Record - Dec. 6, 2002

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Volleyball advances to 11th Final Four

Volleyball tourney webcast by engineering school

A webcast team under the supervision of Alan Norman, Ph.D., assistant dean for information technology in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, will make the women’s NCAA Division III volleyball championship available online. The first game is at 4:30 p.m. today, when the Bears face Trinity College. The start time of the Dec. 7 championship match is 7 p.m. A link to the webcast will be provided on the athletic department Web site, bearsports.wustl.edu.

The No. 2 volleyball team defeated top-ranked California State University, Hayward, in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals Nov. 23 at the Field House. With the win, the Bears (40-1) advanced to the 11th Final Four in school history. The Bears open the Final Four with No. 4 Trinity University at 4:30 p.m. today, while No. 5 Juniata College and No. 6 -- and host -- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater meet in the other semifinal. The losers meet in the third-place match at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 7, while the winners meet for the national title at 7 p.m. The Bears now rank second all-time in Division III with 54 NCAA Tournament wins and 11 Final Four appearances.

Other updates

The No. 1 men's basketball team is off to a flying start, winning each of its five games. The first week of the season saw the Bears win the 19th Annual Lopata Classic at the Field House by beating Wesleyan University 91-63, then beating Pomona-Pitzer College 77-44 in the championship game. The wins continued in the second week, as the Bears beat the University of Dallas 91-72 on Nov. 26, then posted two wins at the Trinity University Classic in San Antonio. The Bears downed Southwestern University 70-64 Nov. 29 and held on for a 68-65 win against Trinity Nov. 30. Chris Jeffries earned all-tournament honors, Matt Tabash was named the tournament MVP and Dustin Tylka scored 10 points in the championship to become the 14th player in school history with 1,000 career points (1,003).

The women's basketball team also captured two tournament titles to open the season, first winning the Rockford College Tip-Off Tournament in Rockford, Ill., then taking the Second Annual McWilliams Classic at the Field House. In the first tournament, WUSTL defeated Wheaton College 65-53, then took down Rockford College 80-50 in the championship game. After beating Webster University 59-40 Nov. 26, the Bears defeated the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (94-38) and Carthage College (90-49). Sophomore Hallie Hutchens and senior Jennifer Rudis were named to the All-Tournament Team.

The men's and women's swimming and diving team captured the 5th Annual Washington University Thanksgiving Invitational at Millstone Pool. The men's team placed first of seven teams with 1,022 points, while the women's team steamrolled the competition by placing first of six teams with 1,181 points.

A week after winning the first regional championship in school history, the No. 6 women's cross country team made history again. Led by junior Emily Lahowetz and senior Brooke Lane, the women's team had its highest finish ever by finishing fourth of 24 teams with 256 points at the NCAA Division Women's Cross Country Championships Nov. 30 at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. Lahowetz earned all-America honors for the second straight season, as she placed 35th with a time of 22:30.4. Lane finished her career with a 42nd-place finish in a time of 22:39.2.

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