Ecuadorian duo powers men’s tennis team

Agustin Villalba and Diego Alarcon enter the 2011 tennis season as the team’s first and second seeds, respectively, for the second consecutive year. In addition to being solid singles players, the duo could potentially be a strong force as a doubles pair, but they say that’ll never happen because their styles don’t mesh.

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Baseball team starts off season hot

When the Webster University baseball program lost 10 seniors from last year’s 35-11 team, the 2011 campaign could have easily been viewed as a potential rebuilding year.
But even with 14 freshmen and four seniors on this year’s roster, coach Bill Kurich would rather reload than rebuild.

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The Sporting Insider: A Chance to History

Immediately after the men’s basketball team’s impressive 64-47 win over Westminster in the SLIAC tournament championship game, players from the women’s team joined the men at center court of the Grant Gymnasium to celebrate the basketball program’s sweep of the Blue Jays. It was an iconic moment in Webster athletics history, and players from both NCAA tournament-bound teams will be able to cherish that moment forever.

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Gorloks clinch conference championship

With the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title on the line, Webster University’s men’s basketball team closed out the regular season by blowing out Fontbonne University 75-48 on Feb. 22 in Clayton. The win gave Webster the SLIAC regular season championship and the rights to host the post-season tournament, which begins against Greenville College on Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. in the Grant Gymnasium.

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Gorloks rebound from loss by edging Eagles 61-52

The Webster University men’s basketball team just went through their most tumultuous week of the season. Two days after their 12-game winning streak was snapped by Blackburn College (5-17), the Gorloks responded by beating Spalding University and regaining possession of first place in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

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