As fans shuffled in and out of the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center last Saturday, the women's indoor track team was ensuring those cheering for them would leave happy. Led by multiple event wins from jumper Ali Sax '09 and captain sprinter Olivia Alford '08, the women's team finished first out of 10 teams at the Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational with 183.5 points, 56.5 points better than second-place Amherst College.
After a month-long layoff, the men's and women's indoor track teams were just hoping to use last Saturday's Bowdoin College Invitational to gear up for future matches.The Judges achieved that goal, but it did not result in a win for either team.
The men's fencing team has always been able to compete with Division I squads, but it did much more than that by winning six of seven matches this week.
One week after seeing its NCAA Tournament chances fade away, the volleyball team rebounded to seize the one tournament it already knew how to win.The Judges defended their Eastern College Athletic Conference New England Division III title last weekend, sweeping three consecutive teams.
A revenge win over New York University Friday propelled the volleyball team to the semifinals at the University Athletic Association championships for the first time since 1990, but a fourth-place finish meant the Judges fell just short of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.
The volleyball team not only honored three graduating seniors who helped revitalize the program last weekend, but sent them out with a bang.
It was a weekend of highs and lows for the volleyball team at the Hall of Fame Tournament. The Judges reached the semifinals of the event for the first time in school history, but after two close losses in rematches against Williams College and Tufts University Saturday, they were forced to settle for fourth place.Brandeis is now 20-8 this season following Friday's victories over Colby College and host Amherst College.
The volleyball team's first University Athletic Association round-robin tournament last month was the low point of its season, featuring a collapse in a 3-2 loss to New York University.
After the volleyball team returned every starter from last season's East Coast Athletic Conference championship squad, coach Michelle Kim couldn't be blamed for not wanting to tinker with a good thing.
Abby Blasco '11 has emerged as the main distributor on the volleyball team this season, but in the championship match of last weekend's Midcoast Classic against the University of New England, she showed off her versatility and provided a glimpse into Judges' bright future.Blasco finished just shy of a triple-double with 35 assists, 11 digs and eight service aces as the volleyball team defeated the Nor'easters 3-0 to cap a dominating 4-0 weekend.
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