Three Garnet Women Named All-Centennial
LANCASTER, Pa. - Swarthmore College junior Katherine Gold, sophomore Christine Sendelsky and freshman Kathryn Riley have been named to the 2007 All-Centennial Conference team. Sendelsky and Riley are first-team selections and Gold received honorable mention, as voted on by the conference head coaches.
Sendelsky started all 16 Conference games at second base, hitting .306 (15 for 49) with 12 runs scored and eight RBIs while leading the Centennial in times hit-by-pitch (four). She registered a base hit in 13 of the last 14 Conference games and committed just two errors out of 70 chances in the field (.971 fielding percentage).
Sendelsky is the first player in school history to make First Team twice--in 2006 she was the 25th freshman in Centennial (first at Swarthmore) to earn the distinction.
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| Kathryn Riley '10 is the first Swarthmore pitcher named All-Centennial. |
Riley is the first Swarthmore pitcher to make All-Centennial after leading the Conference with a 1.20 ERA and a .162 opponents' batting average in nine appearances in 2007. She posted a 7-2 record in the Centennial, striking out 37 batters while allowing 30 hits in 52.2 innings pitched. Overall, Riley posted a record of 11-2 in 2007 with a 0.92 ERA in 83.2 innings, tallying three shut-outs while striking out 66 batters. She also made a significant impact at the plate, leading the team in eight offensive categories--batting average (.372), hits (35), doubles (8), home runs (3), total bases (52), slugging percentage (.553), walks (12) and on-base percentage (.464).
Riley was named Centennial Pitcher of the Week for April 9-15 after pitching her second shut-out of the season in a 4-0 Swarthmore win over Muhlenberg on April 10, striking out nine batters with no walks. She then allowed only one earned run on four hits while striking out four in a 9-6 win at Gettysburg on April 14.
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| Katherine Gold '08 has 64 RBIs in her career. |
Gold, a team captain, started all 16 Conference games at shortstop, leading the Conference in walks (9) while ranking ninth in on-base percentage (.442). She hit .326 (14 for 43) in the Centennial and finished second on the team by batting .330 overall with a .495 slugging percentage and seven stolen bases (second on the team).
Gold was named Centennial Conference Player of the Week for the week of March 11-18 after being named All-Tournament at the 2007 Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design. Gold hit .474 (9 for 19) during the tournament with two doubles, a triple, a home run while scoring four runs and driving in five more. Gold's highlight game came in a 4-1 win over Hood on March 15 when she was a perfect 4 for 4 with a home run, two doubles and two RBIs.
Riley is the 26th Centennial freshman to make First Team and the fourth player from Swarthmore.
Swarthmore (21-11 overall, 11-5 Centennial) had one of the best seasons in school history in 2007, breaking the school record for conference wins while earning its second consecutive Centennial playoff berth (also a program-first).