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Spring (Weekend) in the NBA's step
By Sam Sheehan | March 10Alright, look. I swear I was going to write a hockey column this week. But then I didn't.
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Gymnastics' season-high earns Bears first victory
By Sam Sheehan | March 10The gymnastics team grabbed its first win of the season Sunday at home, vanquishing two-time national champion University of Bridgeport and neighboring Southern Connecticut State University at the Pizzitola Center. In a meet the next day in Durham, N.H., the Bears scored a season-high 193.675 points ...
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No. 2 Vanderbilt sweeps Bears in season opener
By Ilan Isaacs | March 8The baseball team (0-3) opened its season this weekend by suffering a three-game sweep at No. 2 Vanderbilt (11-1). The season-opener was low-scoring, and the Commodores defeated the Bears 3-1. In the first game of a Sunday doubleheader, Vanderbilt edged past Brown 6-5, and won 6-3 in an abridged seven-inning ...
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Zolnierczyk '11 signs NHL deal with Flyers
By Ethan McCoy | March 7Harry Zolnierczyk '11, men's hockey captain and 2010-11 Ivy League Player of the Year, signed with the Philadelphia Flyers Monday, fulfilling what he said is a lifelong desire to play hockey at the professional level.
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Bruno competes at championships
By James Blum | March 7The men and women of the track team wrapped up their indoor seasons this past weekend, with a small group of athletes competing at the Eastern College Athletic Conference/Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston. Brown only sent a small ...
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Bears silence Lions in Ivy opener
By Sam Wickham | March 7After falling to Boston University last Tuesday, the women's lacrosse team got back on track with a win Saturday against Columbia, defeating the Lions 14-6 at the Berylson Family Fields. Goals from eight different Brown players led the team to victory in its first Ivy League match of the season.
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Women's softball kicks off season
By Alex Mittman | March 7The women's softball team began its 2011 season this weekend, traveling to Hampton, Va., for the Lady Pirates Classic, where they faced Hampton, Marist, Rutgers and Central Connecticut State University. The women emerged with a 1-2-1 record, beating Hampton in their season opener 3-2, then falling 9-2 ...
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Brown eliminated from ECAC tourney
By Ethan McCoy | March 6After ending the regular season with back-to-back wins, the men's hockey team finished its season with a whimper this weekend. The Bears (10-16-5, 8-12-2 ECAC) lost the first two games of a best-of-three series to Quinnipiac (15-13-8, 6-9-7) 4-0, sealing their elimination from the ECAC tournament. The ...
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Bruno sweeps final weekend, finishes fourth in Ivy League
By Madeleine Wenstrup | March 6One month ago, the women's basketball team was crushed by Columbia 72-49 in New York. But Saturday, fresh off a victory over Cornell (6-21, 3-10 Ivy League) the previous night, the Bears were hungry for an upset at home.
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Bears suffer first loss of season to UMass
By Ethan McCoy | March 6The No. 20 men's lacrosse team suffered its first defeat Saturday, coming up short against the No. 9 University of Massachusetts at Amherst 9-6. The 50th game in the history of the regional rivalry went into halftime with the score all square, but the Minutemen (4-0) scored three-straight goals in the ...
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Sullivan, seniors end careers with two weekend losses
By Sam Rubinroit | March 6After a season of heart-wrenching losses and upset victories, the men's basketball team played its final games on a grueling road trip, falling to Cornell 75-66 and Columbia 91-74.
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W. lacrosse can't keep up with Terriers' scoring streaks
By Sam Wickham | March 3The women's lacrosse team (1-1) suffered a 15-8 loss against high-scoring Boston University (1-1) Tuesday at home. Though Bruno got out to an early 2-1 lead, the Terriers responded with the first of two major scoring streaks that put the Bears down in their home opener.
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Gymnastics place third at Ivy Classic
By Sam Sheehan | March 3The gymnastics team took third place in the four-team Ivy League Classic at Penn Sunday, topping Yale but falling to Penn and Cornell. The Quakers led the scoring with 191.950 points. The Big Red, Bruno and the Bulldogs followed with scores of 190.550, 188.900 and 185.550, respectively.
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Zolnierczyk '11 named men's hockey Ivy League Player of the Year
By Ethan McCoy | March 3Men's hockey captain Harry Zolnierczyk '11 was named the Ivy League Player of the Year yesterday, one day before the Bears travel to Quinnipiac for a best-of-three series in the first round of the ECAC playoffs.
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The Pains of Contraction
By Sam Sheehan | March 3I've oftentimes wondered what any offspring of mine would be like. Actually, let me rephrase that. I've often wondered what any offspring of mine would be like, until I remember that any of my poor sons will be doomed by the staggering number of unflattering dominant genes I have. Well, I can only assume ...
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Hudgins '14 scores five in first game
By Tony Bakshi | March 3Bre Hudgins '14 stormed out of the gate in her collegiate debut, scoring five goals in a 21-8 shellacking of Sacred Heart last Saturday in the women's lacrosse season opener. The Syracuse, N.Y. native now looks ahead to her first career Ivy League game tomorrow against Columbia. For her impressive first ...
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Pitching and health are key to baseball's success
By Lewis Pollis | February 28Baseball Head Coach Marek Drabinski knows exactly why his team did not win the Ivy League title last season.
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Women take fourth, men take seventh at Heps
By James Blum | February 28At last weekend's Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Columbia, the women's and men's track squads held their ground but still fell short against a competitive field. The women finished fourth with 50 points, and the men finished seventh with 28.
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Broken heart: Bears dismantle Pioneers
By Sam Wickham | February 28The women's lacrosse team (1-0) kicked off the 2011 season with a dominant 21-8 victory at Sacred Heart (0-1) Saturday. Nine different players got on the score sheet, with goals coming from both seniors and first-years alike. The leading scorers were Kaela McGilloway '12 and Breonna Hudgins '14, both ...
University News
Body of assistant coach found
By Tony Bakshi | February 27The body of Denis Chartier, an assistant coach of the women's soccer team, was found Saturday morning inside his parked car in a commuter lot near Route 395 in Griswold, Conn., according to the Providence Journal. Chartier was last seen by his family Feb. 6. He was reported missing to the Burrillville ...
