Originally hailing from the Czech Republic, Alena Polenska ’13 serves double duty as co-captain of the No. 12 Czech national women’s ice hockey team and co-captain of Bruno’s ice hockey squad. The Kutna Hora native recently scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season in a 5-2 victory last ...
The men’s basketball team returned home after a five-game road trip, competing against Ivy foes last weekend, beating Columbia and losing to Cornell. The Bears (9-13, 3-5 Ivy) hit big shots at the end of regulation to down the Lions (10-12, 2-6) in dramatic fashion. Bruno came close to coming back ...
Men’s baskeball team co-captain Sean McGonagill ’14 made history Saturday night by scoring his 1000th point against Penn at the Palestra in Philadelphia, wrapping up a five-game road trip for the Bears. McGonagill, Bruno’s starting point guard, became the 25th player in school history to reach ...
Three months ago, goalie Anthony Borelli ’13 was watching ice hockey from Brown’s bench. Now, he is leading the Bears to victories over top teams in the nation. In his most recent effort, Borelli recorded a career-high 44 saves Tuesday night at home, guiding Brown (9-9-5, 5-6-5 ECAC) to a 1-0 upset ...
Taking basketball from a childhood passion to AAU stardom to D-I dreams to a career is a journey very few ever complete. Almost everything has to go right — you essentially need to take the best qualities from Jude Law and Ethan Hawke’s characters in “Gattaca” — perfect genetics and unrelenting ...
The Brown women’s basketball team fell to Ivy League competitors Princeton and Penn in back-to-back home games this weekend. Bruno (7-13, 1-5 Ivy) lost to the Tigers (14-5, 5-0), who maintained their position on top of the Ivy League with a 68-37 win. The Quakers (10-9, 3-2) also managed to edge out ...
In a weekend full of unexpected twists, the men’s and women’s squash teams were able to halt losing streaks in the Ivy League heading into the postseason. The No. 17 men’s team (8-9, Ivy League 1-6) and No. 9 women’s team (12-6, 2-5) both fell to the visiting teams from Harvard but were victorious ...
The wrestling team competed against Princeton and No. 22 Penn Saturday, splitting the matches with a win and loss, respectively. The Bears went on to lose the following day to No. 14 Lehigh University Mountain Hawks. In the first match of the weekend, the Bears (7-7, EIWA 2-5) defeated the Princeton ...
Participating in collegiate athletics is a large time commitment, with student-athletes devoting many hours each week to practice, competitions at home and travel. But it is not just varsity athletes who make this commitment — students who compete at the club level also devote significant time to ...
The men’s basketball team traveled to Princeton and Penn this weekend despite blizzard conditions, but dropped both of their Ivy League matchups. The Bears (8-12, 2-4 Ivy) could not keep pace with the Tigers’ (11-8, 4-1) high-powered offense, and foul trouble for Brown’s big men proved costly ...
Spending last semester abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland, I experienced cultural differences that shaped me emotionally and spiritually, providing me a worldview the likes of which anyone who hasn’t been abroad (i.e., you) could never understand. On this mystical journey, I immersed myself in culture, ...
When not in the classroom, he has spent his time in the pool scoring goals and accumulating awards — ending his career as one of the most decorated athletes in Brown’s history. Svetozar Stefanovic ’13 became Brown’s first four-time All-American selection this past week after being selected ...
The men and women of track and field were trumped by their hosts at the University of Rhode Island Coaches Tribute Invitational in Kingston last weekend. The men’s team secured a seventh place finish while the women’s team claimed fifth overall, both falling to first-place Ram finishes. Ajani Brown ...
Following losing performances at Columbia, the men’s swimming and diving team beat Cornell 178.50-121.50, while the women’s swimming and diving team lost to the Big Red153-147 on Senior Day. This is the first season in which the squads have competed in the newly constructed Katherine Moran Coleman ...
The gymnastics team finished third with 191.85 points at a competition held in the Livingston Recreation Center at Rutgers University Saturday. The Bears set a University record of 48.625 points on the vault, breaking the previous record of 48.4, which they recently set at a Jan. 26 meet at the University ...
The men’s hockey team tied Quinnipiac and defeated Princeton in back-to-back ECAC match-ups this weekend. Saturday’s win moves the Bears into a tie for sixth place in the conference with Princeton and St. Lawrence. Brown 1, No. 2 Quinnipiac 1 In a much anticipated match-up against the ...
Bruno suffered losses at home to conference rivals Dartmouth on Friday and Harvard on Saturday. The Bears fell to the Big Green 49-41 and to the Crimson 68-58. Brown (7-11, Ivy League 1-3) established a steady lead less than five minutes into the first half Saturday and continued applying pressure ...
The men’s basketball team delivered two strong performances on the road in Ivy League play this weekend, beating Dartmouth 62-50 Friday in Hanover, N.H. and battling Harvard to a double overtime loss 89-82 Saturday in Boston. The Bears (8-10, 2-2 Ivy) dominated inside the paint against the Big Green ...
To balance the rigors of being an athlete and a full-time student, an individual has to be disciplined, determined and hardworking — and there is no guarantee that the hard work will pay off. A 2012 report released by the NCAA found that just over one percent of students athletes, with the exception ...
The men’s and women’s fencing teams finished undefeated with large margins of victory in their only home meet of the year on Saturday. At the second tournament of the year for the Northeast Fencing Conference, Brown hosted 13 schools from New England, competing successfully in foil, saber and epee ...
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