On Saturday night, five seniors ended their collegiate volleyball careers under the familiar lights of the Pizzitola Sports Center. Friends and family members gathered to cheer them on during their last minutes in Brown uniforms, snapping picture after picture, during an emotional close to the season ...
The women’s volleyball team went on the road for the last time this season, bringing two wins back to Brown after a weekend of matches. The squad conquered Cornell and Columbia, beating both teams 3-1. The Bears (11-13, 6-6 Ivy) kicked off the weekend by traveling to Ithaca Friday. Brown won the ...
The women’s volleyball team had mixed results this weekend, splitting its conference matches. Friday, they fell to conference-leading Harvard, but on Saturday they recovered with a win against Dartmouth. Harvard ousted Bruno (9-13, 4-6 Ivy) in four sets, winning 3-1. This season’s second matchup ...
This weekend, the volleyball team has an opportunity to exact revenge against Yale — this time in Bulldog territory. Nearly a month ago, Yale swept Bruno in three games, and Friday, the Bears will seek to even the score. “We are a very different team from the last time we played them,” said Assistant ...
After a series of close conference losses, the volleyball team bounced back nicely this weekend, taking down Columbia and Cornell in five-set thrillers. The Bears (8-11, 3-4 Ivy) had lost three of their last four contests in a deciding fifth set, but were able to overcome their recent misfortunes and ...
After two tight losses on the road last weekend, the women’s volleyball team will return to the Pizzitola Center to battle both Columbia and Cornell this weekend. These two games could be the turning point in the season, said captain Maddie Lord ’15. Princeton and Penn edged the Bears last weekend ...
The women’s volleyball team split the weekend after going head-to-head with Ivy League rivals Harvard and Dartmouth. The Bears (6-9, 1-2 Ivy) fell to the Big Green in five sets Friday, letting the 3-2 loss slip away from them. But the team recovered Saturday and swept the Crimson in three sets. Bruno ...
The women’s volleyball team (4-7) will take a shot at their first Ivy League match-up Friday against Yale with the Pizzitola as the backdrop. The Bulldogs come into this conference season game as the defending Ivy League champions. But this season, they have an overall losing record, going 4-5 in ...
Field hockey It was a forgettable start to the weekend and conference play for the field hockey team when the squad was whipped 4-0 Saturday at Columbia. But Bruno rallied to pick up a dramatic, overtime win Sunday over Sacred Heart University. Both Brown (4-1, 0-1 Ivy) and Columbia (4-2, 1-0) entered ...
The women’s volleyball team will battle its Ocean State rival the University of Rhode Island this weekend at the University of New Hampshire’s Holly Young Invitational. With a sweep of Providence College under their belts, the Bears could cement themselves as the state powerhouse after this weekend’s ...
Volleyball The volleyball team put last weekend’s winless opening San Diego tournament far in the rearview mirror with an impressive showing at the Brown Invitational in the Pizzitola Center this weekend. Bruno picked up victories over Central Connecticut State University and the University of Massachusetts ...
Last year, the Providence College women’s volleyball team swept Brown in three games. But Wednesday, Brown capitalized on an opportunity for redemption, turning the tables on the Friars and finishing them off in three games — 25-21, 25-22, 25-18. Last weekend’s invitational prepared the team ...
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, ...
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 ...
The Bears finished their fall season last weekend with a pair of Ivy matches , beating Penn and falling to Princeton. Bruno (12-13, 8-6 Ivy) conquered the Quakers (14-11, 8-6) Friday in a match riddled with drama and suspense — the Bears faced a quick 2-0 set deficit only to come back to take the ...
The Bears continued Ivy season play last weekend, traveling to Harvard and Dartmouth. Bruno (9-12, 5-5 Ivy) already defeated both teams at home earlier in the season. This was the team’s first pair of Ivy wins and propelled it to a three-match conference winning streak. But the Bears lost 3-1 to ...
An enthusiastic Saturday evening crowd at the Pizzitola Center was abuzz with anticipation as the Bears faced the Yale Bulldogs. “We went in excited for the opportunity for a great upset,” said Thea Derrough ’14. Yale (14-3, Ivy 8-0) is the defending Ivy League champion and came into the match ...
The Bears took a tour of the Empire State last weekend, falling to Columbia in New York City but besting Cornell in Ithaca. Brown (8-10, Ivy 4-3) first took on the Lions (5-11, 3-4), where it suffered a 3-0 loss, struggling offensively against a steady Columbia. The Lions were unshakeable, limiting ...
Thea Derrough ’14 has played in all 67 sets of the 18 matches the volleyball team has competed in this season. She has accumulated 159 kills over this span, averaging nearly 2.5 kills per set, the second highest total on the team behind fellow outside hitter Maddie Lord ’15. Derrough has established ...
The Bears continued Ivy play last weekend facing the Princeton Tigers and Penn Quakers. In a dramatic five-set match Bruno defeated the Tigers — ending a 12-match losing streak against the Ivy foe. In a back-and-forth match, the Bears led in hitting percentage, blocks and digs. “Everyone contributed ...
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