After closing out the regular season with a 3-0 win over Dartmouth on Sunday, the men’s soccer team had to wait to find out if they had earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Bears were rewarded on Monday evening with a place in the 48-team field.

Brown (10-2-5, 5-2-0 Ivy) will host Stony Brook (6-9-4) on Thursday night at 7:00 at Stevenson Field.

Check Wednesday’s Herald for an article by Katie Wood recapping the Dartmouth game and previewing the NCAA opener.

Lots of winners this week. Why? I can think of three possible reasons: as an apology for taking several weeks off (I blame midterms), because I’m a nice guy, or, just maybe, because a lot of teams did well. I say it’s all three.

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Remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry always breaks even? Yeah, this was that week for Brown sports. See for yourself below if you don’t believe me. Hence, there are no Winners and no Bad News Bears this week. There is only a vague sliding scale of quality that exists only in my head. Deal with it.

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It was a busy weekend for Bruno as the competition kicked into full swing in the past week for several teams. Here’s the quick rundown of results.
THE WINNERS

Men’s soccer: 2-0-1 overall. The Bears tied Lehigh in their first game and beat SMU and Adelphi at home over the weekend.

Men’s water polo: 5-2 overall. The Princeton Invitational was a big success for Bruno, with Ws in three out of four games.

Field hockey: 2-2 overall. The team started off with two losses but swept this weekend against Monmouth and Bryant.

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