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Football
wraps up 2nd straight UAA title
The Bears football team wrapped up its second straight University Athletic Association title, and third in the past four years, with a 31-17 win over Carnegie Mellon University Nov. 9 at Francis Field. With the victory, the Bears (6-4, 4-0 UAA) extended their school-record streak of winning seasons to 10 and finished the year with four straight wins. Freshman wide receiver Brad Duesing caught seven passes for 150 yards and a touchdown, setting the WUSTL single-season record for receiving yards with 1,073 and tying the single-season mark with 69 receptions. He also tied the UAA single-season record with his fifth touchdown reception in league play. Freshman quarterback Nathan Szep finished 22 of 31 passing for 309 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He finished the year with a school-record 2,421 passing yards, and his 1,186 passing yards and 11 touchdowns in UAA play both set conference records. Defensive back John Woock put the Bears up 7-0 when he scooped up a fumble and ran it back 69 yards for the score. Woock finished the game with a career-high 19 tackles. Other updates The men's soccer team finished the 2002 season with a 1-1 draw against Dominican University Nov. 8. The Bears got on the board in the first half when Nate Reller headed home an assist from Rob Weeks in the 29th minute. Dominican scored the equalizer with just 17 seconds remaining to tie it at 1-1. The teams then played 20 minutes of scoreless overtime. The women's soccer squad wrapped up an impressive season under first-year head coach Wendy Dillinger as the Bears finished 10-5-3 with a 3-0 win over Webster University Nov. 6. Webster entered the game with a 14-1 record, but it was all WUSTL as midfielder Brenda Harpole scored in the 18th minute and Kim Raess tallied a team-leading ninth goal just 14 seconds before halftime to make it 2-0 at intermission. Jenny Beach, who assisted on Raess's goal, then got one of her own in the 65th minute to close the scoring. Three women's soccer player were named to the Verizon Academic All-District VII Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors. Junior defender Christine Vavra earned first-team honors, while fellow junior defender Tana Mitby and classmate Harpole each earned second-team honors. The men's and women's swimming and diving teams posted a sweep of DePauw University Nov. 8 in Greencastle, Ind. The men's team cruised by DePauw 153-90, while the women's team claimed the 125-117 victory as the Bears won the meet on the final relay. The men's team also captured the 200-medley relay and the 200-freestyle relay. On the women's side, freshmen Tracey Hendrickson and Jennifer Scott each won two events. WUSTL clinched the meet with a victory in the 400-freestyle relay with a time of 3:39.34. |
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