Barefoot Running

It’s not uncommon to see Belmont senior marketing major Lilly Casha jogging along busy city streets, with her iPod and water bottle in hand, running in time to her music. But one thing’s missing. Her shoes. Two summers ago, she decided to ditch them and go barefoot, and she said she’s never looked...

April 18th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins bolt to first place

After a slow start to their season, the Belmont baseball team have shifted in gear and into first place in the Atlantic Sun. Currently, Belmont is 23-10 on the season and 10-2 in Atlantic Sun conference play. They lead the rest of the conference by two games after sweeping USC Upstate this past weekend. Last...

April 10th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Drew Hanlen will sweat for success

During the past four years, it has been hard for Belmont fans to miss Drew Hanlen’s presence. From sinking threes to leading shifts in momentum as a guard for the Bruins, one thing is always evident for the graduating senior – his passion for basketball. That passion for the game is what inspired...

March 28th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins knocked out by Hoyas

For the Belmont Bruins, it was the same story with the same unwanted result. In their fifth NCAA tournament bid in seven years, the Bruins fell again during the first round of play, losing to the Georgetown Hoyas 74-59 in the NCAA Midwest Regional’s opening round Friday in Columbus, Ohio. For...

March 16th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Nelson perseveres for stellar senior season

Many changes happened with the Belmont women’s basketball team during the first two years of head coach Brittany Ezell’s tenure. Despite these changes though, one 6-foot, 2-inch constant has remained. During her four years with the program, senior post Haley Nelson has gathered more individual...

March 14th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins draw Hoyas in NCAA’s

Waiting has seemingly become common for the Belmont Bruins during the last few days. Eight days after clinching a bid the NCAA tournament, the Bruins were nearly the last team announced to play in the NCAA tournament Sunday evening. “We were wondering if they forgot about us for a second, but...

March 11th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins outlast Vanderbilt in rematch

When Belmont and Vanderbilt played twice during the NCAA regionals last May, the College World Series-bound Commodores made quick work of the Bruins. At the teams’ rematch at Rose Park Tuesday, however, it was a different story. In the Bruin’s 60th game against the Commodores, it took a grand...

March 6th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Time to dance: Bruins earn second straight A-Sun title

For the second year in a row, the Belmont Bruins won the Atlantic Sun Conference championship and earned an NCAA tournament bid. Unlike last year, however, the Bruins had to rally to get their chance to go to the Big Dance. One year after winning the conference title game by 41 points, the Bruins had...

March 3rd, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins clinch conference on senior night

The Belmont Bruins edged past the USC Upstate Spartans on senior night with an 88-79 win at the Curb Event Center Monday night. Combined with a Mercer loss, the Bruins clinched a share of the Atlantic Sun regular season championship, their third in a row and fifth in the last seven years. Junior Kerron...

February 20th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins’ late rally beats Lady Bucs

Driven by the emotion behind senior night and key plays by freshman players, the Belmont Bruins rallied from behind to defeat the East Tennessee State Lady Buccaneers 49-44 Saturday night at the Curb Event Center. Senior Haley Nelson led Belmont in scoring with 15 points and 16 rebounds. While it was...

February 19th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins win in opening day shutout

In their first Bruins baseball season opener at E.S. Rose Park, Belmont defeated the Purple Aces of Evansville 2-0 in what many would call a classic pitcher’s duel. Belmont pitchers Chase Brookshire and Scott Moses set the tone for the Friday night game, allowing only three hits and striking out 13...

February 17th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Basketball gets OVC East slot for next season

The Ohio Valley Conference, which Belmont will join next season, announced its new two-division, six-team setup for basketball only in a statement Tuesday. Belmont will also compete with Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Morehead State, Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech in the OVC’s new East...

February 17th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins plow Peay by 39

The Belmont men’s basketball team’s 26-point win against Lipscomb Friday apparently wasn’t large enough for them. In the latter end of a home-and-home series, the Bruins defeated the Austin Peay Governors 94-55 at the Curb Event Center Monday night. Scott Saunders led all scorers with...

February 6th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins blast Bison in road battle

Drew Hanlen thinks he missed his two best looks during his last regular season Battle of the Boulevard game. If he hadn’t made his first seven three-point shots though, his teammates wouldn’t have gotten on to him for the misses. “I didn’t wanna miss,” he said. “Obviously...

February 3rd, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Johnson and Jenkins lead BU past Ospreys

Led by stellar performances by junior Kerron Johnson and sophomore Blake Jenkins, the Belmont Bruins defeated the North Florida Ospreys 83-69 at the Curb Event Center Monday night. Johnson led the Bruins with 16 points, and Jenkins scored 15 points and made seven rebounds. This was Jenkins’ second...

January 30th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More