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Football
team downs pesky Rose-Hulman
The football team blew a 17-0 first-quarter lead before holding on for a 24-19 home victory against Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Sept. 28. Fresh-man quarterback Nathan Szep hit Brad Duesing for a pair of touchdown passes as the Bears rolled up 197 yards in the first quarter. Szep finished 23 of 41 for 280 yards and two touchdowns, Duesing caught eight passes for 108 yards and two scores and Jeff Buening had seven catches for 98 yards. Other updates Freshman Heidi Pfeiffer had a career-high 15 kills and junior Amy Brand added 11 kills as the No. 1-ranked volleyball team defeated Fontbonne University, 3-0, Sept. 25 at the Field House. Pfeiffer had just one error in the match as she hit a career-high .609. Senior Rebecca Rotello had 37 assists, seven digs and six kills in the victory. The men's soccer team's scoring problems continued as the Bears lost 3-1 to Carnegie Mellon University Sept. 29. It was the University Athletic Association opener for both teams. The Bears were outshot 12-9. James Steidel scored the first two goals of the match, giving Carnegie Mellon the lead for good. Bears freshman Rob Weeks scored his second goal of the year at 51:06 to cut the lead to 2-1. The women's soccer team pushed its unbeaten streak to six games with a win and a tie last week at home. The Bears, 5-1-2, made it four straight wins with a 6-0 whitewash of Fontbonne Sept. 26. Kim Raess, Megan Morley, Kara Karnes, Bethany Henderson, Brenda Harpole and Kelly Schoenbeck all tallied goals, while the defense didn't allow a shot to give Readie Callahan and Casey Herrforth a combined shutout in the net. Washington U. then opened the UAA season with a scoreless draw against Carnegie Mellon Sept. 29. The men's and women's cross country teams participated at the Miner Invitational Sept. 28 in Rolla, Mo. The No. 9 women placed fourth of 11 teams, while the men placed third of five. The women's team sat out its top five runners and failed to win its third straight meet, finishing 51 points behind first-place Truman State University. The men's team also sat out its top five runners and accumulated 81 points, which was 54 behind first-place finisher Northwest Missouri State University. |
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