April 20, 2000
Women's track ties for team title; men place fourth
The women's track and field team continues its push towards their first-ever University Athletic Association Championships as the Bears tied for the team title at the McKendree College Bearcat Invitational Saturday, April 15. The men's team finished fourth. The women won only one event -- Natasha Richmond captured the hammer throw with a toss of 140 feet, 4 inches -- but WU scored well in almost every event. Richmond and Missy Kline finished second and third in the shot put, while Richmond scored a fifth-place finish in the discus. Junior Susan Chou earned a provisional qualification for next month's NCAA championships, finishing second in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10 minutes, 12.42 seconds. Hannah Moore was second in the 1,500 meters, Julie Riley was second in the pole vault and Kristin Meade was second in the triple jump.
On the men's side, Richard Greene captured the 110 hurdles and finished second in the 400 hurdles, while senior Brian Sivitz qualified provisionally for the NCAA championships by winning the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:20.24. Pat MacDonald and Craig Beisel crossed the finish line first and second in the 10,000 meters, and Tim Julien was second in the 1,500 meters.
Softball team wins four of five
The University's first-year softball team continues to play like a veteran group as the Bears won four of five games last week to improve to 16-6 on the year. The team split a doubleheader with Fontbonne College April 11, dropping the first game 6-4 before rallying for a 7-1 win in game two. The Bears took game one of a doubleheader with Greenville College Friday, April 14, winning 8-1, but the second game was called due to technical difficulties with the lights. The Bears swept past Westminster College, 6-1 and 5-1, Sunday, April 16, to push their winning streak to four. Liz Smith tossed complete games in all five contests, winning four. Only a five-run rally in the top of the last inning by Fontbonne in game one kept her from a perfect week. Anne Gregory smacked the first home run at the WU softball field, a grand slam, in game one against Fontbonne. Smith struck out a career-high 10 batters against Greenville; Sue Tucker hit an inside-the-park home run.
Baseball wins two
The baseball team stretched its winning streak to six games with a doubleheader sweep of Maryville University, 7-5 and 5-3, April 11 at home. The Bears, now 21-9 on the year, led 5-1 after three innings in game one before Maryville rallied to tie the score, 5-5. WU tallied a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth, though, to pull out the win. Kurt O'Neal got the win in relief, tossing three innings of two-hit, no-run ball. Graham McBride and Greg Davis each had a pair of hits, and Steve Steinbruegge had two RBIs. Pitcher John O'Connell came on in relief in the first inning and went the rest of the way to earn his first win of the season in game two.
Men's tennis 2-2
The men's tennis team stretched its winning streak to seven matches with wins over Saint Louis University, 5-2, April 10 and Illinois Wesleyan University, 6-1, April 12 before suffering consecutive losses to Gustavus Adolphus College, 5-2, April 15 and DePauw University, 5-2, April 16. Mike Feldman was strong all week, posting seven wins in eight attempts. He was 4-0 in singles, two each at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, and 3-1 at No. 2 doubles. Arun Nanjappa had a pair of singles wins and was 3-1 at No. 3 doubles. Pat Doyle had two wins at No. 5 singles.
Compiled by Keith Jenkins, director, sports information. For up-to-date news about Washington University's athletics program, access the Bears' Web site at bearsports.wustl.edu.
