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Undefeated skiers look toward regionals

Sheehan '12: Open heart surgery on a Patriots fan

Azargui '14 leads m. tennis to 6-0

Last weekend, men's tennis player Soufiane Azargui '14 won all four of his matches — two at singles and two at doubles — to help the Bears remain undefeated 6-0 in the winter season. Azargui's wins came at home against Binghamton, Bryant and Quinnipiac. For his dominating performances to ...

Bears look to rebound before heading to playoffs

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W. icers drop two conference games

A pair of losses this weekend slowed the women's hockey team's charge toward its first postseason berth in five seasons. But the hunt is not over yet. The Bears (7-11-7, 4-10-4 ECAC) fell to Clarkson (18-7-5, 12-4-2) and St. Lawrence (17-8-4, 11-5-2) but are still in position to make the playoffs with ...

Squads fall to top opponents

The No. 10 women's squash team traveled to Philadelphia this weekend to face Penn, Stanford University, Drexel University and Princeton. The Bears defeated Drexel 9-0 but ultimately fell 8-1 to No. 4 Penn, 9-0 to No. 5 Princeton and 9-0 to Stanford. The No. 16 men turned in a similar result, also beating ...

Track team competes in R.I. invitational

Bruno competes with Ivy best

There was no rest for the weary this weekend as the women's basketball team fought through two challenging conference games. The Bears (12-8, 3-3 Ivy) gave Princeton its closest Ivy League challenge of the season Friday, but eventually conceded the game, 57-45. But the team rebounded one day later, ...

Local Olympian inspires varsity, casual runners

"When you run free, you run fast. When you run fast, you have fun," said Roisin McGettigan, Irish Olympian and Providence resident, to an audience of varsity and club runners Feb. 2 in an event sponsored by the Running Club.

Bears find no peace with Quakers, Tigers

The men's basketball team suffered two disappointing conference losses at home this weekend, falling to Princeton Friday night 77-63 before crumbling against Penn the following night 65-48.

Sheehan '12: We shouldn't be here

Burr earns milestone 300th win

The ceiling of women's basketball Head Coach Jean Marie Burr's office is a flurry of color. After Burr picked up her 300th career win over Dartmouth Jan. 27, her squad decorated her office with signs and streamers and baked her a cake. From the ceiling, 300 pieces of paper hang down, one for each win, ...

Men's hockey team leaves an IMPACT on kids

 As the puck slid through the crease and into the net, the Brown men's hockey team erupted into cheers. The goal wasn't an overtime game-winner. It wasn't a goal to upset a ranked opponent. It was not even a goal in a game. But this goal was special.   That goal — on the Bears' home ice at Meehan ...

Maine event: squash tops Bowdoin and Colby

Both the men's and women's squash teams returned from Maine triumphant after successful matches against Bowdoin and Colby this weekend.  

Bears dash past competition in season's third meet

While the rest of Brown slowly gears up for a new semester, the women and men on the indoor track teams are already moving at top speed. At the Joe Donahue Collegiate Indoor Games Jan. 27, the women captured first place, while the men finished second. In the 17 events scored, the women earned 118.33 ...

Burr earns 300th win over Big Green

It was a weekend of mixed emotions for the women's basketball team — the squad captured a win over Dartmouth Friday to give Head Coach Jean Marie Burr her 300th career win as a Bear, but the squad then fell to Harvard Sunday evening. The Bears (11-7, 2-2 Ivy) came back from an 18-point deficit ...

Fencers 'demolished' the competition at NFC

It was an impressive weekend for the men's and women's fencing teams as they turned in stellar performances at the second meet of the Northeast Fencing Championship Jan. 28. The men's team went 27-0 against Tufts, the first undefeated match for the team in recent memory, said Josh Grill '14.

Bears drop close game with ranked Crimson

The men's basketball team picked up its first conference victory of the season this weekend, defeating Dartmouth 66-59 Friday night before battling No. 23 Harvard in a hard-fought 68-59 loss Saturday. The matchup with the nationally-ranked Crimson brought in a sellout crowd and a spirited atmosphere ...

Bears get icy reception on road, drop in standings

In a weekend where the men's hockey team could have made a jump into third place in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference  standings, the team instead slipped to ninth place after coming away empty-handed in its pair of away games.

Double trouble against ranked teams

It was a difficult weekend at Meehan Auditorium for the women's hockey team, as the squad only managed to score one goal between losses to Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference foes No. 10 Dartmouth and No. 8/9 Harvard. Bruno (7-9-7, 4-8-4 ECAC) got out to an early lead against the Big Green (14-6-2, ...