SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Opening-season nerves weren’t a problem for senior Kathryn Riley and the Swarthmore College softball team, as Riley dominated the Morrisville State Mustangs, throwing her second career no-hitter to lead the Garnet (2-0) to a 13-0 win over the Mustangs in the first game of a doubleheader. Swat finished the sweep in the second game with a 12-10 win.
CHESTER, Pa. – Senior Tyler Bradshaw scored three goals on four shots while adding an assist, but it wasn’t enough to erase a seven-goal first period by homestanding Widener, as the Pride defeated the Swarthmore College men’s lacrosse team 12-6 on Saturday afternoon from Leslie Quick Jr. Stadium.
SALISBURY, Md. – The Swarthmore men’s tennis team (2-1) had a rough showing in its first match of Spring Break, getting blanked No. 14 North Carolina Wesleyan Battling Bishops 9-0 on Saturday afternoon from Maryland.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Following a 2009 season that was derailed by injuries and just plain bad luck, the Swarthmore College softball team has high hopes that it can quickly rebound in 2010 and continue its recent run of success on the softball diamond.
Head coach Renee Clarke, who enters her seventh season with the Garnet, will be looking to improve the upon last year’s 5-11 record in the Centennial Conference and maintains optimism that this squad has what it takes to return to the postseason.
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.
LANCASTER, Pa. – Senior Rachel Wallwork of the Swarthmore College women’s tennis team has been named the Centennial Conference Performer of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday afternoon. Wallwork – the two-time Centennial Conference Performer of the Year – has been dominant to start the 2010 spring season. She is 2-0 in singles matches as well as 2-0 in her doubles competition, leading the Garnet to victories over NYU (5-4) and Oberlin (8-1).
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Under the direction of head coach Jim Heller, now in his fifth year, the 2010 Swarthmore golf team looks to build upon the experience gained last year while competing in the highly competitive Centennial Conference.
LANCASTER, Pa. – Senior captain goalkeeper Kevin Friedenberg was named the Centennial Conference Player of the Week for the week ending March 1, 2010, the conference announced on Monday afternoon.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore women’s tennis team (2-0) blew by the Oberlin College Yeowomen (3-4) on Sunday afternoon winning eight of the nine matches of the day in the Mullan Center.
HAVERFORD, Pa. – It was quite a day for sophomore Kenyetta Givans.
Givans earned two golds, taking first place in the women’s 55m hurdles (8.44) and women’s 55 meter dash (7.47) – breaking the school record and earning an NCAA provisional time in the 55m hurdles – to pace the Swarthmore College indoor track teams at the Centennial Conference Championships from Haverford College on Saturday evening.
The Swat women’s 4×800 relay team – consisting of senior Lauren DeLuca, senior Mariel Feigen, sophomore Margret Lenfest, and freshman Rebecca Hammond – also earned a medal and made history, taking second-place with a school-record time of 9:41.47.