The Brandeis volleyball team played their last two home games of the season on Saturday, Oct. 29. The Judges lost both games of the day, playing Roger Williams at noon and Babson in the afternoon.
In the first game against Roger Williams, the Judges lost 3-1 by scores of 29-27, 17-25, 17-25 and 16-25. The Judges came back from a five-point deficit to take the first set, which ended with two straight service aces by Shea Decker-Jacoby ’19. Decker-Jacoby held up the offense with 14 kills in the game, while Jessie Moore ’18 contributed eight kills to the stats. Marlee Nork ’19 set for the game, contributing 33 assists and eight digs. Despite the tough loss, the Judges had three players in the double-digits for digs, showing a solid defensive effort. Libero Yvette Cho ’19 led the Judges in digs with 17, while Lia Goldberg ’18 contributed 11 and Doyeon Kim ’20 followed close behind with 10 digs for the game.
As a senior, Jessica Kaufman was honored before the Babson game. She served as one of the team’s two captains this year, along with Cho.
The second game of the day against Babson was a heartbreaker for the Judges, as they managed to go all five sets before losing 3-2 by scores of 25-22, 25-18, 14-25, 24-26, 11-15. ‘
The Judges took the first two games before falling short in the next three sets to lose the game. Decker-Jacoby once again led the Judges with 13 kills, while Emma Bartlett ’20 added 10 kills of her own. Nork stepped up for the Judges as well, with 36 assists, six digs, three aces and two kills. Cho held up the Judges’ defense with 22 digs, but wasn’t alone as five other players contributed at least six digs each as well. As for the Judges’ only senior, Kaufman put up two kills, three service aces and a dig in the tight game against Babson. Two of Kaufman’s three aces came in a series of four consecutive points at the end of the second set to clinch the set win.
The Brandeis women’s volleyball team heads to St. Louis next weekend for the UAA conference Championships. The Judges will start the weekend of play with a game on Friday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. against the University of Chicago.
