Sagartz K’s 26 in two games to lead 19th-ranked softball team
On March 30, WUSTL swept a doubleheader from Westminster College. The Bears won Game 1, 8-0, in five innings, and then took the nightcap, 4-0. Junior Laurel Sagartz pitched a shutout in the opener, allowing two hits while striking out 13. In Game 2, freshman Susan Gray pitched five scoreless innings allowing four hits while striking out three as she picked up her third win.
On March 31, the Bears (18-3) extended their winning streak to five games with a pair of victories over Blackburn College. The Bears captured Game 1, 14-0, in five innings, and then posted an 8-0 win in five innings in the nightcap. Sagartz improved to 9-1 with a one-hit shutout and 13 strikeouts.
Baseball team wins five of six, now 22-5 behind unbeaten Buffa
WUSTL opened the week by sweeping Maryville University, 7-4 and 3-1, March 28. In the second game, junior Andy Shields pitched a one-hitter with nine strikeouts
On April 1, the Red and Green rolled past Knox College, 15-3 and 12-0. Junior Brent Buffa picked up the win in the first game to move to 6-0 on the season and 16-2 for his career. The next day, the Bears dropped Game 1, 4-2, to Knox before rebounding with an 18-5 win in the second game.
Women’s tennis team suffers tough week
The women’s tennis team (8-5) went 1-2 last week. WUSTL opened the week March 31 with a tough 6-3 loss to Drury University, the 25th-ranked team in Division II. On April 1, the Bears defeated Coe College, 5-4, sparked by junior Erin Fleming’s comeback win at No. 2 singles. On April 2, the Red and Green fell, 5-0, to the University of Chicago.
Men’s tennis has undefeated week
The No. 8 men’s tennis team extended its winning streak to four matches with 7-0 victories over Coe College and Maryville University April 1 at Shaw Park.
With the six victories in doubles April 1, WUSTL improved its overall record in dual matches to 26-4 (.867).
Women runners win WUSTL Invitational
The women’s track and field team won the WUSTL Invitational April 1-2 at Bushyhead Track, and the men took fifth. The women tallied 209 points; the men posted 85 points.
Men swimmers tops academically in D-III
As announced by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, Washington U.’s men registered the No. 1 team grade-point average in NCAA Division III for the fall 2005 semester; the women posted the seventh-best mark in the country.
The men combined for a 3.49 grade-point average; the women tallied a GPA of 3.43.