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BE PROUD, JUDGES The Brandeis women’s volleyball team finished the regular season with a winning record just one year after going 7-21, p. 15.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
MEN’S SOCCER
BRANDEIS BOOT
Team looks ahead to postseason play ■ After ending the regular
season with a shutout win, the men’s soccer team now prepares for its playoff push. By NOAH HESSDORF JUSTICE EDITOR
The men’s soccer team finished its regular season on a high note this past Saturday, vanquishing their University Athletic Association foe, New York University, 1-0 at home. Judges 1, NYU 0 The victory brought the Judges’ record to an impressive 13-4 on the season. Many of those wins came off dominant offensive performances, but Saturday’s matchup was anything but that. The squad used its stifling defense to pull off the victory in a close match. For the game, the Judges held the NYU Violets to only two shots on goal. One of those attempts, however, was nearly punched in. NYU senior forward Nic Notaro had the ball in the 25th minute and attempted to push it past Judges goalkeeper Greg Irwin ’20. Irwin was able to dive to his left and make a spectacular save
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that kept the game tied up at zero. Brandeis would have its own solid opportunity in the first half when forward Andrew Allen ’19 had a one-on-one chance with the NYU goalkeeper. The goalie, NYU junior Grant Engel, was able to stop the straightaway attempt and preserve the shutout in the 42nd minute. A few minutes later, as the first half dwindled down, the team had another good look at goal but midfielder Max Breiter’s ’20 header just missed the net. The second half would be where the club finally put a point up on the board. Allen would once again have a golden opportunity against Engel, but this time he would take full advantage. Defender Alex Walter ’20 lifted a through ball over the NYU defense that left Allen all alone with Engel. Allen beat the keeper and converted his fourth goal of the season. The Judges were up 1-0 early in the second half, as the goal was recorded in the 47th minute. The team was able to hold onto that lead for the remainder of the contest. Its defense tightened significantly, not allowing another shot in the goal in the entire second half. Overall,
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SWIMMING AND DIVING
Swimmers come out with several key wins ■ The men’s and women’s
swimming and diving teams finished Friday with a total of three team wins on the road. By JERRY MILLER JUSTICE EDITOR
The Brandeis swimming and diving teams combined to win four of five matchups this past Friday at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute invitational. The women’s team faced off against WPI, Babson College and Smith College for a four-way duel. Led by Audrey Kim ’21, the women’s team got off to a hot thirdplace start in the 400-yard medley. With Kylie Herman ’19 cleaning up at the tail end, the Judges finished with an overall time of 4:16.91. Talia Borenstein ’21 followed up the performance with a silver medal in the 1000-yard freestyle event, swimming to a time of 11:26.44 to beat out sophomore Cialian Gonyea of WPI. Herman matched Borenstein’s second-place finish with a time of 2:03.19 in the 200-yard freestyle event, giving the Judges a nice lead over Babson and Smith College. WPI still held a tight grip on first place, with sophomore Sydney Seo narrowly beating out Kim in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.72. Annie Huang ’21 and Natalya Wozab ’20 combined for two top-five finishes in the 100yard breaststroke but were unable to outmaneuver WPI, who took home the first-, second- and fourthplace finishes. Amy Sheinhait ’18 continued to fight the Engineer tide and took home a bronze in the 50yard freestyle. Kim was again out mastered by WPI, losing first place by centimeters in the 200yard backstroke event. Herman
and Borenstein went back-to-back in the 500-yard freestyle, snagging third and fourth place only to have WPI steal the gold and silver medals yet again. Rachel Goldblatt ’21 finally cracked the WPI onslaught, hitting the boards in 1:02.64 in the 100yard butterfly and taking home the first gold of the day. WPI failed to place in the top-eight finishes for the event, with the Judges taking fourth and fifth place. Kim continued to put on a show for the crowd, taking home her second silver of the day in the 400-yard individual medley event. Sabrina Greer ’19 and Borenstein clocked in seconds later, taking home third and fourth, respectively. The Judges capped off the day with a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Though the team took home a bevy of medals on the day, their efforts were for naught against the Engineers’ attack. The Judges fell to WPI 176-94, but managed to offset the loss with 177-67 and 176-118 wins against Babson and Smith, respectively. The men’s team had a solid showing, going 1-1 on the day and beating out Babson 157-122 on the heels of outstanding rookie performances. Richard Selznick ’21 took home two golds on the day, knocking the competition out of the water in the 1000- and 500-yard freestyle events. Daniel Wohl ’21 added to the hardware display with a win of his own in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.68. Fellow underclassman Tamir Zitelny ’20 stole a third gold for the Judges in the 200-yard backstroke, bumping the Judges up in the standings with a time of 2:02.85. Zitelny followed up that performance with a 2:00.34 time in the 200-yard freestyle, good for
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ANDREW BAXTER/the Justice
PURE STRENGTH: Forward Sasha Sunday ’19 loads up to launch the ball in the team’s regular season finale on Saturday.
Judges end the regular season with a 1-1 tie ■ Defender Julia Jaffe ’19
scored her first career goal on Saturday against New York University at home. By ZACH KAUFMAN JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
In the final game of the regular season, the Judges drew even with New York University. After two regulation periods and two overtime periods, the score was locked at 1-1 and the game finished in a tie. Before the game, the team honored its two seniors, forwards Samantha Schwartz ’18 and Haliana Burhans ’18, who played in their final regular season games as Brandeisians. This draw left the Judges with a final record of 11-33 including 2-3-2 in the University Athletic Association. This placed them fourth in the University Athletic Association, tied with the NYU Violets. The University of Chicago, with a record of 17-1 — including 6-1 in conference play — came out on top of the league. The runner up was Washington University in St.
Louis (15-1-1, 6-1). Following them was Carnegie Mellon University (13-2-2, 5-1-1). While Brandeis had a better overall record at 11-4-4 compared to NYU’s 10-5-3, the two clubs had identical 2-3-2 records within the conference and a draw against each other left them tied for fourth. Coming in sixth was Emory University (10-7-1, 2-4-1). The University of Rochester (7-91, 1-6) and Case Western Reserve University (7-11, 1-6) rounded out the standings, tying for last place. Judges 1, NYU 1 On Saturday, the Judges hosted New York University for their final game of the regular season. In the first half, Brandeis outshot NYU 7-4, but few of those shots were on target. The closest attempt came when Schwartz hit the crossbar in the 17th minute. The first half drew to a close with the teams still tied 0-0. NYU drew first blood in the 67th minute. After a foul was called on the Judges about 25 yards from goal, NYU freshman back Nalani Ogawa drilled a free kick just under the crossbar and out of the reach of goalkeeper Frankie Pinto ’17. After 10 more minutes of play,
the Judges struck back and scored the equalizing goal. Midfielder Hannah Maatallah ’19 passed the ball to defender Julia Jaffe ’19. Jaffe darted through the NYU defense and scored her first goal as a Judge. This was the end of scoring for regulation and the game went into overtime. In the two overtime periods, Brandeis outplayed NYU, leading the shot spread 5-2, but they could not find the back of the net and after two overtime periods the score was still tied 1-1 and the game ended in a draw. As this was the final game of the regular season, the squad now looks ahead to the playoffs. The team eagerly watched the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament selection show, which aired yesterday afternoon. The squad made the tournament for a team record fourth straight season. In a tournament-style postseason similar to March Madness for basketball, 64 teams will compete. The Judges will play the Stevens Institute of Technology in the opening round, which will occur sometime next weekend. Stevens plays in the Eastern College
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