Baseball team sweeps four games, now 26-5; Lessmann wins 300th
The baseball team went 4-0 last week to improve to 26-5. In each of the four games, WUSTL limited its opponent to two runs. Junior Eddy Hoering started his big week with a solo home run in the second inning of an 8-2 win April 4 against Maryville University. In Game 2, the Bears prevailed, 7-2. Senior Ryan Corning hit a solo home run in the fifth. The Red and Green added a 5-2 win at Eureka College April 5. The win was No. 300 on the Hilltop Campus for head coach Ric Lessmann. Corning recorded the game-winning RBI double in the seventh inning. On April 6, WUSTL capped off the week with a 12-2 win at Westminster College. Hoering homered twice as senior Brent Buffa kept his perfect record on the mound intact. He is 7-0 this season and 17-2 for his career, the seventh-most wins in WUSTL history.
Softball team goes 4-0 at Illinois Wesleyan tourney
The No. 19 softball team was 4-0 at the Illinois Wesleyan University Tournament in Bloomington, Ill. On April 8, the Bears posted a 5-2 win in eight innings over the University of Chicago, and then notched an 8-0 victory over No. 24 Hope College. Junior Laurel Sagartz, who was 2 for 4 with an RBI, pitched eight innings, allowing six hits while striking out six. Sophomore Kaylyn Eash pitched a two-hit shutout and hit a home run against Hope. On April 9, Sagartz pitched 12 2/3 scoreless innings and picked up two wins on the mound as the Bears posted victories over No. 25 Illinois Wesleyan (1-0) and Chicago (5-4). Sagartz struck out a school-record 17 batters against Illinois Wesleyan as she earned her 10th complete game of the season and 36th of her career. Against Chicago, Sagartz (12-1) pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings in relief to pick up the win. She allowed two hits and struck out seven as she picked up her 50th career win (50-7).
Women’s tennis splits four matches at Midwest Invitational
The No. 13 women’s tennis team (10-7) went 2-2 at the Midwest Invitational April 7-8 in Madison, Wis. The Bears opened the weekend with a 5-4 win against No. 30 Albion College. After falling, 8-1, to No. 18 Wheaton College, WUSTL bounced back for a 5-2 win the next day against Kalamazoo College before losing in the fifth-place match, 6-2, to Denison University.
Men’s tennis extends winning streak to six; now stands at 11-1
The No. 8 men’s tennis team extended its winning streak to six matches with a 7-0 win at Wheaton College April 8 and a 6-1 win at No. 19 Chicago April 9. With the wins, the Bears improved to 11-1 and notched their fifth straight season with 10 or more wins under head coach Roger Follmer. Doubles play continued to be a strong point for the Bears as they took the doubles point for the 12th straight match.
Women’s track and field takes 2nd at Select Meet; men 5th
The women’s track and field team took second place at the WUSTL Select Meet at Bushyhead Track, while the WUSTL men took fifth. The women tallied 146 points, just behind first-place Augustana College (153 points). The men posted 66 points, while UW-Whitewater took home the men’s title with 208 points. Sophomore Morgen Leonard-Fleckman cleared a personal-best height of 3.71 meters to the win the pole vault and provisionally qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Junior Delaina Martin also provisionally qualified for the NCAAs in the hammer throw, registering a mark of 46.61 meters for first place. Juniors Kevin Gale and Cameron Williams highlighted WUSTL’s men; Gale won the 1,500, while Williams took first in the high jump.