Athletics News

The Swarthmore women’s soccer team announces the addition of six student athletes who will join the Garnet this fall.

Winners of the program’s first-ever ECAC Division III Southern Region Championship, the Garnet turned out the best winning percentage since 1960 with a 14-3-3 overall record. Eighteen lettermen return in 2008, aiming to continue the Swarthmore soccer success.

The old adage states that competition breeds success, and the Garnet women’s soccer team has upped the ante in 2008, scheduling matches with six teams that participated in the 2007 NCAA Division III Championships with the goal of making the program’s first appearance on the national stage.

Swarthmore volleyball has gone through a multitude of phases in the past six seasons with varying results, highlighted by a recent appearance in the Centennial playoffs. The Garnet are changing defensive philosophies, seeking a return to the Conference elite.

The Swarthmore field hockey program begins a new phase in 2008, welcoming a new head coach to lead a storied Garnet program back into the Conference playoffs.

Entering his 10th season with the Garnet, Swarthmore cross country head coach Peter Carroll looks to have his stable of male runners improve on a fifth-place finish at the 2007 Centennial Championships.

After the Garnet women’s cross country placed four runners in the top-50 at last season’s Mid-East Regional Meet the team hopes to place that same number in the top-25 with this year’s crew.

The Swarthmore women’s lacrosse team was recently selected as a 2008 Academic Squad sponsored by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).

SKILLMAN, N.J. — Swarthmore College men’s and women’s tennis programs have both been recognized as 2008 Division III All-Academic Teams by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Eight Garnet individuals were selected as Scholar Athletes.