University Athletic Association

newtonnancy · November 20, 2005, 09:03:04 PM

went to Ratner and Chicago looks strong. guards are very agreesive, and Gutkowski dominated today. Should win some big games this year. Seems like Brandeis had a nice win Sunday, I look forward to their trip to ChiTown.

WBRSsports · November 21, 2005, 04:50:55 PM

Brandeis women had two big wins this weekend, the latter against a ranked opponent, but the scary thing for their competition as I'm sure Superfan can attest to, is that Brandeis women didn't even play their best basketball.

Bates may not be as good as last year's team, but if Brandeis can beat them without their best play, the UAA should start watching out.

WBRSsports · November 22, 2005, 10:11:02 PM

Brandeis won again tonight @ Wellesley: http://my.brandeis.edu/athletics/one-game?group_id=1418&item_id=473725

This extended their non-conference winning streak (they haven't lost a non-conference game since December 2003) in a defensive battle. Brandeis used a full-court press to their advantage and tapped into Caitlin Malcom (22 pts and 11 rebounds) for their offense.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

PS. Does anyone know when the new rankings come out? I thought they come out every Tuesday...

sandman · November 22, 2005, 10:33:33 PM

Case improves to 3-0 with a 64-48 win over Ohio Wesleyan in their home opener:

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/winter/wbasketball/stats/2005-06/06WBG_03.HTM

Case scored the first nine points of the game and had a 14-0 run late in the first half to lead, 33-16, at the break. By then the game was no longer in doubt, so after the Lady Spartans built a 20-point lead, three players saw their first action of the season.

Dana Dempsey led the way with 18 points on 7/13 shooting, and Ashley Horton had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Stat of the game: Case held OWU to 21% shooting from the field for the game-- including 8/39 from downtown. That's 93 points' worth of missed threes! In contrast, Case is shooting 45% as a team from long range through three games.

This marks the first time that the Lady Spartans have won three straight games by 15 points or more since the '01-'02 season (Wooster, Capital, and Emory).

But their strongest non-conference D3 opponent, Baldwin-Wallace (3-0, #20), looms next on the schedule. The game is next Tuesday evening-- the fifth anniversary of the Lady Spartans' historic upset victory of the Yellow Jackets, then ranked #2 in the nation, which is the game that first got me hooked on the team.

sandman · November 29, 2005, 06:06:40 PM

New poll is out:

Brandeis is #4
Wash U is #9
NYU is #20

And in about an hour, Case plays host to #14 Baldwin-Wallace, their local arch-rival. The home team has won the last six meetings, if you expand the definition of "home team" to mean the school closer to a neutral site. Let's hope that trend continues.

sandman · November 29, 2005, 10:01:59 PM

It was a tough loss for Case tonight as they fell to undefeated Baldwin-Wallace, 61-58.

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/winter/wbasketball/stats/2005-06/06WBG_04.HTM

From the boxscore, there's not a single statistic that jumps out as what decided the game (except maybe free throws attempted, but B-W didn't shoot that well from the line.)

Case had their last lead early in the first half, as B-W went up by 11. Three times in the closing minutes, Case pulled to within 1, but B-W always answered back, and a missed 3-pointer at the buzzer was the end for the Lady Spartans.

High scorers for Case were Dana Dempsey with 15 points, and Ashley Horton with 11 (and 11 rebounds).

Case now travels back to PA for a weekend series with Grove City and Westminster.

How are the other teams in the league doing? I don't want to feel like I'm talking to myself.

WBRSsports · November 29, 2005, 11:46:13 PM

Brandeis came out of break today and played a helluva game, especially in the second half where they just continued to distance themselves from the Wheaton Lyons: http://d3hoops.com/releases.php?release=47299

Brandeis never trailed in the game and now head to Babson on Saturday to try to continue their dominance. The Babson game can be heard live on www.wbrs.org (they haven't put up our link on the live audio link so I will continue to post our game until they do).

Now #4 in the country, with a loss up top, do they move up to three?

bearswatcher · December 01, 2005, 11:56:56 PM

WHERE THE HECK HAS ALLEN BEEN?

deiscanton · December 02, 2005, 06:29:02 PM

Things have been going pretty well for Brandeis as of late-- the newcomers and starters have been getting ready for the UAA, with Babson being the next opponent tomorrow and I'm getting ready for tomorrow at Babson.

I'm not worried.

What is Bearswatcher so excited about right now? Everyone in the UAA has been keeping up with the Joneses so far, what with single game assist records being broken, teams winning by big margins, players getting double-doubles in the first 15 minutes of game action, and the like, so what is the big deal? Bearswatcher is wondering where the heck have I been? I may not post as much as I used to last year, but that is because I know that when I post, everyone reads it, and my own words have been used by opponents against me in the past, so why should I shout to the rooftops about the Brandeis women? Granted, I am grateful that Brandeis has earned a top 5 ranking this week in the women's poll, but it is very early in the season, with a lot more games to follow.

bearswatcher · December 02, 2005, 06:44:56 PM

Allen must have died and somebody is impersonating him. That was not Allen posting up, unless he is A) drinking heavily B) drinking heavily C) drinking heavily or D) drunk

deiscanton · December 03, 2005, 02:24:50 PM

At 1:15 PM Eastern time today, the game between Brandeis and Babson was declared a "no contest" and officially postponed. Rescheduling of the game is still to be determined.

The reason for the postponement is due to a mixup in the scheduling of referees by the Eastern College Athletic Conference. As a result, no referees were available for today's game between Brandeis and Babson.

This postponement marks the second time this season that a New England DIII women's basketball contest had to be postponed due to inavailablity of referees. The Nov. 19 games in the Tufts women's basketball tip-off tournament were delayed 1 day due to this very issue.

Brandeis's next game will be Wednesday at 7 PM Eastern at Worcester Polytech Institute.

deiscanton · December 03, 2005, 02:52:01 PM

Halftime from the Palestra in Rochester, NY--

First UAA Women's conference game of the season--

Carnegie Mellon 21, Rochester 20

Carnegie Mellon held Rochester to 1 field goal in the first 14 min and change before the Yellowjacket women woke up and realized that they were in a official conference battle. Rochester then rallied back to take a short lead before CMU took the lead back in the final minute of the first half.

All 14 players that dressed today for Carnegie Mellon have played in the contest.

Listen to the game at http://www.wysl1040.com.

deiscanton · December 03, 2005, 03:00:22 PM

From the WYSL internet coverage:

Last season, the Rochester women went 0-7 when trailing at the half.

deiscanton · December 03, 2005, 03:24:07 PM

Rochester 44, Carnegie Mellon 36

8:59 to play.

Rochester has its largest lead of the game right now-- Jessie Graham has just hit her first "3" of the game for Rochester.

deiscanton · December 03, 2005, 03:33:50 PM

3:55 to play in regulation at the Palestra in Rochester, NY--

Rochester 51, Carnegie Mellon 40

Rochester has just taken their first double digit lead of the game.