Senior John Watts captured his second men’s tennis individual national title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Andy Peters of Middlebury College in the finals of 2009 Division III ITA National Small College Championship Oct. 17 in Mobile, Ala.
Watts, who won the 2007 ITA championship and placed third in 2006 and 2008, is 11-1 this year in singles and 109-17 (.865) in his four-year career.
Football suffers home loss to Wooster
The football team dropped its overall record to 2-4 with a 24-20 loss to the College of Wooster Oct. 17 at Francis Field.
WUSTL (2-4) ends non-conference action Sunday, Oct. 24, at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Volleyball undefeated in league play
The No. 4 volleyball team clinched the top seed in the University Athletic Association (UAA) championship tournament after completing the second conference regular-season round-robin tournament with a 4-0 record last weekend in New York.
WUSTL defeated No. 3 Emory University, New York University, the University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University.
Senior Erin Albers led the Bears’ offense with 58 kills and a .407 hitting percentage, and sophomore Lauren Budde tallied 52 kills and 56 digs.
The Bears ended the UAA regular-season slate with a 7-0 record and will be the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, to be held Nov. 6 and 7 in Chicago.
WUSTL (22-3) returns to action Oct. 30 for the Bears Classic Tournament at the WU Field House.
WUSTL will face North Park University at 5:15 p.m. and Culver-Stockton College at 7:30 p.m. Between matches, WUSTL will honor its two seniors, Albers and Laura Brazeal.
Women’s soccer in first place
The No. 16 women’s soccer team defeated Case Western Reserve University, 2-0, Oct. 16 and No. 18 University of Rochester, 2-1, in overtime Oct. 18 to move into sole possession of first place in the University Athletic Association (UAA) standings.
Senior Caryn Rosoff celebrated Senior Day by scoring the game-winning goal in the first overtime, sending the Bears past Rochester. The goal for Rosoff was her 10th of the season and 41st of her career, moving her one goal shy of third place all-time. Rosoff also surpassed the 100-point plateau, becoming the fourth player ever to achieve the feat.
Prior to the game, the Bears honored eight seniors: Emily Bylsma, Paula Davis, Elyse Hanly, Libby Held, Becca Heymann, Sam Murphy, Rosoff and Carter Schwarberg. The group has compiled an overall record of 59-13-3 (.807) in four seasons, including a 21-3-1 mark in the UAA.
Washington University (10-2-1, 3-0-1 UAA) steps out of conference play at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, to host Fontbonne University at Francis Field.
Men’s soccer honors assistant Pelizzaro
The men’s soccer team posted a 2-1 record last week, defeating Fontbonne University, 3-1, Oct. 13 and Case Western Reserve University, 2-0, Oct. 16 and falling to No. 6 University of Rochester, 1-0, Oct. 18.
The three goals against Fontbonne represented a new season-high for the Bears, who saw senior John Hengel score twice in that game.
Following the victory over Case Western Reserve, WUSTL honored longtime assistant coach Val Pelizzaro, who will retire from coaching at the end of this season. Pelizzaro has coached with head coach Joe Clarke for the past 27 years, spending the last 13 at WUSTL.
The Bears (8-3-3, 2-2 Uni-versity Athletic Association) return to action at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, when they host Berry College at Francis Field.