Senior Staff Writer Lydell Dyer is a Senior Staff Writer for the sports section. A sophomore hailing from Bonn, Germany, Lydell is studying nonfiction English and political science, and if he's not off "making words sound pretty," you can find him lifting heavy circles at the Nelson.
One year ago, the women鈥檚 rugby team conquered the national stage and won the Collegiate Rugby Championships. Since then, the team has waxed and waned, finishing the season with a 20-8 record. After upsetting Harvard for the first time in nine years at the Ivy 7s tournament last week, the Bears stood ...
As the rest of campus congregated on the Main Green on a sunny Saturday afternoon, the women鈥檚 rugby team (16-8, 3-3 Ivy) traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts to compete in the annual Ivy 7s tournament. Surpassing last year鈥檚 1-2 showing, the team went 3-1, taking home bronze after beating Princeton ...
Over the weekend, the softball team (12-18, 5-7 Ivy) took on Cornell in Ithaca, New York. The Bears bested the Big Red, taking home two victories out of the three-game series. The first contest of the series was a Bruno offensive onslaught, blowing Cornell out 10-2. On the second day, the Bears split ...
In a weekend thriller, the women鈥檚 rugby team (13鈥�7, 3鈥�3 Ivy) traveled to Cambridge to compete in the Crimson 7s tournament, which features several teams from across New England.
Over the weekend, the women鈥檚 softball team (7-15, 2-4 Ivy) took on the Harvard Crimson (12-12, 3-5 Ivy) in a three-game series. After a disappointing doubleheader on Saturday, in which the Bears lost 3-0 and 5-3, the team rallied on Sunday, upsetting the Crimson 2-0.
On Saturday afternoon, families and fans packed the Pizzitola Sports Center to watch the women鈥檚 basketball team (16-11, 7-7 Ivy League) take on Yale (8-19, 5-9). In an electric season closer, the Brown seniors signed off their careers with a 76-57 victory for the team.
As their playoff hopes hung in the air, the women鈥檚 basketball team (15-11, 6-7 Ivy) entered the Pizzitola Sports Center for their Saturday afternoon matchup against Cornell (7-18, 1-12 Ivy).
At the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Harvard this weekend, Brown women鈥檚 track and field placed fourth with 84 cumulative points and the men鈥檚 team placed fifth with 45 points.
On Saturday evening, the women鈥檚 basketball team (14-9, 5-5 Ivy League) secured a 61-59 win over the Penn Quakers (12-11, 4-6).
On Saturday afternoon, the men鈥檚 basketball team (6-16, 2-5 Ivy) hosted the Columbia Lions (12-8, 3-4 Ivy) in The Black History Month Game at the Pizzitola Sports Center, concluding the first of two rounds of Ivy League play.
