PHILADELPHIA — Swarthmore center Ian McCormick was named Philadelphia Inquirer Men’s Basketball Academic Performer of the Year by the Philadelphia-Area Sports Information Directors Association (Philly-SIDA).
LANCASTER, Pa. — Swarthmore defender Melissa Grigsby was named to the 2008 All-Centennial Women’s Lacrosse second team, as announced by the Conference office Thursday afternoon.
LANCASTER, Pa. — The Swarthmore men’s and women’s tennis teams have both earned #2 seedings in the 2008 Centennial Conference Championships which will be held in Baltimore, Maryland on the campus of Johns Hopkins University.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Swarthmore men’s tennis team defeated Haverford for the 50th consecutive time, dropping the Fords by a score of 6-3 Wednesday afternoon in Centennial action at sunny Faulkner Courts. With the win, the Garnet secure the No. 2 seed in this weekend’s Centennial Conference Championships in Baltimore, Md.
SWARTHMORE, PA — Sophomore attack Gavin Musynske tallied a hat trick and handed out three assists, while junior attack Stelios Wilson netted four goals and added an assist to lead Swarthmore to a 12-6 win over visiting Drew on Wednesday night. The win secured an undefeated non-conference record for the Garnet, who have gone a perfect 7-0 in games against non-Centennial opponents.
CAMDEN, N.J. — Swarthmore freshman hurlers Neil Mejia and Andy Allen combined for 13 strikeouts on the hill, but poor fielding doomed the Garnet baseball team (8-20) in a 7-0 loss to Rutgers-Camden in a non-conference game played on a warm Tuesday evening at picturesque Campbell’s Field, a minor-league park at the base of the Ben Franklin Bridge.
EWING, N.J. — Swarthmore women’s tennis (11-5) fell to #26 The College of New Jersey (12-6) with a 6-3 decision at the TCNJ outdoor tennis court complex on Tuesday afternoon.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Swarthmore softball team, fresh off clinching a third consecutive Centennial playoff berth on Saturday afternoon, found little respite in its three-game break from Conference action.
Swarthmore women’s lacrosse, along with neighboring Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, hosted the 2008 Tri-Co Women’s Lacrosse Invitational over the weekend of Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16, raising over $6,000 to benefit the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.
MOOSIC, Pa. — Garnet sophomore Jeffrey Lazarus posted top-ten finish at the renowned Glenmaura National Collegiate Invitational this past weekend in northeast Pennsylvania.