Volleyball’s youth pulls surprise upset vs. Cal Lutheran
It was a humbling first couple weeks for the Washington University volleyball team. Sporting a young roster and their usual unforgiving schedule, the Bears struggled to beat ranked and unranked teams...
View ArticleFootball gets run over in 39-28 loss to Centre College
The Washington University football team surrendered 641 yards of total offense and had their nine-game home winning streak snapped in a 39-28 loss against Centre College Saturday at Francis Field. The...
View ArticleVolleyball makes short work of Greenville in rare uneventful game
When every game for the past two weeks has been an adventure, it’s nice to have a laugher. The Washington University volleyball team received that kind of blessing Tuesday night as they swept...
View ArticleFootball gives complete effort in win over Birmingham-Southern
The Washington University football team’s rush defense had a harrowing challenge in its first two games of the season. In their opener, it was Carnegie Mellon University and their All-American...
View ArticleTurning a new Page: Senior switches to tight end
Senior Matt Page is not one for platitudes, but when he made the improbable transition from second string quarterback to star tight end of the Washington University Bears, he had to answer some of...
View ArticleDebate logistics impacting student-athletes as event draws nearer
Teams of construction crews have spent the past week constructing podiums, building a fence and planting shrubs—all to turn the Athletic Complex into the biggest media venue in the entire country for...
View ArticleBehind the wins: Understanding volleyball’s recent surge
As the end of the regular season quickly approaches, Washington University volleyball is in a position to enter the playoffs either through the conference’s automatic bid or by the grace of an at-large...
View ArticleMen’s soccer continues skid against Whitewater
The decisive goal came in the 107th minute, when a long throw from the Warhawks led to a contested possession in Washington University’s box. A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater player was able to...
View ArticleVolleyball rides blistering offense to sweep No. 3 Wittenberg
With the Washington University volleyball team already up two sets to zero, sophomore Ifeoma Ufondu went up for a kill against Wittenberg University, only to have it stuffed by a pair of blockers at...
View ArticleWith Halloween in sight, Westminster gives WU volleyball a fright
It was supposed to be an easy tune-up game before conference tournament play, but when the Blue Jays stole the first two sets, the streaking Bears, who had just swept No. 3 Wittenberg University, were...
View ArticleMen’s basketball battles on the Big Ten stage in exhibition against Illinois
Up against Division I University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—a program with 17 Big Ten championships—the Washington University men’s basketball team led for most of the first half, fell behind by...
View ArticleBefore the crack of dawn: Finding peace on Creve Coeur Lake
There is a group of students who inhabit the time when the wee hours of the night transition into the very early morning; who—long before the rest of the world has stirred—glide across Creve Coeur Lake...
View ArticleVolleyball drops four-set heartbreaker to Emory, nets third place at UAAs
Hosting the conference championship tournament this weekend, the Washington University volleyball team found itself on alternating ends of two dramatic, but unsuccessful, two-set comebacks. The first...
View ArticleFamiliar foes lie in wait for volleyball in Whitewater
The No. 14-ranked Washington University volleyball team was unable to topple No. 8 Emory in the conference tournament last Friday, but they’ll get another crack against the nation’s best during the...
View ArticleSixth time’s the charm
It’s been six years since the Washington University volleyball team last made it to the NCAA tournament’s final weekend. Six years, 161 wins, 7,227 kills and five unsuccessful postseason runs; all in...
View ArticleOne stop short of miraculous
Pulling upset after upset and riding a suddenly fierce offense, the Washington University volleyball team’s improbable run in the NCAA tournament finally came to an end on their final night in Oshkosh,...
View ArticleAnd then there were four, again
For the second year in a row, the Washington University women’s soccer team has made it to the NCAA Division III tournament Final Four. And because history likes to repeat itself, high-powered Messiah...
View ArticleMen’s basketball offense goes quiet in final minutes vs. Eau Claire
Held without a field goal for the final seven and a half minutes of play, the Washington University men’s basketball team suffered their first loss of the season in the 33rd Annual Lopata Classic...
View ArticleThis time, a win: Women’s soccer wins program’s first national championship
Because history likes to repeat itself, the Washington University women’s soccer team had to face Messiah College in the finals. Because the Red and Green like to play their backs high, the team was in...
View ArticleThe top 10 Wash. U. sports moments of 2016
The wait is over: After a five-year title drought for the Washington University athletic program, women’s soccer has brought home a national championship to the Danforth Campus. But beyond that...
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