Watch WUSTL sports live online

The Department of Athletics has reached an agreement with Stretch Internet to provide live streaming video of home games for football, volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s basketball.

The live video will allow parents, friends and alumni to tune into home athletic contests at no cost.

For an updated schedule of games that will be streamed live, visit bearsports.wustl.edu.

Women’s cross country ranked No. 3

The women’s cross country team is ranked No. 3 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association preseason poll.

The women’s team checks in at No. 1 in the Midwest region rankings, while the WUSTL men are No. 8 in the regional rankings.

The WUSTL women’s team placed 12th at the 2008 NCAA Division III cross country championships. They were third at the 2008 NCAA Midwest regional championships and second in the University Athletic Association championships last year.

Both cross country teams open the 2009 season at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, when they host the Big River Running Early Bird Meet at the Central Fields of Forest Park.