May 4, 2000
Runners sweep UAA
The women's track and field team completed its first-ever indoor-outdoor sweep and the men's team defended its 1999 outdoor title as both teams captured the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30, at Francis Field. Senior sprinter Claudine Rigaud earned Most Outstanding Performer honors after winning the 100 and 200 meters and the 100-meter hurdles. She also ran the lead leg of the winning 4x100 meter relay. Kristin Meade won the long jump and the triple jump and joined Rigaud, Suzi Ramsey and Valerie Lasko on the winning relay. Lasko got a win of her own in the 400, Susan Chou won the 10,000 meters, Elizabeth Stoll won the high jump and Natasha Richmond took the shot put title. The men were led by Most Outstanding Performer Tim Julien, who won the 10,000 meters for the third year and the 5,000 meters for a second season. Richard Greene won the 110- and 400-meter hurdles. Sean King and Todd Bjerkaas joined Quincy Davis and Dan Sarbacker to win the 4x100 relay; King won the 200 meters. Nathan Herschberger won the 1,500, and Brian Sivitz won the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Tennis teams second
The men's and women's tennis teams each came close, but both settled for second place finishes at the UAA Championships Friday-Sunday, April 28-30, in Atlanta. The women knocked off Brandeis University 8-1 in the first round and downed the University of Rochester 7-2 in the semifinals before falling to host Emory University 7-2 in the championship match. Nandini Chaturvedula and Stephanie Cook were 2-1 at No. 1 doubles. The No. 2 doubles team of Abbie Lockwood and Robin Behrstock was 2-1. The men's team took down New York University 7-0 and Case Western Reserve University 6-1 before falling to Emory 5-2 in the championship match. Brothers Mike and Pat Doyle went 3-0 at No. 1 doubles, and Arun Nanjappa was 2-1 at first singles.
Softball splits pair
The women's softball team remains in the hunt for a berth in the NCAA Tournament after improving to 20-8 on the year with a doubleheader split against Millikin University April 29. The Bears won the first game 1-0 as freshman pitcher Liz Smith hurled a complete-game four-hitter. In game two, WU led 1-0 before Millikin scored three times in the top of the sixth to take the win 3-2. Smith went the distance again, giving up just four hits.
Baseball wins 3 of 5
Three wins in five games last week was enough to give the baseball team a share of the single-season record for wins, set last year, as the Bears improved to 27-11 on the year. They started the week with a 9-2 loss to Greenville College April 25 and lost again as Case Western Reserve University took the first half of a twinbill April 29 6-1. WU rebounded, though, to take game two 14-12 before sweeping Case Western Reserve the next day 12-8 and 12-4.
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.
