BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Brown University will serve as site for 15-games at the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center and Harvard University will host four games at Blodgett Pool in Cambridge, Mass., as Austin College, Bucknell University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pepperdine University, St. Francis College Brooklyn, the University of California-Davis and University of the Pacific will battle the host Bears and Crimson during the Bruno Classic on Saturday-Sunday, September 1-2.
Action begins on Saturday, September 1, at Brown as the host Bears will face new varsity program Austin College at 8:00 a.m. Harvard-vs.-UC-Davis (9;15 a.m.), MIT-vs.-Bucknell (10:30 a.m.), St. Francis Brooklyn-vs.-Pepperdine (11:45 a.m.) follow to conclude the morning slate of contests, prior to Brown-vs.-Pacific (1:00 p.m.), Bucknell-vs.-Austin (2:15 p.m.), MIT-vs.-UC-Davis (3:30 p.m.), Harvard-vs.-Pepperdine (4:45 p.m.), Brown-vs.-Bucknell (6:00 p.m.) and St. Francis Brooklyn-vs.-Pacific (7:15 p.m.) wrapping up the opening date’s play.
The teams will split across New England on Sunday, September 2, as Brown hosts five games with the Bears taking on UC-Davis (8:00 a.m.) and Pepperdine (10:50 a.m.), while St. Francis Brooklyn squares off with Bucknell (9:15 a.m.) and UC-Davis (12:30 p.m.) to go along with a clash pitting Bucknell-vs.-Pepperdine (2:00 p.m.).
Up the road in Cambridge, hometown teams Harvard and MIT will take on Austin and Pacific with the Crimson battling Austin (8:30 a.m.) and Pacific (2:30 p.m.) to bookend a pair of games by the Engineers against the ‘Roos (10:00 a.m.) and Tigers (1:00 p.m.).
For fans unable to make the trip to either Providence or Cambridge, Brown and Harvard will combine to broadcast all 19-games from the weekend’s action on ESPN+ due to the Ivy League’s partnership with the site.
A few points regarding streaming coverage:
Below is information for both US and international fans on how to watch all of these events on ESPN+.
- ESPN+ is currently only available to fans in the US for $4.99/month or $49.99/year. (https://plus.espn.com/)
- A new international platform will be the home for fans outside of the US.
- The new international portal will feature both live and archived games.
- The cost for fans to subscribe to the international portal will be similar to ESPN+ – $4.99/month. A single-game purchase will also be available for $2.99.
- Video content on the new international portal will come from Harvard, as well as the other seven Ivy schools and championships hosted by the Ivy League.
- Due to technical and logistical limitation, it is possible that not all games will be available internationally at launch of ESPN+.
| 2018 Brown University Bruno Classic | |||
| Brown University, Providence, R.I. | |||
| Saturday, September 1, 2018 | |||
| 8:00 | Brown University | vs. | Austin College |
| 9:15 | Harvard University | vs. | University of California-Davis |
| 10:30 | MIT | vs. | Bucknell University |
| 11:45 | St. Francis College Brooklyn | vs. | Pepperdine University |
| 1:00 | Brown University | vs. | University of the Pacific |
| 2:15 | Bucknell University | vs. | Austin College |
| 3:30 | MIT | vs. | University of California-Davis |
| 4:45 | Harvard University | vs. | Pepperdine University |
| 6:00 | Brown University | vs. | Bucknell University |
| 7:15 | St. Francis College Brooklyn | vs. | University of the Pacific |
| Sunday, September 2, 2018 | |||
| 8:00 | Brown University | vs. | University of California-Davis |
| 9:15 | St. Francis College Brooklyn | vs. | Bucknell University |
| 10:50 | Brown University | vs. | Pepperdine University |
| 12:30 | St. Francis College Brooklyn | vs. | University of California-Davis |
| 2:00 | Bucknell University | vs. | Pepperdine University |
| Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. | |||
| Sunday, September 2, 2018 | |||
| 8:30 | Harvard University | vs. | Austin College |
| 10:00 | MIT | vs. | University of the Pacific |
| 1:00 | MIT | vs. | Austin College |
| 2:30 | Harvard University | vs. | University of the Pacific |
