Yale Soundly defeats Brown

Instead of being pumped up from a very productive Bermuda Tour, Brown seemed to have lost its way as Yale beat Brown convincingly 33-17. As in the first Bermuda match versus the Police, the Bears conceded the first half by allowing Yale an 18-5 lead. Yale ran through 3 unconverted tries and added a penalty kick.

 New Haven, Connecticut Brown was only able to put center Dow Travers’11 over the line in the 28th minute on a pass from fly half Zahid Jethani’13. The forwards were up to the task, winning several phases of ball on the way to this score, but had trouble maintaining possession and continuity throughout the match. Yale was opportunistic to take advantage of Brown mistakes but also was able to beat Brown on the outside with superior speed. The day was clear and warm and field conditions were excellent. Brown needed a strong second half start to reverse the momentum, but Yale scored within the first minute to up the Yale lead to 23-5. Brown hooker Dan Levine-Spound’12 scored off a lineout but Yale followed with another try for a 28-10 lead at the 53 minute mark. Yale’s final score raised the score to 33-10 with 22 minutes left in the match. With the match essentially over Brown prevented any further damage and was able to score a nice backline try as center James McGinn’12 found an opening in the line with 7 on the clock. The try was converted by Jethani, the only conversion of the match. The match referee was Chris Pickard.

First XV Squad

1. Bob Forrester’10, replaced by Mohammed Abdallah’11 2. Dan Levine-Spound’12 3. Andrew Alvarez’11 4. Mike Wharton’12, replaced by Bob Forrester 5. John Hermansen’10 6. Rall Walsh’10 7. Hao Li’10, replaced by Mike Wharton 8. Zach Long’13 9. Dave Riley’10 10. Zahid Jethani’13 11. Ian Clancy’12 12. Dow Travers’11, replaced by Hao Li 13. James McGinn’11 14. Taylor Peak’12, replaced by Dow Travers 15. Rob Powell’11

Brown Soundly Beaten

With a number of players out with injuries, a predominately Second XV faced a formidable Yale side that scored at will in a 55-0 rampage over the Bears. Brown was ineffective as Yale scored three first half tries, two converted for a 19-0 lead. Yale doubled its output in the second half scoring 6 tries, three converted, to run away with the match. Several Brown players had to double up from the first XV match to fill out the Brown team.

Second XV Squad

1. Michael Donnell’12 2. Brian Kelly’12 3. Mohammed Abdalah’11 4. Nate Bishop’13 5. Ian Fields’12 6. John Oberbeck’12 7. Dan Rabb’10 8. Zach Long’13 9. Taylor Peak’12 10. Blair Cameron’13 11. Ari Nakos’12 12. John Goddard’13 13. Richard Walsh’13 14. Nick Donais’12 15. Tokiso Thatho’10 Brown competes in the Beast of the East Tournament this weekend at Glenn Farm in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Brown will be competing in the First Division of the Tournament and will play the University of Connecticut at 10:30 A.M. and the State University of New York, Albany at 2:40 P.M. If Brown comes first or second on Saturday, the Bears will play again at 1 P.M. on Sunday. Directions and all of the Tournament details can be found at the Tournament Website.