Athletics News

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The No. 7/10 Swarthmore men’s soccer team has received an at-large bid to the 2009 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship and will host first and second round matches on November 14-15 at Clothier field.

The first match will feature Hobart (14-3-2) – the champion of the Liberty League – vs. St. Joseph’s (13-8) – the champion of the Skyline Conference – at 5:00 p.m on Saturday, November 14. The second match will feature the host Garnet (14-2-2) against the Merchant Marine Academy (15-3), an at-large bid recipient from the Landmark Conference, at 7:30 p.m.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore College women’s soccer team and volleyball team have been selected to participate in the 2009 ECAC Division III South Championships, the organization announced on Monday. The women’s soccer team (13-4-1) – the two-time ECAC Champions – are the No. 3 seed and will host Centenary (N.J) on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. from Clothier Field Stadium, while the volleyball team is a No. 6 seed and will play at No. 3 Widener on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

LANCASTER, Pa. – The Swarthmore men’s soccer team had four student-athletes named to the All-Centennial team, as announced Monday. Junior Morgan Langley and sophomore Micah Rose were named to the first team, while sophomore Brett McLarney was selected to the second team and junior Gage Newman was honorable mention.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Junior Kathryn Stockbower of the Swarthmore College women’s basketball team has been named preseason All-America honorable mention by D3hoops.com, the Web site announced over the weekend.

WESTMINSTER, Md. – Senior All-American Anne Miller (1000 freestyle, 200 freestyle), freshman Hannah Gotwals (200 IM, 100 backstroke) and freshman Daniel Duncan (1000 freestyle, 500 freestyle) each won two individual races to lead the Swarthmore men’s and women’s swimming teams to decisive victories against McDaniel in the Centennial Conference opener for both teams on Saturday [...]

HAVERFORD, Pa. – Looking to make its first Centennial Conference final in program history, the Swarthmore volleyball team (19-10, 6-4) won the third set and was competitive for the entire match, but it wasn’t enough as No. 25 Haverford (28-3, 10-0) defeated the Garnet 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.

The surprising No. 4 seed Swarthmore volleyball team will look to continue its dream season against No. 1 seed and conference power Haverford. Live audio with Victor Brady ’13 will begin at noon.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Johns Hopkins’ John Scheuch scored just his second goal of the season in the 34th minute and the Blue Jay defense held the powerful Swarthmore offense scoreless for just the second time this season, as No. 3 seed Hopkins avenged last year’s Centennial Championship game loss with a 1-0 upset victory over the No. 2 seed Garnet on Friday night from Varsity Field at Muhlenberg College. With the win, the Blue Jays advance to Saturday night’s Centennial Conference championship game against the winner of the No.1 Muhlenberg/No. 4 Dickinson semifinal, while dashing the Garnet’s hopes of a repeat conference championship.

The No. 2 seed Swarthmore men’s soccer team battles No. 3 Johns Hopkins in the semifinals of the Centennial Conference playoffs. Listen to live audio with Victor Brady ’13 beginning at 4:00 p.m. from Allentown as the Garnet look to defend its championship.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Centennial Conference playoff run for the Swarthmore College women’s soccer team (13-4-1) ended in heartbreaking fashion as No. 5 seed Dickinson (14-3-1) advanced past the No. 4 seed Garnet 5-4 (1-1) on penalty kicks Wednesday evening from Clothier Field Stadium. Tied 1-1 after 110 minutes, the Red Devils and Garnet saw the first nine shots of the penalty kick shootout find the back of the net until Swarthmore senior Julia Luongo’s shot was stopped by a fantastic save from Dickinson goalkeeper Kailyn Hartmann on the 10th and final shot to end the game.