CALIFORNIA – Airplanes, west coast hospitality, home-cooked meals and beautiful scenery; all on day one of the Swarthmore College volleyball team’s first day of its fall break trip to California.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Freshman Maggie Duszyk led the attack with 12 kills while junior Hillary Santana led the defense with 19 digs as the Swarthmore College volleyball team (15-4, 5-1) routed Muhlenberg 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-21) from Tarble Pavilion on Tuesday evening.
With the victory, the Garnet has now won five consecutive Centennial Conference matches without dropping a single game.
CARLISLE, Pa. – Junior Genny Pezzola had 12 kills, seven digs and two service aces and a trio of Garnet freshmen – Danielle Sullivan (7), Brone Lobichusky (6), and Maggie Duszyk (6) – combined for 19 kills as the streaking Swarthmore volleyball team (14-4, 4-1) went on the road and swept Dickinson 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-19) on Saturday afternoon.
After dropping its Centennial Conference opener at Johns Hopkins, the Garnet has responded in a big way, winning its next four Centennial Conference matches without losing a single game.
GARNET SPORTS NETWORK – This week on the Garnet Sports Update senior captain Sarah Lambert of the Swarthmore volleyball team joins Victor on the show. Sarah teaches Victor some volleyball team cheers as well as how to make diving saves in the game. Enjoy!
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore volleyball team (13-4, 3-1 CC) went on a 7-0 run capped off by four straight aces from sophomore Allison Coleman to win game three and take down conference opponents Bryn Mawr (6-8, 2-3 CC) 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-17) on Thursday night in Tarble Pavilion.
The win marked head coach Harleigh Chwastyk’s 100th career victory at Swarthmore College.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – All 11 Garnet players picked up at least two digs in Saturday’s “Dig for a Cure” game where Swarthmore (12-4, 2-1 CC) would take down the visiting McDaniel Green Terror (1-13, 1-2 CC) in straight sets 25-8, 25-11, 25-22.
Swat’s digs totaled 54 while the Green Terror would record 47.
Commentary from Kyle Krainock begins at 1:00 p.m.
CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Senior captain Sarah Lambert dished out 20 assists while junior Hillary Santana and sophomore Allie Coleman finished with 15 and 10 digs respectively as the Swarthmore College volleyball team (11-4, 1-1) got back on the winning track, defeating Washington College 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-8) on Wednesday evening.
The victory is the Garnet’s first Centennial Conference win of the 2010 season.
BALTIMORE – Junior Lisa Shang led the Garnet defense with 13 digs but the Swarthmore volleyball team (10-4) would fall in straight sets to Conference foe Johns Hopkins (6-7) on Wednesday night.