Duesing sets mark in win vs. Rhodes
Junior wide receiver Brad Duesing set a University record for career receptions and receiving yards as the Bears recorded a 28-21 win at Rhodes College Oct. 2. Duesing finished the game with six catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns as he eclipsed Cory Snyder’s reception record (170) and Vernon Butler’s receiving yardage record (2,431).
Duesing gave Washington U. a 7-0 lead with 4:38 left in the first quarter when senior quarterback Adam Meranda connected with him for a 3-yard touchdown pass.
With less than two minutes remaining in the first half, the Bears put together a six-play, 49-second drive, capped by a 34-yard touchdown reception by senior Zak Clark, to put WUSTL up 14-7.
Meranda finished the day 23 of 43 for 259 yards and four touchdowns as he moved past Jeff Daube (2,650) and Brian Tatom (2,713) into fifth place on the all-time passing yardage list with 2,980 yards.
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The men’s and women’s soccer teams opened University Athletic Association play Oct. 3 at Carnegie Mellon University. The women posted a 1-0 win, and the men earned a 0-0 draw against the 19th-ranked Tartans.
Senior Kara Karnes netted the game-winning goal for the No. 9 Bears in the 17th minute, rebounding a shot from freshman Kim O’Keefe for the only goal of the game. For the men, senior goalkeeper Colin Robinson made eight saves en route to his fifth shutout of the year.
The No. 6 Bears volleyball team went 4-0 last week including an impressive 3-0 mark against UAA competition in Pittsburgh. WUSTL began the week with a 3-1 win at Webster University in its first road match of the season.
The Bears then opened conference play Oct. 2 at Carnegie Mellon and upended the No. 25 Tartans, 3-0. WUSTL then swept No. 13 Emory University, 3-0, Oct. 3, and came back that afternoon to defeat the University of Rochester, 3-1.