The women’s cross country team finished first out of eight teams to capture the 2009 University Athletic Association (UAA) championship Oct. 31 in Cleveland.
It is the 10th women’s cross country league title in school history and WUSTL’s 134th conference championship overall. The men’s team came in fourth place at the meet.
Junior Taryn Surtees paced the women by winning the individual title for the second year in a row, completing the 6k course with a time of 22:42.09. She also was named the women’s UAA Most Valuable Athlete. Junior Kwin Keuter led the men to their fourth-place finish, placing 12th in the 8k race with a time of 26:47. Freshman David Hamm came in 26th and was named the men’s UAA Rookie of the Year.
Both teams will compete in the NCAA Midwest Regionals Nov. 14 in Oshkosh, Wis.
Football loses to Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University took advantage of three special teams turnovers by WUSTL and scored 14 points in less than three minutes to escape with a 21-13 victory over the Bears Oct. 31.
Junior Jim O’Brien ran for 111 yards on 15 carries in the loss, while junior Stephen Sherman had 13-of-20 passing for 106 yards and a touchdown. Senior Andrew Berryman led the defensive unit with a season-high 13 tackles.
Women’s soccer in first place
The No. 9-ranked women’s soccer team posted two crucial road wins last weekend to remain in sole possession of first place in the University Athletic Association (UAA) standings.
WUSTL defeated Brandeis University, 2-1, Oct. 30 in Waltham, Mass., and then rallied for a 2-1 overtime victory at New York University Nov. 1.
Sophomore Natalie Callaghan and senior Becca Heymann scored in the victory at Brandeis. In the win at New York, sophomore Lee Ann Felder scored with 90 seconds left, and then Heymann notched the game-winner 1:28 into overtime.
The Bears (13-2-1, 5-0-1 UAA) hold a one-point lead over No. 10 University of Rochester in UAA standings. A win in the conference finale Saturday, Nov. 7, at the University of Chicago would secure the team its fourth-straight and seventh overall UAA title.
Volleyball wins Bears Classic tournament
The No. 3 volleyball team posted a perfect 3-0 record en route to winning the Bears Classic II Tournament Oct. 30 and 31 at the WU Field House.
The Bears defeated Virginia Wesleyan College and Culver-Stockton College, 3-0, Oct. 30 and then topped Rhodes College, 3-0, Oct. 31.
Prior to its match with Culver-Stockton, the volleyball team honored Erin Albers and Laura Brazeal, who were playing in the final home tournament of their careers.
WUSTL (25-3) returns to action Friday, Nov. 6, when it begins competition in the 2009 University Athletic Association (UAA) championship tournament in Chicago. The Bears are defending UAA champion and No. 1 seed. The team takes on University of Rochester at noon and Case Western Reserve University at 2 p.m.
Men’s soccer splits on road trip
The men’s soccer team split its two University Athletic Association (UAA) contests during an East Coast road trip.
WUSTL defeated Brandeis University, 1-0, Oct. 30 but fell to New York University, 2-1, Nov. 1. Senior forward John Hengel converted a penalty kick in the 13th minute to lift the Bears to the victory over Brandeis. Against New York, junior Harry Beddo scored in the 69th minute to narrow the deficit to 2-1, but the Bears couldn’t come back.
WUSTL (9-6-3, 3-3 UAA) will play its season finale at the University of Chicago Saturday, Nov. 7.
Swimming and diving compete in dual meets
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both lost in a dual meet with NCAA Division I Southern Illinois University Oct. 30 but rebounded the next day with a win over DePauw University Oct. 31.
The women’s team took first place in 10 events against DePauw, nine swimming and one diving. The men’s meet came down to the final race of the day, the 400-freestyle relay. DePauw held a one-point lead over WUSTL heading into the final event, but the Bears’ team of senior Dan Arteaga, freshman Mark Minowitz, senior Alex Beyer and junior David Chao turned in a first-place time of 3:10.07 in the relay to clinch the victory.
Both teams will be back in action for the WU Thanksgiving Invitational Nov. 21 and 22 at the Millstone Pool.
Women’s golf ranked fifth in poll
The women’s golf team is ranked No. 5 in the Golf World/National Golf Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll, as announced by the magazine.
This marks the highest ranking in school history for the Bears.
Three soccer student-athletes earn honors
Seniors Libby Held and Becca Heymann of the women’s soccer team and junior Alex Neumann of the men’s soccer team earned ESPN the Magazine second-team Academic All-District VII honors.
Held has a 3.66 cumulative grade-point average (GPA), majoring in biology in Arts & Sci-ences. Heymann has a 3.78 GPA, majoring in philosophy-neuroscience-psychology in Arts & Sci-ences. Neumann has 3.85 GPA as a double major in economics in Arts & Sciences and entrepreneurship in Olin Business School.