Faith Broderick capped her career with a doubles All-America honor from the ITA, while partner Carley Cooke added a second-straight singles honor to give her three for her career.
After earning All-UAA honors, senior Faith Broderick and sophomore Carley Cooke will be headed to the NCAA Division III Doubles championships. They are the second Brandeis duo ever selected to the tournament and first since 2005.
No. 1 duo of Carley Cooke and Faith Broderick and the No. 3 tandem of Allyson Bernstein and Marissa Lazar were both honored as second-team All-UAA members by the conference coaches.
The Judges defeated Rochester, 8-1, and Case, 5-4, to win the consolation bracket at the UAA tournament in Florida. Sophomore All-American Carley Cooke went 6-0 to lead the Judges to a fifth-place finish for the second year in a row.
The Judges' top two players, sophomore Carley Cooke and senior Faith Broderick did their part, contributing three of the squad's four wins, but the Bears proved too deep at the bottom of the lineup.
On the final weekend of the regular season, the Brandeis women's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision at Bowdoin, but bounced back in senior Faith Broderick's final home match to defeat DI Holy Cross by the same score.
For the second time this season, the Judges fell to the Bantams by a 7-2 score. Carley Cooke avenged an earlier loss at #1 singles, while the #3 team of Bernstein and Lazar won for the second-straight match.
Junior Ally Bernstein rolled at No. 3 singles and doubles, but visiting MIT won 2 of 3 doubles and a couple of marathon matches at No. 1 and 4 singles to secure the win.
The 26th-ranked Judges fell to No. 24 Trinity in the opener, but bounced back with wins over the No. 29 Bobcats and No. 28 Eagles. Sophomore Simone Vandroff was 4-1 on the weekend.
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Senior Casey Ducinski of the softball team and tennis players Carley Cooke for the women and Mitch Krems for the men were named UAA Athletes of the Week.
Hitting the Rieger courts for the first time, the women's tennis team had little trouble with local rival Babson. Carley Cooke cruised to wins at No. 1 singles and doubles.
Senior Faith Broderick was a double winner at No. 1 singles and doubles, junior Alexa Katz won a three-hour match at No. 2 singles and rookie Hannah Marion, seeing her first action of the season, clinched the match at No. 6.
The Judges closed their road trip to California with a 1-2 record after falling to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Redlands. Carley Cooke won at No. 1 and Alexa Katz at No. 6 in the loss to the Bulldogs.
The #22 women routed the Panthers, 7-2, while the men edged their hosts, 5-4, taking four of six singles points. Carley Cooke starred at No. 1 for the women and Steven Milo did the same for the men.
The Judges' fourth team of junior Alexa Katz and rookie Sarita Biswas made the quarterfinals of the B draw, while sophomore Carley Cooke and junior Ally Bernstein made the semifinals of the A Consolation bracket.
The Judges, ranked 22nd in the final ITA Division III poll, bowed to #14 Tufts. Sophomore All-American Carley Cooke and senior captain Faith Broderick both fell in third-set super-tiebreakers.