If any player on the women’s hockey team (3-19-3, 1-14-3 ECAC) deserved to score a clutch third-period goal against Harvard, it was Erin Conway ’17. In the first matchup against the Crimson, ranked 10th nationally at the time, the junior appeared to score, which brought the Bears within one goal ...
Women’s Water Polo Athletes from across the country filled Thayer Street Saturday evening, as the women’s water polo team hosted the Bruno Classic over the weekend. The Bears (1-6) faced off against stiff competition in their first home games of the season — four of their five opponents were top-20, ...
It is amazing what a weekend can do. For the men’s basketball team, a split in two home contests against Cornell and Columbia showed the Ivy League what Head Coach Mike Martin ’04 said prior to the start of conference play: “We can contend in this league.” But an 0-3 start including two blowouts ...
The wrestling team may have failed to capture a dual-meet victory on Alumni Weekend, but it would be unfair to say the Bears did not entertain. Despite losses to both Penn (5-3, 5-2 EIWA) and Princeton (6-2, 5-3), the young squad showed great promise for the future, battling through many close individual ...
The women’s basketball team is in trouble — after a 1-5 start to its Ivy League season, that is undeniable. But now, for the first time since conference play started, the team may be finding its stride. The Bears (13-7, 1-5 Ivy) traveled to Cornell (13-7, 5-1) Friday night with a 0-4 Ivy League ...
Harvard consistently ranks higher nationally than the men’s hockey team, currently in last place. But Bruno (4-16-4, 2-12-3 ECAC) had not lost to the Crimson (13-6-3, 9-4-3) at home since 2011. Bobby Farnham ’12 — current New Jersey Devil — scored the lone goal for the Bears in a 2-1 defeat ...
In a Saturday doubleheader against Binghamton and Quinnipiac at the Pizzitola Sports Center, the men’s tennis team emerged undefeated to extend its current winning streak to three games. The Bears (4-1) topped Binghamton (4-2) by a fairly comfortable 6-1 scoreline but edged Quinnipiac (4-2) by a ...
Despite being statistically eliminated from playoff contention, the women’s hockey team (3-18-3, 1-13-3 ECAC) had no shortage of motivation for a matchup against rival Harvard (12-9-2, 9-6-2) Friday night. “We treated that game like it was our playoff game,” said Head Coach Bob Kenneally ’90. Behind ...
As the men’s tennis team gears up for the bulk of its schedule, the squad has already received some good news for next year. Jan. 25, Tennis Recruiting Network named the team’s 2016 class the 18th best in the nation in its winter rankings. This class is Bruno’s most highly touted group of incoming ...
Brett Favre and Peyton Manning were the first two NFL jerseys I ever had, even though my favorite teams were the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Minnesota Vikings. Favre could just plain sling the ball; he willed some of his throws to reach his target. Of course, this gun-slinging approach led to more ...
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one skeptical as I turned on this year’s NHL All-Star Game. Last year’s 29-goal abomination of the sport made me sick. But hey, it’s better than watching the Pro Bowl. Obviously, the biggest and strangest story surrounding the game was the advent of John Scott. Scott, ...
With three distinct seasons on their plates, distance runners go through a physical gauntlet unrivalled in athletics. While most teams play their competitive regular season in fall, winter or spring and spend the remainder of the year in off-season workouts, long-distance runners compete throughout ...
Two days ago, high school athletes around the world fulfilled their dreams of signing to competitive colleges. It was National Signing Day. For athletes fortunate enough to be recruited, a whole high school may gather while local TV crews wait to get the breaking news of a student’s choice between ...
Looking back at Brown’s athletic department 40 years ago, it would be hard to find many similarities to today’s version. Brown’s athletes now enjoy modern, state-of-the-art facilities, and dozens of varsity teams have been added in recent decades. Around that time, first-year women’s soccer ...
Swimming and Diving After over a month away from competition, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams returned to action over winter break with a double-dual meet against Harvard and Penn in Cambridge Jan. 16. While Bruno struggled in that meet — both teams fell to the Quakers and Crimson ...
The entire men’s hockey team was standing, hands raised and incredulous looks on their faces. Leading the charge against the officials was Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94, whose incensed tone differed drastically from the calm disposition he had displayed the whole game. Referees sparked this frustration ...
The women’s hockey team endured another tough weekend, extending its winless streak to 12 games after falling twice to Yale (9-13-1, 8-7-1 ECAC). With six games left in the regular season, the Bears (3-18-2, 1-13-2 ECAC) have effectively been eliminated from any chance of qualifying for the ECAC tournament. But ...
In perhaps its most difficult road trip of the entire season, the women’s basketball team was tasked with facing the two toughest opponents in all of the Ivy League this weekend — Princeton and Penn. In preseason polls, the two teams were voted to claim the top two spots for a second straight year. ...
There was something different in the air Saturday night at the Pizzitola Center. The men’s basketball team’s three-game losing streak to open Ivy play seemed far from the minds of the over 2,000 fans who packed the gym. They were there for Cedric.
On a night that the men’s basketball team recognized the shot-blocking prowess of its captain Cedric Kuakumensah ’16, it was Bruno’s sizzling shooting that stole the show. The Bears put up their best three-point shooting percentage of the season in a back-and-forth 89-83 win over Penn. The win ...
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