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				Women's track & field nabs 3rd straight title Photo by Mary Butkus Bears junior Brooke Lane (right) claimed the 10,000-meter crown again this year at the University Athletic Association meet April 19-20 at Emory University. Lane won the race in 39 minutes, 56.77 seconds and helped pace the women to their third straight UAA championship. The women's outdoor track and field team brought home top honors in 11 of 20 events en route to its third straight University Athletic Association championship April 19-20 at Emory University. The Bears finished with 210 points, 44 ahead of second-place Emory. Senior Jennifer Shew, the 2002 Outdoor Athlete of the Meet, took home top honors in the 100 meters and the 200 meters. Brooke Lane repeated as UAA champion in the 10,000 meters. Other winners included Elizabeth Stoll (high jump), Sarah Springer (pole vault), Hallie Hutchens (100-meter hurdles), Lindsey Clark-Ryan (triple jump), Kammie Holt (long jump) and Mindy Kuhl (1,500 meters). The 4x100 relay team finished first, as did the 4x400 relay team. On the men's side, Washington U. placed first in three events as the Bears finished third with 139 points. Emory won the men's title with 179 points. Lance Moen earned UAA Outdoor Rookie of the Year honors by winning the 400 meters. Matt Wallace took first in the 200 meters, and the 4x100 relay team also won. Other updates The No. 11 men's tennis team began the week by dropping its second straight match, a 5-4 decision at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The No. 2-seeded Bears then opened the 2002 UAA Championship by knocking off No. 7 Brandeis University, 9-0, and followed it with a victory over No. 3 seed New York University as the Bears claimed four of six singles matches and two of three doubles matches. The win set up a matchup with third-ranked and top-seeded Emory, which won three of the five completed singles match while winning the only completed doubles match. With the loss, the Bears dropped to 11-4 and claimed their fifth straight second-place finish at the UAA Championship. The softball team played only two games but managed to post doubleheader sweep at MacMurray College April 18. In the first game, Victoria Ramsey pitched her 14th complete game of the year as the Bears pounced on the Highlanders, 8-2. Ramsey struck out nine batters and walked none as she improved to 12-4 on the season. In Game 2, Lorri Fehlker tossed a six-hit shutout in a 7-0 win. The baseball team saw its losing streak hit five games as the Bears fell in their only contest last week, 11-7 at Illinois Wesleyan University April 18. Kirk Heischmidt, Ramos Mays and Graham McBride each had two hits, but they weren't enough to overcome an early 7-0 deficit. Fresh off its climb to No. 9 in the national rankings, the women's tennis team posted a 3-1 record last week en route to a runner-up finish at the UAA Championships. The Bears defeated Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 8-1, on April 16 to start the week. WU then went 2-1 at the UAA Championships, defeating Case Western Reserve University in the first round, 9-0, and the University of Rochester, 6-1, in the semifinals, before falling 5-0 to Emory in the championship match.

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