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BOMBS AWAY: Max Hart ‘16 swings through an NYU pitch and puts the ball in play during a game on April 17th, 2016.
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BOMBS AWAY: Max Hart ‘16 swings through an NYU pitch and puts the ball in play during a game on April 17th, 2016.
(LIVER)POOL PARTY: Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah stares into the camera with the fans cheering behind him.
This past Friday night the University of Maryland, Baltimore County pulled off the biggest upset in the long history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament. The Golden Retrievers did so by defeating the No. 1 team in the country, the University of Virginia, 74-54.
Both the men and women’s tennis programs had strong performances this past weekend in the early stretch of the 2018 season. In their one match, the No. 20 ranked men defeated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Friday at home, while the women split their two matches against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Wellesley College.
After winning three of its first four games in North Carolina, the Brandeis softball team struggled against Salem College on Tuesday, Feb. 20 suffering a pair of losses. The Judges have yet to play a University Athletic Association conference game this season and currently sit at 3-3 overall moving into the heart of the season.
The Brandeis Baseball team has had a rocky start to their season so far. With only one victory since their season began on March 5, the Judges have a long way to go if they want to reach the playoffs.
ACES HIGH: Rohan Vohra ’21 kicks his leg up high after serving the ball to his opponent during a match on March 9.
POKING FUN: Joanne Carminucci ’19 wins a point in a bout against NYU during her dominant performance on March 11.
CROSS CORNERS: Third Baseman P.J. Ross throws to first to try to beat the runner during a game against NYU on April 16, 2017.
Members of the Brandeis University Men’s and Women’s fencing teams competed with the top talent from the region at the NCAA regional championships. Being the host school for the event, there was increased pressure to perform well in front of the Brandeis faithful. Good performances in the meet should qualify fencers to advance to the NCAA national collegiate fencing championships later this month. If a Judge advances, he or she will be the school’s first national competitor since 2014. Here’s how the fencers fared.
There are a few months out of every year which are dedicated to one thing and one thing only. October is almost completely associated with Halloween. One can’t think about the month of December without thinking about Christmas. What does one think of when they consider the month of March? Madness. The college basketball season has been raging since November and now that all the regular season games have been played and all the conference tournaments have concluded, it’s time for the playoffs. Last Sunday, a day dubbed selection Sunday, the NCAA released the annual 68 team bracket featuring teams from across the country.
The women’s basketball team concluded its season this past Wednesday night as it fell in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament. Its first round defeat came at the hands of Springfield College by a score of 58-46.
Due to an ongoing investigation into the 2016 election cycle, an internal probe of all affairs, and the daily barage of tweets and public statements from the president, the FBI has been getting a lot of press recently. With so much on its plate, it may not make sense as to why the FBI is investigating the National Collegiate Athletic Association, but the investagation could finally reveal a decades-old problem with collegiate sports. In order to understand why the FBI is investigating sports, it is important to first understand the perspectives of both the NCAA and its athletes.
EYES ON THE BALL: Guard Katie Goncalo ’20 (L) and forward Jillian Petrie ’21 (R) fight for a rebound in their game on Feb. 11.
RIM AND IN: Guard Latye Workman ’18 shows off his hops as the ball goes off the rim during their game on Feb. 24.
Saturday, March 8 brought an end to a rollercoaster season for the Brandeis men’s basketball team. The Judges ended with an overall record of 7-18 and 3-11 in the University Athletic Association. The team record declined from the 2016-17 season, during which the Judges concluded their season 8-16, overall.
With the NCAA championships approaching quickly, the Brandeis men’s and women’s track teams sent a small group of athletes to Tufts University for their last chance to prove that they belong among the nation’s Division III elite. This meant top 15 in the nation for the men, top 17 for women and top 12 in relays. This was the penultimate meet of the indoor season and as the weather continues to get warmer, the outdoor season will begin.
After months of speculation, the Boston Red Sox finalized the signing of slugging outfielder JD Martinez to a front loaded five year deal worth around $110 million. Even before free agency started, the consensus in the industry was that the Red Sox needed to put forth their best possible effort when it came to courting Martinez. Much of that speculation stemmed from two numbers: 241 and 168. Those represent that amount of homeruns hit by the rival New York Yankees and the Red Sox, respectively. The Yankees paced the league in home runs last season, yet went out and added Giancarlo Stanton, the reigning MVP and MLB home run champ. Meanwhile on the other side of the rivalry, the Red Sox finished 27th in the league in home runs and while their counterparts in the Bronx added even more firepower, the Red Sox were stagnant until last week. The signing of Martinez adds a much needed influx of power to the Sox lineup, as Martinez led the league in slugging percentage over the second half of the season, finishing with 45 home runs.
The men’s basketball team split its University Athletic Association home stand this past weekend. On Sunday afternoon, the team defeated the University of Chicago 70-66, and on Friday it fell to Washington University in St. Louis 87-75.
The women’s basketball team struggled mightily this past week with a pair of losses to University Athletic Association conference opponents. The squad lost by 36 points on Friday at home against Washington University in St. Louis and by 25 on Sunday at home against the University of Chicago.