Bruno wins Brown Bear Classic
By Madeleine Wenstrup | December 3The women's basketball team (5-4) defeated URI Saturday and Providence College Sunday to take home the Brown Bear Classic championship, their second tournament win in two weeks.
The women's basketball team (5-4) defeated URI Saturday and Providence College Sunday to take home the Brown Bear Classic championship, their second tournament win in two weeks.
Over Thanksgiving break, the women's basketball team traveled to Orono, Maine and captured the Dead River Company Classic title.
Women's basketball guard Lindsay Nickel '13 said her team is ready to put practice into action when it tips off this weekend.
The women's basketball team wrapped up the season on an upswing, winning its last three conference games to catapult into the top half of the Ivy League. And the good news did not stop there. Last week, Ivy League coaches voted Sheila Dixon '13 onto the Second Team All-Ivy and Lauren Clarke '14 to a ...
One month ago, the women's basketball team was crushed by Columbia 72-49 in New York. But Saturday, fresh off a victory over Cornell (6-21, 3-10 Ivy League) the previous night, the Bears were hungry for an upset at home.
The women's basketball team split the weekend, falling hard to Harvard Friday night and pulling out a one-point victory over Dartmouth Saturday.
The women's basketball team's three-game winning streak ended this weekend after they lost to Penn and Princeton on the road. They fell to 3-7 in the Ivy League after consecutive losses in Philadelphia Friday night and New Jersey Saturday.
Fresh off a victory over Cornell a week ago, guard Sheila Dixon '13 sounded confident about the upcoming games against Dartmouth and Harvard.
After a disappointing start to the Ivy season, the women's basketball team was in need of a boost. On Saturday night, Bruno changed gears and picked up a key win against Cornell only one night after a big loss to Columbia.
The women's hockey team (2-19-3, 1-13-3 ECAC) had a vastly improved offensive showing in its away games against Rensselaer (10-12-7, 8-8-2) and Union (2-25-3, 1-15-2) this weekend. They held leads through significant portions of both games, but defensive lapses resulted in two missed opportunities to ...
While most Brown students headed home for food and family reunions, the women's basketball team set off to New Rochelle, N.Y., for the Iona Thanksgiving Tournament. The Bears (2-4) put up a tough fight, challenging Iona College (1-4) and UMBC (2-5), but were defeated in both games, falling 73-67 and ...
Starting her 23rd year in the women's basketball program, Head Coach Jean Marie Burr is fired up about the 2010-11 squad. Though the team has only been practicing for a few weeks, Burr says the commitment is already there.
Postseason basketball takes the Ivy League by storm this week, as five teams from the Ancient Eight compete in tournaments large and small.
This weekend, the women's basketball team was playing for many things. They were playing to sweep Cornell on the season. They were playing to upset Columbia. But perhaps the biggest thing the Bears were playing for this weekend was their seniors. And in the final games of the season, Bruno dominated ...
The softball team (2-2) began the Retriever Classic at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County on a strong note, beating Morgan State (4-6) and Fairleigh Dickinson (4-4) on Saturday. But UMBC (9-1) beat the Bears in both games on Sunday, including the championship game. Brown 9, Morgan State 8, ...
Women's basketball forward Natalie Bonds '10 hurt her ankle and had to be helped off the court eight minutes into the second half in Brown's game against Harvard last Friday. But less than four minutes later, she checked back into the game and had two more steals, two rebounds and two points — ...
Women's hockey alum Becky Kellar '97 won her third gold medal as part of a dominant Canadian team that blanked Team USA, 2-0, in the finals of the Vancouver Olympics on Feb. 25.
In a league where players don't play for scholarships but rather for love of the game, it's almost certain that emotions are going to run high. On their final home stand, the women's basketball team left it all on the court as they fought for the upset against the Ivy League's second-ranked Harvard ...
The women's basketball team expected to hit roughly 70 percent of its shots — its season average — in a free throw fundraiser named Hoops for Haiti on Feb. 17. But with more than just a game on the line, the Bears made 85 percent of their attempts and raised $5,000 for UNICEF."It's ...