CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Swarthmore, led by sophomore Steve Wolf’s career-high 37 points, fought back from an 11-point second half deficit only to fall to Washington (Md.) 92-88 in Centennial action on Wednesday night. Jonathan Webb led the Shoremen (12-12, 10-7 CC) with 22 points while guard Kyle Stem added 19 points. The Shoremen had a [...]
CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Swarthmore sophomore center Karen Berk scored a season-high 28 points and the Garnet shot a blistering 63% from the field in the second half to defeat Washington ( Md.) 62-51 in Centennial action on Tuesday evening in the Cain Athletic Center. The Swarthmore women, feeling generous on Valentine’s Day, assisted on 14 [...]
Jessica Larson ’06 easily won her singles’ match yet the Bryn Mawr Owls prevailed in a couple of close matches to defeat Swarthmore 3-2 in Tarble Pavilion on Tuesday evening. Larson dispatched of Belinda Leung 11-1, 11-4 and Anjali Aggarwal ’06 overcame Jennette Kwon in a nail-biter 11-9, 11-9 to claim both points for the [...]
The Garnet (0-1 overall) hosted Division I Colgate Raiders (NY) Saturday afternoon and lost 5-2 in the Michael Mullan Tennis Center. Swarthmore’s No. 1 singles player Zach Rodd ’06, ranked fourth in the region, defeated Colgate’s Chris Innes in two straight sets. Rodd exhausted Innes in the first set, winning 7-5. By the second set [...]
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Gettysburg post Jen Bengel scored a career-high 34 points to lead the Bullets past Swarthmore 71-57 on Saturday afternoon. Garnet senior guard Jen Stevenson tallied a career-high 21 points in front of a crowd of 141 at Tarble Pavillion. The Bullets (15-8, 12-4 CC) jumped out a quick 3-0 lead when junior [...]
Junior Vernon Chaplin erased one of the longest standing Swarthmore track and field records at the Valentine Invitational hosted by Boston University this past weekend. Chaplin ran the indoor mile in a time of 4:19.15 to wipe out the old mark (4:19.3) set by Gil Kemp ’72. It is also Chaplin’s personal-best mile, indoor or [...]
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Swarthmore hung tough for a half but couldn’t keep up with the visiting Gettysburg Bullets in the second period and fell 67-50 on a snowy Saturday afternoon. The Bullets (14-9, 10-6 CC) used 31 seconds on their first possession, setting the tone for what would be a grind-it-out first half. Swarthmore (4-19, [...]
Swarthmore joined hundreds of other schools and community groups in celebration of the 20th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
Senior Emily Wistar continued to post lower times, running the fourth-fastest mile in school history at the Valentine Invite hosted by Boston Unversity. Wistar circled the track in a time of 5:20.14, a personal-best, sliding ahead of classmate Carrie Ritter’s time set just one week ago. Many of the Garnet runners will head to Haverford [...]
LANCASTER, Pa. – Diplomats freshman guard Sarah Meisenberg dribbled the length of the court and hit a twisting lay-up to send home-standing Franklin & Marshall to a 68-66 Centennial win over Swarthmore (9-12, 5-10 CC) in the Mayser Center on Thursday evening. F&M (8-14, 5-9 CC) led 58-46 with 8:02 remaining in the game before [...]