Spring Sports Roundup

Webster University’s spring sports teams near the end of their respective seasons. In photos, here’s a look at some of their recent games as the teams prepare for postseason play.

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The Sporting Insider: Underclassmen Overachieve

Teams typically rely on their veterans to carry them into postseason play, but that’s not the case this year. Even though many juniors and seniors are having All-Conference type seasons, it’s freshmen and sophomores who are coming up big, and in several cases, carrying their respective squads.

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Baseball team keeps rolling, wins 8 of 9 games

After losing three of four games from March 19 through 30, the Webster University baseball team reeled off eight wins in a row by an average margin of 9.9 runs per game. But the Gorloks’ winning streak ended April 12, as they lost the second game of a doubleheader against Westminster College.

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The Sporting Insider: Fontbonne Loses A Legend

On April 4, one of the most influential persons in Division III college basketball history died. Lee McKinney, the long-time athletics director and men’s basketball coach at Fontbonne University, was battling cancer for the third time in his life when he passed away at the age of 75.

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The Road Back

Making hitters look helpless is what Steven Dooley does best. The Webster University sophomore right-handed pitcher has been dominant out of the bullpen for the Gorloks this season, thanks to the one-two punch of his mid-to-high 80s fastball and his knee-buckling curveball.

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Softball team takes two in a row

The Webster University softball team started the season off hot by winning seven of their first nine games, then cooled down to the tune of five straight losses. But with two victories in a row, including a win over the No. 19 team in the country, the Gorloks look to be on the upswing once again.

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The Sporting Insider: A New Rival for Webster?

However, Fontbonne’s athletic teams simply aren’t on par with Webster’s in a majority of sports. The Gorloks have dominated the rivalry of late, and this trend doesn’t look like it will be changing any time soon. The time has come for Webster to view a different school as being “the” rival.

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