A Big Weekend On Tap For The Brown Bears

A Big Weekend On Tap For The Brown Bears

It’s shaping up to be a big weekend for Brown University athletic teams on College Hill.

It all starts Friday when the men’s and women’s basketball teams open up their 2011-2012 seasons at the Pizzatola Sports Center with a double-header. The men’s team, led by unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year Sean McGonagill hosts the Johnson & Wales Wildcats at 5pm. Following that game, the women’s team hosts UNH at 7:30pm.

Also Friday night, women’s ice hockey fans will get to see the Bears host Rensselaer at 7pm at Meehan Auditorium. The Bears are 1-2-2 under new head coach Amy Bourbeau.

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On Saturday, the Brown football team will continue their march towards what they hope will be another Ivy League Championship season when they host the Big Green of Dartmouth on “Senior Day” starting at 12:30pm. Prior to the game, a terrific class of 28 Bears seniors will be honored led by quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero.

Later Saturday afternoon at Meehan Auditorium, the women’s hockey team will hit the ice again. This time they will host Union in a 4pm face-off.

And highlighting the weekend on Saturday will be a 4pm men’s soccer game where the Bears host Dartmouth at Stevenson Field. Both teams enter the game with identical 4-1-1 league records with the winner Saturday to receive the Ivy League’s automatic bid to the NCAA men’s soccer tournament.

It’s a big weekend for Bruno!