THE JUSTICE
JUDGES BY THE NUMBERS
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 , 2019
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TENNIS
MEN’S SOCCER UAA STANDINGS Chicago NYU JUDGES Carnegie Emory Rochester WashU Case
TEAM STATS Goals
Overall W L D 8 1 5 7 5 1 9 3 4 6 6 1 7 5 2 9 5 0 6 5 1 5 5 4
UAA Conf. W L D 4 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 2
UPCOMING GAMES: Friday at Emory University Sunday at University of Rochester
Max Breiter ’20 and Will DeNight ’23 lead with six goals. Player Goals Pct. 6 .750 Max Breiter 6 .577 Will DeNight 3 .5688 Noah Gans .500 .571 Assists .643 Noah Gans ’21 and Dylan Hen.545 nesy ’20 tie with 4 assists. .500 Player Assists Noah Gans 4 Dylan Hennesy 4 Jared Panson 2
WOMEN’S SOCCER UAA STANDINGS
TEAM STATS Goals
WashU Chicago Carnegie Emory Case JUDGES NYU Rochester
Overall W L D 13 1 1 11 1 2 9 3 1 9 4 0 12 3 0 10 1 0 10 5 0 8 4 2
UAA Conf. W L D 4 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 1
Pct. .900 .857 .731 .692 .800 .667 .667 .643
UPCOMING GAMES: Friday at Emory University Sunday at University of Rochester
Juliette Carreiro ’22 leads the team with 8 goals. Player Goals Juliette Carreiro 8 Makenna Hunt 7 Daria Bakhtiarti 4
Assists Juliette Carreiro ’22 leads the team with 5 assists. Player Assists Juliette Carreiro 5 Makenna Hunt 4 Caroline Swan 4
VOLLEYBALL UAA STANDINGS
TEAM STATS Kills
UAA Conf. W L Chicago 7 0 Emory 6 1 WashU 5 2 Carnegie 4 3 NYU 3 4 Case 2 5 JUDGES 1 6
Overall W L 24 1 22 2 20 6 17 5 20 5 9 15 4 18
Pct. .960 .917 .769 .773 .769 .375 .182
UPCOMING GAMES: Thursday vs Wellesley College Saturday at University of Massachusetts Boston
Emma Bartlett ’20 leads the team with 234 kills. Player Kills Emma Bartlett 234 Belle Scott 203 Amelia Oppenheimer 152
Digs Kaitlyn Oh ’22 leads the team with 276 digs. Player Digs Kaitlyn Oh 276 Amelia Oppenheimer 191 Belle Scott 189
CROSS COUNTRY Results from the Connecticut College Invitational on Oct. 19.
TOP FINISHERS (Men’s)
TOP FINISHERS (Women’s)
8-Kilometer Run RUNNER TIME Mark Murdy 25:56.2 Josh Lombardo 26:33.3 Dan Curley 26:46.0
6-Kilometer Run RUNNER TIME Danielle Bertaux 22:41.4 Niamh Kenny 22:42.0 Andrea Bolduc 22:43.3
Nov. 2 at UAA Championships at Carnegie Mellon University
Data Courtesy of THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION and the BRANDEIS ATHLETICS WEBSITE.
SARAH KATZ/the Justice
READY TO SERVE: Jon and Melissa Cordish and other community members contributed to new courts for the Brandeis tennis team.
Judges get renovated outdoor tennis courts ■ The Brandeis tennis team, alumni and friends dedicated the new Cordish Tennis courts on Homecoming Weekend. By MEGAN GELLER JUSTICE EDITOR
The twelve outdoor tennis courts behind the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center have a new name and a new look. The new Cordish Tennis Center was funded as the result of an alumni game played by Jonathan Cordish ’90, who was nationally ranked throughout the course of his Brandeis tennis career and helped the Judges advance to the NCAA Division III National Championships in 1989. During his alumni match two years ago, a fast serve to Cordish hit a crack in the court and careened wildly the wrong way, causing Cordish to mishit his return. He commented that this bad bounce was going to cost him a lot of money — and it did.
Soon after the match, Cordish and his wife, Melissa Cordish ’90, made a lead gift to establish the Cordish Tennis Center. The project involved a complete overhaul of the outdoor courts and the development of a new outdoor facility. This was not the first time that the Cordish’s had donated money to update the Brandeis tennis courts. In 2016, the couple also made the lead gift for a project that refurbished the indoor tennis courts at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. Ben Lamanna, former coach of both men’s and women’s Brandeis tennis teams credits that effort as being a major reason that the team has developed into a bigger threat as an opponent. Last year was the first time that both the Brandeis men’s and women’s teams, had earned Top 10 positions in the NCAA Division III rankings, according to the Brandeis Alumni and Friends News Website. The last time the outdoor courts were redone was in 2004, and after
weathering the Boston climate for many years, the courts had started to break down. The cracks were starting to affect play, and as a result, the ability of Brandeis to recruit top high school players who wanted to play on high quality courts. The Cordish gift, along with gifts from other community members, made it possible for a new tennis complex along with a new scoreboard to be built. Activitas, Inc. was responsible for the design, Murray Construction did the excavating and landscaping and Cape and Island Tennis & Track did the courts. In an interview with the Justice, Pauri Pandian, the new head coach of the University men’s and women’s tennis teams, noted that the new outdoor courts have credited excitement among potential new recruits as they have been touring Brandeis, which should help the Brandeis tennis teams develop into a stronger and more dominant team in the NCAA Division III.
PRO SPORTS BRIEF
National Basketball Association season kicks off with some surpises and let-downs With the NBA season finally kicking off, I can finally not feel like a bum for only writing about the NBA in the pro sports section of this paper. As I write this on Saturday morning, there have been few games playes and I want to speak about some of the biggest surprises and letdowns of the NBA season. LeBron James! He had a very passive first game where he deferred to his teammates and they expectedly lost to a Los Angeles Clippers team that knew this was the biggest game they had ever played in their franchise’s history. After the “totally surprising” loss, the Los Angeles Lakers rallied, and LeBron had 32 points, ten rebounds and seven assists,in a game that served as a reminder that LeBron is not washed and is still the best player in the league. The Suite Life of Zack and Coby! Quite possibly the best backcourt nickname in NBA history belongs to Zach LaVine and Coby White. This Chicago Bulls duo has been amazing this season, combining for 62 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in a great win against the Memphis Grizzlies. They also lost a crazy game 126–125 against
the Charlotte Hornets where rookie PJ Washington hit seven 3-pointer shots. If the Bulls keep this up, they might make a run at the eighth seed. Kyrie Irving! Irving had 50 points in the first game of the season and still lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves. If you haven’t seen his final shot in that game you should Google it because it was insane. The Brooklyn Nets would win their second game against the New York Knicks by a margin that was too close for comfort. The Nets are not looking as good as expected, though Kyrie is looking like one of the best players in the league. This team will figure it out, especially once Durant comes back and Kyrie figures out his shooters better. Also a pleasant surprise for the Nets has been Taurean Prince, playing some great defense and hitting his 3-point shots at an above 40% clip. The Houston Rockets! This team has had a rocky start, but I can’t even be sarcastic about it. They have probably the hardest adjustment of any team in the league right now, it’s not surprising they are losing games; it’s not surprising Russell Westbrook and James Harden are arguing on
the court a bit; it’s not surprising that the team isn’t in their groove. Westbrook and Harden both posted the only seasons in NBA history with usage percentage of over 40%. Usage percentage measures how many plays end with the observed player shooting the ball or turning it over. Having two of the most ball-dominant superstars in their prime, on the same team is going to take some adjusting. Let’s all calm down and wait a bit before we proclaim that the sky is falling. The Phoenix Suns! The Suns surprisingly don’t suck. They beat the Sacramento Kings by 30 points, and lost in overtime to the Denver Nuggets by one point, without first overall draft pick DeAndre Ayton. Ricky Rubio has made a huge difference, averaging ten points, ten assists and seven rebounds a game so far, as he’s helped pickup a lot of the slack from Devin Booker’s rusty start. A big positive from Booker’s rough start is he is averaging 8.5 assists per game so far, much more than his career average of 4.3. This season can be really interesting in Phoenix if this winds up being more than a hot streak. Patrick Beverly! Beverly is still a
total bum. A Golden State Warriors Beat reporter tweeted that Beverly was bullying the janitors at Chase Arena, home of the Golden State Warriors, about Kevin Durant leaving. These janitors are just trying to make a living, stop being a bum. At least he hasn’t injured Russell Westbrook for a third time yet… Double Dirks! Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis of the Dallas Mavericks have been going off. Combining to average over 50 points per game, both look like they haven’t lost a step since last playing on the NBA stage and intend to make their names heard this year. Sunday, they play the Portland Trailblazers, which will be their first real test of the season. While we’re talking about the Blazers, I want to give a quick shoutout to my guy Anfernee Simons. He’s been a real solid guy off the Blazers’ bench and looks like he’ll be a big part of their rotation this year. More life and more blessings. Clippers! This team has been really, really good: They already look like a well oiled machine. The effects of the continuity of this team was underrated before the season
by many, myself included. Kawhi Leonard fits in perfectly and everyone else continues to just do their job. Also, Patrick Patterson just scored 20 points last game, I didn’t even realize he was in the league until I opened up the box score and saw it with my own eyes. I still feel like it must have been a mistake, maybe someone in a Patrick Patterson costume. SPEED ROUND! Toronto Raptors! Doing worse than last season but Pascal Siakam looks to be worth every bit of the max contract he just signed. Sacramento Kings! Plummeting, and Luke Walton’s coaching ability is still totally in question. Firing Joerger looks like a mistake. Young guards! Trae Young and Shai Gilgous-Alexander both are looking absolutely amazing, with the former looking more and more like a superstar by the game. Mike Conley! Is actually playing badly which is weird because he’s always been so consistent. I imagine he’ll get better later, for now he’s not doing well.
—Jonathan Sochaczevski