ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Sophomore Katie Teleky would tie up the game with a turn around goal late in the first half but the Garnet (2-2) would fall after two second half goals by Elizabethtown Blue Jays (3-2) on Tuesday night.
LANCASTER, Pa. – Sophomore Kat Montemurro of the Swarthmore College volleyball team has been named the Centennial Conference Player of the Week for the week ending September 14, the conference announced this afternoon.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore women’s cross country team cruised to victory with a flawless 15 points at the 2010 Swarthmore Alumni Race, held Saturday at the College. Freshman Emma Saarel and senior Rebecca Woo led the women, finishing in 20 minutes, 17 seconds, and 20:22, respectively.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – For the second year in a row, the Swarthmore men’s cross country team triumphed over the alumni – by a score of 15 to 48 – at the annual Swarthmore Alumni Race, now in its 36th year. Sophomores John McMinn, Jacob Phillips, Aidan DuMont-McCaffrey, and Bill King all finished within seven seconds to each other to lay waste to the field at Saturday’s race, held on the College campus.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Senior Luann Cignavitch, sophomore Stephanie Chia and freshmen Brooke Wilkins and Epiphany English all picked up singles wins for the Swarthmore College women’s tennis team, as the Garnet opened the Fall season by hosting the Swarthmore Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Senior captain Sarah Lambert won tournament MVP with 14 aces and 45 assists, as the Swarthmore College volleyball team (8-1) defeated Wesley 3-0 (25-10, 25-6, 25-18) and Cabrini 3-2 (23-25, 15-25, 25-21, 25-16, 15-9) to win its second consecutive Garnet Classic on Saturday afternoon from Tarble Pavilion.
The Classic championship marks the first time the host Garnet have won the in consecutive years. The four weekend wins also extends the Garnet’s winning streak to five matches, as the squad continues to have the program’s best start in 35 years.
CARLISLE, Pa. – With its back against the ropes, the Swarthmore College women’s soccer team responded with a huge victory in its Conference opener.
Junior Emily Coleman scored the game-winner in the 77th minute on a counter-attack while sophomore Alexa Ross tied the game in the first half with her first career goal, as the Garnet (2-2, 1-0) traveled into hostile territory and defeated Centennial Conference-nemesis Dickinson 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.
CHESTER, Pa. – Widener’s Brittany Creighton scored her second goal of the game in the 67th minute of play, breaking a 1-1 tie to give the Pride a 2-1 victory over the Swarthmore College field hockey team (2-1) on Saturday afternoon.
The loss is the Garnet’s first of the 2010 season.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Sophomore Kathryn Montemurro dominated up front with 19 kills and five service aces while freshman Danielle Sullivan recorded 25 digs in two games to lead the Swarthmore Volleyball team (6-1) over Albright College (1-5) and Marymount University (1-5). The Garnet make quick work of its opponents on Friday night, winning each match 3-0 to stay perfect on day one of the Garnet Classic in Tarble Pavilion.
With the victories Swarthmore is off to its best start since 1975 when the Garnet went 8-0 to start the season.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Junior David Sterngold headed home the game-winning goal off a beautiful bending pass from sophomore Kieran Reichert in the 59th minute of play as the No. 12/15 Swarthmore College men’s soccer team (4-0) defeated RPI 1-0 on Friday night from Clothier Field Stadium.