Football team loses opener at Mount Union
The football team dropped its season opener, falling at No. 2 Mount Union College, 33-7, Sept. 3. The Purple Raiders scored first with 3:23 left in the first quarter. Mike Zimmerman connected on a 40-yard field to put the Purple Raiders up 9-0, then he hit a 22-yarder with 14 seconds remaining in the half to make the score 12-0.
Mount Union scored another touchdown when Pierre Garcon took a pass from Randy Mason and scampered 21 yards to make it 19-0 with 10:51 left in the third quarter.
The Bears got on the board with 37 seconds left in the contest when junior Pat McCarthy connected for a 10-yard touchdown pass to his twin brother Robert. Henry was 12-of-23 for 95 yards, while Pat McCarthy was 5-of-12 for 56 yards and one touchdown. Senior Brad Duesing led the Bears with four receptions for 41 yards.
Volleyball sweeps to WUSTL Classic title
The No. 1 volleyball team went 4-0 in its opening weekend, winning the WUSTL Classic Sept. 2-3 at the Field House.
The Bears swept Dominican University, No. 24 Whitworth College and Rhodes College by the same 3-0 margin. WUSTL closed out the tournament with a 3-1 win against Illinois Wesleyan University.
Senior setter Kara Liefer displayed her all-around game throughout the weekend, finishing the four-match span with 30 kills, 40 digs, 18 blocks and 142 assists. In the match against Illinois Wesleyan, she posted her eighth career triple double with 13 kills, 14 digs and 48 assists.
Sophomore Haleigh Spencer and Liefer garnered All-Tournament Team accolades.
Men’s soccer wins, ties first matches of year
The men’s soccer team went 1-0-1 Sept. 3-4 at the Rhodes Classic in Memphis, Tenn.
The Bears opened 2005 by upending Millsaps College, 3-0. Sophomore Marshall Plow made an impressive debut in the Red and Green, netting the game-winning goal. Junior Matt Fenn picked up his first career win and shutout in goal.
WUSTL then played host Rhodes College to a 2-2 draw. Okoroafor struck first for the Bears, heading home a cross from Franklin. Freshman Kevin Brege scored the Bears’ second goal.
Women’s soccer splits at Baptist Invitational
The No. 11 women’s soccer team opened the season with a 1-1 record at the Bob Baptist Invitational in Wheaton, Ill.
The Bears opened with a 1-0 win over No. 17 DePauw University on Sept. 3. Junior Talia Bucci scored the game-winner in the 87th minute after she drilled home a corner kick from freshman Carly Anderson.
In game two, the Bears fell to top-ranked and defending national champion Wheaton College, 2-0.
Women runners claim Early Bird Meet title
The women’s cross country team captured the 2005 Early Bird Meet title Sept. 3 at Saint Louis Priory High School.
The women totaled just 21 points — 44 ahead of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville — behind juniors Lindsay Harkema and Beth Herndon.
The duo finished first and second in a field of 64 runners.