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Bruins fall to Senators

AP photo / Sean Kilpatrick
Dennis Wideman lines up to punch Andrej Meszaros of Ottawa during tonight's game.

Mike Fisher's third-period goal broke a tie and gave the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 win at home over the Boston Bruins tonight. Click here to see the box score from projo Stats.

Tim Thomas had 42 saves for Boston in a losing effort, while Chuck Kobasew scored both Bruins goals.

The two teams meet again Sunday in Boston.

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Wind, rain ground Brown

New Haven -- The remnants of Hurricane Noel battered the Yale Bowl with wind, rain and cold today, grounding Brown's passing game but not stopping Yale's vaunted rushing attack, which produced a 17-7 victory for the 8-0 Bulldogs. Brown dropped to 3-5, 2-3 in the Ivy League.

Tailback Mike McLeod rushed for 185 yards and a touchdown, third-string tailback Jordan Farrell carried for 78 yards and a TD, and Alan Kimball kicked a 20-yard field goal into the gusty wind. McLeod broke the Yale career rushing record of 3,393 held by Robert Carr. He has 3,515 yards with two games remaining in his junior year.

Brown quarterback Michael Dougherty, the leading passer in the Football Championship Subdivision, completed only 10 of 31 passes for 99 yards and was intercepted twice. He did connect with flanker Buddy Farnham for a 43-yard touchdown in the second quarter.

Brown will play its final home game of the season next Saturday against Dartmouth.

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Rhody pulls off upset of UMass

AP photo / Joe Giblin
Rhode Island's Raji El-Amin, right, and Matt Hansen tackle Tony Nelson of UMass in the first half.

The University of Rhode Island beat the University of Massachusetts in the wind and rain at South Kingstown today, picking up its first conference win of the season while handing the Minutemen their first loss. The final score was 12-6, with the Rams winning in overtime; UMass scored all six of its points on safeties.

UMass falls to 5-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association Conference North Division (7-2 overall), while URI improves to 1-5 (2-7 overall).

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Boys soccer postponements; more football, too

Both boys soccer playoff games scheduled for tonight have been postponed to tomorrow. La Salle will host Barrington at 2, while Portsmouth hosts Hope at 7.

Also, the South Kingstown-Cranston East football game has been moved to tomorrow at 7, at Cranston Stadium.

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High school postponements

A number of football games have been added to the list of postponements on today's high school schedule.

Here are the football postponements so far, with the reschedule times in parentheses:

Mount Pleasant at Smithfield (Sunday, 2 p.m.)
West Warwick at Burrillville (Sunday, 1 p.m.)
Moses Brown at Tiverton (Sunday, 1:30 p.m.)
North Kingstown at St. Raphael (Sunday, 6 p.m.)

Yesterday, the Interscholastic League postponed the state field hockey championship games that had been scheduled for today at Bryant College. Wheeler will play Moses Brown for the Division II title at 6 p.m. Monday night, while North Kingstown will play Tiverton for the Division I championship after the Division II game. Both games will be at Cranston Stadium.

The football game between Johnston and Ponaganset has been rescheduled to 10 a.m. Sunday, and the state cross country championship meets at Ponaganset have been moved back an hour each: the girls meet will start at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the boys starting at 3.

There's no word yet on the boys soccer playoff games scheduled for tonight: La Salle is set to host Barrington at 6 while Portsmouth hosts defending state champion Hope at 7.

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