The football team regained the Founder’s Cup with a 26-7 victory at the University of Chicago Oct. 14.
The Bears defense forced three Chicago turnovers in the win and held the Maroons to negative-two yards rushing. Chicago (2-3, 0-1 UAA) entered the game averaging 221.3 yards per game, the 18th best mark in Division III.
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Sophomore Brent Sensenich recovered a fumble and scampered 31 yards to the Chicago 9-yard line. Two plays later, senior DaRonne Jenkins scored from six yards out for his fifth TD of the season to make it 6-0.
Senior Pat McCarthy connected with senior Nick Lizanich on a 45-yard strike to make it 12-0; the Bears then took the second-half kickoff and drove 67 yards on 12 plays for their third touchdown. Junior Gabe Murphy capped the drive with an 8-yard touchdown run to extend the lead to 19-0.
Senior Joe Shaughnessy intercepted Chicago quarterback Matt Rinklin and returned it 52 yards for a touchdown with 10:45 left in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.
Women’s soccer keeps winning streak alive
The No. 13 women’s soccer team extended its winning streak to 10 games with two UAA road victories last weekend. On Oct. 13, sophomore Caitlin Malone knocked in a rebound in the 56th minute to lead the Bears to a 1-0 win at Case Western Reserve.
WUSTL then recorded its biggest win of the season with a 2-0 upset at No. 10 University of Rochester Oct. 15.
In the 20th minute, senior MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn sent home a rebound off a free kick from freshman Libby Held for the first goal.
Held then scored her first career goal in the 34th minute as she booted a 38-yard free kick from the right wing.
Women runners win Oshkosh Invite; men 8th
The No. 3 women’s cross country team took first place (38 points) out of 11 teams at the UW-Oshkosh Invitational Oct. 14. The men placed eighth out of 19 teams with 222 points.
Senior Beth Herndon won the individual 6K run in 21:55 to pace the Bears. On the men’s side, junior Jesse McDaniel finished the 8K run in 25:24.02 for 26th place.
Volleyball undefeated in UAA with four wins
The No. 2 volleyball team (23-1, 7-0 UAA) won five matches last week, including two straight five-game thrillers.
The Bears rallied past Webster University, 3-2, Oct. 10 despite facing eight match points in the fourth game before winning, 41-39.
On Oct. 14, WUSTL opened the UAA Round Robin No. 2 in Chicago against No. 17 Emory University. After trailing 3-1 to open the fifth game, the Red and Green closed out the match, 15-13.
The Bears then blanked Brandeis University, Carnegie Mellon University and Rochester, all 3-0.
Men’s soccer upends No.15 Case Western
The Bears (7-3-2, 1-2-1 UAA) opened the weekend Oct. 13 with a 2-0 win at No. 15 Case Western Reserve University.
Two days later, WUSTL tied No. 24 Rochester.
Watts places third at ITA Division III nationals
Freshman tennis player John Watts posted a 6-1, 6-0, win against Alex Scott of Middlebury College in the third-place match at the ITA Division III Singles Championship.
Watts posted a 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 win against Phalkun Mam of Whitman College before falling to No. 1 Michael Goodwin of Emory, 3-6, 6-3, 1-6 in the semifinals.