The field hockey team lost its Ivy League opener to Columbia, 2-0, on Saturday in New York. Catherine Campbell scored twice on penalty corners, and the Lions (2-2, 1-0 Ivy) outshot the Bears by a 22-3 margin to drop Bruno to 2-3 on the season.

Two weeks after they started watching other teams on television, Ivy League football players will finally get a chance to hit somebody not wearing a practice jersey.

The men’s soccer team (3-0-1) captured the outright Adidas-Brown Classic title after two wins against Southern Methodist University (2-2-0) and Adelphi University (1-1-2) this past weekend. Austin Mandel ’12 led the way on offense, scoring two goals, and Sean Rosa ’12 received the tournament’s Offensive MVP award with a goal and an assist.

The Director of Athletics had expected his department to lose about 30 coaches and staff members over the summer and was hardly sure if he would get the approval to replace exiting coaches given the University’s hiring freeze. To his relief, the athletic department was able to refill all coaching vacancies this summer.

In its season opener at the MIT Invitational last Saturday, the men’s water polo team narrowly edged Claremont-McKenna College, 8-7, to claim its first victory of the season. The Bears then staged an exciting come-from-behind rally against the University of Redlands, sealing its second win at 9-7. Their winning streak came to an end, however, in the final game against the Pacific. The early lead by the Tigers proved too much for the Bears to overcome, as they fell 14-4 in the end.

The field hockey team lost its first two games of the season, falling to New Hampshire, 6-1, on Friday in its home opener on Warner Roof before suffering a 10-2 loss to Delaware on Sunday in Newark, Del.

With the school year starting back up, a busy fall calendar for Brown’s teams is already underway, and there’s plenty to look forward to. To kick off the semester, The Herald rounds up the key match-ups for each team.

Brendan Whittet ’94, an East Providence native who spent 11 years at Dartmouth as an assistant hockey coach, has returned to be head coach of Brown men’s hockey.

The men’s crew team had a fantastic finish to its season on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Three Brown athletes competed at the Division I NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship in June, led by Craig Kinsley ’11, who finished third in the nation in the javelin to earn All-American honors.