The women’s soccer team played a flawless 135 minutes of soccer in its two games this weekend, but a sloppy first half against Providence College kept the Bears from sweeping the homestand. Playing and competing for the entire game “was a big key for us,” said Head Coach Phil Pincince. “We played ...
Last season, the women’s rugby team burst onto the scene in its first varsity campaign, tearing through the Ivy League with an undefeated record en route to an appearance in the national championship tournament. With another year of varsity practice and experience under their belts, the Bears hope ...
Despite losing five key starters to graduation, the women’s soccer team is confident it can rebound from 2014’s last-place conference record of 1-4-2. The team (1-1) will fill the holes in its roster with a talented first-year class and revitalized team chemistry. And when a coach like Phil Pincince ...
On the eve the first meets of the season for the men’s and women’s cross country teams, both squads will ask senior leaders to carry young rosters. They will send runners to New York meets and the Bryant Nassaney Invitational over the weekend in hopes of unlocking their rosters’ potential. The ...
While many students made their return trips to College Hill, the volleyball team was en route to Fairfield, Connecticut to participate in the Sacred Heart University Hampton Inn Invitational. With the return of many of the squad’s key players and the addition of five impressive first-years, the Bears ...
Last season did not go exactly as planned for the Brown men’s soccer team. After suffering a loss in the final game of the season, Bruno was left in a tie for fifth place in the Ivy League and a losing record, 5-6-6, for the first time since 2002. But with the return to health of some key players ...
After a disappointing, season-opening 4-1 loss to American, the women’s field hockey team bounced back with a thrilling 2-1 win over Appalachian State for the first victory of what looks to be a promising season. Even in the loss, Head Coach Jill Reeve saw a lot of promise in what took place during ...
Several softball players have left the team over the last three seasons after allegedly being bullied by Head Coach Katie Flynn, according to interviews with five former players and emails reviewed by The Herald. The coach made disparaging remarks about players’ body weights and created a hostile ...
The women’s lacrosse team’s 6-10 loss to a very physical Dartmouth squad Saturday dashed any hopes of qualifying for the Ivy League Tournament. Though the Bears (7-7, 1-5 Ivy) have proven that they can play on par with the best teams — most notably in their two-goal loss to a competitive No. 11 ...
Going head-to-head in a four-game stretch with Red Rolfe Division leader Dartmouth was sure to be a tough matchup for the baseball team. Though Brown (8-26, 4-12 Ivy) showed the Big Green (16-19, 12-4) a valiant effort, the Bears fell in four consecutive games by a total margin of six runs. The first ...
With the battle for the Ivy League title heating up, the No. 13 men’s lacrosse team put on its best showing of the year in a convincing 15-6 win over No. 10 Cornell Saturday. The Bears (10-3, 3-2 Ivy) now control their own destiny and can clinch a spot in the league’s four-team tournament with a ...
While many Brown students made their way to the Main Green for the Spring Weekend concerts, the softball team hit the road for one of its toughest tests of the season. Bruno (11-19, 5-1 Ivy) salvaged a single win in a four-game set at conference-leading Dartmouth. While a 1-3 weekend is not typically ...
The men’s and women’s track and field teams were on triple duty this weekend, as most team members traveled to Yale for the Mark Young Invitational, while smaller groups went to the Virginia Challenge at the University of Virginia and the Larry Elis Invitational at Princeton. Several competitors ...
There are no Cinderellas in the NBA Playoffs. I went to Wikipedia to prove my point, and I was shocked by what I found. In this millennium, just one team below a fourth seed has made it to the Conference Finals. In other words, every year for 14 years, the entire lower half of the bracket has failed ...
Director of Athletics Jack Hayes has recommended that the women’s ski team not be demoted to club status, mitigating earlier concerns that the team would be cut due to lack of financial support. After co-captains Amanda Engelhardt ’15 and Nika Mosenthal ’15 met with administrators several times ...
At a setting that will play host to this year’s national championship and against teams that will likely be competing there, the women’s crew team secured a second-place finish out of a field of nine. The second-ranked Bears wrapped up the weekend tied with Stanford and trailing UC Berkeley, amassing ...
The past year of professional squash has exhibited perhaps the most exciting play ever. With more countries represented in the world’s top 20 players than at any time in recent memory, tournament matches have reached unprecedented popularity. An aspect of top-level squash that has evolved over the ...
Rooting for the Boston Red Sox has always been a labor of love. Because hopes are consistently high in March, the disappointments hurt as much as the payoffs elate. One minute you’re getting emotionally sucker-punched by Aaron Boone, and the next you’re busting curses. We celebrate with champagne ...
As the softball team played its first games in its own division this weekend, Bruno (10-15, 4-8 Ivy) hoped to make a run at the North title and earn a spot in the Ivy League championship game. Unfortunately for the Bears, two narrow losses and a blowout to Harvard all but ended their title aspirations. ...
The women’s lacrosse team has never fallen to Columbia and continued the tradition on Senior Day Saturday, as it triumphed over the Lions 7-6. The win secured Bruno’s first Ivy victory of the season, a prize long in the works for the Bears. “The whole game yesterday was really a team effort,” ...
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