The leaf that is the 23rd edition of the Swarthmore women’s soccer team has turned, bringing new faces to scenic Clothier Field. Eight seniors and head coach Amy Brunner have departed, signaling a changing of the guard for the Garnet. Enter new head coach Todd Anckaitis, formerly of Lewis and Clark College (OR), by way [...]
The Swarthmore field hockey team spent ten days in England at the beginning of August 2005, beginning pre-season training in Oxford before heading off to explore Statford-Upon-Avon, Chirk Castle, Chester, Tower of London, and Covent Gardens. Click below to read first-hand accounts from Garnet hockey players on the sights and sounds of our neighbor across [...]
15 Swarthmore alums took on the current edition of the Garnet men’s soccer team at Clothier Field on Saturday afternoon, giving the young Garnet a run for their money. The final score may have read 3-1, but the action on the field proved otherwise. 2004 All-Centennial goal keeper Nate Shupe ’05 (above), made his return [...]
Swarthmore assistant coach Ciaran Dalton, a Millersville grad and Strath Haven native, scored five goals as the Garnet concluded their England Tour 2005 with a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Heywood Town club in England on Friday evening. Click to read the match write up in the Heywood Advertiser!
Andrew Terker ’06 scored two goals, while Michael Bonesteel ’08 and Andrew McCurdy ’08 added scores, as the Garnet defeated Heywood Reform F.C. 4-0 in Manchester, England on Sunday afternoon. Bonesteel opened the scoring in this friendly match, held at St. James Park, with a goal midway through the first half. McCurdy and Terker added [...]
Colton Bangs ’07 put home a loose ball in the sixth minute as Swarthmore battled to a 1-1 tie in their friendly match with the Yeadling FC 19-and-under squad in London, England on Thursday evening. The Garnet arrived in London on Tuesday evening and participated in one full-squad practice before hitting the pitch at The [...]
The Swarthmore men’s soccer team leaves tonight for their long-anticipated trip to England. After more than a year of fund-raising and planning, 25 Garnet players and staff will spend 13 days in the U.K., returning in time for their annual pre-season training camp. The team will enjoy the requisite sight-seeing and tours of some of [...]