No. 3 Emory stuns volleyball team
The top-ranked volleyball team took second place at the UAA Championship Nov. 4-5 in Waltham, Mass.
The Bears, who won their first 33 matches of the season (the third-longest winning streak in program history), dropped their first match of the season in the championship match vs. No. 3 Emory University. The Red and Green hit just .148 as a team in the 30-25, 30-22, 30-27 loss.
WUSTL defeated No. 4 New York University, 30-12, 30-24, 27-30, 32-30 in the semifinal match. Junior Whitney Smith led the way with 16 kills, helping to spark a 16-6 run in the fourth game to close out the match.
In the opening day of the championship, Washington U. won three matches by the same 3-0 margins, beating Case Western Reserve University, 30-14, 30-15, 30-18, University of Chicago, 30-20, 30-17, 30-14, and Carnegie Mellon University, 30-18, 30-12, 30-28.
WUSTL (33-1, 11-1 UAA) returns to action today in St. Paul, Minn., in the second round of the NCAA Central Regional. The Bears, who received a first-round bye, will face the winner of the Carleton/Concordia-Moorhead match.
Football team wins 3rd straight
The football team notched its third straight victory, 14-5 at Rockford College Nov. 5. The game was called with 11:31 left in the fourth quarter due to inclement weather.
The Bears’ defense forced three second-half turnovers and allowed just 109 yards of total offense in the victory.
The Bears’ offense took advantage of its best field position of the game after a punt by Rockford punter George Anderson landed on the Regents’ 48-yard line. Junior quarterback Nick Henry connected with senior wide receiver Brad Duesing on 4th-and-goal for a 10-yard touchdown pass to make it 7-2 with 2:33 left in the second quarter.
Junior Joe Schaughnessy forced a fumble on the Regents’ first possession of the second half and senior Ben Schaub recovered the ball and scampered 29 yards for his first career touchdown to make it 14-5.
Duesing finished with six catches for 38 yards, moving his season total to 918 yards. Duesing needs 82 yards in the season finale to become the second player in NCAA history (Division I, II or III) to record four straight 1,000-yard receiving seasons.
Soccer teams both fall at Chicago
The men’s and women’s soccer teams fell at Chicago on Nov. 5.
The men dropped a 3-0 decision to No. 25 Chicago to close out the season, while the women fell, 2-1.
Junior Talia Bucci netted her third goal of the season to trim Chicago’s lead in half with 11 minutes to play, but WUSTL (11-7-1, 3-4-0 UAA) could not get the equalizer.
Swimming, diving teams fall at Truman
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams dropped their dual meets Nov. 5 in Kirksville, Mo. The men fell, 138-123, to host Truman State University; they also dropped a 185-76 decision to the University of Missouri-Rolla. Freshman Julian Beattie provided the highlight for the Bears, provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the 200-yard breaststroke. He won the event by clocking a time of 2:08.62.
The Bears’ women fell to Truman State, 138-101.