After a disappointing, injury-plagued 2008 season, the Brandeis volleyball team will start the 2009 season with a tough test right off the bat tonight at Babson College. Babson is coming off one of its best seasons in years.
Last season the Brandeis women's soccer team saw a strong performance from its rookie class. All 16 rookies played in at least one game, and first-years made up three of the team's top five point-scorers.
Last season, the women's volleyball team did not have any first-years join the team. This season they have the exact opposite scenario.Five rookies have been recruited to join the squad for the fall season, hoping to help the team bounce back after a disappointing 19-13 finish a year ago.
The Brandeis women's basketball seniors knew early in their college careers that they shared a special bond that even extended to the injuries they endured during their rookie season.
Last season, the Brandeis softball team came from behind to defeat Keene State College to win the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Championships.
In the first game of the softball team's doubleheader against regionally ranked No. 4 Rhode Island College last Thursday, pitcher Caroline Miller '12 gave up two home runs in the first inning to put the Judges in an early 3-0 hole in a game they would go on to lose 9-3.
In the top of the seventh and final inning in the softball team's second game of a doubleheader against Wesleyan University last Saturday, starting pitcher Emily Vaillette '11 found herself in a familiar situation with the bases loaded against her and her team clinging to a small lead.
In the first game of the baseball team's doubleheader at Babson College last Saturday, the Judges fell behind 3-0 in the first inning but overcame the deficit to win 5-4.
It was the sixth inning of the Brandeis softball team's second game against Framingham State College last Thursday, and starting pitcher Emily Vaillette '10 had just aggravated her groin muscle after first injuring it earlier the game.
Normally, closing a week of six games with a walk-off victory in extra innings to sweep a doubleheader and extend a winning streak to five games would be the softball team's highlight of the week.
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