Athletics News

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The major snow storm that is expected to hit the Mid-Atlantic region on Saturday and has forced the postponement of several Swarthmore College athletic events. Both of the home men’s and women’s basketball games against Johns Hopkins have been postponed until Sunday, February 7th, at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. The men’s and women’s swimming meet at Dickinson (2:00 p.m.) and the men’s and women’s track meet at Haverford (11:00 a.m.) have also been postponed until Sunday.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Kathryn Stockbower ’11 of the Swarthmore College women’s basketball team has been named to the 2010 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II First Team, as voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced today.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Friends of Jaclyn Foundation is a non-profit organization that works to improve the quality of life for children and families dealing with pediatric brain tumors. Jaclyn Murphy and her family founded the organization, inspired by Jaclyn’s experience as a nine-year-old cancer patient. The foundation matches children with a sports team, followed by a ceremonial adoption.

BRYN ATHYN, Pa. – The Swarthmore badminton team (2-1) defeated Bryn Athyn College 7-2 on Thursday night. Senior Kim Kramer led the Garnet with a dominating win over Ethan Daum 21-14 and 21-18.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The dynamic duo of freshman Will Gates and senior captain Matt Allen combined for 38 of Swarthmore’s 50 points, but it wasn’t enough to combat an outstanding performance from Muhlenberg sophomore forward Spencer Liddic, who dominated the paint with 24 points and 19 rebounds to lead the Mules (11-8, 9-3) past the visiting Garnet 64-50 on Wednesday evening in Centennial Conference action.

Gates and Allen combined to connect on seven three-pointers to keep Swat (5-15, 4-9) in the game until the final whistle, but it was the Garnet’s shooting from inside the arc – just 13-of-41 for the game – that was the difference in the Mule victory.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Muhlenberg sophomore Alexandra Chili scored 20 of her game-high 26 points in the first half, as the No. 17 Mules used a hot-shooting first half (61.3%) to get past the Swarthmore College women’s basketball team 71-43 on Wednesday evening from Memorial Hall on the campus of Muhlenberg College.

Junior Kathryn Stockbower led the way for the Garnet (9-12, 6-10) with 15 points and 15 rebounds, good for the 60th double-double of her career.

Commentary in both games from Jimmy Gill ’10 and Victor Brady ’13. Action in the women’s game is slated to begin at 6:00, with the men expected to begin around 8:00 p.m.

TARBLE PAVILION – This week on the Garnet Sports Update, Victor Brady hosts special guest Kathryn Stockbower of the Swarthmore women’s basketball team. Kathryn takes you on an in depth look at the basketball team’s season thus far before she attempts to “Teach Victor” how to improve his rebounding game. Enjoy the show.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore College Garnet men’s soccer team hosted its 8th annual benefit youth soccer clinic on Saturday, January 30th, raising over $600 for the relief agency Genocide Intervention Network (www.genocideintervention.net). In addition to learning basic skills, such as passing, dribbling, and defending, over 40 children had a chance to play matches against each other during the two-hour clinic. Members of Swarthmore STAND, G. I. Net’s student-spokespeople at the College, also briefed the children and their parents about the terrible humanitarian situation in Darfur, Sudan.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Junior Kathryn Stockbower scored 19 points and pulled down nine rebounds while junior Ceylan Bodur and freshman Madeline Ross each scored 15 points against visiting McDaniel (15-4, 13-2 CC), but the Swarthmore College women’s basketball team (9-11, 6-9 CC) fell in heartbreaking fashion once again, 71-66, on Monday evening from Tarble Pavilion.