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Brandeis University

Claudia Aber at the net awaiting a serve during a volleyball match
Lewis Glass
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Brandeis BR 5-8,0-1 UAA
3
Winner CWRU CWRU 8-9,1-0 UAA
Brandeis BR
5-8,0-1 UAA
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Final
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CWRU CWRU
8-9,1-0 UAA
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Brandeis BR 16 20 25 27 9 (2)
CWRU CWRU 25 25 19 25 15 (3)
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Brandeis BR 5-9,0-2 UAA
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Winner Emory EU 10-2,2-0 UAA
Brandeis BR
5-9,0-2 UAA
0
Final
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Emory EU
10-2,2-0 UAA
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Brandeis BR 10 20 17 (0)
Emory EU 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Adam Levin '94

Volleyball pushes CWRU to five sets, falls to #9 Emory in three

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Brandeis University volleyball team nearly completed a comeback from a 2-0 deficit before falling in five sets to Case Western Reserve University, then dropped three sets to #9-ranked and defending conference champions Emory on the first day of action at the first 2025 University Athletic Association Round Robin hosted by the Eagles.

TEAM RECORDS
  • Brandeis, 5-9, 0-2 UAA.
  • Case Western Reserve, 8-9, 0-1 UAA.
  • Emory, 10-2, 2-0 UAA, ranked #9 in Division III by American Volleyball Coaches Association.
HOW IT HAPPENED VS CWRU (16-25, 20-25, 25-19, 27-25, 9-15)
  • The Brandeis offense had trouble getting on track in the first two sets, recording 15 kills with 11 errors while CWRU had 21 kills and nine errors as they took a 2-0 lead.
  • Brandeis battled back in the next two sets, recovering with 30 kills to nine errors, while limiting the Spartans to 26 kills and 11 errors.
  • In the fourth set, the Judges trailed, 22-18 before battling back to tie things at 22-all, thanks to a block and a kill from first-year Claudia Aber (Los Angeles, Calif./Taft Charter School) in the 4-0 stretch. Case stopped the momentum briefly, but a service error and a kill by senior Anna Ertischek (Montgomery, Texas/Lake Creek) gave Brandeis set point.
  • The Spartans fought off the Judges' first two attempts to force a fifth set, but sophomore Madison Haft-Abromovitch (Stratford, Conn./Rye Country Day School) put things away to give Brandeis a 27-25 win.
  • Brandeis won the first two points of the fifth, but CWRU won four in a row to take the lead. After trading points, the Spartans went on a 5-1 run to take a 10-6 lead that they extended to 8-2 to make it 13-7 before closing out the fifth, 15-9.
  • Brandeis fell despite a match-high 23 kills from Ertischek, who also led all players with four service aces.
  • Aber had six blocks (one solo) and first-year Lara Demoraes (Plantation, Fla./Cypress Bay) had 29 digs, doubling her career-high.  Senior Julia Liang (Sugar Land, Texas/Clements) added 34 assists.
HOW IT HAPPENED VS. EMORY (10-25, 20-25, 17-25)
  • The Eagles showed why they are a top-10 team in Division III this season, holding the Judges to just three kills and 10 points in the opening set.
  • The Eagles outhit the Judges, .388 (45 kills, 12 errors, 85 total attacks) to .164 (21 K-10 E-67 TA).
  • Emory held Ertischek to single digits in kills for just the third time all season with a team-high eight.
  • Demoraes had three aces and team-high eight digs. Aber added a match0high four blocks as Brandeis's net play produced six blocks to just three for Emory.
  • Liang dealt out 17 assists.
UP NEXT
  • The Judges will face #25 Carnegie Mellon on the second day of UAA Round Robin action from Atlanta.
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