ALTOONA, Pa. – Junior Kirsten Peterson netted the game-winning goal in the 56th minute to lead the Swarthmore College women’s soccer team to its third consecutive ECAC South Region Championship, defeating PSU-Behrend 1-0 on Sunday afternoon from Altoona. The Garnet end the season with the three-peat and a 16-4-1 record.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – An own goal off the head of a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy defender with just 04.6 seconds remaining in the first half was the difference as the Swarthmore College Garnet (15-2-2) rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to defeat the Mariners 2-1 in the first round of the NCAA Division III men’s soccer championships Saturday evening from Clothier Field Stadium.
Junior Gage Newman scored the equalizer in the 30th minute for the Garnet, who fell behind 1-0 in the first five minutes of play thanks to a USMMA (15-4) goal by Rusty Denton in the fifth minute of play. But Newman’s goal and the crucial own goal as seconds ticked away in the first half were enough to advance the Garnet to the second round of the NCAA Division III men’s soccer championships tomorrow against Hobart (6:00 p.m.) from Clothier Field Stadium.
ALTOONA, Pa. – The Garnet women continued their ECAC dominance on Saturday afternoon defeating the Stevenson Mustangs 1-0 with a perfectly placed goal to the top left corner by senior Julia Luongo from 25 yards out. The win advances Swarthmore to its third straight ECAC Tournament championship game on Sunday.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Freshmen John McMinn, Jacob Phillips and Brian King led the pace for the Swarthmore men’s cross country team in the NCAA Mideast Regional meet; all finishing in under 27 minutes. Sophomore Melissa Frick made an impressive return to competition for the Garnet women, pacing Swarthmore with a 23:09 run good enough for 35th place. The Garnet men finished 14th of 53 teams and the women finished 9th.
LANCASTER, Pa. – Freshmen Daniel Duncan (200 freestyle) and Jacob Benveniste (500 freestyle) each won individual races for the the Garnet men while senior Anne Miller (200 butterfly) won her individual race for the women but both teams fell short of victory to a tough F&M team. The men (1-2) lost the meet 117-88 and the women (2-1) lost 122-78.
The NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Tournament returns to Clothier Field, as the Swarthmore Garnet battle the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Mariners. Coverage will begin at 7:30 p.m. with commentary from Victor Brady ’13.
The NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Tournament returns to Clothier Field, as the Hobart Statesmen battle St. Joseph’s Eagles. Coverage will begin at 5:00 p.m. with commentary from Victor Brady ’13.
LANCASTER, Pa. – The Swarthmore College volleyball team had two student-athletes named to the All-Centennial team – sophomore Genny Pezzola and freshman Kat Montemurro – while head coach Harleigh Chwastyk was named the Coach of the Year, the conference announced Thursday. Pezzola was named to the first team – marking the first time in program history that a member of the Swarthmore College volleyball team has received first-team honors – while Montemurro earned second-team honors. This is Chwastyk’s first Coach of the Year honor in her eight-year coaching career at Swarthmore.
CHESTER, Pa. – Swarthmore (19-11, 6-4) lost 3-1 to Widener (22-15, 5-2) in an all out offensive shootout in its opening round ECAC tournament match on Wednesday night at Widener. Sophomore Genny Pezzola led the Garnet with 16 kills and 15 digs. The loss closes out the Garnet’s most successful season in program history.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – A flurry of three goals over a nine-minute span was more than enough as the No. 3 seed Swarthmore College women’s soccer team defeated No. 6 Centenary 3-0 in the first round of the ECAC Division III South Region Championships from Clothier Field Stadium on Wednesday evening. Junior Kirsten Peterson and seniors Maggie DeLorme and Taylor Rhodes all scored for the Garnet (14-4-1), who now move on to the semifinals to face No. 2 Stevenson – a 3-2 (OT) winner over No. 7 Moravian earlier in the day.