Brown Bears baseball

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Brown Bears baseball
Baseball current event.svg 2025 Brown Bears baseball team
Brown Bears Athletics logo.svg
Founded1863;162 years ago (1863)
University Brown University
Head coach Frank Holbrook (1st season)
Conference Ivy League
Location Providence, Rhode Island
Home stadium Murray Stadium
(Capacity: 1,000)
Nickname Bears
ColorsSeal brown, cardinal red, and white [1]
     
NCAA tournament appearances
2007
Conference tournament champions
2007
Conference regular season champions
1952

The Brown Bears baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Ivy League. Previously, they had played in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League, which consisted of schools in the Ivy League along with Army and Navy before the Ivy League began to sponsor baseball entirely in 1992.

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The team was a part of history in 2023. In November 2022, freshman, Olivia Pichardo became the first woman named to an NCAA Division I baseball roster, making the team as a walk-on. [2] In March 2023, she had a plate appearance as a pinch-hitter. [3]

Brown team of 1879 The 1879 Brown University Baseball Team.jpg
Brown team of 1879

NCAA Tournament

Brown has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once.

YearRegionRoundOpponentResult
2007 Wichita Super RegionalFirst Round
Lower Round 1
Texas
Wake Forest
L 2–8
L 2–4

References

  1. "Brown University Athletics & Recreation Brand Guidelines" (PDF). June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  2. Williams, Madison (November 21, 2022). "Brown Walk-On Is First Woman Ever to Make D-I Baseball Roster". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. "Olivia Pichardo becomes first woman to play in an NCAA Division 1 baseball game". CBS News . Retrieved 2023-03-19.