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New coach brings hope for men's tennis

With a new head coach and missing two of last year’s upperclassmen, the men’s tennis team prepares to open its fall season with the Brown Invitational starting Friday. Head Coach Bryan Koniecko inherits a squad that went just 1-6 in Ivy League play last season. Hired less than a month ago, the ...


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Friars hand women's soccer first loss of season

In a matchup against its cross-town competitor, the women’s soccer team suffered its first loss of the season Thursday in a 1-0 defeat against Providence College (2-3-2), dropping to a 2-1-0 record. “It is always a tough game against Providence with the cross-city rivalry,” said captain Chloe ...


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Cohan ’17: Footballism — America’s great obsession

The slow trickle of trunks and suitcases onto campus is complete. Classes have officially begun. Back into our lives are lectures, homework, projects, labs, exams and grades — all the stuff we pay frightening amounts of money to stress out over and complain about. Luckily, we can take solace in ...


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Firn '16: It’s baaack — an NFL preview

As of last Thursday’s clash between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers, real football is officially back. And for the next five-plus months, it’s here to stay. The hits, the highlights, Al Michaels’ voice. … Is it Sunday yet? With the start of a new NFL season comes the end of another ...


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Sports Roundup: Sept. 9, 2014

Volleyball The volleyball team returns many of the key pieces of last year’s much-improved, Ivy third-place team. But high-caliber competition in its opening weekend tournament in San Diego sent the squad home with four losses and zero wins. The University of San Diego, San Diego State University, ...


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Men's water polo continues dominance into new year

The men’s water polo team started off its 2014-15 campaign in a rewarding fashion, collecting a well-earned 13-11 win over Diablo Valley College at the Princeton Invitational Saturday. Though menacing weather prevented Bruno (3-0) from competing in its two other scheduled matches that day, the second ...


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First-years, defense impress in field hockey team's 2-0 start

After a disappointing 2013 campaign, the field hockey team opened 2014 with a bang, defeating Bryant University (0-4) at home and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell (2-2) on the road. The Bears (2-0) inaugurated their year Saturday with a strong showing against the Bulldogs. Bruno opened last ...


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Men's soccer takes reins in opening split

The men’s soccer team split its opening weekend action, falling to Siena College (3-0-0) at home before taking down No. 23 Boston University (2-2-0) on the road. The Bears outclassed both of their opponents on the offensive end of the field and were unlucky to come away with just one win this weekend, ...


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Cross ’15 aims to lead women's soccer into Storm

Head Coach Phil Pincince, who has been at Brown longer than any other current coach, and the women’s soccer team will have their work cut out for them Friday as they start their 2014 campaign, traveling to Saint John’s University to battle a Red Storm team that qualified for the NCAA tournament ...


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A young men's golf team aims to step up after three graduate

After concluding last year on a high note with a fifth-place Ivy League Championship finish, the men’s golf team looks to build on its past success this fall season. The team will kick off this campaign having lost three players to graduation: Peter Callas ’14, Nelson Hargrove ’14 and Kyohei ...


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Why watch?

Let’s face it: No Brown team will ever boast tens of thousands of screaming fans like athletes in Ann Arbor or Happy Valley see at their sporting events. But as we kick off the new semester, each of Bruno’s fall sports teams gets ready to take the field once again. Though they may not get the recognition ...


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Experienced volleyball squad shoots for Ivy’s top tier

The women’s volleyball team is heading west this weekend, taking its talents to the San Diego State University Aztec Invitational. California native Maryl Vanden Bos ’15 said this early tournament “really accelerated how quickly we started playing” during the preseason weeks. This year’s ...


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Women's rugby embraces ups and downs of varsity status

The women’s rugby team steps back onto the pitch this year as the 10th varsity women’s rugby team in the nation. Armed with the same energy and intensity that propelled them to varsity status at the end of last year, the team now takes on the challenge of competing at this new position. “There’s ...


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Achilles to lead baseball team as head coach

Grant Achilles has been hired by the University as the next head coach of the baseball team, Director of Athletics Jack Hayes announced last month. Achilles served as an assistant coach under former head coach Marek Drabinski for two seasons and, along with fellow assistant coaches, took up head coaching ...


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Men's lacrosse team takes Ocean State Cup

The men’s lacrosse team retained control of the Ocean State Cup by knocking off Bryant University 13-11 in a Tuesday evening matchup on Stevenson Field. Bruno (7-6, 1-4 Ivy) played a dominant first half of lacrosse but nearly allowed the Bulldogs (11-4, 4-1 NEC) to come back in the second despite ...


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