Lisa Baldez,
studies women's roles in wars, rebellions and social movements
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Women's tennis off to school-record start
The No. 14 women's tennis team went 4-0 this past week to improve to 16-1 on the year, the best start in school history. WU did it convincingly, defeating McKendree College, 8-1, on April 3 and sweeping Nebraska-Wesleyan, Westminster (Mo.) and Principia by identical 9-0 scores, on April 5-6. Jenny Stein and Laura Greenberg were both 4-0 in singles play, with Greenberg dropping just one game the entire week. Shilpa Reddy went 5-1 on the weekend, taking three doubles wins and adding a pair of singles victories. Kacie Cooke continued her strong freshman season, picking up two wins at No. 2 singles and teaming with Reddy for the 3-1 mark at doubles. Other updates The baseball team extended its best start in school history by pushing its winning streak to seven and its overall record to 23-4 with a 4-0 mark last week. After taking a 5-0 lead early against Maryville University April 2, the Bears fell behind 6-5 before rallying for an 8-6 win. WU then swept the doubleheader by breezing to an 11-1 win in the nightcap. Conor Kenney surrendered just three hits and one run while striking out a career-high 12 to get the Game 2 win. The Bears rolled past MacMurray College, 13-2, April 4 as Adam Cowley ran his record to 5-0 with seven strikeouts in seven innings. WU finished off the week with an 8-4 win over Knox College. The No. 14 men's tennis team extended its winning streak to five matches and improved to 9-1 with four wins last week. The Bears posted a 6-1 victory April 3 against McKendree College and then cruised past Nebraska Wesleyan University 7-0 April 5. The Bears then posted 7-0 home victories over Westminster College and Wheaton College April 6. Brian Alvo pushed his record to 16-4 in singles while David Genovese improved to 14-3. The softball team evened its record at 14-14 after posting a 1-5 record last week. The Bears began the week by dropping a doubleheader at Blackburn April 2. In Game 1, the Bears held on to a 1-0 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, but a key error allowed two runners to score as Blackburn won 2-1. In Game 2, two key errors turned into a 5-3 victory for the Beavers. Washington U. hosted Westminster College April 5 and came away with a split after winning the first game 7-0 and dropping the second 10-8. Freshman Victoria Ramsey picked up her fourth shutout of the season in the opener. April 7 at Maryville, Washington U. dropped both games 1-0, but freshman Liz Swary extended her hitting streak to 26 games.
Distance runners for both the men's and women's outdoor track and field teams led the charge at the Washington University Invitational April 6. Sophomore Emily Lahowetz and senior Andrea Newberry ran 17:40.75 and 17:58.23, respectively, to join the NCAA list in the 5,000 meters. Lahowetz's times in the 5,000 and 10,000 both rank No. 1 in the UAA. Senior Pat MacDonald and sophomore Matt Hoelle finished 2-3 in the men's 10,000 meters with MacDonald running 31:30.18 and Hoelle 31:32.59. Both times rank as the top two times in the UAA. Freshman Hallie Hutchens, competing in her first race for the Bears, won the women's 100-meter hurdles in an NCAA-qualifying 15.15.
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