SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Making its 2009 debut, the Swarthmore College volleyball team took the first set 25-16 against Moravian, but the Greyhounds rallied to take the next three, as the Garnet fell 3-1 in its season debut.
LANCASTER, Pa. – Coming off its first Centennial Conference championship in program history, the No. 13 Swarthmore men’s soccer team has been picked to defend the title in 2009. In a vote by the conference’s head coaches, the Garnet are tabbed to finish first in the Conference, receiving four first-place votes and a total of 72 points. The Garnet edged out 2008 Centennial Conference runners-up Johns Hopkins, who was picked to finish second with four first place votes and a total of 70 points.
PHILADELPHIA – Swarthmore College senior Caitlin Mullarkey was named the 2008-09 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Female Performer of the Year as voted on by the sports information offices of the 28 institutions from the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Junior women’s tennis player Rachel Wallwork was also honored as the Tennis All-Area Performer of the Year, senior golfer David Lau ’09 earned a spot on the Men’s Golf Academic All-Area Team and Mullarkey was also honored as the Track & Field Performer of the Year.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore Department of Athletics will again offer a free live video feed of Garnet men’s soccer action, continuing with this weekend’s NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship sectional-round action.
During the month of October, the 11 colleges and universities in the Centennial Conference joined together during the 2008 volleyball season in the conference’s third annual “Digging for a Cure” campaign.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Garnet seniors Frank Mazzucco and Dan Sartori were among 61 lacrosse players recently named Scholar All-Americans by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA). Both men were also tabbed as alternates for the 2008 USILA Division III North-South Senior All-Star Game.
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — Follow along with the Swarthmore softball team’s quest for a Centennial Conference Championship as Director of Sports Information Kyle Leach provides inning-by-inning updates.
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — Follow along with the Swarthmore softball team’s quest for a Centennial Conference Championship as Director of Sports Information Kyle Leach provides inning-by-inning updates.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The University of California-Irvine men’s and University of California-Berkeley women’s badminton teams captured the 2008 USA Badminton National Championship hosted at Swarthmore College on March 21-23.