After the men’s hockey team lost its seventh straight ECAC game at the start of December — a 7-1 scorching from a struggling Union team — little confidence remained that Bruno (8-17-2, 5-13-2 ECAC) could compete with any team in the country, let alone in the conference. “I always imagined we ...
This hockey season has left Bruins and Bostonians scratching their heads. After reaching the Stanley Cup Finals two years ago and finishing last year with the best regular-season record in the Eastern Conference, today’s Bruins have been seriously underwhelming. With about a quarter of the season ...
In two years, the Pawtucket Red Sox — or the PawSox, as they are affectionately known — will be no more. Boston Red Sox President Larry Lucchino and a group of local investors purchased the Triple-A Red Sox affiliate Monday from Madeleine Mondor, widow of the late Ben Mondor. The sale was north ...
In the NBA, like in so much of popular culture, new rules the day. Something bursts onto the scene and sucks up all the air. For a while it is everywhere and everything. Then, one day, it stops being cool. And just like that, its “thing” — whatever made it fresh and exciting, that made people ...
The women’s swimming and diving team finished sixth at the Ivy League Championships, a mere three points behind fifth-place Columbia. The women (4-5, 2-5 Ivy) competed at Harvard, accompanied by a supportive men’s squad acting as their cheering section. “Every year, the women’s meet is the week ...
This year did not start well for the men’s hockey team, which endured separate five- and six-game losing streaks before the month of February. But for Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94 and Bruno (8-17-2, 5-13-2 ECAC), the payoff may be well worth the wait. The Bears took down Princeton Friday thanks ...
The ball bounced around the rim and teetered on the edge for a chilling instant before falling through the net with 1.4 seconds remaining to lift the men’s basketball team to a dramatic 57-56 win over Cornell Saturday. The game-winning shot came courtesy of co-captain Cedric Kuakumensah ’16 and ...
The women’s hockey team certainly would have preferred a better ending to its season, as it fell to both Princeton and No. 5 Quinnipiac this weekend to close out the year. Though it is difficult to call the season anything but disappointing, the team’s young players have shown that there is plenty ...
The No. 18 men’s squash team finished the season with a 7-9 record, defeating both No. 23 Bowdoin College and No. 20 Wesleyan University and losing to the No. 19 University of Western Ontario in the College Squash Association National Championship this weekend at Wesleyan. The Bears, coming off ...
The wrestling team hosted Columbia this weekend for its final home match of the season and came up just short, falling to the Lions 19-15. The loss stung a little more than usual, as it was the last time the class of 2015 would be wrestling in the Pizzitola Center. Prior to the match, the Bears honored ...
A trip to New York for the women’s basketball team yielded split results, as the Bears fell to Ivy cellar dweller Columbia but were able to best a formidable team in Cornell. The results reverse prior outcomes of the same matchups earlier in the season: Bruno previously lost to the Big Red but beat ...
Looking to reclaim the positive momentum it had several weeks ago, the women’s basketball team will face off against Columbia and Cornell on the road this weekend. The Bears (9-13, 3-5) have battled every Ivy League squad at least once this season, and this weekend’s games are the first in a series ...
Coming off of its first three-game winning streak in more than two years, the men’s hockey team is in prime position to end the regular season strongly and head into the postseason with confidence. Standing in Bruno’s way (4-13-1, 7-17-1 ECAC) are two of the hottest teams in the ECAC, No. 10 Quinnipiac ...
As a difficult season winds down, the women’s hockey team has been eliminated from conference tournament contention and will play its final two games this weekend. Though there are no trophies on the line, Bruno (5-21-1, 2-17-1 ECAC) still has plenty to play for. “Each weekend, it doesn’t matter ...
The men’s basketball team’s New York road trip — in which the squad lost consecutive games to Cornell and Columbia — was Bruno’s worst weekend of the season, as the team fell to 0-4 in league play. But the Bears (11-14, 2-6 Ivy) welcome the Big Red Friday and the Lions Saturday with the opportunity ...
Recently named the ECSC MacConnell Division Skier of the Year for the second year in a row, Natalie Pearl ’17 has been a major contributor to one of Brown’s most successful athletics programs. The ski team, currently riding its 40th straight win, has Pearl partly to thank for her seven victories ...
Unable to build on positive momentum after notching several unexpected wins against Ivy rivals, the women’s basketball team dropped both games against conference elites Princeton and Penn over the weekend. “Although we took home two losses, there are still positives to take away from the weekend ...
The women’s squash team captured the third place title at the Kurtz Cup last weekend, defeating Franklin and Marshall (9-9) in the first round before falling to Stanford (4-9), which knocked the Bears out of contention for the title. Bruno (7-9) downed Williams (15-10) Sunday in the third place match. “Our ...
The wrestling team split its weekend contests as it traveled to Cambridge to face Harvard and Johnson and Wales, coming away with a loss and win, respectively. The Bears (4-9, 2-6 EIWA) competed against the Crimson (3-7, 1-6) in their first meet Saturday. The squad attained an early 6-0 lead with help ...
It was a tough weekend for the women’s hockey team, letting a late lead slip away against Union Friday night before falling to Rensselaer the following day. “These were close games this weekend that we were capable of winning,” said goaltender Monica Elvin ’17. “We can go into this coming ...
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