Whether home or away, the Brown sports teams had an active weekend but came away with mixed results.
Women's tennis
The Bears were not gracious hosts, trouncing Army, 7-0, on Saturday and Buffalo, 6-1, the following day to run their record to 3-0.
Sara Mansur '09 led the way, combining for doubles victories at No. 1 with Bianca Aboubakare '11 against Army and at No. 2 with Cassandra Herzberg '12 against Buffalo. She shined even brighter at No. 3 singles, demolishing her Army opponent, 6-0, 6-0, before toppling her Buffalo opponent, 6-1, 6-1.
The No. 3 doubles team of Emily Ellis '10 and Kathrin Sorokko '10 won twice, Herzberg won twice in straight sets at No. 2 singles and Julie Flanzer '12 won a pair of three-set matches at No. 4 singles.
The Bears will look to continue their winning ways tomorrow when they hit the road to take on Boston College.
Men's swimming and diving
Despite a strong effort from Daniel Ricketts '09, who took home three of the Bears' six victories, the men's swimming and diving team suffered a 186-112 loss to Columbia on Saturday in New York, dropping the team's record to 1-5 overall and 1-4 in the Ivy League.
Ricketts began his day by winning the 200 Free in a time of 1:41.64. He added victories in the 100 Free (45.33) and 100 Fly (50.68).
Sam Speroni '11 won the 1000 Free in a time of 10:20.32. CJ Kambe '10 secured Bruno's only diving victory of the meet by posting a score of 282.75 on the one-meter boards. Ryan Kikuchi '11 added a win in the 500 Free (4:40.48).
The Bears will have their only home-away-from-home meet of the season Saturday at noon, when they host Cornell at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass.
Women's swimming and diving
The women did better than the men against Columbia, but they still fell short in a close meet, 157-143. Brown now stands at 2-3 in the Ivy League.
Allyson Schumacher '12 continued her successful season by securing two individual wins and a relay crown to lead the Bears to seven wins. She won the 200 Free in a time of 1:51.64 and finished first in the 500 Free at 4:58.17.
Ainsley McFadgen '09 won the 1000 Free (10:20.32), Natascha Mangan '11 topped the field in the 200 Fly (2:06.61) and Candice Sisouvanvieng-Kim '11 took first in the 50 Free (24.13). Katie Olko '10 secured Bruno's lone diving victory in the one-meter dive with a score of 236.31.
Sisouvanvieng-Kim, Kristen Caldarella '12, Stephanie Pollard '11 and Schumacher teamed up to win the 400 Free Relay in a time of 3:30.70.
The women will hit the pool along with the men's team Saturday against Cornell in Massachusetts.
Men's squash
The No. 14 men's squash team lost to No. 8 Dartmouth on Saturday in Hanover, N.H., by a score of 9-0. Patrick Davis '10 at No. 5 and Alex Heitzmann '10 at No. 8 both pushed their opponents to five sets before falling short.
The Bears will look to recover today when they travel to Williamstown, Mass. to face Williams.
Women's squash
The No. 10 women's squash team had a busy Saturday in Hanover, beating No. 9 Dartmouth, 5-4, but losing to No. 14 Stanford, 9-0.
Against the Big Green, Nikoo Fadaifard '12 at No. 5, Kali Schellenberg '10 at No. 6 and Sarah Roberts '10 at No. 9 won in straight sets. Sophie Scherl '11 at No. 4 and Carolyn Tilney '11 at No. 7 both went the extra mile, recovering to post 3-1 victories after each dropped the first set.
The women will join the men in Williamstown today to take on Williams.
