Bryant beat No. 20 UAlbany 31-7 in football and Roger Williams won the Conference of New England men's soccer title on Saturday, Nov. 7. On Sunday, Nov. 8, Brown men's basketball won at Lehigh for Eric Reveno's first win as Brown's head coach. Results are those posted as final on school sites as of about 6:35 p.m. Eastern Sunday, Nov. 8; all times below are Eastern.
Football
Bryant's 31-7 win over No. 20 UAlbany at Beirne Stadium put the Bulldogs at 6-4 overall and 4-2 in the CAA, and the school said it was their first win over a ranked opponent since 2014. Brown beat Yale 24-20 in New Haven on a 16-yard touchdown pass from James Murphy to Pearson Hill with 11:31 left, moving to 5-3 and 3-2 in the Ivy League.
Rhode Island lost 24-21 at New Hampshire on a 1-yard touchdown pass in the final seconds and is 5-5, 2-4 in the CAA. Salve Regina beat Coast Guard 47-28 to improve to 6-3.
Soccer and field hockey
Dylan Thomas scored in the 103rd minute as Roger Williams beat Western New England 1-0 in double overtime for its second straight CNE men's title and the conference's automatic NCAA Division III bid. The Hawks (14-1-5) find out their opponent when the bracket is announced Monday, Nov. 9, at 11:30 a.m. Roger Williams field hockey took top-seeded Endicott to overtime in the CNE final before losing 2-1.
In the NEWMAC final, No. 4 MIT beat Salve Regina 4-0. Rhode Island men's soccer lost to Davidson 5-4 on penalty kicks in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals. Bryant men's soccer, the No. 3 seed, beat No. 6 Binghamton 3-2 at Beirne Stadium in the America East quarterfinals. On Sunday, Bryant women's soccer beat Maine 2-0 at Beirne Stadium in the America East semifinals, and Bryant volleyball lost 3-1 at UAlbany. The URI women beat George Mason 3-1 to reach the A10 semifinals. Brown women's soccer lost 1-0 at Princeton but is the fourth seed in the Ivy tournament.
Hockey, basketball and water polo
Logan Sawyer had a hat trick as No. 9/8 Providence beat No. 20 UConn 8-1 and improved to 6-2-0. The Providence women beat New Hampshire 4-2. Brown women's hockey beat Dartmouth 2-1 in overtime.
Brown men's basketball beat Lehigh 65-55 on Sunday for Reveno's first win as Brown's head coach, finishing on a 12-2 run, to move to 1-2. Bryant men lost 68-59 to Fairfield at the Chace Athletic Center on Sunday, with 20 turnovers, and are 1-2. The Bryant women won 63-46 at Manhattan to go 3-0. In Nashville, Rhode Island women beat USF 82-63 on Sunday for the first win of the Colleen Mullen era; the Rams are 1-2.
Providence men fell to Nebraska 67-58 in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Saturday, and the women lost to UMass 60-50. URI men beat Monmouth 84-66. Brown men's water polo beat LIU 16-8 and lost 15-12 to No. 6 Princeton in Providence on Sunday.
Week ahead
Tuesday, Nov. 10: URI men host Maine, 7 p.m.; Bryant men at Providence, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11: Bryant men's soccer at No. 2 Vermont in the America East semifinals, 7 p.m.; URI women's soccer at No. 1 Saint Louis in the A10 semifinals (time not yet listed); Bryant women at Providence, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12: Brown women's soccer at No. 1 Dartmouth in the Ivy tournament semifinals, 7 p.m.; Brown men host Canisius, 7 p.m.; URI women at Wagner, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13: Providence men's hockey hosts Merrimack, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14: football, Brown hosts Columbia, noon; URI hosts Towson, noon; Bryant at Sacred Heart, noon.
