Brown and Fairfield won two key games in the Liberty Conference Saturday.
Brown took a big step toward being top dog in the Liberty NCR D1 with a 31-23 defeat of Iona Saturday.
Both teams entered the game undefeated in the conference.
Brown’s defense did well to frustrate Iona, especially in the first half where they took a 24-9 lead.
While Brown Head Coach David LaFlamme said his team kind of let their foot off the pedal a bit in the second half, he was, overall, pleased.
“It was food to get a win with a better performance this week than last week,” he said.
It was a wet day and Brown’s plan was always to win the battle up front and play a smart, controlled game. The conditions, therefore, helped Brown, said LaFlamme.
“It was ‘hang on to the football’ type of weather,” he said. The conditions helped us. We knew Iona had some weapons that we had to stay away from. We didn’t do too well controlling how we played ealy on and they kicked three penalties on us. But once we got our forth try at the 50th minute we could breathe a bit easier.”
Still two late tries from Iona closed it up and Iona Head Coach Paul Burke said his team just needed a bit more time.”
Next up for Brown is Dartmouth, a game that also serves as the Ivy League championship match.
