Athletics News

BOULDER CREEK, Ariz. – Fantastic pitching performances from sophomores Neil Mejia and Kyle Crawford highlighted the Swarthmore College baseball team’s season-opening sweep of Presentation (S.D.) in the first day of the Desert Classic. The Garnet (2-0) won the first game 5-3 – thanks in part to a three-run rally in the top of seventh inning – while dominating the second game 6-0.

Mejia and Crawford were both outstanding on the mound to propel the Garnet to victories; Mejia (1-0) won the first game with a seven-strikeout performance, while Crawford (1-0) followed with seven strikeouts of his own to pick up his first career shutout.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Slowly but surely, the Swarthmore College baseball team is developing into a program to watch out for in the Centennial Conference.Entering his fourth season at the helm of the Garnet, head coach Stan Exeter has Swat clearly trending in the right direction, as his teams have increased their win total in each season under his tenure while displaying the ability to play with the best teams in the Conference. Still, the program’s next step will be the most difficult: developing into a consistent winner in the Centennial.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Due to the lingering effects of the winter weather that has crushed the Philadelphia region, the home opener for the Swarthmore College baseball – scheduled for Tuesday, March 2 against Penn-State Abington – has been postponed to Sunday, April 18th, at 1:00 p.m. from the Clothier Fields.

LANCASTER, Pa. – Swarthmore College women’s lacrosse head coach Karen Borbee and baseball head coach Stan Exeter will be featured in upcoming Centennial Conference Preseason Interactive Coaches Chats, scheduled for Tuesday (women’s lax) and Thursday (baseball). Borbee is scheduled to take part in women’s lacrosse chat – which starts at 1:30 – beginning at 2:40, while Exeter can also found at 2:40 on Thursday’s baseball chat.

LANCASTER, Pa. — Swarthmore Anthony Montalbano was named All-Centennial Conference for baseball, as announced by the league office on Wednesday. Montalbano, a freshman, received honorable mention at third base.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Swarthmore freshman Michael Cameron slugged three home runs to tie a Centennial Conference record as the Garnet defeated Arcadia, 22-11, on a hot Sunday afternoon at Clothier Fields.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Swarthmore baseball team split a pair of Centennial games with Dickinson Saturday afternoon, falling 4-3 in the first before earning a 14-8 victory on Senior Day at Clothier Fields.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Garnet freshman slugger Anthony Montalbano had three extra-base hits and drove in four runs as Swarthmore ended a 10-game skid to Gettysburg on an overcast Sunday afternoon at Clothier Fields.

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Franklin & Marshall baseball team swept Swarthmore with scores of 4-3 and 7-0 on Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference play.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Ursinus baseball team closed up the season series against Swarthmore with a 12-4 win at the Clothier Fields on a sunny Friday afternoon.