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Garnet Drop One at Philly Bible

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

BOX SCORE SWARTHMORE, Pa.- Freshman right-hander Sean Varsolona allowed only two hits and the Swarthmore bats awoke for ten hits as the Garnet rolled past Lincoln 15-0 Friday afternoon at Clothier Fields. The game was called due to darkness after the Lions (7-7) took their at bats in the top of the seventh. Swarthmore (5-6) [...]

Swarthmore Tames Lions

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

SWARTHMORE, Pa.- Freshman right-hander Sean Varsolona allowed only two hits and the Swarthmore bats awoke for ten hits as the Garnet rolled past Lincoln 15-0 Friday afternoon at Clothier Fields. The game was called due to darkness after the Lions (7-7) took their at bats in the top of the seventh. Swarthmore (5-6) scored five [...]

Garnet Split with Eastern

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Righthander Alex Ryan-Bond ’07 allowed just three hits and no earned runs as the host Garnet won game two 3-2 to salvage a doubleheader split with Eastern University on a windy Saturday afternoon. Eastern defeated Swarthmore 17-12 in game 1. In game one, Swarthmore took an early 4-2 lead with a pair [...]

Pioneers Slosh Past Garnet

Friday, March 17th, 2006

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – In an error-plagued battle for local bragging rights, the Widener Pioneers rolled past Swarthmore 18-8 on a windy Thursday afternoon on Clothier Fields. The Pioneers (9-2) have now won 10 consecutive meetings – dating back to 1993- between the two schools located on the southern tier of Route 320. A ragged game [...]

Pacers Leave Garnet in Starting Gate

Friday, March 10th, 2006

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Junior infielder Sam Faeder and outfielder Scott Young ’06 extended their hit-streaks as the Swarthmore dropped both ends of a doubleheader versus Marywood University on Friday afternoon. The Pacers (6-5) won game one by a score of 10-3 and then got solid pitching in game two, limiting the Garnet to two [...]

Garnet Roll To Third Straight Win

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Junior infielder Sam Faeder had three hits and classmate Ian Adelstein added two hits and two runs as Swarthmore won its third consecutive game, defeating Eastern 8-5 on Wednesday evening. The Garnet (3-1) are off to their best start since 1986, when they opened the season 4-0. Freshman right-hander Sean Varsolona [...]

Garnet Cash In Against Pequots

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Swarthmore (2-1) sent 13 men to the plate in a nine-run fourth inning, rolling to a 17-8 win over Mitchell (CT) College (1-2) on Tuesday afternoon. Senior captain Scott Young led the Garnet offense with two hits, four runs scored, three RBIs, and three stolen bases. Three other Swarthmore ballplayers scored [...]

Valiant Chen Earns Garnet Split

Monday, March 6th, 2006

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The 116th edition of Swarthmore baseball opened the 2006 season in eastern Florida on Monday, splitting a doubleheader with Manhattanville (NY) College.  The Valiants (2-2), the 2005 Skyline West Division champions, won the morning game 13-6 while the Garnet (1-1), behind solid pitching from right-hander Justin Chen, rolled to victory in [...]

2006 Season Preview

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Following the graduation of three seniors, the Garnet will boast a very young and talented group. The Swarthmore roster will consist of one senior, captain Scott Young (Huntsville, AL / Huntsville), five juniors, and a large group of freshmen and sophomores. Young led Swarthmore in batting average (.286) and hits (28) in 2004, and finished [...]

Garnet Drop Season Finale to Fords

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

Haverford (22-14, 11-5 CC) got two outstanding pitching performances on Monday afternoon to sweep both ends of a double header from Swarthmore at Clothier Fields. The Fords won the first game 5-1, benefiting from eight Garnet errors to defeat senior Jared Leiderman in his final appearance in a Swarthmore uniform. Haverford senior Nick Chanock out-dueled [...]