Washington University is one of five NCAA Division III schools to have both its men's and women's basketball teams selected to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. The top-ranked women (23-2) and the fourth-ranked men (22-3) will each host at least one round.
The women, who won a share of a fourth-straight University Athletic Association (UAA) title this season, received a first-round bye. At 7 p.m. Saturday, they will host the winner of Wednesday's first-round game between 24-3 Lakeland College and 22-5 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. (The game result was not available at press time.)
The men, making their fourth NCAA appearance in the last seven seasons, hosted Aurora University (18-7) in the first round Thursday. (The game result was not available at press time.) A win would advance the Bears to a Saturday road matchup against 21-4 Elmhurst (Ill.) College. WU hadn't hosted an NCAA Tournament game since a 76-74 win over Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1996. The Bears advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals that season, their longest run in the tournament.
The women's tennis team won its first two dual meets of the season, beating Luther College, 6-3, and Nebraska Wesleyan, 9-0, Saturday.
Newcomer Jenny Stein continued her undefeated season. After winning the UAA Player of the Week award for her 4-0 start against scholarship players, she kept it up with another two wins at No. 1 singles.
Shilpa Reddy went 2-0 at No. 3 singles, including a comeback 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 win against Ali Hill of Luther.
The women's track and field team finished in first place and the men's team took second at the DePauw/SCAC Indoor Invitational on Feb. 24.
For the women, the Bears captured first in 11 of 17 events. Valerie Lasko grabbed wins in the 55-meter dash and the 200-meter run. Senior Susan Chou won the 5,000-meter run in 18:16.33, almost 1:30 faster than her closest competitor.
Todd Bjerkaas led the men with a blazing 23.19 in the 200. Other winners included Marc O'Neal (600), Nathan Herschberger (1,500), Pat MacDonald (5,000) and John Wetherbee (long jump).
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.
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