For the women’s field hockey team, a period of sustained success against any perennial opponent has remained elusive. Brown’s longest winning streak against an Ivy team in the last five years has been a two-game stretch against Harvard, in which the Bears won 2-1 and 4-3 in consecutive years. But ...
To a Holy Cross football player, Grant Senne ’16 is the boogeyman. The senior kicker booted a game-winning 35-yard field goal Saturday, propelling the football team to a 25-24 victory over the Crusaders and replicating his 23-yard game-winner over Holy Cross last season. “It was a bit of deja vu,” ...
The women’s rugby team lost for the second straight week, falling to Quinnipiac at home Saturday, 55-7. Bruno is all too familiar with Quinnipiac, which has been a varsity program with recruited players since 2010. The Bobcats (5-1) ended the Bears’ undefeated season last year, knocking them out ...
Since the option to end a game in a tie was taken out of collegiate field hockey and Columbia joined the Ivy League — 1995 and 1997, respectively — no team has ever won the Ivy League title with fewer than six victories. For the women’s field hockey team — after a disappointing late loss to ...
Unable to stifle the momentum of either of its opponents, the volleyball team could not defeat conference foes Harvard and Dartmouth over the weekend in the squad’s first road Ivy doubleheader. Bruno (8-8, 2-3 Ivy) entered the weekend coming off of a pair of impressive wins at home. The team had ...
With a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, the men’s soccer team salvaged a 1-1 draw against Princeton Saturday night at Stevenson Field. The Bears had to fight back after conceding the first goal for the seventh consecutive game, but an 86th minute goal by Jack Hagstrom ’19 ensured that ...
For women’s soccer, the week was a tale of two opponents: The Bears took on Princeton and failed to muster any semblance of an offensive attack Saturday before rebounding against Marist and winning in emphatic fashion Monday. Princeton 4, Brown 0 The Tigers (9-3, 3-0 Ivy) came to Stevenson Field ...
Some students do little more traveling than going back and forth between Brown and home at the beginning and end of each semester. For others, their journeys may include a semi-routine trip to visit a significant other, the rare weekend city trip or the rarer, exotic trip over breaks. But for athletes ...
As the NFL grows ever popular and cements its status as an American cultural icon, the league is constantly looking to improve its product on and off the field. Anything that captures eyeballs and brings in revenue is on the table. We’ve seen equipment changes in the wake of player safety controversies ...
Here begins part three of my pick-your-EPL-team series. 13. Southampton NFL team comparison: Indianapolis Colts A few years ago, Southampton was in League One, equivalent to a third-tier league. The year Peyton Manning got injured, most of America wanted to export the Colts to the same league. Now ...
Fresh off a disappointing pair of losses, the women’s field hockey team bounced back against Dartmouth and Georgetown on consecutive days, winning a pair of 2-1 games this weekend. An Ivy League tilt against the Big Green (4-5, 0-2 Ivy) highlighted an important weekend for the Bears (5-5, 1-1). A ...
The women’s soccer team entered the week on a high note. Having beaten Sacred Heart and held heavily favored Dartmouth to a draw, the team looked to turn its excellent defensive play into wins against Bryant and Columbia. But defense was not enough to make up for a lackluster attack, and the Bears ...
The women’s rugby team suffered its first loss of the season Saturday, marking its first regular season defeat since the team gained varsity status before the 2014 season. The Bears (3-1, 2-1 Ivy) put up a fight against hosts Dartmouth, but the Big Green (2-1, 2-0), in its first varsity season, proved ...
The men’s soccer team began its Ivy League schedule with a match against Columbia — a season-opening tradition. And just like last year, the Bears emerged victorious by a one-goal margin, thanks to some second-half heroics. Leading goal-scorers Jack Hagstrom ’19 and Will Cross ’16 paced Brown ...
After a lengthy 12-game stretch on the road, the women’s volleyball team finally made its season debut at the Pizzitola Sports Center this weekend, as the Bears (8-6, 2-1 Ivy) secured two commanding conference wins against Cornell and Columbia. “We had a really long preseason and we were away for ...
In the same breath, Head Coach Phil Estes P’18 called the football team’s 41-31 victory over Rhode Island an “ugly win” and the “most beautiful game I’ve ever seen.” Both statements were true of Saturday night’s contest under the lights at Brown Stadium. When the back-and-forth game ...
The men’s water polo team has been on fire lately. The No. 12 Bears (10-3) are currently riding a four-game winning streak, and at the core of the defense is goalkeeper Luke Weiser ’17. In his last two games, the Los Alamitos, Calif. native recorded 25 saves and added an assist and a steal against ...
Paul Pierce isn’t walking through that door, Kevin Garnett isn’t walking through that door and Ray Allen isn’t walking through that door. What we are is young, exciting, hard-working and going to improve. Over the last two Celtics seasons, Rick Pitino’s press conference rant has been playing ...
Last week, I tackled the first five English Premier League teams. This week, I’ll cover seven more teams with more cynicism and even cruder assessments. Let’s get to it. 6. Everton NFL team comparison: Cincinnati Bengals Everton is a relatively young team that was supposed to do great things last ...
Most Ivy League basketball teams start their seasons in late autumn before playing their first competitive games in November. For the men’s and women’s basketball teams, the return to the hardwood came much sooner: Both teams, accompanied by their coaching staffs and team managers, traveled to Italy ...
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