Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
The Brandeis womens soccer team opened this season at home in no ordinary style, It was a victory that made the record books. On Saturday September 3rd, the team played its first match of the season against MIT on Brandeiss Gordon Field, the recent recipient of a million dollar makeover. In previous years, the field had been considered way too undersized, hindering the team in away matches, as they were not used to larger playing fields.
Growing pains are very difficult to deal with. That is what the Brandeis womens volleyball team learned last night when they were swept by MIT 20-30, 23-30, 26-30. This is their third straight loss, dropping the Judges to 2-3.
This is the best team in the last eight or nine years, Brandeis head boys soccer coach Mike Coven exclaimed about his 2005 roster.
When the defending NFL champion New England Patriots took the field last night, officially starting the NFL season, they were led by quarterback Tom Brady, a graduate of the University of Michigan. Brady is the most recent U of M alum who has found success in the NFL, but the first in this succession of players is also fresh in the minds of football fans. Benny Friedman, the original great quarterback, was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio this summer, and while like Brady he played his collegiate ball in Ann Arbor, around Waltham, he is best known as athletic director and former head coach of the now defunct Brandeis University football team.
Despite a rocky conclusion to the 2004 campaign, the Brandeis Golf Team is well equipped for a potentially great season. Coach Bill Shipman feels confident that the arrival of three Freshman recruits, Aaron Hattenbach (Santa Monica, CA), Nick Wallen (Aquinnah, MA), and Ralph Harary (Cotuit, MA), as well as the return of Senior co-captain Josh […]
In the last month, three great players retired from professional hockey. Star Defender Al MacInnis, Defender Scott Stevens, Center Ron Francis, and Center Mark Messier all hung up their skates. MacInnis, Francis, and Messier will probably reach the Hall of Fame when they are eligible.
Baseball
On September 14th, Roger Clemens mother Bess died after a long battle with emphysema. Roger decided to dedicate his start later that night to his mother. He gave up one run in six and a third innings pitched and got the win. His team rallied after he left to win the game 10-2. Clemens had hoped his mother would live to see him inducted into the hall of fame, and that had been a factor in thinking about retirement.
On a day when one of their own was honored for her offensive achievements, the Brandeis Womens soccer team left it up to the defense to pull out a tough 2 -1 victory over Wellesley on Tuesday.
2-0 is an unlucky score for the Judges. After beginning the year with a 4-0 record, Brandeis has lost two games this week, both by the score of 2-0. Brandeis currently has a 4-2 record.
