Brownian Motion - Brown Men's Ultimate Frisbee

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Stanford Invite is this weekend. The full schedule is as follows:

Saturday
Rd 1 (8:30) - Florida
Rd 2 (10:25) - Washington University
Rd 3 (12:20) - Colorado
Rd 4 (2:15) - UC-Santa Barbara
Rd 5 (4:10) - BYE

Sunday
Rd 1 (8:00) - BYE
Rd 2 (9:55) - Wisconsin
Rd 3 (11:50) - Stanford

For all able to attend, the fields are located at

Mistlin Sports Park
N Ripon Road and East River Road
Ripon, CA 95366

Look forward to some feverish competition!

Friday, February 20, 2009

Two weeks until Brownian Motion leaves for the Stanford Invite! Many things have been updated for this season, including an early tournament schedule and the new roster.

For more information on this year's Stanford Invite look here.

Expect more updates within the next week or so.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Last week B-Mo kicked off the spring season with a bang traveling to Atlanta, GA for a rigorous winter training session culminating in the competitive debut of this year's team at Florida Warm-Up.

B-Mo went undefeated on Saturday beating Miami, USF, UF-B, and Iowa but were faced with two tough losses Sunday morning against UNC-W and Georgia which was enough to put them behind Iowa in their pool and keep them out of the play-in game. Brown finished up with a record of 5-2.

It's looking like a promising season.

Friday, June 27, 2008

The Mike Franz Fund recently surpassed the $106,000 mark!! Thanks so much to those have donated so far!!

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The last 2 newsletters of the year are up!

Here's the one recapping Yale Cup & Sectionals, and the one recapping Regionals.

Friday, May 23, 2008

It's been awhile since the last post, but here's the short of it: B-Mo beat Williams for the first time this season to advance to the Final Four of the New England Regionals, but then lost to Dartmouth and UMass. B-Mo finished 5th and P-Funk upset MIT, 17-15, to finish 11th in the region.

Dartmouth and Harvard represented New England admirably. Both finished ahead of seed in pool play, and Harvard even won their pre-quarters game to finish in the top 8.

The UPA finals was a rematch of the title game from 2006: Florida vs. Wisconsin. The Hodags of Wisconsin avenged their loss from two years ago (and their loss to Florida at Centex) to win 15-9 and defend their national title from last year. Congrats Wisco! Check out more information here. Also, the Callahan Award went to Joe Kershner from Arizona.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Regionals is this upcoming weekend! Brown enters as the 3rd seed and Brown-B enters as the 16th seed. Both teams start play at 9 on Saturday morning, with Brown-B starting out against top-seeded Harvard. If the seeding holds, Brown would face Williams in the second round, a rematch of last year's Regionals championship game.

The bracket is up here on the UPA website. Also, click here for directions to the fields.

Hope to see you all out there! We're going to need all the support we can get!

Sunday, April 13, 2008

B-Mo and P-Funk both headed to Regionals!

Congratulations to Brown's B-team, P-Funk! They just qualified for Regionals with a 15-4 win over WPI in a do-or-die game. Earlier in the day, they slugged it out for hard-fought wins against Conn College and UConn. This will be their first trip to Regionals since 2005.

B-Mo capped off their weekend with a win over Wesleyan for the sectional championship. All the results from this weekend can be found on the UPA website tournament page. The other team to qualify was URI, their first-ever bid to Regionals.

Special thanks this weekened to Andy's parents who brought us tons of Gatorade, snacks, and bagels to keep us going. To all the parents and fans who have watched us play this year and have been unbelievably supportive and caring, thanks so much!! We really really appreciate everything you do for us!

Three weeks to Regionals. Up and up! Hope to see everyone out there!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

The fields for Sectionals at URI are the same as last year. Down 138-W (from Route 4 to Route 1), take a right onto Plains Rd (past the main entrance to the URI campus). From 138-E (from Route 2 or from 95-N), take a left onto Plains Rd.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

At Yale Cup this past weekend, Brown posted a 4-3 record. B-Mo lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Williams, who also took one from Brown on Saturday. This weekend is UPA Sectionals at the University of Rhode Island. The schedule on the UPA website is up. As of right now, Brown has 4 pool play games on Saturday starting at 10:35.

The Centex newsletter is up now too! It's worth looking at it just for the 'stache pictures.

Friday, April 4, 2008

We are pleased to announce that Brown Ultimate has officially established an endowment with the university in the name of Mike Franz!! This is an incredible accomplishment and we owe it all to your support and generosity - alumni, family, and friends! Thank you so much! With that said, we are setting a goal of $150,000 for the Mike Franz Memorial Fund by this summer to ensure the endowment starts off on a great first foot.

Yale Cup is this weekend! The schedule on the UPA website is up. As of right now, Brown will have 4 pool play games on Saturday and 4 bracket games on Sunday. Due to the weather, starting times have been pushed back to noon on Saturday, and the website will be updated if further adjustments are made. Brown was scheduled to play Wesleyan first at 9, followed by Vermont at 10:45, Williams at 12:30, and Dartmouth at 4 after a bye. Play on Sunday starts at 8:45.

The weather for this weekend calls for cooler temperatures and wetness, so it should be a typical New England tourney. Hope to see you out there!

Also, photo albums from the Stanford Invite and from Huck-a-Hunk this year are officially up! If you have photos from any tournaments, feel free to send them here so they can get up on the website. Thanks to Rick LeBeau and Kyle Cackett '11 for taking pictures at the Stanford Invite, and thanks to Melissa Olson for taking picutures at Huck-a-Hunk.

Monday, March 31, 2008

The first batch of Stanford Invite pictures are finally up! More are on the way, plus some way back from Huck-a-Hunk this year. If you have any pictures from tournaments you'd like to see up here, please sent them this way!

Also, check out the newsletter from Stanford!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Brown rebounded from a tough Stanford Invite to post a 4-4 record at Centex this past weekend. Brown beat #6 British Columbia to begin the tournament on Saturday and then started Sunday with a win over #4 North Carolina State. Saturday was a grueling 10 hour day, with 5 straight games in the heat. Sunday brought more New England style weather, with the temperature in the 50s and wind.

Three games over the weekend went to universe point: a win against UC-Santa Barbara, a loss to Texas, and a loss to Carleton.

Coincidentally, the 3 games that went to universe point were against the 3 teams Brown also faced at the Stanford Invite. All 3 results this time around were improvements too.

Thanks so much to the friends and family that came out to watch us this weekend! It was great to have you cheering us on and bringing us snacks and drinks to keep our bodies going. Next up is Yale Cup in a week and a half which we'll be ramping up for when we get back from break.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Centex schedule has just been posted! As of now, Brown is scheduled to play 5 games on Saturday, starting at 8:30. Brown will play Pittsburgh, UCSB, British Columbia, Texas, and North Carolina. For the full up-to-date bracket, check out the UPA's tourney website for Centex.

The results from Stanford are up and a newsletter will be up very soon! Also, there will be pictures put up from Stanford and hopefully from Centex early next week.

B-Mo would like to thank all the alumni, family members, and friends who housed us at Stanford, fed us, came out to the games, supported us, and made the weekend a great one! It was so nice having such a big dinner all together on Saturday night. We couldn't ask for a better B-Mo community!

Friday, March 7, 2008

Update! Check out this more detailed map for where the fields are. Brown will be playing on fields #9 and #10 all day Saturday.

Also, check out the updated "Roster" section on the website!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The first tournament of the spring, the Stanford Invite, is this weekend! As of now, Brown is scheduled to play 4 games on Saturday: at 9:00 against Las Positas, at 12:40 against Texas, at 2:30 against Oregon, and at 4:20 against Colorado. There will then be at least 3 games on Sunday, starting as early as 9. For the full up-to-date bracket, check out the UPA tournament website.

In addition, Stanford put up their own website for the tournament, which you can find here. It has a map of where the fields are.

B-Mo can't wait to start the ultimate season, soak in some nice weather, and visit with alumni and family on the west coast. See you all at the fields!

Friday, February 22, 2008

Two weeks until Brownian Motion leaves for the Stanford Invite! Lots of stuff has now been updated for this season, including a full tournament schedule and the new roster.

The website will undergo more changes in the next 2 weeks, with more updates coming.

Also, if anyone has any pictures from Huck-a-Hunk they'd like to share, please shoot me an email. I'd love to put some pictures up and I know there were people who took some.

That's all for now. If there's anyting missing from the website that you'd like to know or anything you think should be added, also feel free to let me know!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Happy New Year!!

To donate to the Mike Franz Memorial Fund, this is the website. Check the box next to "Support the team of your choice" and choose "Michael V. Franz '03 Memorial Fund" from the drop-down list. So far, there has been tremedous progress towards establishing the Franz endowment and every little bit will help us get closer to reaching our goal!

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

HHBP is here! Our home tournament will take place this weekend, with 4 Brown squads participating, including the Brown alumni team. Check out the tournament schedule and bracket for more information. Games start at 9:30 on Saturday, 10 on Sunday. All of the games will be held in Portsmouth, RI, except for the showcase game between Brown and Cornell at 3:30pm on Saturday, which will take place on the turf field behind the OMAC (athletic complex) on the Brown campus.

Use this map to get directions to the Portsmouth fields (park on Linden Ln). We look forward to one last weekend of fall ultimate with our entire program and some good competition.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Welcome back! Open practices are about to start up! On Tuesday the 11th, practice will be at Marvel Field from 4:15-7. If you'd like, we'll meet at Soldiers' Arch (on Thayer St by Lincoln Field) at 4 to run down together to Marvel. Then, on Wednesday the 12th, there will be practice from 3-5 at Marvel.

Whether you played in high school or are just an athlete interested in playing, whether you want to play at a highly competitive level or just want a good workout, make sure to come out this week! We'll show you how to play ultimate and we'll have fun. In case you want to head down to Marvel on your own, check out the following directions on how to get there and this map here (follow the dots from the X to the blue 1). See you out there!

Directions from Solider's Arch:
Cross the science quad to Brook St. and take a left. Just after the OMAC, take a right onto Lloyd at the 5-way intersection. Go down the hill and take a left on Elmgrove. Eventually you'll see the Brown Stadium on your left. The JCC is the brick building on your right. The field is on the far side of the JCC, by the street.