Athletics News

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Junior Krista Scheirer got it done with her bat and with her glove, blasting a solo home run in the fifth inning while igniting a game-ending double play at shortstop to lead the Swarthmore College softball team (7-9) to an exciting 6-5 victory over visiting Cabrini in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon from Clothier Field. The Cavaliers (7-5) won the first game 12-1 in five innings.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – A four-run late inning surge by the Swarthmore College baseball team (8-6, 1-0) and a game-saving play by sophomore third baseman Spencer Ross in the ninth propelled the Garnet past Muhlenberg (6-8, 0-1) 6-5 on a rainy Tuesday afternoon at Clothier Field.

The five-game winning streak is Swarthmore’s longest since 1996 when the Garnet won six straight games. The victory also marks the first time Swarthmore has opened Centennial Conference play with a win since 2000.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -Today’s scheduled home debut for the Swarthmore College golf team has been postponed by rain and lighting in the area. No make-up date has been set. The Garnet will return to action this Saturday with the two-day McDaniel Invitational.

MINNEAPOLIS – Watch Swarthmore College senior women’s swimmer Anne Miller go for her sixth and seventh All-American honors in the the 100 and 200 yard butterfly at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships.

STERLING, Va. – The honors keep on coming for Swarthmore College junior Kathryn Stockbower, as the star of the women’s basketball team has been named to D3Hoops.com All-America Fourth Team, the organization announced on Sunday.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore baseball team (7-6) completed a four game sweep of weekend play with 12-0 and 13-1 wins over the University of Maine Presque Isle Owls (0-7) to get back above .500 on a Sunday made for baseball at Clothier Field.

Commentary from Victor Brady ’13.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – TCNJ’s Steven Fernandez defeated Swarthmore sophomore Steven Youngblood 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the decisive No. 1 singles match as the Lions outlasted the Swarthmore College men’s tennis team 5-4 on Saturday afternoon from the College Avenue Courts.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Playing outdoors on the Faulkner Courts on a gorgeous first day of spring, the Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (4-2, 2-0) played beautifully, defeating Centennial rival Gettysburg 7-2 on Saturday afternoon from the College.

CHESTERTOWN, Md. – It was all Washington in the Centennial Conference opener, as the Swarthmore College women’s lacrosse team (3-1, 0-1) lost to the Shorewomen, 17-4, to suffer its first defeat of the 2010 season.