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To nobody’s disappointment, the 2016 to 2017 National Basketball Association season has gotten off to a fast-paced and exciting start, thanks to its players’ endless talent pool.
The women’s soccer team completed its regular season on Saturday with a 1-1 draw on the road at New York University. The Judges end their regular season with a conference record of 2-3-2 and an overall record of 13-3-3, with a post-season matchup still to come.
The men’s soccer team wrapped up their up-and-down season on Saturday with another scoreless loss, this one coming against New York University. The loss snaps the Judges’ incredible five-game winning streak, yet the team was able to secure a national playoff berth all the same. The Judges were on the fence going into the month, but with their sudden offensive reversal, the team has managed to slide into the National Collegiate Athletic Assocation playoff bracket. With a five game win streak in the bitter cold, the team was able to secure a resounding winning record for the reuglar season.
The Brandeis fencing team began its season this past weekend at the New England Fall Collegiate Championship event. The men and women fared well against some of the conference’s best competitors and were able to rack up multiple top-five medals on the day.
The women’s volleyball team struggled at the University Athletic Association Championship in St. Louis this past weekend, losing all three matches to end its season.
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams performed at their peak during the competitive Worcester Polytechnic Institute meet this past weekend.
The women’s soccer team was unable to rise to lofty expectations this week at home, falling to the University of Rochester on Sunday morning 1-0 during Senior Day and drawing against Emory University 1-1 on Friday evening. The squad fell to a conference record of 2-3-1 and overall record of 13-3-2.
The Judges started out the week coming off a tough first-half of October. The team won just four games in seven matches and went into four double-overtime periods. The squad started off the season well but tapered off as the middle of the season hit. However, the Judges have been able to reverse their luck and have gone on a five-win tear as the season comes to a close.
The Judges concluded their competition for the month of October and ran in the University Athletic Association Championship at Emory University this Saturday. Both the men’s and women’s squads had spectacular performances. The women finished very strong, coming in fourth out of eight teams, identical to their 2015 championship performance, and the men finished third of eight, their best University Athletic Association championship rally since 2006. Both squads had astounding runs from their top runners, and now the Judges look to continue the momentum as they look ahead to two National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III meets for the month.
The women’s volleyball team was unable to break out of its ongoing slump after losing all three of its matches this week.
The 2016 to 2017 National Basketball Association season began last week, and with it come several exciting storylines that fans are eager to see play out between now and June. Can the Cleveland Cavaliers defend their title? Can Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors continue to perform at a historically impressive level of eliteness? However, there are three notable storylines that every NBA fan should keep their eyes on as the season kicks in.
The Brandeis swimming team has struggled to perform at its potential, losing four of its most recent meets, three of which were at the University of Rochester Invitational Friday through Saturday 10/22-23, where they lost to the University of Rochester twice and once to Division I Canisius College. Additionally, the week before, the Judges lost a tough meet to Wheaton College (Waltham MA) on Saturday Oct. 15, the men’s squad losing 157-131 and the women, 185-102. Despite disappointing team results, several Judges were able to individually swim magnificently. Tamir Zitelny ’20, in just his first week of competition, even managed to win the New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association Male Swimmer of the Week, an honorable award, especially for a rookie’s first week of play.
The Judges snapped their two-game losing streak with a 1-0 shutout over Westfield State University Wednesday, righting the ship as the women’s soccer season winds down. This victory moved the 16th ranked team to 13-2-1 on the season.
The men’s soccer team has pushed its winning streak to two games after a nail biting 1-0 victory over Clark University on Wednesday, the Judges’ only action of the week. The victory is a great sign for the team, as it indicates the squad may finally be emerging from a slump of epic proportions. The Judges hope to ride this wave of momentum en route to a National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament berth.
The women’s volleyball team played incredibly well this past week but came up just short against a strong Worcester Polytechnic Institute team on Thursday.
The No. 28 Brandeis women’s tennis team performed admirably against tough top-10 competition this past weekend. The tournament, hosted by Middlebury College on Friday and Saturday, featured singles and doubles matches against Middlebury, Williams College and Amherst College.
The women’s volleyball team was unable to get out of their slump this weekend, as they lost all four of their matches in the UAA Round Robin No. 2.
The men’s club soccer team bounced-back this past week, seizing victory in two of its three match-ups. Though the team was unable to hold on to a late lead against top-ranked University of Chicago on Friday, their strong play in the double-overtime loss provides some encouragement moving forward. The squad may finally be finding its footing as its schedule is set to ease up and its focus grows increasingly fixated on capturing that elusive National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament berth.
The women’s soccer team struggled during a tough road week against ranked University Athletic Association opponents, falling 2-0 to Washington University in St. Louis on Sunday morning and 2-1 against the University of Chicago on Friday night.
The Brandeis men's and women’s cross country team had a strong performance for its two most recent outings: Oct. 15 at Connecticut College and Oct. 8 at James Earley Invitational in Westfield, Mass. At Connecticut College, the Judges took fifth place out of twenty teams, with the men’s Ryan Stender ’18 finishing third overall with an 8K time of 24:48.6, and women’s Emily Bryson ’19 finishing second, with a 6K time of 21:40.0. The previous weekend in Westfield, the Judges raced tremendously, finishing first overall out of 41 teams, with men finishing first and women in fourth. The past two weeks have been exciting, especially with the impressive performances of top runners Bryson and Stender. Due to his recent success, Stender received University Athletics Association Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week award, an honorable recognition of his dominance.