The baseball team went 4-0 last week. On March 27, the Bears were led by senior lefthander Andy Shields, who climbed to third on the WUSTL career wins list with a 5-2 win against Maryville University.
In his sixth complete game of the season, Shields (6-1) struck out four and walked seven, but allowed just one earned run and six hits. The next day, the Red and Green upended MacMurray College, 15-4, on the road as the Bears pounded out 13 hits.
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On April 1, WUSTL defeated Knox College 7-2 and 8-4 to bring its winning streak to nine games. Sophomore Brian Williams struck out nine Knox batters and allowed just five hits en route to the win in Game 1. Williams improved to 6-1 and notched his fourth complete game of the year. Seniors Arden Farhi and Eddy Hoering paced the Red and Green offensively.
Freshman Zach Richter added another complete game in Game 2, improving his record to 3-0.
Sagartz throws perfect game in 17-0 win
The softball team swept a doubleheader at Greenville College March 28, winning Game 1, 17-0, and the nightcap, 6-1.
Senior pitcher Laurel Sagartz hurled a perfect game in the opener, going five innings and striking out 11, while improving to 10-1. The perfect game was the fourth in school history, while the no-hitter marked the ninth in program history.
Senior Abby Morgan picked up the win in Game 2 for the Bears (15-5). Morgan went five innings, allowing three hits and one earned run, to even her record at 3-3. The Bears recorded a season-high 15 hits in the second game.
On April 1, WUSTL upended Millikin University, 8-0, and Fontbonne University, 12-4, both in six innings.
Women’s track takes invitational; men 6th
The men’s and women’s track and field teams turned in many strong performances at the WUSTL Invitational. The women won the 13-team meet, while the men placed sixth in a field of 18 teams.
Sophomore Alli Alberts highlighted the women during the first two days of the meet. She took second place in the heptathlon with a school-record breaking performance.
Alberts totaled 4,285 points to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships and break the old WUSTL record by 40 points. Among her strong performances in the competition, she placed first in the 800 meters (2:25.72), second in the long jump (4.81 meters, 15-9 1/2), third in the javelin (33.15 meters, 108-9) and high jump (1.57 meters, 5-1 3/4), and fourth in the 100 hurdles (15.91).
Senior Natalie Badowski added an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the 800 meters, finishing second in 2:13.90. Senior Delaina Martin turned in a strong performance in the hammer throw, narrowly missing an NCAA provisional mark by less than one meter. She won the event with a throw of 45.07 meters (147-10).
Juniors Abbey Hartmann and Lisa Sudmeier paced the women’s distance runners for WUSTL, finishing second (4:46.16) and third (4:50.02), respectively, in the 1,500-meter run.
On the men’s side, junior Jesse McDaniel cleared the provisional standard by posting a time of 31:13.33 in the 10,000 meters, which was good for second place. Sophomore Kevin Opp took sixth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:00.30, while senior Ryan Lester notched a season-best time of 1:57.04 in the 800.
In the sprints, freshman Iby Umana cleared the 50-second mark in the 400-meter dash, taking fourth in 49.93. Additionally, the 4×400-meter relay squad posted a time of 3:18.85, missing the WUSTL record and a NCAA provisional mark by a little more than a second.