Optimism surrounds the Garnet baseball team as the 2009 season approaches. Last season saw head coach Stan Exeter’s squad post the highest win total in nine years and an influx of first-years has the campus full of the sounds of baseball.
Fans can find out more about Swarthmore’s 2009 baseball team and the ever-competitive Centennial Conference as Garnet head coach Stan Exeter participates in the Conference’s preseason chat on CoveritLive this Thursday, February 26.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The wet weather has forced a cancellation for the Swarthmore’s final baseball game of the season against Neumann College. The game was originally scheduled for Monday, April 28 at 3:30 p.m. at the Clothier Fields but due to poor field conditions the game has been called off.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Swarthmore second baseman Kevin Kooi ’09 went 3-for-3 with two RBIs in the 9-7 win over Misericordia on a chilly Sunday afternoon at the Clothier Fields.
CARLISLE, Pa. — The Swarthmore baseball team (9-21, 3-15 CC) snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 16-13 win in game one against Centennial Conference foe Dickinson (13-23, 6-12 CC) but then fell in game two with a score of 14-3 on Saturday afternoon at MacPhail Field.
CAMDEN, N.J. — Swarthmore freshman hurlers Neil Mejia and Andy Allen combined for 13 strikeouts on the hill, but poor fielding doomed the Garnet baseball team (8-20) in a 7-0 loss to Rutgers-Camden in a non-conference game played on a warm Tuesday evening at picturesque Campbell’s Field, a minor-league park at the base of the Ben Franklin Bridge.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The Gettysburg Bullets (16-19, 8-8 CC) swept the Swarthmore Garnet (8-19, 2-14 CC) with scores of 12-1 and 17-16 in Centennial Conference baseball action on Saturday afternoon at Kirchhoff Field.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Haverford Fords (22-9-1, 10-4 CC) score five runs in the seventh on their way to a 13-3 win over the Swarthmore Garnet (8-17, 2-13 CC) in Centennial Conference baseball action on a sunny Friday afternoon at the Clothier Fields.
HAVERFORD, Pa. — Swarthmore’s Scott Dalane and Thomas Nakamura each picked up two hits in the 12-4 loss against Haverford during Centennial Conference baseball action on Tuesday afternoon at the Class of ’16 Field.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The rains came early at Clothier Fields, postponing the start of Saturday’s Centennial doubleheader, and the McDaniel bats followed, leading to a Green Terror sweep over Swarthmore.