Archive for January, 2009

Diplomats Squeak Past Garnet

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Garnet senior Raul Ordonez posted game-highs with 20 points and 13 rebounds as Swarthmore fell to visiting Franklin & Marshall 70-60 in Centennial Conference men’s basketball action Saturday afternoon in Tarble Pavilion.

Garnet Harriers Dash Into History Books

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

HAVERFORD, Pa. — Swarthmore senior Bess Ritter marked a personal best in the women’s mile on Saturday at the annual Seamus McElligott Invitation on the campus of Haverford College.

Tarble Visitors Not So Diplomatic

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Franklin & Marshall extended its four-game win-streak, defeating Swarthmore, 61-55, in Centennial Conference women’s basketball action Saturday afternoon in Tarble Pavilion.

Garnet Out-Splash Owls

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

BRYN MAWR, Pa. — Swarthmore junior Casey Osborn was a triple-winner, pushing the Garnet women’s swim team to a 108-62 win over Bryn Mawr in Wednesday night at the Bern Schwartz Gymnasium Complex.

Swarthmore Takes Down Rival Fords

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — On Centennial Conference’s Rivalry Night, the Swarthmore women’s basketball team edged Haverford, 54-46, Wednesday evening in Tarble Pavilion.

Fords Win Ice Bowl Over Garnet

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Garnet swingman Ryan Carmichael bucked a trend Wednesday evening, hitting a career-high four three-pointers as Swarthmore lost the battle of futility to rival Haverford, 43-40, in cold Tarble Pavilion.

Garnet, Mules Shoot Up NCAA Record

Monday, January 26th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Garnet senior forward Raul Ordonez led the Swarthmore men’s basketball team with 15 points and eight boards but a second-half surge enabled the Muhlenberg Mules to edge past the Garnet, 73-65, Monday night at Tarble Pavilion. The teams set a new NCAA Division III record by combining to make 38-of-39 from the free-throw line.

Garnet Flood Cavaliers

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Garnet swim teams opened up the second semester with a splash, sweeping both sides of a non-conference dual meet Saturday afternoon in Ware Pool. The Swarthmore men topped Cabrini, 106-68 while the Garnet women posted a 157-93 victory over the Cavaliers.

Garnet Fall Short Versus Ursinus

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — An injury-depleted Swarthmore men’s basketball team showed resilience Saturday afternoon, fighting the Ursinus Bears and their breakneck style in a 79-63 loss to the Bears Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference basketball action at Tarble Pavilion.

Bodur Busts Bears

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Sophomore guard Ceylan Bodur registered her first career double-double for Swarthmore, leading the Garnet to a 69-50 win over Ursinus in Centennial Conference women’s basketball action at Tarble Pavilion Saturday afternoon.