Juniors Dara Spital, a forward, and Alec Spivack, a back, were NSCAA All-Region selections for the second year in a row. With a 3.0 team GPA, the Judges were All-Academic for the fourth year in a row.
Backs Kelly Peterson and Alec Spivack were second-team All-Association selections, while Haley Schachter, Michelle Savuto, Melissa Darling and Dara Spital were honorable mentions.
Melissa Darling had two assists in a game that saw three goals in the final five minutes and dramatic PKs. The Judges and Spartans tied 2-2 in regulation and OT before the visitors won, 5-4, in the seventh round of penalties.
Ben Applefield and Sam Ocel were honored for the men; Kelly Peterson and Michelle Savuto for the women. All four will be eligible for Academic All-America honors to be announced later this month.
The Bears scored late in the first half and twice more late in the second to hand the Judges a UAA loss. Holly Szafran nearly equalized for Brandeis, but the visitors added their insurance goals shortly after.
Junior netminder Michelle Savuto stopped four shots for her eighth clean sheet of the season while classmate forward Dara Spital added a goal and an assist in the 2-0 victory.
The Brandeis women's soccer team surrendered a goal for only the third time all season as they fell to the host Polar Bears. Sapir Edalati had a chance to score in the second half, but hit the crossbar.
Dara Spital had the first and last goals, and an assist in between, to pace the Judges. Rookie back Jessica Morana assisted both of Spital's goals for her first two collegiate points.
Despite the first goal of the season from Kelly Peterson and the fifth from Dara Spital, the host Scots scored in the 81st minute to hand the Judges their first loss of the season.
After beating their opponents by a combined 6-0 score, the Judges earned the program's third and fourth University Athletic Association honors of the season.
The Judges scored with 10 minutes remaining in the first half, and added two insurance goals in a three-minute span to top the visiting Bobcats. Reserves Melissa Darling and Cidney Moscovich combined for the game-winner.
In their first regular-season game as a Top 10 team, the Brandeis women blanked Bridgewater State University. Junior Michelle Savuto had a career-high nine saves, while classmate Sapir Edalati scored twice for the second game in a row.
For the third time in her career, junior Dara Spital of Miami, Fla., of the Brandeis women's soccer team was recognized by the University Athletic Association.
Sophomore Holly Szafran led the Brandeis women to victory with two goals and two assists, including some nifty passing on the game-winning goal by Dara Spital, who had five points of her own.
Junior All-American Dara Spital scored the game's only goal on a rocket of a shot in the 21st minute. It was her 15th career goal and ninth game-winner.
Coming off two of the most successful seasons in decades, the Brandeis women's and men's soccer teams with both enter the 2013 campaign ranked 12th in Division III by the NSCAA.
Two teams and six distinguished individuals will join the Joseph M. Linsey Brandeis Athletics Hall of Fame on October 12. This will be the 20th anniversary of the Hall and the 15th induction class.