Students mix March Madness with charity
By Sam Rubinroit | March 13As a senior in high school, Lex Rofes '13 had an idea. Why not use people's love for college basketball not as a way to make individual profit, but to help charity?
As a senior in high school, Lex Rofes '13 had an idea. Why not use people's love for college basketball not as a way to make individual profit, but to help charity?
The women's lacrosse team came away with a win and a loss on the road last week, defeating Quinnipiac Tuesday and falling to No. 17 Princeton Saturday. Bruno (3-2, 1-1 Ivy League) lit up the Bobcats (0-3) for 16 goals but could not keep pace with the Tigers (3-1, 1-0).
It's fourth-and-goal. You're down by five with just 10 seconds left on the clock. Eleven enormous and entirely imaginary men stand between you and the freshly raked pile of leaves signifying your makeshift end zone. Super Bowl glory is yours for the taking.
Sean McGonagill '14 does not look like a first-year when he is on the basketball court. He ran Brown's offense this season as if he had done it for years, with a calm confidence uncommon even among upperclassmen.
Alright, look. I swear I was going to write a hockey column this week. But then I didn't.
The gymnastics team grabbed its first win of the season Sunday at home, vanquishing two-time national champion University of Bridgeport and neighboring Southern Connecticut State University at the Pizzitola Center. In a meet the next day in Durham, N.H., the Bears scored a season-high 193.675 points ...
The baseball team (0-3) opened its season this weekend by suffering a three-game sweep at No. 2 Vanderbilt (11-1). The season-opener was low-scoring, and the Commodores defeated the Bears 3-1. In the first game of a Sunday doubleheader, Vanderbilt edged past Brown 6-5, and won 6-3 in an abridged seven-inning ...
Harry Zolnierczyk '11, men's hockey captain and 2010-11 Ivy League Player of the Year, signed with the Philadelphia Flyers Monday, fulfilling what he said is a lifelong desire to play hockey at the professional level.
The men and women of the track team wrapped up their indoor seasons this past weekend, with a small group of athletes competing at the Eastern College Athletic Conference/Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston. Brown only sent a small ...
After falling to Boston University last Tuesday, the women's lacrosse team got back on track with a win Saturday against Columbia, defeating the Lions 14-6 at the Berylson Family Fields. Goals from eight different Brown players led the team to victory in its first Ivy League match of the season.
The women's softball team began its 2011 season this weekend, traveling to Hampton, Va., for the Lady Pirates Classic, where they faced Hampton, Marist, Rutgers and Central Connecticut State University. The women emerged with a 1-2-1 record, beating Hampton in their season opener 3-2, then falling 9-2 ...
After ending the regular season with back-to-back wins, the men's hockey team finished its season with a whimper this weekend. The Bears (10-16-5, 8-12-2 ECAC) lost the first two games of a best-of-three series to Quinnipiac (15-13-8, 6-9-7) 4-0, sealing their elimination from the ECAC tournament. The ...
One month ago, the women's basketball team was crushed by Columbia 72-49 in New York. But Saturday, fresh off a victory over Cornell (6-21, 3-10 Ivy League) the previous night, the Bears were hungry for an upset at home.
The No. 20 men's lacrosse team suffered its first defeat Saturday, coming up short against the No. 9 University of Massachusetts at Amherst 9-6. The 50th game in the history of the regional rivalry went into halftime with the score all square, but the Minutemen (4-0) scored three-straight goals in the ...
After a season of heart-wrenching losses and upset victories, the men's basketball team played its final games on a grueling road trip, falling to Cornell 75-66 and Columbia 91-74.
The women's lacrosse team (1-1) suffered a 15-8 loss against high-scoring Boston University (1-1) Tuesday at home. Though Bruno got out to an early 2-1 lead, the Terriers responded with the first of two major scoring streaks that put the Bears down in their home opener.
The gymnastics team took third place in the four-team Ivy League Classic at Penn Sunday, topping Yale but falling to Penn and Cornell. The Quakers led the scoring with 191.950 points. The Big Red, Bruno and the Bulldogs followed with scores of 190.550, 188.900 and 185.550, respectively.
Men's hockey captain Harry Zolnierczyk '11 was named the Ivy League Player of the Year yesterday, one day before the Bears travel to Quinnipiac for a best-of-three series in the first round of the ECAC playoffs.
I've oftentimes wondered what any offspring of mine would be like. Actually, let me rephrase that. I've often wondered what any offspring of mine would be like, until I remember that any of my poor sons will be doomed by the staggering number of unflattering dominant genes I have. Well, I can only assume ...
Bre Hudgins '14 stormed out of the gate in her collegiate debut, scoring five goals in a 21-8 shellacking of Sacred Heart last Saturday in the women's lacrosse season opener. The Syracuse, N.Y. native now looks ahead to her first career Ivy League game tomorrow against Columbia. For her impressive first ...