GAME ONE BOX GAME TWO BOX GLENSIDE, Pa. – Garnet freshman right-hander Kathryn Riley picked up her fourth win of the season as visiting Swarthmore defeated Arcadia 3-2 in the second game of a non-conference softball doubleheader Thursday afternoon. The Knights (11-5 overall), the pre-season favorite in the Pennsylvania Athletics Conference (PAC), used an eighth inning [...]
GAME ONE BOX GAME TWO BOX CHESTER, Pa. – Swarthmore senior Ashley Brandt went three for five, including her first collegiate home run, and scored three runs as the Garnet were swept in a doubleheader at Widener University on Tuesday, 9-2 and 5-4. Widener freshman Kim Dougherty stymied Garnet hitters throughout much of the first contest, [...]
LANCASTER, Pa. – Swarthmore pitcher Alexandra Zelaski has been named Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Week for the week of March 19-25. Zelaski, a sophomore right-hander, tossed her first shut out of the season in a 10-0 win over Penn State-Berks on March 25. She limited the Nittany Lions to five hits in five innings, striking [...]
GAME ONE BOX GAME TWO BOX SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Swarthmore sophomore Lauren Walker went 5-for-8 and scored three runs while Garnet hurlers Kathryn Riley ’10 and Alexandra Zelaski ’09 did not allow an earned run as the hometown team swept Penn State-Berks in the 2007 home opener Sunday afternoon at Clothier Fields. Swarthmore (7-3), playing [...]
LANCASTER, Pa. – Swarthmore shortstop Katherine Gold has been named Centennial Conference Player of the Week for the week of March 11-18. Gold, a junior, was named All-Tournament at the 2007 Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, after hitting .474 (9 for 19) with two doubles, a triple, [...]
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Garnet junior Katherine Gold had five hits and was named to the All-Tournament team as Swarthmore swept a pair of games from Hood on the final day of competition at the Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament hosted by Savannah College of Art and Design Thursday. Swarthmore (5-2) won the morning affair 4-1 and [...]
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Christine Sendelsky ’08 drilled a two-run single in the sixth inning and classmate Alexandra Zelaski pitched a complete-game as Swarthmore defeated Haverford 7-4 at the Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design. Sendelsky and Ashley Brandt ’07 both had two hits and senior Kelly Siano added [...]
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Swarthmore freshman Kathryn Riley had three hits, including her first career home run, as the Garnet dropped a pair of games Tuesday at the 2007 Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design. 2006 NCAA Tournament participant Hood downed the Garnet 4-3 in the morning and [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Swarthmore softball team continued to take down milestones, winning its season opener for the first time in 16 years after sweeping a doubleheader at Catholic University on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Kathryn Riley made a formidable start to her collegiate career, tossing a complete-game shutout in the first game as Swarthmore won 3-0. [...]
Coming off of a season in which team records fell left and right, Garnet softball is setting its sights on a bigger prize: a Centennial Conference championship. 2006 saw Swarthmore break the school record for victories (23) and win their first ever Centennial playoff game. Everybody contributed to the 13-win improvement over 2005–returning players made [...]