Steve Nash ended his 19-year NBA playing career Saturday, announcing his retirement in a letter published by The Players’ Tribune website. “I heard someone once say there comes a day when they tell us all that we can’t play anymore,” Nash, 41, wrote in his letter.
This week, Brandeis athletics saw numerous cancellations due to inclement weather. The softball team’s game on the road at Clark University on Saturday was postponed until a date yet to be determined.
Guard Hannah Cain ’15 of the women’s basketball team was selected to participate in the 2015 New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Senior All-Star Game last Tuesday night. The captain and only senior on the team was also named to the All-University Athletic Association second team this past regular season. The award was the second of her collegiate career, after she previously earned the achievement in her sophomore season. Cain was the all-around leader for the Judges this season.
■ Pitcher Kyle Brenner ’16 threw 123 pitches in his 16th career complete game in a loss to Rochester University on Friday.
■ Catcher Cori Coleman ’16 went 3-4 at the plate in the Judges’ victory against Case Western Reserve University.
Kelsey Whitaker ’16 finished 17th in the mile run at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday, held at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. Whitaker’s last-place finish in the second heat was a bit of a disappointment, as she came into the event ranked ninth out of the 17 competitors and managed to finish 13th in last year’s one-mile run championship event. Whitaker’s time of five minutes, 36.86 seconds was more than 20 seconds off the pace of the next-slowest time in the event and a substantial drop-off from Whitaker’s own season-best time of 5:00.90, which she ran less than a month ago at the New England Division III Championships. That time netted her an impressive fourth-place finish in the event.
Forward Jordan Cooper ’18 was named the D3hoops.com All-Northeast Rookie of the Year yesterday, two weeks after being named University Athletic Association Co-Rookie of the Year. The D3hoops.com All-Region teams are named from 711 nominated players nationwide, according to the website, made up of the nominations of various sports information directors across the country. Cooper started in 21 of the Judges’ 25 games this season and made appearances in the other four.
■ Michael Arguello ’17 won a singles victory on the No. 2 court against Stevens Institute of Technology 6-2,6-2.
This weekend, Premier League team Everton F.C. hosted Newcastle F.C. for a very important game for both teams.
The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team defeated Florida University on Saturday 67-50 to finish their regular season undefeated and move to 31-0. This marks the second time in program history that the team has gone undefeated in the regular season—after the Wildcats won every game in their 1953 to ’54 campaign—and the first time that a team from a major conference finished the regular season undefeated since the 1975 to ’76 Indiana Hoosiers. The win on Saturday capped a dominant campaign for the Wildcats that included intense scrutiny from the first game of the season, when they defeated Grand Canyon University by 40 points. From speculation about the NBA potential of the team’s star forwards Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein to comparisons to all-time great college basketball programs, the Wildcats overcame the pressure of consistent astronomical expectations to finish the season undefeated. The Wildcats steamrolled through the rest of the first half of their schedule by beating fifth-ranked University of Kansas by 32, Montana State University by 58 and sixth-ranked University of Texas at Austin by 12.
Noah Berman ’15, Adam Mandel ’15 and Ashley Jean ’17 all reached the final pool of the NCAA Regional.
■ Guard Hannah Cain ’15 was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament’s Most Outstanding Player on Sunday afternoon.
■ Ashley Piccirillo-Horan ’17 placed second in the women’s 1,000-meter race in the ECAC Championship.
The women’s basketball team saw four players named to the All-University Athletic Association teams last week while the men’s squad saw its offensive leader named co-UAA Rookie of the Year.
The women’s softball team defeated Grace College 3-2 in Clermont, Fla., on Saturday, continuing a strong start to the season for the team.
■ The squad earned an invivation to the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament on Monday for the second straight season.
■ Forward Jordan Cooper ’18 scored 18 points in the Judges’ defeat to New York University 90-75.
■ Mohamed Sidique ’15 finished second in the men’s triple jump to score his third UAA medal of his career.
■ The competition from the club’s first year included visits to Harvard University and Vassar College.
Last week’s action in the Barclays Premier League did not feature a game from the squad currently at the top of the table but still provided entertainment for soccer fans. Swansea, Manchester United, Newcastle, Stoke, West Brom and Crystal Palace were weekend winners, with West Brom in particular pulling off an impressive victory against the surprising Southampton squad.
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