PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Interstat) — Brown Bears defeated Columbia Lions 16-8 on Wednesday afternoon at Murray Stadium. Mika Petersen starred for Brown, going 3-for-4 with a home run and five RBIs. Matt Luigs collected four hits and two RBIs, while Mark Henshon homered and drove in three runs. Jack Edmunds also homered with two RBIs. DJ Dillehay opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the first inning. Brown built a 5-0 lead before Columbia answered with a run in the third. Edmunds singled home a run in the bottom half, and Brown extended the lead to 10-7 after four innings. Columbia erupted for five runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game, capped by a two-run double from Cole Fellows, who finished with three RBIs. Brown responded with two runs in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Petersen and a run-scoring groundout by Luigs. Petersen homered in the seventh and Luigs tripled and scored in the eighth to seal the victory. Brown had 20 hits and two sacrifice hits. Columbia managed 12 hits. Brown improved to 20-16, while Columbia dropped to 12-21-1. Camren Piwnicki tossed 2.2 scoreless innings for Brown.