Complete Centennial Conference Preseason Poll
LANCASTER, Pa. - Coming off its second-consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 appearance, the Swarthmore College men's soccer team finds itself ranked No.3 in the Centennial Conference Preseason Poll, which was released on Wednesday afternoon by the conference. Read the rest of this entry »
Grand Lake, Colo. - Allison Grein ’10 and Carey Pietsch ’10 of the Swarthmore Women’s Lacrosse team were named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll Squad, the organization announced recently. Read the rest of this entry »
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – For the Swarthmore College men’s soccer team, the 2009 season had everything needed for a storybook season - everything but the perfect ending. After recording one of the best regular seasons in program history and once again reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 in dramatic fashion, the Garnet’s season ended in heartbreak, losing to lower-seeded Transylvania on penalty kicks. But that heartbreak is fuel for the 2010 team, which hopes to fight for another Centennial Conference championship and advance past the Round of 16 for the first time in over 30 years. Read the rest of this entry »
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - With the return of its top three scorers from last season, a talented crop of underclassmen and a veteran core of four seniors, the Swarthmore College Field Hockey will look to build on last season’s improvement and make some noise in the Centennial Conference. Read the rest of this entry »
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Despite the loss of a strong group of leaders in the Class of 2010, the Swarthmore College women's cross country team returns to the course this season looking to capture the Seven Sisters Championship as well as contend for the Centennial Conference title. Read the rest of this entry »
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - With a very strong, continually-improving group of returning veterans and an exciting incoming pack of freshmen recruits, the Swarthmore College men's cross country teams returns to path in 2010, hoping to improve upon their 14th-place finish in the NCAA Mideast Region last year. Read the rest of this entry »
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The American Volleyball Coaches Association has awarded the 2009-10 Swarthmore College volleyball team with an academic team award, the organization announced on Friday.
The AVCA Team Academic Award honors volleyball teams at the high school and college level that are successful in the classroom. Nominees include high school or college teams that have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.30 (on a 4.00 scale) or 4.10 (on a 5.00 scale) during the full academic year (both semesters or all quarters), and include all varsity athletes who competed in volleyball with the institution for any portion of the academic year. This past season, over 450 institutions have been honored with this award.
The last time the Swarthmore volleyball team earned the honor was 2006-2007. This is also the fourth time during head coach Harleigh Chwastyk's tenure that the program has earned the honor.
The Garnet open the 2010 season at the Moravian Greyhound Premier against Wilkes on Friday, September 3.
PHILADELPHIA - Swarthmore College student-athlete Rachel Wallwork '10 was named the 2010 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Women's Tennis Performer of the Year for the second consecutive year, while colleagues Wiley Archibald '10 (baseball), Kevin Friedenberg '10 (men's lacrosse), and Stephen Youngblood '12 (men's tennis) were also selected as Academic All-Stars for their respective sports, the paper announced on Tuesday.
In order to be eligible for the All-Star teams, an athlete must be of sophomore athletic standing, have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better, and be a starter or key reserve. Ballots for the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Star Teams, which sponsored 11 teams (baseball, golf men's lacrosse, men's rowing, men's track & field, men's tennis, softball, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's track & field, women's tennis ) this spring, were compiled and voted upon by the 28 Philadelphia-Area Sports Information Directors Association (Philly-SIDA).
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Garnet fans have spoken: The third consecutive ECAC Championship for the women's soccer team has been voted the best Swarthmore Athletics moment of 2009-10. The event captured an impressive 39% of the vote in the final poll, besting the men's soccer team's run to the NCAA Sweet 16 (28%) and men's swimmer Travis Pollen's national championship (19%). Over the course of 30 days, Swarthmore fans cast nearly 2,000 votes in two seperate polls to determine a winner. Read the rest of this entry »
After nearly to 1,000 votes, it's down to the final five for the best Swarthmore Athletics moment of 2009-10: Travis Pollen's national championship, the men's soccer team's thrilling NCAA win, the women's soccer team's third-consecutive ECAC Championship, baseball's late-inning win over F&M and men's basketball's upset win over Ursinus. Voting will end on June 30, with the winner announced on July 1. Just one vote per moment in this final poll.