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Brown Men’s Rugby Reveals New Website

Michael D. Bernstein, Class of 1982 provided a very generous donation to pay for this new Brown Rugby website. Almost one year ago, Michael walked up to coach Coach Jay Fluck at a Boston Red Sox game. They had not seen each since 1982 and spoke at length. Michael asked if he could do anything for the Rugby program, and Jay suggested that Brown Rugby needed to build a new website. Within a week Michael had sent a donation to cover the entire cost. We are thrilled with the result and very proud to launch this site for all Brown Rugby Alumni, friends and families. It is hoped that the website will become the primary source for rugby information, entertainment and communication. Thanks again Michael!

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Brown Sailing Finishes 5th at Women’s National Championship

Brown just returned from the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) College Sailing National Championship, finishing fifth place out of the top 18 teams in college sailing at the Women’s National Championship. Held at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA from May 25-27, the Brown women had to first qualify for the National Finals by sailing at the Women’s National Semi-Finals on May 25. With an eighth place finish at the semi’s, Brown moved on to the two-day National Championship.

Sailing for Brown at the Semi-Finals were skipper Charlotte Lipschitz ’10 (Chevy Chase, MD) and crews Allyson Russell ’11 (Waterbury Center, VT) and Cecilia Strombeck ’11 (Goteborg, Sweden) in A-division, and skipper Elizabeth Barry ’11 (Riverside, CT) and crews Maria Mahler-Haug ’09 (Branford, CT) and Jenny Adler ’11 (Manchester, MA) in B-division. Brown finished 11th in A-division and 3rd in B-division, just three points out of first.

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Five Women’s Ruggers Recieve All-American Honors

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Division I - First Team All-American
Position           Player                          School
Prop                 Andria Payne                Brown University
Prop                 Lauren Rusert               Penn State University
Hooker            Kristen Snyder             Penn State University
Lock                Lauren Daly                  University of Colorado
Lock                Kayla Ellingson             Brigham Young University
Flanker             Kassie Drey                 University of Northern Iowa
Flanker             Alison Worman            Penn State University
Eight                 Kate Daley                   Penn State University
Scrum half        Annie Zeigler                Penn State University
Fly half             Sadie Anderson            Penn State University
Center              Lauren Rosso               Penn State University
Center              Melissa Smit                 Stanford University
Wing                Erica Cavanaugh           University of Virginia
Wing                Ono Nseyo                  Stanford University
Full back          Jessica Sexauer            United States Military Academy

Division I – Second Team All-American
Position           Player                          School
Prop                 Susan Dekker               Stanford University
Prop                 Tabitha Schaap             Brigham Young University
Hooker            Tess Kohanski              University of Syracuse
Lock                Marianne Sparklin        United States Naval Academy
Lock                Annalisa Wilde             Brown University
Flanker             Martha Camacho          University of California, Berkeley
Flanker             Adria Orr                     Brown University
Eight                 Jillion Potter                  University of New Mexico
Scrum half        Elizabeth Trujillo           United States Naval Academy
Fly half             Deanna McGillivray      University of New Mexico
Center              Alexandria Hartley        Brown University
Center              Morgan Rovetti            Brigham Young University
Wing                Ploipailin Flynn             Brown University
Wing                Ashley Miller                United States Military Academy
Full back          Jessica Watkins            Stanford University

Division I - Honorable mention
Position           Player                          School
Scrum half        Amber Glasrud             University of New Mexico
Fly half             Kirsten Siebach            Brigham Young University
Center              Danielle Cicuto             United States Naval Academy

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First Team All-America Andi Payne

Women’s Rugby Falls to Stanford at National Semi’s

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It wasn’t such smooth sailing for Stanford, but the tournament hosts beat Brown 31-12. The score was flattering to Stanford, who led by only five points 51 minutes into the game. Mel Smitt capped off a prolonged period of pressure for

Stanford 11 minutes in, and Jessica Watkins capped off a simple but effective backline move to race in untouched at 20 minutes. Smitt added the conversion for a 12-0 lead.

But Brown would not bow out and kept up with their hard-driving play. Using centers Frankie Male and Alex Hartley to punish the Stanford defenders, they looked to wear the Cardinal down. The efforts worked well and Yari Ibarra’s try – off an eight

man shove in the scrum – made it 12-5 with 13 minutes left in the half. But Watkins ran down a beautiful chip ahead by flyhalf Amelia Villines to make it 17-5 at the break.

Brown had plenty of ball and were solid in the set pieces, and as time went on their plan to wear down Stanford seemed to be working. But they could not secure enough ball in contact – as knock-ons in the tackle and poached balls sent them backpedaling far too early. Frankie Male’s try made it 17-12 at 51 minutes, but Brown’s failure to take care of the ball saw Stanford pull away.

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Women’s Rugby to Meet Stanford in National Semi’s

Brown beat a very tough UVA squad to advance to the final 4. It was 85 degrees when the match kicked off and UVA took full advantage of Brown doziness to score 4 minutes in and go up 0-5. The score served to wake us up and Brown kicked it into gear. Fullback Blaine Martin ‘11 took a ball wide and outraced the UVA defense to tie the score 5-5 eight minutes later prop Naomi Oberman-Breindel ‘10 took a quick tap and dove over, Frankie Male ‘09 converted and Brown led 12-5. A few minutes later UVA came back and scored to make it 12-10 at the half.

Brown made a few adjustments in the second half and came out intent on dominating UVA in the loose. The result was a lot more possession and a lot more pressure on UVA. Prop Kate Larson ‘09 took a punch off a lineout and dove over to score, Frankie Male converted and Brown led 19-10. Ten minutes later flanker Adria Orr ‘09 took a pick and jam over the line to put Brown up 24-10. The brown scrum was just outstanding, driving UVA back in every scrum and taking every ball. Their efforts were rewarded with a beautiful walk over try to bring Brown to 29-10. UVA scored a penalty kick with minutes remaining but at the whistle it was all Brown. Scrumhalf Yadi Ibarra ’09 and wing Ploi Flynn ’09 were both identified as Player of the Match by the game’s commentators.

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Club Tennis Advances to National Sweet 16, Falls to Baylor

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SURPRISE, AZ. April 18, 2009 – Duke, University of Central Florida, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas A&M were all victorious in the quarterfinal matches today and earned a birth into the 2009 USTA National Campus Championship Semifinals.

Under a picture-perfect desert sky, Duke continued their impressive run through the brackets with a morning victory over the University of Michigan 29-19 and followed that by taking down defending champion University of Texas at Austin 28-14.

After an epic battle, the Golden Knights of Central Florida earned their berth in the final four by topping the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers University 26-18. Earlier in the day, Central Florida disposed of UC Davis 28-12.

The clash of the red and white ended in victory for the University of Wisconsin – Madison who managed to slide past the Maryland Terps 26-24 right into the semifinals. The University of Wisconsin - Madison will meet-up with standout performers the University of Central Florida Saturday morning.

Five-time National Campus Champions, Texas A&M have found their way back to the semi-finals by defeating Baylor University 30-18 in the quarterfinals and Georgetown 26-20 earlier in the day.

In other matches from the round of 16, Baylor defeated Brown, Maryland bested Oregon and Rutgers beat Penn State.

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Women’s Rugby Defeats UNC, Advances To Round of 8

The first half of the Women’s Division I round of 16 showcased a few surprises, as No. 12 seed Virginia bumped off Texas A&M. After leading 12-5 at the half, Virginia scored three unanswered tries in the second to win it 27-5. They will now face Brown, who shut out the University of North Carolina 34-0 when competition got underway in Sanford. The game, which gets underway at 10 am (ET) will be shown in the LIVE webcast of the event on the USA Rugby Network (usarugby.com).

Brown Club Volleyball Goes 1-5 At DII NIRSA NATIONALS

The Bear’s sole victory was vs. Dartmouth in 3 games.

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Club Sport Athlete of the Month for April: Lily Cohen ‘11

Lily Cohen ’11 from Waillingford, Connecticut is the April Club Sport Athlete of the Month. Though this is only Lily’s second season playing club Frisbee, and her first year on the A-team, she has proved to be an invaluable scoring machine. She is an incredibly hard worker that never stops running, on offense or defense , earning her lots of goals and run-through Ds. As a past Women’s Varsity Squash player at Brown, Lily’s athleticism allowed her to excel at Frisbee almost immediately upon learning the game.

Lily first got exposed to Frisbee by playing in pick-up games during the summer. One of her best friends from home plays and encouraged her to stick with the sport. At Brown, she started playing for the B-team the spring of her freshman year (Spring ’08) after Squash season had officially ended. Her athleticism and general sports sense from Varsity Squash carried over beautifully, allowing her to pick up the game breathtakingly fast. Her love for the sport led her to commit even more time towards the Women’s Frisbee A-team this year. Though a new member of the team, Lily is one of the key deep cutters whose hard running has resulted in a majority of the team’s scores. Her speed, great hands, and spot-on field sense make her incredibly difficult to defend. Lily is an overall solid offensive and defensive player that Disco Inferno is proud to have on their roster.

The devotion and time Lily puts into Frisbee, translates to her schoolwork and other activities at Brown. Lily is a human biology concentrator with a focus on international health. Moreover, she is a member of the food co-op West House, and a member of both the Honduras Initiative and GAIA student groups.

Women’s Rugby Goes 3-0 Down South

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Brown saved the best for last dominating the Raleigh women, a Division 1 club team and rolling to a 19-0 win. Much of the match was played under driving rain at the Raleigh fields, one of the better rugby facilities in the US. The Raleigh women looked strong as they took the field, but from the opening whistle Brown just exploded on them driving the ball in the forwards and running hard and fast in the backline. Brown put together a beautiful phase 6 minutes in, every Brown player contributed and fullback Chelsea Garber ‘12 finished it off to score in the corner and put Brown up 5-0. Raleigh never did really recover and spent a majority of the match within their own half.

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