Senior day, UAA honors and more for Brandeis tennis teams this week
It was a busy week for tennis across Brandeis! For starters, Lauren Bertsch ’21 and Anupreeth Coramutla ’21 were both named UAA Athletes of the week for the second and third time, respectively. Each captained their team to victories in the matches played this week, closing out their time on the Brandeis varsity tennis team […]
Men’s tennis starts season off with 6-1 victory over Merrimack
Coming back for their first game of the season, the Brandeis University Mens’ tennis team came out with a 6-1 win over the Division I Merrimack Warriors. After being on the sidelines since last spring due to the cancellation of all varsity sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic, responding with a statement game like this was […]
Women’s tennis makes spring debut against Tufts
The Brandeis University women’s tennis team dropped a decisive 9-0 decision to the Tufts University Jumbos, in their first match of the season on April 3 at the Cordish Tennis Center. This was the Judges first match of the season, as well as their first match of the academic year, after being on the sidelines […]
The ever more important role of sports in our world today
Sports are seen as a uniting force. Yes, people each have their favorite leagues to watch, their own favorite teams to follow and opposing rivals to knock down, something that often leads to heated emotional debate. And yet that is exactly the point. At the end of the day, sports are just another game for […]
Brandeis Athletics inducts 2021 Athletics Hall of Fame class
The hall of fame is something held in high esteem for all athletes. No matter the league, sport or position you play, being inducted into such a place is a sign of honor, respect and, of course, a recognition of just the pure skill possessed by the inductee. At Brandeis, that’s no different. The university’s […]
The good, the bad and the unique of the 2020 NHL playoff format
The year 2020 has certainly been an unprecedented one. Back at the beginning of March, the world as we knew it came to a relatively sudden halt. Over a period of a few short weeks, country borders shut down, schools and universities emptied out and a lot of work places moved to be online. This […]
The Djokovic disqualification and its greater impact on tennis
Dominic Thiem has officially been crowned the winner of the 2020 U.S. Open. For only the fifth time in sixteen years, the champion of the tournament was someone other than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic, who are known around the tennis world as the “Big Three.” It is only the second time in […]
