allowed just 104 yards on 34 plays in the opening half, made the first big play of the game with 6:19 left in the second quarter. On a key 3rd-and-6 on the Bears 41-yard line, junior Joe Rizzo intercepted Westminster quarterback Val Leppert and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown. The interception for Rizzo was the eighth of his career.
WUSTL outgained Westminster 347-186 in total offense.
VOLLEYBALL
Home team wins tourney title
The No. 4 volleyball team went 3-1 en route to winning the WUSTL National Invitational title at the Field House. The Bears defeated No. 23 University of St. Thomas, 3-0, and No. 11 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 3-1, to open play Sept. 10.
Senior Colleen Winter recorded nine of her 14 kills in the first game against St. Thomas. Junior Kara Liefer led the Bears with 12 kills, 16 digs and 43 assists against Whitewater. It was Liefer’s third career triple-double.
Liefer bounced right back in the first match on Sept. 11 against No. 5 Ohio Northern University. The Bears prevailed, 3-2, in a five-game thriller, led by another Liefer triple-double. Junior Megan Houck led the team with 16 kills against No. 13 Central College in the final match of the tournament, but it was not enough as Washington U. fell, 3-1.
Houck and Liefer were each named to the All-Tournament Team.
MEN’S SOCCER
Offensive burst leads to wins
The Bears dominated the opposition last week, sweeping No. 21 Rhodes College and Blackburn College.
The Bears opened the week with a 3-1 win over Rhodes on Sept. 10 at Francis Field. After Rhodes took a 1-0 lead in the second half, senior Seth Schreiber tallied the Bears’ first goal at the 55:50 mark to even the score, and classmate Andrew Dennis IV connected on the eventual game-winner eight minutes later.
Junior Rob Weeks added a goal with less than four minutes to play to round out the scoring.
Washington U.’s strong offensive play continued in a 5-1 win against Blackburn on Sept. 12 at Francis Field. The Bears outshot Blackburn 28-3, and were led by junior Nick Kalscheur’s two goals and two assists.
HONORS
Athletes receive UAA recognition
Two women’s soccer players garnered University Athletic Association Athlete of the Week honors last week.
Senior goalkeeper Charlotte Felber took defensive honors, while freshman midfielder Kim O’Keefe earned offensive honors.
Felber registered shutout victories over two NCAA Division III top-25 teams at the DePauw University Classic in Greencastle, Ind.
O’Keefe tallied the game’s only goal in the 22nd minute of the first half, leading the defending UAA champions to an upset victory over DePauw. The goal was the first of her collegiate career.