Softball team in fifth straight NCAA tourney
The No. 14 softball team is making its fifth straight at-large appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
The Midwest Regional started May 11 and runs through May 15 at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
Washington U. (35-5) is the fourth seed in the regional and battled fifth-seeded College of St. Scholastica May 11 after Record presstime.
Men’s tennis loses to Kalamazoo in NCAAs
The No. 8 men’s tennis team’s season came to an end May 6 with a 4-2 loss to No. 13 Kalamazoo College in NCAA Division III Tournament first-round action in Greencastle, Ind.
The Bears won the doubles point for the 19th time in 21 contests by sweeping all three matches.
Freshmen Trevis Bowman and Nirmal Choradia got things going with an impressive 8-3 win at No. 2; senior Zack Fayne and freshman Chris Hoeland clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 win at No. 3; while senior Ari Rosenthal and freshman Charlie Cutler won at No. 1, 8-6.
The Bears end the season with an 18-3 overall record, the second-most wins in school history.
Track and field teams strong at Butler meet
The men’s and women’s track and field teams turned in a strong performance May 6 at the Butler Twilight in Indianapolis, Ind.
The Bears men and women combined to tally nine NCAA outdoor provisional qualifying marks and three school records.
The women led the way by notching seven provisional marks and two WUSTL records.
Sophomore Abbey Hartmann improved her 3,000-meter steeplechase time by 23 seconds, finishing in a WUSTL-record 11:05.7. And junior Delaina Martin improved her school record and NCAA provisional mark in the hammer throw (47.19 meters).
For the men, junior Kevin Gale broke the Bears’ record in the 3,000 steeplechase, finishing in 9:08.99.
Women’s tennis falls in NCAA 1st round
The No. 19 women’s tennis team fell to No. 16 Denison University, 5-0, in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament May 5 in Greencastle, Ind. With the loss, the Bears finished 14-9.