Despite being statistically eliminated from playoff contention, the women’s hockey team (3-18-3, 1-13-3 ECAC) had no shortage of motivation for a matchup against rival Harvard (12-9-2, 9-6-2) Friday night. “We treated that game like it was our playoff game,” said Head Coach Bob Kenneally ’90. Behind ...
As the men’s tennis team gears up for the bulk of its schedule, the squad has already received some good news for next year. Jan. 25, Tennis Recruiting Network named the team’s 2016 class the 18th best in the nation in its winter rankings. This class is Bruno’s most highly touted group of incoming ...
Brett Favre and Peyton Manning were the first two NFL jerseys I ever had, even though my favorite teams were the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Minnesota Vikings. Favre could just plain sling the ball; he willed some of his throws to reach his target. Of course, this gun-slinging approach led to more ...
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one skeptical as I turned on this year’s NHL All-Star Game. Last year’s 29-goal abomination of the sport made me sick. But hey, it’s better than watching the Pro Bowl. Obviously, the biggest and strangest story surrounding the game was the advent of John Scott. Scott, ...
With three distinct seasons on their plates, distance runners go through a physical gauntlet unrivalled in athletics. While most teams play their competitive regular season in fall, winter or spring and spend the remainder of the year in off-season workouts, long-distance runners compete throughout ...
Two days ago, high school athletes around the world fulfilled their dreams of signing to competitive colleges. It was National Signing Day. For athletes fortunate enough to be recruited, a whole high school may gather while local TV crews wait to get the breaking news of a student’s choice between ...
Looking back at Brown’s athletic department 40 years ago, it would be hard to find many similarities to today’s version. Brown’s athletes now enjoy modern, state-of-the-art facilities, and dozens of varsity teams have been added in recent decades. Around that time, first-year women’s soccer ...
Swimming and Diving After over a month away from competition, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams returned to action over winter break with a double-dual meet against Harvard and Penn in Cambridge Jan. 16. While Bruno struggled in that meet — both teams fell to the Quakers and Crimson ...
The entire men’s hockey team was standing, hands raised and incredulous looks on their faces. Leading the charge against the officials was Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94, whose incensed tone differed drastically from the calm disposition he had displayed the whole game. Referees sparked this frustration ...
The women’s hockey team endured another tough weekend, extending its winless streak to 12 games after falling twice to Yale (9-13-1, 8-7-1 ECAC). With six games left in the regular season, the Bears (3-18-2, 1-13-2 ECAC) have effectively been eliminated from any chance of qualifying for the ECAC tournament. But ...
In perhaps its most difficult road trip of the entire season, the women’s basketball team was tasked with facing the two toughest opponents in all of the Ivy League this weekend — Princeton and Penn. In preseason polls, the two teams were voted to claim the top two spots for a second straight year. ...
There was something different in the air Saturday night at the Pizzitola Center. The men’s basketball team’s three-game losing streak to open Ivy play seemed far from the minds of the over 2,000 fans who packed the gym. They were there for Cedric.
On a night that the men’s basketball team recognized the shot-blocking prowess of its captain Cedric Kuakumensah ’16, it was Bruno’s sizzling shooting that stole the show. The Bears put up their best three-point shooting percentage of the season in a back-and-forth 89-83 win over Penn. The win ...
Last season’s impressive campaign by the gymnastics team was highlighted by seven gymnasts who achieved USA Gymnastics All-American honors and the highest regional qualifying score in program history. After narrowly missing out on some championship titles by mere tenths of points, the team is more ...
In the midst of a 3-16-2 season, it might be harder than usual to find positives for the women’s hockey team to build on. Bruno is hoping that a 2-2 tie against Union Jan. 23 might qualify, giving the team a boost for the final stretch of what has been a tough season for the Bears. Erin Conway ’17 ...
Entering Ivy League competition, the women’s basketball team seemed poised for success. The team was 12-2 and had just bested Rhode Island College to sweep its in-state match-ups. But suddenly, things began to go wrong. At Yale (11-8, 2-0 Ivy), the Bears (12-4, 0-2 Ivy) encountered an opponent with ...
Of the seven games the men’s hockey team played over winter break, it won only two: a 7-5 barnburner over Colgate in the teams’ third matchup of the season and a historic win over a top-ranked Providence squad. Tommy Marchin ’19 continued his torrid start to the season with the overtime winner ...
The men’s basketball team closed its non-conference schedule on a positive note, shaking off its early season struggles. But a formidable Yale (11-5, 2-0 Ivy) team dealt the Bears (5-11, 0-2 Ivy) back-to-back losses to open their conference slate. Before running into the teeth of the mighty Bulldogs, ...
It was a busy winter break for the wrestling team, as the Bears (3-6, 2-4 EIWA) spent much of their time on the road competing up and down the northeast. Bruno’s efforts were highlighted by strong individual results at the Franklin and Marshall Open, as well as wins at Sacred Heart University, Franklin ...
If the men’s basketball team had seen a doctor to remedy its four-game losing streak, it likely would have been prescribed a game against Central Connecticut State. Wednesday night’s showdown with the winless Blue Devils (0-6) provided Bruno (2-5) an opportunity to flex its offensive might and shake ...
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