National champions: No. 1 WashU women’s soccer wins second-straight national title
The No. 1 WashU women’s soccer team won its second-straight national championship Dec. 6 with a 2-1 win over rival Emory University at Roanoke College in Salem, Va.
A perfect match
How head coach Paige Madara, herself a former Bears’ tennis player, helped the WashU women win its first national tennis title last spring.
Soccer squads square off in NCAA tournament
Both the WashU women’s and men’s soccer teams are headed to the NCAA Division III Tournament this weekend after outstanding seasons.
WashU’s Second Serve chapter aces community impact
Led by members of the women’s tennis team, the WashU chapter of Second Serves hosts tennis clinics for the local community and provides donated rackets and covers, shoes and tennis bags for children.
Recent track standout Kelley wins NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
WashU graduate and women’s track and field standout Emma Kelley has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Women’s tennis wins first national title
For the first time in program history, the Washington University in St. Louis women’s tennis team won the national championship, defeating Pomona-Pitzer 4-3 May 23 in Claremont, Calif. The title marks the 27th in WashU Athletics history and the second for the 2024-25 school year.
Class Acts: Gaelen Clayton
Gaelen Clayton has spent a large part of her four years at WashU thinking about goals — setting them academically and scoring them as a midfielder for the women’s soccer team, which just won the Division III national championship.
‘Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America’
In “Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America,” WashU’s Gerald Early explores how Black Americans have shaped the game since its emergence during Reconstruction, from the formation of the Negro Leagues, through Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier and into the present day.
Wolford wins NCAA title in swimming
Fifth-year student Kyle Wolford won the national title in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:44.15 March 22 in Greensboro, N.C. He is the 27th student-athlete to win an individual national title.
National champs: Women’s soccer beats William Smith 3-0 for program’s second national title
The No. 1 Washington University in St. Louis women’s soccer team brought home the program’s second national title Dec. 8 at Peter Johann Memorial Field in Las Vegas with a 3-0 win over William Smith College. The Bears finished the season at 23-0-2, setting a new program record.
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