Tennis teams head to Division III tournament
The men’s and women’s tennis teams are headed to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the seventh consecutive season. The No. 8 men and No. 19 women will travel to Greencastle, Ind., for the NCAA Central Regional May 5-7. The men (18-2) will take on No. 13 Kalamazoo College (16-8) May 6. The women will play No. 16 Denison University (17-6) in today’s first round.
Baseball team stays on roll, posts 3-0 week
The No. 28 baseball team went 3-0 last week, bringing its record to 33-5. The 33 wins are a WUSTL single-season record. The Bears topped Case Western Reserve, 6-1, April 29 in Chicago. On April 24, WUSTL eked past Illinois College, 1-0, and beat Westminster College, 14-6, the next day.
Softball moves winning streak to eight games
The No. 14 softball team posted a 5-0 record last week, opening with a doubleheader sweep of Illinois College April 26. Junior Laurel Sagartz picked up her 15th win of the season by pitching a one-hit shutout in the Bears 2-0 win in Game 1. Freshman Susan Gray (6-3) picked up the win on the mound for the Bears in Game 2, striking out a career-high nine and walking just one. The Bears posted a doubleheader sweep at Millikin University April 28. Washington U. posted a 4-0 win in Game 1, and then notched a 16-4 victory in the nightcap. The Bears ended the week with a 1-0 win in six innings at Maryville University April 30.
Women’s 4×400 relay shows well at Drake
The men’s and women’s track and field teams turned in some strong performances at the Drake Relays. In preliminary action, the women’s 4×400-meter relay squad provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships. The quartet of senior Laura Ehret, junior Natalie Badowski, sophomore Danielle Wadlington and senior Michelle McCully clocked a team season-best time of 3:55.64 to place 13th.