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				Baseball finally wins record 30th game Photo by Mary Butkus Junior Liz Smith, here about to unleash a pitch in a recent game, has pulled double duty this year for the Bears. As a first baseman, Smith leads the team with 283 putouts. And as a pitcher, she has won four games and walked just four batters in 37 1/3 innings The Bears won 30 games for the first time in school history and bettered the previous single-season wins record of 27, established in 1999 and 2000. The Bears (30-10) won four straight after dropping a 12-4 contest April 30 at Greenville. WU defeated Illinois College, 7-3, on May 1 and swept a doubleheader from Principia on May 3, winning 8-2 and 14-4. WU then made it a 30-10 season with a come-from-behind, 13-11 win over Webster on May 4. Joe Kelly continued his hot streak, hitting .500 (9-for-18) with nine RBIs and five runs last week. Reggie Crume swiped his 29th base, breaking the single-season record of 28 set in 1982, and Mark Glover moved into second place all-time at WU with his 41st career double. Other updates The softball team completed its regular season with two losses at home May 4 against Webster University. The Bears dropped Game 1, 3-2 in nine innings, and lost Game 2, 1-0. The Bears finished the season with a 23-17 record and were rewarded by earning their first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Bears will play in the six-team Central Regional today through May 13 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill. The Bears are the sixth seed in the regional and will take on host Illinois Wesleyan, the No. 3 seed, in Friday's first round. The regional is double elimination and the winner advances to the national finals, May 16-20 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. On the Internet For sports schedules and additional results, log onto bearsports.wustl.edu The outdoor track and field team made the most of favorable weather as several runners posted multiple personal records and NCAA-qualifying times at the Butler Twilight meet May 4. Senior Travis Deutman ran a personal-best 3:52.41 to take third place in the 1,500 meters and qualify for the NCAAs. Sophomore Matt Hoelle won the 10,000 meters in a personal-best 31:04.86, while senior Pat MacDonald improved his top time with a second-place finish in 31:23.80. In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, sophomore Darius Viet ran a personal-best. 9:22.89. On the women's side, the Bears posted two NCAA automatic qualifiers in the 10,000 meters as sophomore Emily Lahowetz and senior Andrea Newberry ran 1-2 in 36:22.22 and 36:39.98, respectively. Freshman Hallie Hutchens posted a personal-best in the 100-meter hurdles with 14.65, and sophomore Melanie Mikecz improved her best time in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, finishing in11:08.06. The women's tennis team, ranked ninth in NCAA Division III, earned its third straight invitation to the NCAA Tournament and will host the first and second rounds May 10-11. All matches will be played at Shaw Park in Clayton. The Bears host Kenyon College (Ohio), Denison University (Ohio) and Saint Mary's College (Ind.) in one half of the Central Regional. Denison and St. Mary's play today at 9:30 a.m., followed by Washington U. and Kenyon at 1:30 p.m. The winners meet May 11 at noon to advance to the national quarterfinals. The quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds will be played at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Va., May 17-22. The Bears, enjoying one of the finest seasons in their history, beat Kenyon twice this season, their first-ever victories over Kenyon.

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