Posts by Ashley McDonnell

Current ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) competitors and former Brown tennis teammates Jamie Cerretani ’04 (right) and Adil Shamasdin ’05 (left) put together the World Class Tennis charity event for this Sunday, Dec. 11, at 5 pm at Agawam Hunt in East Providence. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Brown men’s tennis program and the charity, Tenacity.

Here’s our email Q&A with Cerretani (who has won three ATP doubles titles and was a 2011 Wimbledon quarter-finalist) about the event:  [Read more →]

Captain Jack McClellan ’12 and the rest of the men's hockey team will look to beat ECAC and Ivy rival Yale this weekend.

Did anybody else notice that it got pretty cold as soon as it became December? Well, if you didn’t notice, the men’s and women’s hockey teams are here to remind you that it’s winter. And these Bears don’t hibernate just because it got a little chilly — they skate on one-centimeter-wide blades on a solid sheet of ice whacking at a black rubber disc and colliding with other people, intentionally or unintentionally. How does that not sound like a blast to watch?

Come cheer on your fellow classmates at these home games this weekend:

Friday, December 2
Women’s ice hockey returns to its ECAC schedule to take on Quinnipiac at 7 pm. The squad already has a better record than last season.  [Read more →]

Sheila Dixon '13 and the rest of the w. basketball squad are searching for the first win of the season.

The men’s soccer team defeated the Fairfield Stags 3-2 Thursday night after being down 2-0 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. It looked pretty bleak for Bruno, but the Bears showed a lot of heroics in the last 20 minutes or so to score three unanswered goals.
This is why we cheer — to make sure that our teams never give up! Because comebacks thrill us! And because at Brown, we’re always the underdogs! (Underbears! Whatever!)
So why don’t you go to the home basketball games this weekend and cheer your hearts out? Here are the only home games this weekend:

Saturday, November 19

Men’s basketball takes on Hartford at 5pm. Maybe the Bears lost their two games at the NIT Tip-Off because those games weren’t at home and they didn’t have fans to love them.

Women’s basketball takes the court after its male counterpart at 7:30pm, tipping off against the University of Albany.

The rest of your adorable, silly Bears will be roaming around some other school’s woods. Cheer for them in your hearts, especially those sports you never really remember we have– like squash and men’s crew.

Want up-to-date coverage on all your favorite Brown sports teams? Follow @BDH_Sports on Twitter for updates and live tweeting at games!

Men's soccer has won its last two Ivy matchups 1-0. Forward Austin Mandel '12 has scored the lone goal in each game.

In case you haven’t seen the big “Ever True” banner in the Ratty, or the life-size pictures of the soccer players posted on the door’s of that same dining hall, or you haven’t been following the Herald’s coverage, or you just generally live under a rock, we’d like you to know that the men’s soccer team is battling Dartmouth for the Ivy League title this weekend in its final home game of the season. It’s pretty rare that such a straightforward clash for the title takes place, so you should come out and cheer for your fellow classmates. If soccer just isn’t your sport, here are the other matches taking place on Brown soil this weekend:

Friday, Nov. 11

The men’s basketball season starts at 5pm against Johnson and Wales. We hope the Wildcats enjoy the wild five minute drive up the massive hill.

Women’s ice hockey faces off against RPI at 7pm. With a 1-2-2 record, the squad seems to have already improved over last season. We’re not going to say that’s not sad.  [Read more →]

Captain Jack Maclellan '12 and the rest of the men's ice hockey team have two home games this weekend.

The men’s ice hockey team faces off against two ECAC opponents this weekend at Meehan Auditorium. Unlike the men’s and women’s soccer teams and the football team that had to play in the snow last weekend, the ice hockey teams actually enjoy winter’s return. Whether you like winter or not, you should come cheer on your fellow classmates in these home matchups:

Friday, November 4

Volleyball will take on the snobby Princeton Tigers at 7pm.

In an adjacent building, the men’s ice hockey team will be facing off against Colgate at 7pm.

Saturday, November 5

Volleyball is back in action, this time hoping to beat those pacifist Penn Quakers at 5pm.

Men’s ice hockey will battle Ivy-foe Cornell (who also has a bear as a mascot, those posers!) at 7pm.

All your other fuzzy-wuzzy Bears will be roaming around (and, you know… competing) in athletic arenas in other far away lands. Think of them while you’re cheering for the hockey team.

Co-captain quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero '11.5 and the rest of the football squad will look to end Penn's 18-game Ivy win streak Saturday.

Some of you may have noticed there was no cheering going on last week on this blog. Some of you may even have missed this informative post. We’re sorry. We sincerely hope it won’t happen again.

Saturday is officially Take On Penn Day at Brown. For those of you who think sports are violent and send the wrong message, please tell this to Penn. They’re Quakers. Isn’t it a bit hypocritical of them to be undefeated so long in a sport where the objective is for hulky men to tackle each other repeatedly? Why don’t they just forfeit? Oh, yeah — because that wouldn’t be any fun! Here’s what you have to cheer for tomorrow:  [Read more →]

Kyle Rettig '12 and Clayton McGrath '12 pump up the crowd v. Harvard.

There are only two home matches this Family Weekend. This could be a sign that perhaps Brown doesn’t want families to watch our sporting events. But we think it was just so you would get less bogged down making a choice as to which awesome game you wanted to go see with your parents. Here are your options for a lovely Saturday afternoon:

Saturday, October 15

Field hockey battles Princeton on the roof of the OMAC at noon. The squad has finally started to turn its season around and is looking to keep its winning streak alive.
Football also takes on the Tigers at Brown Stadium at 12:30 pm. This is a key Ivy battle, since the Bears lost their first conference game against Harvard.

All the other teams will be battling elsewhere. Look for coverage of the matches in Monday and Tuesday’s Herald.

Want to keep up with all the sports action on campus? Follow @BDH_Sports on Twitter for live tweets from certain games and updates about all the latest Bears news.

Sean Rosa '12.5 and the rest of the soccer squad will take on the Tigers this Saturday at Stevenson Field.

Though it’s Fall Weekend and many people will be venturing elsewhere, there are still sports games for the Bears to play. If you’re still around, come out and cheer on your classmates in the following match-ups:

Saturday, October 8

Football has its final non-conference game against Holy Cross at 12:30 p.m.
Women’s soccer battles Ivy foe Princeton in a crucial league match-up. The game starts at 4 p.m.
Women’s volleyball versus Dartmouth in a vital Ivy duel at 5 p.m.
Men’s soccer, following their female counterparts, also play the Tigers, at 7 p.m.
There are no games on Sunday. That’s unfortunate because half of you will probably be coming back to campus then.

Away games:

Men’s water polo versus Harvard and MIT Saturday.
Cross country is running straight to the New England Championships in Boston.
Men’s golf tees off at the Big 5 Invitational.
Women’s tennis volleying at the US Open tournament.
Field hockey duking it out against Fairfield.

The Bears will look to win the Governor's Cup Saturday under the lights at Brown Stadium.

We know. We know that most students don’t go to sporting events at Brown. We know it’s one of the top things on the list of Stuff Brown students dislike. But this weekend is the second-ever football game “under the lights” at Brown Stadium. So seriously — cheer. A lot.

Friday, September 30

W. Volleyball takes on Columbia at 7 pm.

Saturday, October 1

W. Volleyball continues its Ivy schedule, competing against Cornell at 4 pm.

Football butts heads with the Rams of URI at Brown stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 pm.

Sunday, October 2

There are no sporting events scheduled. Probably because the Athletics Department knows everyone will be recuperating from that football game.   [Read more →]

Alison Mullin '14 fights for the ball during the team’s first loss of the season.

Your fellow Bears are brawling for your entertainment (among other things) this weekend. Come cheer them on at these home games: [Read more →]