SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Junior Kathryn Stockbower sunk 18 of her 23 points in the second half and posted 19 rebounds as the Garnet (1-1) pulled off a nail-biter over Middlebury (0-2) 60-57 on day two of the Tip-Off Tournament from Tarble Pavilion.
The women’s basketball team looks to close out the 2009 Swarthmore Tip-Off with a victory when it hosts Middlebury at 1:00 p.m. Live audio from Victor Brady ’13.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Senior Anne Miller swam for two season bests and missed the B cut (2:09.12) in the 200 fly by less than a second but it wasn’t enough as a perfect NYU (5-0) defeated the Swarthmore (2-2) women 120-79. Daniel Duncan continued his stellar freshman campaign, touching the wall first in the 200-yard fly and 200-yard free for two of his own season bests Saturday afternoon from Ware Pool. The men lost 112-93.
HAVERFORD, Pa. – Freshman Will Gates – playing in just his second game at Swarthmore College – scored a team-high 18 points, but it was not enough for the Garnet (0-2) who fell to Kenyon College 71-56 in the second game of the 18th Annual Equinox Classic from Gooding Arena at Haverford College on Saturday afternoon.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Junior Kathryn Stockbower scored 18 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, but a 30-2 run over a 12-minute stretch in the second half was enough to help visiting TCNJ break open a tight game as the Lions defeated the homestanding Garnet 69-43 in the first game of the 2009 Swarthmore Tip-Off Tournament from Tarble Pavilion on Saturday afternoon.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Senior Danny Walker scored 14 points and freshman Eugene Prymak scored 11 points, five blocks and a game-high eight rebounds in his collegiate debut, but it was not enough as the Garnet (0-1) fought valiantly but fell to Middlebury 65-57 in the first game of the 18th Annual Equinox Classic from Tarble Pavilion on Friday night.
PITTSBURGH – Junior Gage Newman scored the game-tying goal against Transylvania (15-3-2) in the 85th minute of play to send the game into overtime at 1-1, but Swarthmore’s (16-2-3) quest for an appearance in the NCAA Division III men’s soccer Final Four was halted when the Garnet fell to the Pioneers 4-1 in penalty kicks.
Swarthmore badminton split their first two matches of the 2009-10 season, falling 6-3 to Division I Drexel and defeating Bryn Mawr 5-4. Kim Kramer ’10 and Maithili Parikh ’11 led the team in both efforts.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Junior Philippe Celestin and No. 7 Swarthmore College men’s soccer team were the subject of a feature story in Thursday’s Philadelphia Inquirer. The story focuses on the balancing act that Celestin – who scored the Garnet’s game-winning goal on Sunday and performed a stomp music piece at the College’s Rhythm and Motion performance the previous day – and many Swarthmore students face on a dialy basis, as well as the recent success of the men’s soccer team.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. Men’s soccer head coach Eric Wagner was recently interviewed by KYW 1060′s Matt Leon about the Garnet’s remarkable run to the NCAA Sweet 16. Fans can listen to the podcast by following the link in this story.