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The 2007-2008 Swarthmore women’s basketball team will rely on a small, but experienced, group of veteran players in hopes of returning to the Centennial Conference Championships.

COMPLETE 2007 ALL-CENTENNIAL TEAM (pdf) LANCASTER, Pa. — Swarthmore College forward Karen Berk (Havertown, PA / Haverford) has been named to the 2007 All-Centennial Conference Women’s Basketball Team, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.  Berk is a second-team selection, making the All-CC team for the second straight year. Berk, a junior, led the Centennial [...]

GAME BOX SCORE HAVERFORD, Pa. — Swarthmore forward Pamela Costello ’10 scored a career-high 23 points and Karen Berk ’08 registered her 18th double-doubles as the Garnet fell to hometown Haverford 74-66 Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference women’s basketball action. Costello hit for her second career double-double, topping her previous high of 16 points vs. [...]

GAME BOX SCORE SWARTHMORE, Pa.– Swarthmore junior forward Karen Berk scored a season-high 30 points and classmate Laura Popovics added a season-high 15 points as the Garnet fell to visiting Washington (Md.) 74-62 on Senior Night in Tarble Pavilion.  The Shorewomen (12-12 overall, 6-11 CC) enjoyed a 61-28 rebounding advantage, led by junior Elise Conway’s [...]

GAME BOX SCORE GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Four Bullet players scored in double-figures as the home-standing Gettysburg Bullets (14-9, 11-5 CC) shot 50.8% to defeat Swarthmore 76-41 in Centennial Conference women’s basketball action Saturday afternoon at Bream Gymnasium.  Senior forward Katie Reilly tallied a career-high 22 points while freshman Allie Dreschler (14 points), Nicole Dobranski (12 [...]

GAME BOX SCORE LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – Swarthmore junior Karen Berk posted her 16th double-double of the season while Pamela Costello ’10 and Melissa Grigsby ’09 chipped in 10 points apiece as the Garnet fell at Lincoln 76-57 in non-conference basketball action Tuesday night. The Lions’ Mary Rotimi shot 10 of 13 from the floor [...]

GAME BOX SCORE SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Garnet junior forward Karen Berk put up 23 points and pulled down 15 rebounds against #25 ranked McDaniel but it wasn’t enough as Swarthmore fell 80-54 in Tarble Pavilion Saturday afternoon.  The Green Terror’s 39 pointsfrom the bench and 60% shooting from the field helped them win their 14th [...]

GAME BOX SCORE SWARTHMORE, Pa. –  Garnet junior forward Karen Berk dropped in 17 points and senior captain Jess Fuhr added 11 points with five blocks yet the visiting Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (11-7, 9-4 CC) used a 53-24 edge on the glass to defeat Swarthmore 70-53 in Centennial women’s basketball action Tuesday night in [...]

GAME BOX SCORE SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Garnet junior forward Karen Berk scored a team-high 20 points, including the 1,000th point of her career, yet visiting Dickinson used 44 points from forwards Ally Teatom and Piper Etess to defeat Swarthmore 79-58 in Centennial women’s basketball action Saturday afternoon in Tarble Pavilion. Berk, averaging a Centennial-leading 17.5 points [...]

GAME BOX SCORE BRYN MAWR, Pa. - Swarthmore junior Karen Berk had 21 points and a season-high 20 rebounds yet the Garnet could not overcome a 16-point second half deficit as Bryn Mawr  defeated the Garnet 53-50 in Centennial women’s basketball Tuesday evening.  Owls senior Amy Johnson led the way with 12 points while sophomore Jessica [...]