Women runners claim UAA championship
The No. 4 women’s cross country team won its fourth straight UAA Championship Oct. 29 at the meet hosted by Carnegie Mellon University. The 18th-ranked men finished fourth.
Junior Elizabeth Herndon won the women’s 6K race in 22:07.40. This is the third consecutive year that a Bears runner has claimed the individual title — Maggie Grabow won in 2003 and 2004.
In addition, WUSTL head coach Jeff Stiles and his staff was recognized as the UAA Women’s Coaching Staff of the Year.
Paced by four top-10 finishers, the Bears claimed their eighth UAA championship in school history with 31 points. The men finished fourth with 86 points.
Junior Lindsay Harkema (fourth), senior Stephanie Felz (sixth) and sophomore Tyler Mulkin (seventh) earned first-team all-conference honors. Sophomore Amy Levine (13th) rounded out the scoring, earning second-team all-conference recognition.
Junior Brennan Bonner paced the WUSTL men with a fourth-place finish in 25:30.50. Kevin Gale (11th), Joe Guinness (12th), Ryan Lester (28th) and Jessie McDaniel (31st, 26:43.80) rounded out the scoring for the Red and Green.
Volleyball team stays undefeated at 29-0
The No. 1 volleyball team defeated Webster University, 3-1, in a nonconference match Oct. 25 at the WUSTL Field House to improve to 20-0 at home this season.
The Bears followed that with four wins in four matches at the Illinois Wesleyan University Titan Tournament on Oct. 28-29 and improved to 29-0.
WUSTL defeated Webster, 30-22, 30-20, 30-20, behind sophomore Haleigh Spencer’s 12 kills.
The Bears opened the Titan Tournament by sweeping Illinois College and Illinois Wesleyan, 3-0. WUSTL defeated IC 30-14, 30-12, 30-27, and Illinois Wesleyan 30-17, 30-21, 30-28.
The Bears defeated North Central College, 30-26, 30-17, 30-21, and Monmouth College, 30-16, 30-9, 30-20.
Men’s soccer falls to 1-4-1 in UAA
The men’s soccer team earned a 2-2 draw Oct. 28 at Brandeis University and fell, 1-0, Oct. 30 at New York University, moving the Bears to 8-6-4 overall and 1-4-1 in the UAA.
Senior David Borton scored his third goal of the season against Brandeis. The Bears also scored on an own-goal after a corner kick by freshman Eric Hill deflected into the back of the net.
Women’s soccer blanks three teams
The women’s soccer team extended its winning streak to four games with three shutout victories last week. The Bears are now 11-6-1.
Washington U. opened the week with a 1-0 win over Webster on Oct. 24. Freshman Caitlin Malone scored the game-winner for the Bears in the 30th minute.
WUSTL followed that with a 4-0 win at Brandeis on Oct. 29. The Bears scored three goals in less than eight minutes in the first half to jump out to a 3-0 halftime lead.
The Bears capped the week with a 2-0 win at New York University on Oct. 30.
Swimming, diving teams sweep DePauw
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated DePauw University on Oct. 29 at Millstone Pool. The Bears men prevailed 133-103, while the women held on for a 136-100 win.
Senior Michael Slavik paced the men by winning the 50- and 500-yard freestyles.
Senior Eric Triebe posted a time of 47.81 in the 100 freestyle and 4:17.87 in the 400 individual medley, winning both.
Freshman Kelly Kono won the 1,000 free and the 500 free to pace the women. Sophomore Priya Srikanth won both diving events.