11/26/2009

Brown 70, Bryant 68: Leffelman wins it with last-second shot
SMITHFIELD — With just two home games in his opening 16, Bryant coach Tim O’Shea was looking for a little home cooking Wednesday against Brown. Garrett Leffelman had other ideas.

11/25/2009

Brown dominates All-Ivy football selections
How did Brown not win the Ivy League football championship?

Bentley 3, Brown 2: Bears squander lead, remain winless
PROVIDENCE –– Bentley scored a pair of third-period goals four minutes apart to erase a 2-1 deficit and hand Brown a 3-2 loss in a nonleague contest Tuesday evening at Meehan Auditorium.

Capsule preview: Brown at Bryant
MEN: BROWN at BRYANT BRYANT (0-4): The Bulldogs hope for a little home cooking in their home opener. This will be the team’s fourth game in Rhode Island but first at home. Opening three losses came at the World Vision Invitational in Providence…Game will be second-consecutive against an Ivy League opponent, coming just five days after a 77-51 loss at Harvard…The Bulldogs have faced off against Ivy League opponents five times in their short Division I history, going 1-4 against the conference. All-time, Bryant is just 1-10 against the Ivies. Only win came last season versus Yale at the Chace Center…Gresham has scored 943 career points, good for 31st on the school’s all-time list…Bryant returns to the road for its next four games with a trip to Army up next Monday.

11/22/2009

Brown, getting in rhythm, defeats Maine, 75-62
The Bears will have two days to rest and practice before they visit Bryant on Wednesday afternoon at 4.

Soccer: North Carolina boots Brown from NCAAs
Brown can’t convert on its offensive opportunities and drops a 2-0 decision to North Carolina.

Hockey: Yale foils Brown’s bid for first win
PROVIDENCE — Junior Harry Zolnierczyk had two goals, including the tying tally in regulation, and an assist for Brown, but Broc Little scored 2:32 into overtime to give ninth-ranked Yale (3-2-2 overall, 2-1-2 ECAC) a 6-5 victory over the Bears (0-6-1, 0-4-1) Saturday night.

College football: Brown suffers disappointing loss at Columbia
NEW YORK –– A once-promising 2009 season ended in disappointment for the Brown football team Saturday as the Bears dropped a 28-14 decision to Columbia at Wein Stadium.

11/21/2009

College basketball: St. John 79, Brown 76
NEW YORK — The St. John’s Red Storm survived a furious Brown second-half rally to hold on for a 79-76 win over the Bears at Carnesecca Arena in the Philly Hoop Group Classic.

College football: Brown hoping to share second in Ivy League
They arrived for training camp three months ago brimming with optimism and eager to show what they could do.

11/20/2009

College hockey journal: Brown gets ready for Yale, yet another ranked team
The schedule maker didn’t do Brown any favors this season.

College soccer: Brown 1, Stony Brook 0
PROVIDENCE –– Sophomore Sean Rosa entered Thursday night’s NCAA Tournament game with four goals this season, but his fifth was the biggest of the Bears’ season as Rosa scored at the 103:02 mark to give Brown a 1-0 double-overtime triumph over Stony Brook. The win gives the Bears their first NCAA victory since 2007.

11/19/2009

College hoops journal: URI players happy to be playing
Early this week, the URI basketball players felt left out.

College basketball: URI 78, Brown 57
PROVIDENCE –– Jamal Wilson and Orion Outerbridge are the latest guys to demonstrate that college basketball players often make the biggest improvement from their freshman to sophomore seasons.

11/18/2009

College hockey: Providence College lifts ‘cup’ with 4-3 win over Brown
PROVIDENCE –– Providence College took a 2-0 first-period lead and then held off Brown’s third-period comeback to earn a 4-3 victory in the 24th annual Mayor’s Cup men’s hockey game Tuesday night at PC’s Schneider Arena.

College basketball: URI to meet a winning Brown team Wednesday
PROVIDENCE –– A year ago, when Brown and URI met in basketball, the game produced all kinds of surprises. When the teams renew their rivalry Wednesday night at the Pizzitola Center, the game figures to difficult to predict once again.

11/17/2009

Brown earns at-large bid in NCAA soccer tournament
The Brown men’s soccer team received an At-Large bid in the 2009 Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament, as announced by the NCAA on Monday evening. The Bears will host Stony Brook (6-9-4) at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19, at Stevenson Field.

11/15/2009

Basketball: Brown falls to Virginia Tech in Philly Hoop Group Classic
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) –– Malcolm Delaney scored 21 points and Jeff Allen added 17 as Virginia Tech opened the season with a 69-55 victory over Brown on Sunday.

College hockey: No. 3 Cornell overpowers Brown
PROVIDENCE — Cornell scored two goals in a span of 13 seconds midway through the first period and cruised from there, beating Brown, 6-0, Saturday night at Meehan Auditorium.

College football: Farnham’s overtime TD wins it for Brown
PROVIDENCE — Brown senior wide receiver Buddy Farnham caught a 17-yard touchdown pass in overtime, and senior defensive end James Develin stopped Dartmouth for a two-yard loss on the final play of the game, lifting the Bears to a 14-7 overtime victory over the Big Green at rain-swept Brown Stadium on Saturday.

11/14/2009

Harris and Mullery lead way as Brown wins opener
NEW YORK — Reserve Jean-Herbert Harris scored a career-high 18 points and senior Matt Mullery added 16 points and blocked a school-record six shots, leading Brown to a 68-64 season-opening win over St. Francis.

Hockey: Despite late goals, Brown falls to Colgate
PROVIDENCE — Jordan Pietrus scored a pair of third-period goals, but it wasn’t enough for Brown to erase a 5-0 deficit as Colgate (5-2-3, 3-0-0) earned a 5-3 victory over the Bears (0-3-1, 0-2-1) Friday night at Meehan Auditorium.

11/13/2009

Brown’s Sewall, Farnham prepare for farewell performance in front of home fans
PROVIDENCE — When they update the history of Brown football, they will have to write a few paragraphs on Bobby Sewall and the 2007 Dartmouth game and Buddy Farnham and the 2009 Princeton game, unless Brown’s Dynamic Duo shreds Dartmouth’s defense Saturday in their final home game at Brown Stadium. Then the historians will have to include those exploits.

11/11/2009

Brown basketball preview: Young Bears will see action early and often
PROVIDENCE — Although he’s entering his fourth season at Brown, coach Jesse Agel insists he’s still a ways away from building the type of program he dreams about.

Brown basketball at a glance

11/10/2009

Rhode Island’s basketball teams in the midst of a lengthy NCAA Tournament drought
There will be good news – great news, in fact – this March when the NCAA Tournament makes its annual ascension to the top of the nation’s sporting consciousness.

11/08/2009

RPI 3, Brown 1: Power plays are the difference
TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytech (6-3-1 overall, 2-0-0 ECAC) took advantage of two power plays and added a late goal to post a 3-1 victory over Brown (0-2-1, 0-1-1) on Saturday.

Brown 35, Yale 21: 2 TD tosses for Newhall-Caballero
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Kyle Newhall-Caballero threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third, and Brown steamrolled one of the nation’s best defenses for nearly 500 yards Saturday in a 35-21 win over Yale.

11/07/2009

College hockey: Brown 3, Union 3:
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Mike Schreiber scored the game-tying goal with 6:39 remaining in regulation to lift the Union men’s hockey team (3-3-2, 0-0-1) to a 3-3 tie with the Bears (0-1-1, 0-0-1) in the ECAC opener for both teams Friday evening at Messa Rink.

11/06/2009

College hockey journal: Lamoriello’s influence is still far-reaching
Even decades after graduation, many of Lou Lamoriello’s players at Providence College talk about their former coach with a mixture of awe, respect and wonder.

11/04/2009

Marketing deals pay off for PC, Brown
PROVIDENCE — In a state with surging unemployment and a declining corporate presence, you’d think selling college sports sponsorships would be a salesperson’s worst nightmare. Not quite.

PC, Brown see benefits from deal with sports marketing firm
PROVIDENCE – In a state with surging unemployment and a declining corporate presence, you’d think selling college sports sponsorships would be a salesperson’s worst nightmare. Not quite.

11/01/2009

College Hockey: Brown 6, Ontario Tech 1
PROVIDENCE — Five players scored and nine earned at least one point, including senior Devin Timberlake who notched three assists, to lead the Brown to a 6-1 victory over Ontario Institute of Technology in an exhibition game Saturday at Meehan Auditorium.

College football: Penn outlasts Brown, 14-7 in OT
PROVIDENCE — The ominous 40-mile per hour gusts that swirled through Brown Stadium proved to be a bad omen for the Brown football team, as first-place Penn held the Ivy League’s top passing offense to 241 yards in the air to gain a 14-7 overtime win over the Bears.

10/31/2009

College hockey: Princeton 1, Brown 0
PRINCETON, N.J. — After 60-plus minutes of scoreless action, Marc Hagel’s power-play goal 1:16 into overtime lifted the ninth-ranked Princeton men’s hockey team to a 1-0 victory over the Bears (0-1-0) in the season opener for both teams Friday afternoon at Baker Rink.

College hockey: Princeton 1, Brown 0
PRINCETON, N.J. — After 60-plus minutes of scoreless action, Marc Hagel’s power-play goal 1:16 into overtime lifted the ninth-ranked Princeton men’s hockey team to a 1-0 victory over the Bears (0-1-0) in the season opener for both teams Friday afternoon at Baker Rink.

College hockey Princeton 1, Brown 0
PRINCETON, N.J. — After 60-plus minutes of scoreless action, Marc Hagel’s power-play goal 1:16 into overtime lifted the ninth-ranked Princeton men’s hockey team to a 1-0 victory over the Bears (0-1-0) in the season opener for both teams Friday afternoon at Baker Rink.

Barrington’s Joe Goniprow is a force on the Penn defensive line
Two Rhode Islanders will play prominent roles when Brown and Pennsylvania meet in the key Ivy League football game of the week Saturday at Brown Stadium.

10/29/2009

College hockey: There’s plenty of room for improvement for this Brown sextet
Brown, coming off a 5-23 season, is picked to finish dead last in the ECAC coaches poll

Brown men picked to finish 7th in Ivy basketball poll
The Brown men’s basketball team has been picked to finish seventh in the Ivy League this winter in the league’s pre-season poll.