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Bear Tracks: The year in athletics, by the numbers

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Published: Friday, April 25, 2008

Updated: Sunday, April 12, 2009

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Forward Scott Friske '09 helped the men's basketball team win a record 19 games and make its first postseason appearance since 2003.

145-0 - Combined score of the women's rugby team's three victories in the Ivy League tournament.

94 - Innings played by the baseball team over Spring Break

86 - Floors ascended by former men's squash co-captain Ben Oliner '03 in the Empire State Building Run Up.

66 - Saves by women's hockey goalie Nicole Stock '09 in a game, a Brown record.

50'9.25"- outdoor school record distance jumped by Ikenna Achilihu '08 in the triple jump

42-40 - Score of the fourth game of the volleyball team's win against Cornell. It was the second highest score in Brown history.

40 - Bench press reps by 49 year-old football Head Coach Phil Estes at the Bench Press for Cancer, good for third on the team.

35 - Number of varsity sports teams at Brown and also conference titles we expect next year.

22 - Letters in softball Head Coach DeeDee Enabenter-Omidiji's name.

20 - Days it took former men's basketball Head Coach Craig Robinson to accept a new job after Brown lost in its first postseason game since 2003. 6 - Number of wins by the Oregon State men's basketball team last season. 0 in conference.

20 - Number of Academic All-Ivy winners in the fall and winter seasons.

19 - Record number of wins for the men's basketball team.

18 - Goals scored by women's lacrosse team Tuesday, the most by a Brown sports team all year.

16 - Games the field hockey team used to build up to its first win of the season.

14 - Ranking the men's squash team finished the season with despite ending the season with a 6-11 record.

'11 - Year of graduation for the freshman class, members of which led the women's tennis, volleyball and skiing teams in addition to being the "best and brightest class ever" at Brown, but sadly not the "most beautiful and most handsome."

9 - Games in a row won by the men's soccer team, seven of which contributed to a perfect 7-0 record against Ivy League opponents.

6 - Tackles made on the season by Zak DeOssie '06 for the New York Giants en route to a Super Bowl ring.

.690 - Men's lacrosse goalie Jordan Burke's '09 save percentage, the best in the nation.

0 - Number of times the defending national champion women's crew team spoke with us.

Over/Under

5,000 - average number of times that a swimmer or water polo player's ears popped as they entered the Bubble.

5.4 million - number of times we referred to someone's performance as "solid."

4 - Number of National Championships Brown teams will take home this spring.