Athletics News

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – After a tough 3-2 loss to Richard Stockton (3-1) to open championship bracket play Saturday morning, the Swarthmore Volleyball team (3-1) rebounded to take down host Moravian (3-1) in a four set battle, The 3-1 victory earned the Garnet its first Greyhound Classic championship.

Junior Lisa Shang was named the tournament’s most valuable player while junior Genny Pezzola was named to the all-tournament team.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley’s (1-1-0) Sara Drabenstadt scored her first goal of the season on a penalty kick in the 42nd minute en route to a 1-0 win to give Swarthmore (1-1-0) its first loss in the Swat Kick Classic since 2005.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Senior Morgan Langley (Honolulu, HI) and junior Roberto Contreras IV (Sugarland, TX) netted two goals apiece to lead the high powered Garnet (1-0-0) offense to a 7-1 season opening victory over Gwynedd-Mercy (0-1-1) on Saturday night from Clothier Field.

HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Swarthmore College men’s cross country team opened it’s 2010 campaign this weekend at the Haverford Duals. Leading the charge for the Garnet was junior Zach Gershenson who finished the race in a swift 17:35.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Senior Sophia Ferguson scored three times and recorded an assist while sophomores Taryn Colonnese and Sophia Agathis each added a goal as the Swarthmore Garnet field hockey (1-0) team defeated the Immaculata Mighty Macs ((0-2) 5-0 in their first game of the season on Saturday morning at Clothier Field.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Freshman Rebecca Hammond recorded a time of 2:15.33 in the women’s 800 M run, earning herself the fifth best time in Swarthmore College history at the Tuppeny Twilight/Last Chance Meet on Monday night.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Live broadcast of the 2010 Tuppeny Twilight/Last Chance Track & Field Meet.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore College Athletics Department recently announced the winners of its annual special awards at the 2010 Awards Banquet, which took place on Monday from Upper Tarble.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Senior Wiley Archibald of the Swarthmore College baseball team was named to the CoSIDA ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District baseball second-team as announce on Thursday May 6.

BALTIMORE – The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (12-5) fell to Johns Hopkins (15-8) in the Centennial Conference championship match in five straight matches, 5-0. Hopkins picked up its fourth straight Conference title.