The Department of Athletics must live up to a high standard of competitiveness to assert itself as a powerful player in the Ivy League. But with an average salary for head coaches more than $18,000 below the Ivy League average, Brown may be losing its competitive edge off the field when attempting to ...
With the charge of cutting the already-limited athletics department budget, a committee will inform President Ruth Simmons next month of its recommendations to raise the department's revenue and cut expenses, which could include eliminating teams.
The women's lacrosse team fell to Ivy foe Harvard and No. 4 Duke at home this weekend, extending its losing streak to four games. Both games came down to the wire, but a late scoring streak from the Crimson (5-4, 3-1 Ivy League) and an overtime goal from the Blue Devils (11-2) were enough to down Bruno ...
A month ago, the men's lacrosse coaching staff sat down to review the financial circumstances of a high school student-athlete they had identified as a strong fit for the Brown program. Upon looking at the recruit's file, Head Coach Lars Tiffany '90 said he learned that with Brown's financial aid offer, ...
After a disappointing start to conference play last weekend, the baseball team won both games in a doubleheader against Columbia Saturday and split two games against Penn Sunday.
The men's and women's track teams garnered three first-place finishes at the unscored University of Connecticut Alumni Invite Saturday.
The men's lacrosse team snapped a three-game losing streak and posted its first Ivy League win in a back-and-forth thriller against No. 12 Penn Saturday on the Bears' home turf. Bruno (4-6, 1-2 Ivy) outscored the Quakers (5-4, 2-2) 10-3 in the middle two quarters and survived a four-goal Penn run in ...
The men's baseball team (3-17, 1-3 Ivy) was swept by the Siena Saints in a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon. Two big innings from the Saints' offense sent the Bears to their 10th and 11th losses in 12 games.
As the basketball season winds down and we head into the final week of the year, the playoff picture has begun to take shape. There are only a few seeds up for grabs in the end-of-season scramble — the bottom of both conferences, a battle for third seed in the West between the Dallas Mavericks ...
In the 2001-2002 season, three fencers represented Brown at the NCAA Championships, and the team came in 16th place. In the following years, only one or two fencers have qualified for the championships each year.
It was a disappointing week for the baseball team, as the Bears lost all six games of their West Coast road trip before dropping three of their first four conference games of the season against Princeton and Cornell.
The men's and women's golf teams enjoyed some much needed sunshine as they spent their spring breaks competing in tournaments out West.
The men's and women's track and field teams turned in strong performances this past weekend at the Bryant University Invitational in Smithfield. The meet was a test in the early stages of Brown's outdoor track season.
A week and a half before the season began in January, the men's and women's tennis teams hit a setback. A monstrous winter storm took down a part of the Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center's membrane roof, and a large patch of snow landed in the middle of the tennis courts. But the teams took ...
Riding a two-game win streak going into spring break, the women's lacrosse team (5-4, 1-2 Ivy League) fell to ranked opponents No. 9 Stanford University and No. 18 Dartmouth last week. Scoring streaks from both the Cardinal (9-1) and the Big Green (6-2, 3-0 Ivy League) at crucial points in both games ...
The men's lacrosse team had a busy but overall disappointing week over spring break. After a thrilling come-from-behind home victory, the team twice came up short on the road in a tough three-game stretch. Bruno (3-5, 0-2 Ivy League) overcame a two-goal deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat the University ...
It's OK, everyone. Even though the lockout made me temporarily go into a rage blackout, I'm back this week. I managed to calm myself down by writing a letter to Showtime with a creative suggestion for their next episode of "Dexter."
After a five-month furlough, the women's golf team returned to action Sunday for its spring season and earned 11th place out of 14 teams at the Low Country Intercollegiate in South Carolina. The tournament was the team's first since Oct. 25, when they earned second place at the Sacred Heart Invitational. ...
Coming off a dominant 13-6 victory at Holy Cross last Wednesday, the women's lacrosse team (5-2, 1-1 Ivy League) continued its winning ways Sunday against an in-state foe, defeating Bryant University 14-4. Bruno's stalwart defense was the key to success in both games, as the Crusaders (2-7) and the ...
The softball team won one and lost three at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County Spring Classic this weekend, beating Saint Francis University 4-3 and falling to UMBC 9-8, Morgan State University 5-4 and Niagara University 8-4.
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