Seventy students whose teams are in danger of being cut, and the dozens more who showed up to support them, met with administrators in an emotionally charged Solomon 001 Friday at 8 a.m. to discuss controversial recommendations that would eliminate four varsity athletic teams.
I have been so transfixed these last few weeks with the drama on the court, ice and field on which Boston's teams tread, that I didn't see the end of the year coming.
Seventy students across four teams—wrestling, men's and women's fencing and women's skiing — learned yesterday that their teams will not exist next year if President Ruth Simmons and the Corporation accept the Athletics Review Committee's recommendations to cut their programs. Students' and coaches' ...
The women's lacrosse team (6-7, 1-4 Ivy) snapped a five-game losing streak Tuesday at Stevenson Field, dismantling the St. Mary's College of California Gaels, 26-6. Nine different Bears contributed to a potent offensive effort that overwhelmed the Gael defense. Kaela McGilloway '12 set the pace for ...
Texts were flying two Sundays ago between the men's and women's rugby teams. Both teams — the women in Princeton and the men in New York City — had just played in the final match of their respective Ivy League Championships.
The men's and women's fencing teams, men's wrestling team and women's ski team will be cut if President Ruth Simmons and the Corporation accept the plan recommended yesterday by the Athletics Review Committee. If the Corporation approves the committee's proposals at its meeting next month, the cuts ...
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Though Brown's sailing team goes unnoticed by much of the student body, the squad is on everyone's radar in collegiate sailing circles. The women's team is currently ranked No. 1 in the country, and the co-ed squad is ranked seventh.
Several strong defensive stands were not enough for the women's lacrosse team, who posted a 14-7 loss to Cornell in Ithaca Saturday. Despite controlling the draws throughout the match, Bruno (5-7, 1-4 Ivy) could not muster enough firepower to outshoot the Big Red (4-7, 2-4). The loss is the latest in ...
The men's lacrosse team jumped out to a 3-0 first-quarter lead over Yale, but the Bulldogs outscored Bruno (4-7, 1-3 Ivy) by six goals in a one-sided second half to notch a 10-6 victory Saturday in New Haven, Conn. The win propelled Yale (8-2, 3-2) to a tie for second place in the Ivy League, while ...
Despite Saturday's cold and windy weather, the men's and women's track and field teams had strong showings at the Brown Invitational, the first home meet of the outdoor season. Though the Bears have hosted a meet in mid-April for the past 20 years, Bruno had anything but an average performance. ...
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 ...
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