The No. 2 volleyball team went 5-0 Nov. 3-4 en route to the UAA Championship in Pittsburgh.
With the league title — WUSTL’s 18th since the UAA’s inception 20 years ago — the Bears improved to 33-1, extended their winning streak to 25 matches and gained the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The Bears opened play Nov. 3 with 3-0 sweeps against Case Western Reserve University, the University of Rochester and host Carnegie Mellon University. The next day, WUSTL defeated No. 19 New York University and No. 13 Emory University by the same 3-0 margin.
Junior middle hitter Emilie Walk led the Bears with 10 kills and three blocks against Emory, while senior middle hitter Whitney Smith added seven kills and nine blocks.
WUSTL opened the day with a 30-11, 30-25, 30-12 win against New York. Smith led the Red and Green with 10 total blocks, the fourth time this season Smith has recorded at least 10 blocks in a match.
Women’s soccer extends winning streak to 14
Senior Sara Schroeder headed home the game-winning goal midway through the first half to lead the No. 6 women’s soccer team to a 1-0 win against the University of Chicago on Senior Day at Francis Field.
The win for the Bears extended their school-record winning streak to 14 games, and secured a perfect 7-0 UAA record for the first time in school history. Prior to the game, Washington U. honored the three seniors who played their final regular season game at Francis Field: Talia Bucci, MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn and Schroeder.
The Bears took the 1-0 lead at 20:47 mark when Schroeder headed home a cross for her third goal of the season. Junior Marin McCarthy picked up the assist on the goal, as she took the ball down the sideline and crossed it into the box with her left foot.
Junior Carrie Sear made a career-high six saves in securing her eighth shutout of the season, and in the process lowered her UAA-best goals-against average to 0.25.
Men’s soccer upends Chicago in finale, 1-0
The No. 25 men’s soccer team defeated Chicago, 1-0, in its regular-season finale Nov. 4 at Francis Field.
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Junior Onyi Okoroafor scored the game-winner with less than three minutes remaining in regulation. With the win, Washington U. improved to 12-3-2 overall, 4-2-1 in UAA play.
Okoroafor took a pass from freshman John Hengel in the middle of the field and drilled a shot to the right corner for the only goal of the game.
Fowler-Finn named academic all-district
Senior women’s soccer player MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn has been named to the ESPN The Magazine College Division first-team Academic All-District VII, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of American.
Last season, Fowler-Finn was a second-team academic all-district selection. Fowler-Finn, a senior midfielder, leads the Bears in goals (10), shots (56), shots on goal (31) and game-winning goals (four). She has a 3.71 grade-point average and is majoring in psychology and environmental studies.
A three-time UAA All-Academic Team member, Fowler-Finn ranks third in team history in game-winning goals (12), and fourth in goals (38) and points (86). She is now eligible for selection to the Academic All-America Team, which will be announced Nov. 21.
Women’s basketball ranked 10th in poll
The women’s basketball team is ranked 10th in the USA Today/ESPN Preseason Top 25.
The Bears completed the 2005-06 season with a 25-3 record and a 13-1 mark in UAA play, which was good for its ninth-straight conference championship.
The Bears, who won four straight national championships from 1998-2001, also made their 17th straight NCAA Tournament appearance and advanced to the round of 16 before falling at Hope College, the eventual national champion.
Volleyball to host NCAA regional
WUSTL will host the 2006 NCAA Central Region Championship on Nov. 9-11 at the Field House.
The Central Regional field consists of eight teams; top-seeded WUSTL will be joined by Simpson College (No. 2 ), Rhodes College (No. 3), Coe College (No. 4), Capital University (No. 5), Webster University (No. 6), Maryville (Tenn.) College (No. 7), and Nebraska Wesleyan University (No. 8).
WUSTL opens play at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 9 vs. Nebraska Wesleyan. In other first-round action, Simpson will take on Maryville at 1 p.m.; Rhodes will face Webster at 3:30 p.m.; and Coe will take on Capital at 6 p.m.
Admission for adults will be $6 and $3 for students and seniors. Washington University undergraduate students will be admitted free with a student I.D. The box office opens at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, 3:15 p.m. Friday, and 5:45 p.m. Saturday.
Men’s, women’s soccer to host NCAA tourneys
The men’s and women’s soccer teams are headed to the NCAA Tournament, as announced Nov. 6 by the NCAA Selection Committee.
The men’s team will host first-and second-round action Nov. 10-11, while the women received a first-round bye and will play the winner of Loras College and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the second round on Saturday at 4 p.m.
No. 5 University of Redlands (Calif.) will play Fontbonne University in the first men’s game at 5 p.m. Nov. 10, while No. 25 Washington U. will take on Wheaton College (Ill.) at 7:30 p.m.
The two winners will meet Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Admission for adults will be $6 and $3 for students and seniors. Washington University undergraduate students will be admitted free with a student I.D.