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Two years later, teams comment on lasting impact of Excellence in Brown Athletics demotion

By Emma Madgic and Mizuki Kai | June 10

On May 28, 2020, the University announced the Excellence in Brown Athletics Initiative, a plan to transition 11 varsity teams to club status and two club sports to varsity. Five teams — men's indoor and outdoor track and field, men's cross country, women's equestrian and women's fencing — ultimately ...

Comeback effort falls short as top-seeded men’s lax falters against No. 13 Penn in Ivy League tournament semifinal

By Nicholas Miller | May 12

Brown hosted the Ivy League men’s lacrosse tournament this past weekend, with the Bears taking on Penn. The No. 13 Quakers (9-4, 3-3 Ivy League) defeated No. 5 Brown (10-5, 4-2) 14-9 to move on to the championship game of the tournament, in which Penn beat Yale (11-4, 5-3) 16-9 to clinch the Ivy ...

‘Turning jocks into nerds and nerds into jocks’: Club quidditch takes flight

By Linus Lawrence | April 27

As if by a levitation spell, the Brown club quidditch team soared across college leaderboards in its first season of competition, earning promotion to division one and finishing in the top 20 at the U.S. Quidditch Cup in Salt Lake City this past weekend.

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Women’s sailing places 4th at inaugural Women’s Team Race National Championship

By Ellery Campbell | April 27

This weekend, the women’s sailing team hosted the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association’s inaugural Women’s Team Race National Championship at the Edgewood Yacht Club in Cranston, placing fourth out of 12 teams with an 11-5 record at the event.

Baseball is swept by Penn in weekend series

By Gabriella Sartori | April 26

The baseball team (8-22, 3-12 Ivy League) kept it close in its three-game weekend series against Penn (26-9, 12-2 Ivy) but was unable to secure a win and was swept by the Quakers in Philadelphia.

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No. 5 men’s lacrosse defeats No. 14 Cornell, wins third consecutive game

By Adam Remels | April 26

The men’s lacrosse team (8-4, 3-2 Ivy League) — ranked 14th before the game — defeated Cornell (10-3, 3-2) Saturday by a score of 13-8. The win on the road was the Bears’ third straight, after beating Penn and Yale in their previous two games. With the victory, the Bears jumped to No. 5 while ...

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Women’s lacrosse triumphs over Cornell 12-11 on Senior Day

By Nicholas Miller | April 24

The women’s lacrosse team (6-7, 3-3 Ivy League) defeated Cornell (7-7, 3-3) 12-11 Saturday at Stevenson-Pincince Field, leaving 12 team members in the class of 2022 with a thrilling Senior Day victory. Attacker Maggie Fowler ’22 and midfielder Mia Mascone ’23 led the Bears with ...

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Softball seniors step up in weekend series loss to Harvard

By Adiza Alasa | April 24

Softball (13-23, 5-13 Ivy League) lost two of three games to Harvard (17-16, 11-4) in a weekend series in which every contest was decided by one run. After dropping the series opener Saturday 2-1, the Bears locked in on defense to render Harvard scoreless in the second game and tied the series with ...

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‘It's never not on our minds’: student-athletes discuss racial justice protests

By Nicholas Miller | April 22

As the sound of the national anthem rang in the night session of the Gymnastics East Conference’s inaugural championship in March, three teams who had bounced onto the gym floor ...

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Senior athletes use extra year of eligibility to compete at major conference programs

By Ryan Handel and Peter Swope | April 20

When the Ivy League canceled all athletics during the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown athletes lost a chance to compete for the Bears but retained a year of NCAA eligibility. The Ivy League instituted a one-time waiver to allow athletes that graduated in 2021 ...

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Softball edged out by Columbia in weekend series

By Adiza Alasa | April 19

Softball (12-21, 4-11 Ivy League) lost a three-game series to Columbia (11-21, 7-8) over the weekend at home, winning the first game of the series Friday and losing both games of a Saturday doubleheader. Despite winning the first game against the Lions 3-2, the Bears lost the first contest in the ...

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Baseball takes finale against Yale, avoids sweep

By Gabriella Sartori | April 18

The baseball team (8-19, 3-9 Ivy League) fell twice Saturday against Yale (16-11, 7-5) but took the series finale on Sunday. The Bulldogs were able to secure a series win with a pair of one-run victories, including an extra-innings win, in Saturday’s doubleheader in New Haven. The Bears lost by ...

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Men’s tennis swept in Ivy League weekend matches

By Adam Remels | April 18

The men’s tennis team (9-13, 0-5 Ivy League) lost to No. 25 Columbia (12-6, 2-1) and Cornell (16-6, 3-1) over the weekend by scores of 4-0 in both matches. The Bears hosted the Ivy League contests at the Indoor Tennis Courts in the Pizzitola Sports Center.

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Women’s water polo defeats Connecticut College, falls to Harvard

By Quinn Seidenman | April 18

The women’s water polo team (24-13, 7-5 Collegiate Water Polo Association), which currently ranks No. 22 nationally, defeated Connecticut College (2-12) before falling to Harvard (21-6, 9-3 CWPA) on Saturday in the team’s final tune-up before the Collegiate Water Polo Championships April 22. ...

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No. 20 men’s lacrosse overcomes No. 5 Yale 20-13 in matchup of Ivy heavyweights

By Nicholas Miller | April 17

The No. 20 men’s lacrosse team (7-4, 2-2 Ivy League) upset No. 5 Yale (7-3, 3-2) by a score of 20-13 Saturday at Stevenson-Pincince Field. The matchup marked the latest installment of the Ivy League lacrosse free-for-all that features six teams ranked in the top 20 nationally.

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Gymnastics caps off season with strong performance at nationals

By Haley Sandlow | April 15

Brown women’s gymnastics advanced to team finals at the USA Gymnastics National Championships for the third time in program history Saturday, capping off a season of

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Women’s water polo splits Sunday slate

By Quinn Seidenman | April 11

The No. 22 women’s water polo team (23-12, 7-4 Collegiate Water Polo Association) split its Sunday slate, defeating Bucknell University (9-15, 3-9 CWPA) before suffering a loss to No. 21 Princeton (19-9, 8-4 CWPA) at the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center.

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Women’s tennis falls to Penn, Princeton in weekend matches

By Adam Remels | April 11

The women’s tennis team (6-12, 0-3 Ivy League) fell to Penn (12-8, 2-1) and Princeton (7-10, 4-1) in matches over the weekend. The Bears lost to the Quakers 4-0 Saturday and to the Tigers 4-1 Sunday, with Brown hosting both games at the Varsity Tennis Courts.

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Softball swept by Dartmouth in three tight weekend games

By Adiza Alasa | April 11

The softball team (11-18, 3-9 Ivy) came up short in all three of their games at Dartmouth (12-20, 6-3 Ivy) this past weekend. After the Saturday game ended with Brown scoring just one run, the Bears stepped up offensively and scored four and seven runs respectively in their Sunday walk-off losses. ...

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Baseball suffers series sweep against Columbia

By Gabriella Sartori | April 11

The baseball team (6-17, 2-7 Ivy League) hosted Columbia (14-13, 7-2 Ivy League) in a three-game series sweep. The Bears were unable to secure a win as they struggled to respond to late-inning surges from the heavy bats of the Lions. A big six-run rally in the ninth inning of game one helped propel ...