ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Bear Beats is a weekly release that will be posted on Mondays to provide a look back at the past week of action and to preview the events for the upcoming week. The eighth episode for the 2025-26 year will feature men's and women's soccer, volleyball, football, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis, and golf.
 
A look in the rear-view mirror (events from Oct. 6 - 12):
 
No. 3 Golf

• No. 3 WashU Women's Golf in Fourth After First Day of Tartan Invitational
• Nguyen Ties For Fourth at Tartan Invitational, No. 3 Women's Golf Finishes Fourth
• No. 3 Golf In Second After Day One of Hollins Cup

No. 4 Women's Soccer

• No. 4 WashU Women's Soccer Beats Greenville 4-0 On The Road
• No. 4 WashU Women's Soccer Hands No. 3 CWRU First Loss of the Season

No. 9 Women's & No. 19 Men's Cross Country

• No. 9 WashU Women's Cross Country Takes Home Title At Principia Twilight Invite; Nason Wins As Top Individual
• No. 19 WashU Men's Cross Country Wins Principia Twilight Invite; Lorenz Finishes As Top Individual

No. 10 Volleyball

• No. 10 WashU Volleyball Sweeps Gorloks On The Road, 3-0
• No. 10 WashU Volleyball Earns Split Of Matches At UAA Round Robin #2

No. 7 Men's Soccer

• Kochen Goal Leads No. 7 WashU Men's Soccer Over Case Western Reserve

RV Football

• RV WashU Football Wins Overtime Thriller at Carthage

 
On the horizon:
 
No. 3 Golf

• WashU is back on the course for Day 2 of the Hollins Cup in Santa Cruz, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 14
• The Bears are in second place after Day 1.
• Junior Amy Beanblossom is in fourth with a 75.
• Live stats can be found here.

No. 4 Women's Soccer

• The Bears return home for their lone contest of the week when they host No. 16 Carnegie Mellon on Sunday, Oct. 19.
• Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at Francis Olympic Field.
• WashU is 12-0-1 entering the week while the Tartans are 9-2-2 overall.
• The Bears are 2-0-0 in the UAA while CMU is 0-1-1 with a 0-0 tie against No. 2 Emory and a 2-1 loss to No. 6 Chicago.
• Live stats can be found here.
• Live video from FloSports can be viewed here.

No. 7 Men's Soccer

• The Bears return home for their lone contest of the week when they host Carnegie Mellon on Sunday, Oct. 19.
• Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. at Francis Olympic Field.
• WashU is 10-1-0 entering the week while the Tartans are 7-1-5 overall.
• The Bears are 2-0-0 in the UAA while CMU is 0-0-2 with a 1-1 tie against both No. 2 Emory and No. 19 Chicago.
• Live stats can be found here.
• Live video from FloSports can be viewed here.

 
No. 9 Women's & No. 19 Men's Cross Country

• WashU will compete one more time before the 2025 UAA Championships when it travels to the Augustana Interregional Invite on Saturday, Oct. 18.
• The meet will take place at the Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island, Ill.
• The men's gold division 8K begins 11 a.m. with the women's gold division 6K starting at 11:45 a.m.
• Live results can be found here.

RV Football

• WashU is back home this Saturday, Oct. 18 when it hosts Elmhurst at Francis Olympic Field.
• Kick off with the Bluejays is scheduled for 1 p.m.
• Last season, the Bears earned a 49-10 win over Elmhurst on the road, improving the all-time record in favor of WashU to 6-0.
• The Bears are currently in a tie for second place in the CCIW standing at 3-1 in conference and 4-1 overall.
• The Bluejays are in 10^th place with a 0-4 mark in the CCIW and 1-4 overall.
• The game is being featured as Alumni Day, Military Appreciation, and Neighbors' Day.
• Live stats for the game is found here.
• Live video for the CCIW matchup is viewed here.

Women's Tennis

• Four members of WashU will be traveling to the ITA Cup in Rome, Ga. this weekend Oct. 16-19 by virtue of their finish at the ITA Regional.
• The Bears will be sending the team of junior Eleanor Archer and sophomore Caitlin Bui who claimed the regional title over teammates Senior Eliana Hanna and sophomore Ally Lin, who will also be competing by being the regional runner-up.
• Hanna will also compete in the singles bracket by finishing runner-up in the ITA Regional singles tournament.
• Selections and Draws for the ITA Cup can be found here.
• Other members of the team will take part in the WTN Open at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 17-19.
• Brackets for the WTN Open will become available here.

Men's Tennis

• The Bears will take part in the WTN Open this weekend, Oct. 17-19 at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park.
• The annual event is open to both men's and women's collegiate players.
• Brackets for the WTN Open will become available here.

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