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RUGBY: Men's rugby concludes its fall season with 60-5 loss to UMass-Dartmouth

Although the score may have been lopsided, the men's rugby team took solace in the fact that it held the powerful University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth squad to its lowest score of the season Saturday at Gordon Field.The Judges concluded their fall season with a 60-5 loss to UMass-Dartmouth and also participated in the annual alumni game, in which score wasn't kept, later Saturday afternoon.


XCOUNTRY: Underclassmen allow Judges to have strong finishes Saturday

Last weekend's Albany Invitational featured the return of 2006 all-University Athletic Association cross country runner Tim Condon '08, but it was the younger performers who stole the show for the Judges.Led by top-50 performances from rookies Mekonen Gendebo '11, Dan Anastos '11, Paul Norton '11 and Kerwin Vega '11, the men's cross country team finished in fifth place out of 26 teams Saturday in the eight-kilometer run.


XCOUNTRY: Heat, competition force slow times

As the men's and women's cross country teams' runners crossed the finish line at the Open New England Championships Saturday, many of their faces were covered in black soot thanks to swirling dirt clouds and abnormally hot temperatures.Both teams struggled with the adverse conditions, as the men's team finished in 31st place out of 43 teams, 12th among Division III schools, while the women's team placed 17th among Division III teams and 36th overall out of 44 squads.


Brandeis named ECAC's top program

After sending six teams to postseason tournaments last academic year, the Brandeis athletics department was rewarded for its on-and-off court success by receiving the 13th annual East Coast Athletic Conference Jostens Institution of the Year award Sunday.


GOLF: Judges struggle with their short game at Duke Nelson Invitational

Alex Podell '09 had no problem reaching the green during the Duke Nelson Invitational Saturday and Sunday.Once he got there, however, it was a different story.Podell's short game struggles, which included five three-putts in his Sunday round, was indicative of the golf team's trouble, as the Judges finished in 18th place out of 25 teams with an aggregate score of 652."I had five three-putts, and that's horrendous," Podell said."I know Tiger [Woods] would have killed himself if that happened to him, but I'm just going to be upset with myself."Only captain Alex Botwick '08, whose two-day total of 156 led the team, was immune from the putting disease.Podell, who finished with a two-day total of 164, hit 13 of 18 greens in regulation during his Sunday round but still only shot a 79 due to his three-putts on the sixth, seventh, ninth, 13th and 16th holes.Charles Sacks '11, Aaron Hattenbach '09 and Lee Bloom '08 also struggled, each failing to shoot below 80 in their rounds."We were very consistent throughout the lineup," coach Bill Shipman said."Nobody had a terrible score, but nobody shot a really low score.


GOLF: Judges struggle with their short game at Duke Nelson Invitational

Alex Podell '09 had no problem reaching the green during the Duke Nelson Invitational Saturday and Sunday.Once he got there, however, it was a different story.Podell's short game struggles, which included five three-putts in his Sunday round, was indicative of the golf team's trouble, as the Judges finished in 18th place out of 25 teams with an aggregate score of 652."I had five three-putts, and that's horrendous," Podell said."I know Tiger [Woods] would have killed himself if that happened to him, but I'm just going to be upset with myself."Only captain Alex Botwick '08, whose two-day total of 156 led the team, was immune from the putting disease.Podell, who finished with a two-day total of 164, hit 13 of 18 greens in regulation during his Sunday round but still only shot a 79 due to his three-putts on the sixth, seventh, ninth, 13th and 16th holes.Charles Sacks '11, Aaron Hattenbach '09 and Lee Bloom '08 also struggled, each failing to shoot below 80 in their rounds."We were very consistent throughout the lineup," coach Bill Shipman said."Nobody had a terrible score, but nobody shot a really low score.


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