It is rare to see a brother and sister go to the same college. It is rarer still for them to both play soccer on their respective squads. But what gives Luke Teece '12 and Annie Teece's '14 story a movie-script feel is that they are the second generation of Teeces to play soccer for the Judges and the third generation to play on Gordon Field.Before Luke and Annie were each recruited to play midfield for Brandeis, their father, Mark Teece '81, also played midfield for the Judges. Coach Michael Coven, who has coached Luke for his first three years on the men's team, was also the coach when Mark was on the team.

"Mark was a great player," Coven said. "He had a series of very serious knee operations and missed a lot of time, but he was an integral part of some very important teams."

Mark's injury occurred before his junior year, when he tore his ACL and missed the season. Still, Mark stayed connected to the team, including covering it for the Justice.

He returned his senior year and was named a team captain, but he shattered his knee running into a goalpost and missed the rest of the season.

After graduating, Mark became the first full-time sports information director at Brandeis, a position he held for a little more than a year.

Mark though, was not even the first Teece to play on Gordon Field. Mark's father, Dave Teece, played football for American International College in Springfield, Mass. and played against Brandeis in the early 1950s.

Coven explained that an AIC connection was part of the reason that Mark was recruited to play at Brandeis.

"Dave Teece's football coach at AIC was Nick Rodis," Coven said. "Rodis then became the first athletic director at Brandeis, and in 1972, an AIC soccer graduate named Mike Coven interviewed for the soccer job. Rodis hired me in part because of our AIC connection. When Mark Teece was a Hampshire regional high school star in Western Massachusetts, Dave Teece helped get Mark to come to Brandeis."

Mark, in turn, raised both Luke and Annie as huge soccer fans.

"We're all big soccer fans," Mark said. "And growing up, they loved to play, and since we lived in Arizona, they really played year round."

"He was basically our coach growing up, and we've been playing soccer for as long as I can remember," Annie added.

Mark, who says that he still regularly talks to Coven, introduced both of his kids to Brandeis.

"The connection is coach Coven," Mark said. "I've known him since 1975, and he always said that he would love to have Luke come and play for him. Annie wanted to go to school in Boston because she loved the city."

Both Luke and Annie said that while Brandeis was not their first choice, they have loved their timehere so far.

"I didn't come here with huge expectations, but it's worked out very nicely," Luke said.

Coven said that Luke, who leads the team with seven goals this season, including the game-winner in its victory over the University of Rochester last Saturday, takes after his father on the pitch.

"Luke has a little more speed and may be a little bigger, but they both have the goal-scoring mentality and both have played huge roles for us," Coven said.

Annie, who scored her first collegiate goal at Simmons College Sept. 26, said that she was initially hesitant about going to school with her brother.

"I wasn't sure I wanted to go to the same school," Annie said. "My brother has done so well, especially in soccer. So it was a little daunting, but it has worked out well. We're basically the only family in the direct area, so it's worked out well as a support group."

Though the two may be the only ones in the immediate area at the moment, the Teece family certainly has a long-standing legacy at Brandeis.