It’s the Garnet’s annual Think Pink game and the Swat women will be looking to defeat local rival Bryn Mawr. Action is slated to begin at 7:00 p.m. Live commentary from Marian Ware Director of Athletics of Adam Hertz.
LANCASTER, Pa. – Swarthmore College men’s lacrosse head coach Pat Gress will be featured in today’s Centennial Conference Preseason Interactive Coaches Chat, which begins at 1:30 p.m. Coach Gress is scheduled to begin taking questions at 2:30 p.m.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Junior Sam Lacy and freshman Will Gates certainly came through when it counted for the Swarthmore College men’s basketball team (6-17, 5-11).
Not only did the duo combine to score the Garnet’s final 11 points in the last two minutes of play and shoot a perfect six-of-six from the free-throw line in pressure situations, but each player recorded a game-saving block in the waning moments as the Garnet rallied to defeat visiting Johns Hopkins 55-51 on Monday evening from Tarble Pavilion.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – A valiant comeback fell short for the Swarthmore College women’s basketball team (10-13, 7-11 CC), as the Garnet used a menacing full-court press to cut a 19-point halftime deficit down to four points in the final minutes, but visiting Johns Hopkins (13-9, 11-7 CC) shot an impressive 14-of-16 from the free throw line to seal the Blue Jay victory over the Garnet, 64-54, on Monday evening from Tarble Pavilion.
Actions begins at 6:00 p.m. with the women’s game, followed in a half hour by the men’s contest.
BOSTON – Sophomore Daniel Ly finished in eighth place in the triple jump with a leap of 43’5.25″ – good for the third-best jump in the Centennial Conference this indoor season – to lead the Garnet in the prestigious Valentine Invitational from Boston University on Friday and Saturday afternoon.
CARLISLE, Pa. – For the second time in 24 hours, poor shooting came back to bite the Swarthmore College men’s basketball team.
Playing on consecutive days for the first time in nearly two months, the Garnet (5-17, 4-11) once again could not find any kind of offensive rhythm, shooting a season-low 26.5 percent as homestanding Dickinson (4-17, 4-12) rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat Swarthmore 52-46 on Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference action.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Down 18 points in the second half, the Swarthmore College men’s basketball team (5-16, 4-10) mounted a furious rally get to within six points of visiting Washington College (11-8, 9-6) with under three minutes to play, but two big baskets from Washington’s Kevin Breslin – who scored a career-high 31 points – halted the rally and helped the Shoremen hang on for the 73-64 victory over the Garnet on Friday evening from Tarble Pavilion.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Freshman Eliza Polli scored 14 points on four-of-four shooting from behind the arc – including a crucial three-pointer in the final three minutes of play – while classmate Madeline Ross also dropped 14 points to lead the Swarthmore College women’s basketball team (10-12, 7-10 CC) to a much needed 65-59 victory over the Washington College Shorewomen (9-13, 7-10 CC) Friday night from Tarble Pavilion.
The Garnet basketball teams look to keep their playoff hopes alive as they host Washington in a pair of snow-delayed games. Live commentary of the women’s game from Victor Brady ’13 and Beth Martin ’13. Live commentary of the men’s game from Kyle Krainock ’13.