SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Six infield errors led to the fall of the Swarthmore College baseball team (18-13, 10-6 CC) on Sunday afternoon as the Penn State Abington Lions (13-18, 5-5 NEAC) would upset the Garnet 2-1 on Clothier Field.
CHESTER, Pa. – The Swarthmore College men’s and women’s track & field squads had an outstanding showing on Friday and Saturday at the Widener Invitational as 17 athletes would record Centennial Conference Championship qualifying performances.
LAFAYETTE HILL, PA- Sophomore Alex Nichamin tied for first place with a 79 while sophomore Paul Weston wasn’t far behind, finishing in third place with an 80 to lead the Swarthmore College golf team to a first place finish at the Philadelphia University Tri-Match at the ACE Club from Lafayette Hill on Saturday afternoon.
CARLISLE, Pa. – The Swarthmore College men’s tennis team (7-9, 6-1 CC) rebounded from its first Conference loss to Hopkins with a big 7-2 win over Dickinson College (9-7, 3-3 CC).
CARLISLE, Pa. – Sophomore Rosie DuBrin and freshman Emily Rosenblum led the Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (9-4, 7-1 CC) to yet another decisive Centennial Conference victory over the Dickinson Red Devils (9-5, 5-2 CC) 7-2.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior Tyler Bradshaw scored his 30th and 31st goals of the 2010 season, but it wasn’t enough to handle a powerful Gettysburg offense, as the No. 2 Bullets handled the Swarthmore College men’s lacrosse team 19-3 on Saturday evening from the Battlefield.
Senior Anthony Phalen scored the Garnet’s only other goal on the day.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – What seemed like a dream just a few years ago is now a reality; The Swarthmore College baseball team is going to the Centennial Conference playoffs.
Sophomore Mike Cameron’s double to deep centerfield brought home the game-winning run as the Swarthmore College baseball team (18-12, 10-6) rallied from down 7-4 in the ninth inning, scoring four runs to defeat Franklin & Marshall 8-7 in the second game of the doubleheader sweep on Saturday afternoon from Clothier Field.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – It was a Senior Day to remember for senior Kathryn Riley, as the hurler tossed two complete-game shutouts – including a season-best 12 strikeout performance in the first game – while pounding out five hits at the plate as the Swarthmore College softball team (15-17, 7-5) swept visiting Franklin & Marshall 6-0 and 9-0 on Saturday afternoon from Clothier Field.
The outstanding performances from Riley on the mound and at the plate set the senior up for a record-breaking Sunday doubleheader vs. Washington; with her 20 strikeouts on the day, Riley is just six away from 500 for her career, while her four hits on Saturday moved her into a first-place tie for most career hits in program history (157).
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Offensive struggles in the second half doomed the Swarthmore College women’s lacrosse team (7-7, 1-5 CC) as the Muhlenberg Mules (8-5, 3-4 CC) would ran past the Garnet 8-4.
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