Projo Sports Blog

Men's and women's fencing, wrestling and women's skiing should not be eliminated from Brown's intercollegiate athletics program, President Ruth J. Simmons has recommended in her response to the April Report of the Athletics Review Committee.

Those teams, Simmons wrote in a nine-page response that she will present to the Brown University Corporation later this week, "should be given the chance to demonstrate that their supporters are able to endow their sport at the level deemed necessary by the University." As part of a plan aimed at putting "all team sports on a better financial footing," Brown athletic director Michael Goldberger "has proposed a five year period of time to allow teams to raise a total of $42 million in additional endowment funds," Simmons noted.

-Carolyn Thornton

Brown just defeated Princeton, 34-0, at Brown Stadium for its first shutout in 21 years.

Brown blanked Columbia, 17-0, in the 1990 finale.

Brown's defense was immense, holding Pinceton to 208 yards

Brown took a 10-0 lin the first quarter on linebacker Daniel Smithwick's 34-yard interception return for a touchdown and Alexander Norocea's 39-yard field goal.

Tellef Lundevall caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Newhall-Caballero, and Mark Kachmer scored from the 1-yard line iin the second quarter.

Norocea kicked a 23-yard field goal in the third quarter, and Lundevall threw a 24-yard option pass to Jimmy Saros for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. On the previous play Nate Lovett ran 22 yards on a fake punt for a first down.

Brown improves to 4-1 and 1-1 in the Ivy League. Princeton drops to 1-4, 1-1.

The Friars men's hockey team beat Boston University, 5-3, Friday night at Schneider Arena.

Lightning strikes led to the suspension of the North Kingstown-East Greenwich high school football game. It will resume Saturday at 6 p.m.

Poor weather led to the cancellation of Friday night's South Kingstown-Westerly high school football game.

Samantha Morrell and Juliet Vongphoumy, the two Rhode Islanders who have dominated women's golf in the state for the last several years, have taken their rivalry to college.

The two competed in the same tournament this week, the 20-team Lady Pirate Invitational in Georgia.

North Kingtown's Morrell won the event on rounds of 71-70-71 for a 4-under 212 total. Vongphouomy, a La Salle grad, tied for second with scores of 70-75-68 for 213. Vongphoumy now plays for the University of Maryland. She led Maryland to the team title. It was her second runner-up finish this fall.

Morrell plays for Old Dominion. Her team finished 16th.

Also, John McCarthy, a former R.I. Junior Champion from East Greenwich, won a tournament in Potsdam, N.Y., and led his Skidmore College team to the tournament title of the Liberty League. McCarthy had rounds of 74 and a course record 67 for 141.