The men’s tennis team opened the 2007 season with a 5-4 win against Division I University of Dayton Feb. 3 at the Creve Coeur Racquet Club.
The Bears, ranked No. 8 in the ITA Division III Fall Rankings, jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles play. Junior Charlie Howard capped the victory for the Bears with a 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 7-5 come-from-behind win against Matt Sherman at No. 5 singles. Howard, who trailed 5-2 in the third set, fought back three match points to even the final set at 5-5. He broke Sherman’s serve to take the 6-5 lead, then clinched the match by holding serve in the 12th game.
Men’s, women’s track and field shine at IWU
The men’s and women’s track and field teams turned in an impressive performance at the Titan Open Feb. 3 in Bloomington, Ill.
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The women cleared a pair of NCAA Championships provisional qualifying standards on the day en route to a second-place finish of 13 teams. Senior Natalie Badowski posted another strong time in the 800-meter run. For the second time this season, she broke the school record and hit an NCAA provisional standard with a time of 2:15.42.
Junior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman also cleared an NCAA provisional mark, recording a pole vault of 3.41 meters (11-2 ).
Senior Cameron Williams improved his season-best mark in the high jump to help pace the men. Williams won the event with a leap of 1.95m (6-4 ). Additionally, the 4×400-meter relay squad of junior Marcus Woods, junior Doug Beattie, sophomore Nate Koslof and freshman Iby Umana notched a season-best time of 3:23.41. The men placed eighth in their 16-team field.
Men’s basketball drops two UAA games
The men’s basketball team (16-3, 7-2 UAA) dropped two league road games last weekend on the East Coast. The Bears fell at No. 25 New York University, 73-57, Feb. 2 in Manhattan. The loss snapped WUSTL’s 13-game winning streak. Sophomore Tyler Nading netted a game-high 22 points with five 3-pointers, while Troy Ruths finished with 12 points.
On Feb. 4, Washington U. dropped an 81-75 triple overtime game at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.
Women’s basketball wins one of two
The women’s basketball team (15-5, 7-2 UAA) earned a split last weekend in UAA road play. The Bears fell at No. 12 New York, 83-58, Feb. 2. Sophomore Halsey Ward scored a career-high 12 points while classmate Jaimie McFarlin added nine points and 10 rebounds.
The Red and Green bounced back Feb. 4 with a 51-45 win at No. 19 Brandeis. Ward came up big in the clutch for the Bears connecting on two 3-pointers and corralling a steal to help WUSTL erase a five-point deficit in the final four minutes of play.