October 22, 1998
Football Bears win, top UAA
Senior quarterback Alan Barnette threw for 218 yards and a University Athletic Association (UAA) record-tying four touchdown passes Saturday, Oct. 17, to lead the Bears to a 47-14 victory at the University of Rochester. Barnette tied former WU teammate Thor Larsen (1994-97) for the UAA's TD record, set vs. Case Western Reserve University in 1995 and 1997. Sophomore quarterback Greg Lake relieved Barnette in the third quarter and passed for 143 yards. Washington U. passed for 365 of its season-high 530 total yards to come within 14 yards of the UAA record for passing yards in a game.
Men's soccer posts 1-0-1 week
Freshman forward Casey Lien scored two goals and added an assist last week as the Bears tied Maryville University 1-1 Oct. 14 and then defeated the University of Chicago 3-1 Saturday, Oct. 17. Lien, who leads the team with nine goals, 22 points and four game-winning goals, scored the tying goal in the Maryville contest and the first goal vs. the Maroons. He also assisted on the Bears' final goal against Chicago as the Bears moved to within one point of first place in the UAA.
Volleyball beats national champs
Washington University's second-ranked women's volleyball team, now 30-2 on the season, posted three wins and tied for first place at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational Oct. 16-17 in San Diego, Calif. The Bears started slow, dropping just their second match of the year, to third-ranked Central College (15-2, 15-13, 15-9), but rebounded with wins over Chapman University (13-15, 15-4, 15-3, 15-11) and Whittier College (15-1, 15-4, 15-9) before knocking off sixth-ranked and defending national champion UC San Diego (15-10, 15-10, 14-16, 15-12). Seniors Jennifer Martz and Jenny Cafazza were named to the all-tournament team.
Women's soccer wins 11th straight
After earning its first number-one national ranking, the women's soccer team backed it up with a pair of wins last week. Senior forward Lori Thomas, the UAA Offensive Player of the Week, tallied her third hat trick of the season in a 3-1 win over Maryville Wednesday, Oct. 14. The Bears, 12-1-0 on the year and 4-0-0 in the UAA, then knocked off conference foe University of Chicago 1-0 Saturday, Oct. 17. Freshman goalkeeper Stephanie Peters extended her consecutive minutes played without a goal allowed streak to 626 minutes and picked up her eighth shutout.
Cross country falls just short
The men's and women's cross country teams ran hard, but fell a little short at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Invitational Saturday, Oct. 17. The men's team finished 14th in the 21-team field while the women came home eighth out of 21.
Compiled by Kevin Bergquist, director, sports information, and Keith Jenkins, asst. director, sports information. For up-to-date news about Washington University's athletics program, access the Bears' Web site at rescomp.wustl.edu/~athletics/.