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 second episode for the 2026-27 year will feature men's and women's soccer, volleyball, football, men's and women's cross country, golf, men's and women's tennis
 
A look in the rear-view mirror (events from Sept. 7-13):
 
No. 1 Women's Soccer

• No. 1 WashU Women's Soccer Picks Up Shutout Win at Rose-Hulman
• No. 1 WashU Women's Soccer Blanks Elmhurst on Senior Day

No. 14 Men's Soccer

• Late Goal By Link Completes Comeback As No. 14 WashU Men's Soccer Downs Elmhurst 3-2
• No. 14 WashU Men's Soccer Scores Two Unanswered In Win Over Hanover
• Pair Of Late Goals Sees No. 14 WashU Men's Soccer Draw With Rhodes

No. 16 Volleyball

• Krause, Mikhailenko Double-Doubles Help No. 16 WashU Volleyball Split Ranked Matches At East-West Classic
• No. 16 WashU Volleyball Closes Out East-West Classic With 3-0 Sweep Over No. 4 ETBU

No. 22 Football

• RV WashU Football Downs No. 15 DePauw for First Ranked Win Since 2018

 
On the horizon:
 
No. 1 Women's Soccer

• WashU will have a pair of contests this weekend at home, beginning with a contest on Saturday, Sept. 19 against UC Santa Cruz.
• The contest with the Banana Slugs kicks off at 1 p.m.
• Live stats can be found here.
• Live video can be viewed here.
• A neutral site contest between DePauw and Rhodes will follow at 3:30 p.m.
• Depending on the outcomes of the contests, WashU will play either the Tigers or Lynx on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 1:30 p.m.
• Live stats can be found here.
• Live video can be viewed here.

No. 10 Women's and No. 17 Men's Cross Country

• The Bears are back in action this weekend on Saturday, Sept. 19 at the annual Jim McNichols Invite.
• The meet is taking place at the LaVern Gibson Course in Terre Haute, Ind.
• The women's 6k Championship race starts at 8:30 a.m.
• The men's 8k Championship race starts at 9:05 a.m.
• The women's 6k Open starts at 9:40 a.m.
• The men's 8k Open starts at 10:15 a.m.
• Meet information can be found here.

No. 14 Men's Soccer

• It will be a quieter week for the Bears as they host DePauw on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m.
• The game will be the program's Senior Day as WashU will honor the 12 seniors.
• Live stats can be found here.
• Live video can be viewed here.

No. 16 Volleyball

• The Bears remain on the road this weekend when they travel to San Antonio for the Tiger Classic, hosted by Trinity (TX).
• WashU kicks off the action on Friday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. when they face No. 9 Johns Hopkins.
• Live stats can be found here.
• Live video can be found here.
• The Bears have a quick turnaround and take on St. Thomas (TX) at 3 p.m.
• Live stats can be found here.
• Live video can be found here.
• WashU then closes out the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 19 when they take their second top five team this season, No. 2 and host Trinity (TX) at 11 a.m.
• Live stats can be found here.
• Live video can be found here.
   

No. 22 Football

• The nationally ranked Bears are back on the road this weekend for their first road NCAC contest at Wittenberg.
• The contest will kick off at 1 p.m. ET in Springfield, Ohio on Edwards-Maurer Field.
• The two teams have met one time before in 2011 when the Tigers picked up a 20-17 win over the Bears on Francis Olympic Field.
• Live stats can be found here.
• Live video can be found here.

 Golf

• The Bears are in Batavia, Ohio for the UAA Championships on Monday, Sept. 14 and Tuesday, Sept. 15.
• The championship is taking place at the Elks Run Golf Club
• The matchplay will see WashU going head-to-head with the three other UAA programs.
• The Bears start off on Monday at 8 a.m. ET against Emory
• Live Results can be found here.
• WashU then takes on Carnegie Mellon at 1 p.m. ET.
• Live results can be found here.
• On Tuesday, the Bears wrap up action against NYU at 8 a.m. ET
• Live results can be found here.
• The tournament website can be found here.

 
 Women's Tennis

• WashU will host its first dual of the season on Saturday, Sept. 19 against Div. II UMSL on the Tao Tennis Courts.
• First serve is scheduled for 3 p.m.
• This will be the first match since the 2021 season that the teams faced each other.

 
 Men's Tennis

• WashU will be in two places this weekend.
• Some team members will travel and take part in the River Forest Clay Court Invite hosted by Northern Illinois on Friday, Sept. 18 and Saturday, Sept. 19.
• Other Bears will stay at home and play in the WashU Invite on Saturday, Sept. 19 at the Tao Tennis Center.

 
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