After countless hours of preparation since their last intercollegiate meet Oct. 28, the men's and women's swim teams proved that practice makes perfect in their first sweep of the season, beating Babson College Thursday 126-103 and 120-88.
Decked out in Brandeis paraphernalia and bright blue face paint, the rookies didn't look like they were a part of the team."Hey Alumni-we've got spirit, yes we do, we've got spirit, how about you?!" challenged the rookies on the men's and women's swimming teams from the bleachers during Saturday's annual Alumni Meet.
Behind strong showings from its rookies, the men's swim team slipped past Keene State College 146.5-138.5 Saturday to capture its first victory of the season, improving to 1-1.
The women's tennis team closed its fall season by going 2-7 at the New England Championships at Amherst College this weekend.
Even though the men's tennis team lacked strength in numbers this weekend at the season-ending James Wallach Invitational, it managed to flex its muscles in other ways.
In matches Saturday against visiting Bowdoin College, the men's and women's tennis teams began in different directions, but finished with similarly disappointing results.
An inexperienced women's tennis team got a harsh taste of reality last week. The Judges had just one player win a first-round match at Friday's Intercollegiate Tennis Association Championship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Ana Katz '08.
When it comes to coming from behind to win a match, the men's and women's tennis teams' performances this week proved one thing: experience matters.
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