Fencing holds winning record at NFC meet, Shortall and Lin win honors
The Brandeis fencing teams headed over to nearby Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA this past weekend to compete in the second Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) tournament of the season. Both the men and the women posted winning records, each going 4-2 after the competition. The Judges took on opponents from Brown University, Tufts University, […]
Fencing holds record of 2-3 at Philadelphia Invitational, Morales wins multiple honors
The Brandeis University fencing squads headed south this past weekend to compete in the University of Pennsylvania’s Philadelphia Invitational. After the tournament, the men’s and women’s teams both defeated two of their opponents, and fell to another three. The Judges topped competition from Wayne State University and Drew University. Additionally for the men, the team […]
Swimming and diving splits against Trinity
After returning from a training trip down in Florida, the Brandeis swimming and diving teams came back to campus to host a competition last weekend against the Trinity College Bantams (CT) to open up their 2020 season. The men ended with a win, beating Trinity by a margin of 146-128. On the women’s side, the […]
DelPonte announces resignation as head softball coach
Danielle DelPonte, the head coach for the women’s softball team since 2016, announced her resignation in December 2019 to pursue other career options, according to a press release by Brandeis Athletics. “[DelPonte’s] departure is certainly bittersweet for our department, especially for our softball student-athletes,” wrote athletic director Lauren Haynie in an email to The Brandeis […]
Team IMPACT player signs with men’s basketball
Just before winter break, the Brandeis men’s basketball team added another player to the roster for the season. The team boosted their squad with the addition of Jack Dollar, an 11-year-old native of Newton, Massachusetts who is living with epilepsy. Dollar was able to join the Judges via an organization, Team IMPACT, which is a […]
Fencing hosts invitational, celebrates seniors
This past weekend, in between Thanksgiving celebrations and the start of finals season, the Brandeis fencing team hosted their annual invitational to close out their 2019 season. The meet included competitors from Cornell University, St. John’s University, Yale University, Harvard University and the University of the Incarnate Word. On the men’s side, the team went […]
Fencing shines at opening conference meet of the season
Both the men’s and women’s Brandeis fencing teams headed down to Providence, Rhode Island over the weekend to compete at Brown University in the first of two Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) meets. As a whole, the team held an impressive 10-2 record, with the women seeing six wins and the men seeing four, and with […]
Men’s basketball bounces back big against Rivier
Basketball season is back, as the Brandeis University men’s basketball team opened up the 2019-2020 season against the 16th-ranked Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Engineers. The Judges are coming off a turn around year where they went on to win the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship in the postseason. They battled against their ranked opponent […]
NCAA sponsors diversity and inclusion campaign on social media for a second year
For the week of Oct. 22 through 25, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sponsored a multifaceted social media campaign that highlighted diversity within departments of athletics nationwide and hoped to serve as a way in which student-athletes could promote and celebrate their differences. Modeled after last year’s successful inaugural push, the NCAA decided to […]
Tennis ends their fall seasons, Tegtmeier receives athlete of the week honors
This past weekend, both Brandeis tennis teams played in their final tournaments of the 2019-2020 fall seasons. On the men’s side, the team headed south to Middletown, CT to compete in the Wesleyan University Invitational while the women traveled up north to Middlebury, VT to take on the Middlebury Hidden Duals. Colt Tegtmeier ’22 was […]
Zitelny ’20 steals the show in swimming and diving team’s first meet
The Brandeis University swimming and diving team headed off to Bristol, RI for their first contest of the fall season, taking on the hosts of Roger Williams University. As a whole, the team won 12 events across a total of 32 races. Unfortunately, the scores favored the Hawks, as the men fell 141.5 to 138.5, […]
Brandeis men’s teams spend $11,000 more on recruitment than women’s
Brandeis men’s sports teams spend over $11,000 more than women’s sports teams in recruiting new athletes, despite an almost equal number of male and female student athletes, according to an annual Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA) released to the Brandeis community on Tuesday. The annual report overviews the differences in men’s and women’s Division […]
Men’s soccer crushes UAA conference opener
In front of alumni, current students and devoted Brandeis fans alike, the men’s soccer team opened up University Athletic Association (UAA) conference play with a win over the Carnegie Mellon Tartans on Gordon Field this past Homecoming weekend. After a scoreless first half on both sides, the Judges ultimately prevailed with a hard-fought 2-0 win […]
Women’s tennis starts off fall season, Dehterevich shines
Brandeis women’s tennis team saw action in back-to-back weekends to begin their fall season, first competing at the Wallach Doubles Invitational hosted by Bates College in Lewiston, ME, and then again at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association New England Women’s Regional hosted by Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT. At Bates, the Judges sent two pairs of […]
A day in the life of a Brandeis athlete: Andrea Bolduc ’21
This new column will highlight a different student-athlete each week, striving to unearth what the hectic life of a Brandeis athlete entails. With this in mind, such a collection of stories will serve as a testament to the hard work, passion and resilience that athletes at Brandeis specifically embody, hopefully working to bridge the gap […]
Andreescu stuns Williams in US Open championship match
All eyes were focused on tennis phenom Serena Williams last week as she looked to bring home a seventh US Open title and a 24th Grand Slam title to add to her impressive collection. She faced 19 year-old Canadian star Bianca Andreescu, an opponent who she lost to in the Canadian Open one-month prior, making […]
Athletics adds two new staff members
To begin the 2019-2020 sports seasons, The Judges are welcoming two exciting additions to the staff down at Gosman. First off, Brandeis shared the long-awaited announcement of the new Director of Athletics last week, as Lauren Haynie looks to begin her work as the university’s 12th leader in this position on September 23, 2019. She […]
The newest NBA power duo
By the end of the NBA’s summer trade deadline, the league no longer looks as it did during the 2018-2019 season, as contracts have ended and major trades have been made. Some of the league’s biggest superstars will now wear different jerseys this year, play in conferences on the opposite side of the country and […]
Softball sits at No. 1 in New England, finishes second in the UAA
Over spring break, the Brandeis women’s softball team headed down to Pittsburgh to take on the Tartans of Carnegie Mellon University, sweeping them in both games played on Sunday to take the series in a 3-1 fashion. In the first contest, the Judges won 5-1, and then followed with a score of 6-2. The team […]
Tennis hosts Senior Day, has another successful weekend
Both the Brandeis men’s and women’s tennis teams faced a full weekend of matches, including the last home match of the spring season this past Sunday, making it Senior Day for the six graduating players. The women upset both of their opponents, beating No. 13 Skidmore College by a margin of 6-3 and winning against […]
