Athletics News

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COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.-- Swarthmore freshman Jimmy Gill collected two base hits as the visiting Garnet fell to Ursinus 19-3 in Centennial Conference baseball action Tuesday afternoon.

The Bears (13-6 overall, 4-1 CC) jumped on the Garnet with 10 runs in the first two innings while cruising to their fourth win in the Centennial.

Swarthmore (2-13 overall, 0-5 CC) got on the board in the fourth inning when junior Scott Dalance reached and came around to score on a pair of Bears miscues.  Classmate Andy Bender later doubled in the inning to score freshman infielder Thomas Nakamura to make it 10-2 Ursinus.

Luis Serrano picked up his second win of the season for Ursinus, pitching five innings, allowing five hits while striking out five.

Garnet starter Justin Chen (0-4) took the loss for Swarthmore.

Swarthmore completes the home-and-home affair with Ursinus on Friday, April 6 at 3:30 p.m. on Clothier Fields 

COMPLETE RESULTS

LEBANON, Pa. -- Swarthmore senior Zach Moody birdied the final two holes at the par-72 Lebanon Valley Country Club to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place at the Lebanon Valley College Spring Golf Tournament Monday afternoon.  The Garnet posted a team score of 336 to tie Albright for fifth place overall.

Dickinson took the top team honors with 329, followed by Neumann (331), Elizabethtown (332), Messiah (335).

Moody posted a 39 on the front and a 40 on back nine to lead Swarthmore with a 79, his best round this season.  Sophomore David Lau was tied for 31st with an 84 and senior Eric Zwick posted an 85 to tie for 38th.  Freshman Jeffrey Lazarus rounded out the Garnet scoring with an 88.

The Garnet return to the links on Wednesday afternoon against Neumann College at 1:00 p.m.

MATCH RESULTS

CHESTERTOWN, Md. -- The Swarthmore women's tennis team celebrated a higher national ranking by rolling past Centennial foe Washington 8-1 Sunday afternoon.  Rachel Wallwork '10, Sara Sargent '07, Waverly Lutz '07 and Erica Lukoski '08 picked up wins in singles and doubles action for the Garnet.

The Garnet (5-3 overall, 3-1 CC) were ranked 14th in the country in the most recent FILA ITA Division III women's tennis rankings, released on March 30.

Lukoski and doubles partner Marissa Matthews '07 made quick work of Washington's Rebecca Davis and Carrie Palmer at No. 3 doubles, winning by a score of 8-0.  Sargent and classmate Sonya Reynolds, the second-ranked doubles team in the Atlantic South Region, zipped past 27th-ranked Allison Daciek and Kellie Foster 8-2 at No. 1 doubles.  Lutz and Wallwork completed the Swarthmore doubles' sweep with an 8-3 decision over Lydia Bull and Kate Barston in the No. 2 pairing.

Singles' action was also controlled by the visiting Garnet:  junior Jamie Midyette defeated Sarah Macht 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 and Sargent easily downed Foster 6-2, 6-1 to put Swarthmore up 5-0, ensuring the victory.

Lutz flew past Palmer, 6-3, 6-1 at No. 4 singles, Wallwork (ranked 29th in the region) fought past Daciek at No. 1 6-2, 7-6 (4) and Lukoski closed out the afternoon with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Ryoko Sawada at No. 6.

The Garnet will host two matches this week; Ursinus on Wed., April 4 at 3:30 p.m. and then 10th-ranked Mary Washington on Friday, April 6 at 3:00 p.m.

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CHESTER, Pa. -- Garnet junior Ross Weller ran a Swarthmore top-ten time while winning the men's 5,000 meter race at the annual Danny Curran Invitational Saturday afternoon at Widener University.

Three Swarthmore men found themselves in the top-five. Weller beat out 27 other runners from Division I, II and III, clocking in with a time of 15:16.61. Teammate Vernon Chaplin '07 was fourth in 15:31.57 and Jon Shoop '08 followed in fifth at 15:32. 51. Two other Garnet runners, Andrew Van Buren '10 (10th, 15:42.18) and Nat Erb-Satullo '07 (14th, 16:07.45) climbed into the top-15 of the same event.

Swarthmore freshman Matt Turner made an impressive collegiate debut in the long jump, posting a distance of 20'9" to finish sixth out of 35 leapers.

Seniors Dillon McGrew and Matt Schiller hit the top-20 in the 800 meter run, with McGrew running ninth in a time of 2:00.15 and Schiller finishing 17th in 2:02.99. Junior Michael Bonesteel ran strong in the 400, taking 22nd out of 39 runners with a time of 53.95.

In women's action, senior Sam Graffeo made the finals in shot put, posting a distance of 10.5 meters to finish eighth out of 43 competitiors.

Mullarkey ran 13th in the 1,500 (5:09.07), picked up fifth place in the 400 intermediate hurdles (1:08.44), and helped the Garnet women take eighth in the 4x400 relay (4:32.22). Two other Garnet women ran strong in the 1,500—sophomore Kathy Feeney was 16th (5:11.40) followed closely by classmate Faith Pampel in 17th (5:11.53). Freshmen Nyika Corbett and Erin Ronhovde made the top-15 at 800 meters—Corbett was fifth (2:23.63) while Ronhovde was 15th (2:29.50).

The Garnet look to continue competition on Saturday, April 7 at Richard Stockton.

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CARLISLE, Pa. --  The Swarthmore women's lacrosse team continued its brutal stretch, facing its third nationally-ranked opponent in as many Centennial Conference games and its fifth road contest.  On this afternoon, 17th-ranked Dickinson scored the first six goals of the game and never looked back, earning a 20-2 victory over the visiting Garnet.

The Red Devils (6-3, 3-0 CC) got their first goal from Amy Jennings with 27:20 left in the first half; nine minutes later, at 18:29, Jena Boccetti completed the early hat trick to give the hosts a 6-0 lead.  Swarthmore (5-5, 0-3 CC) controlled the ensuing draw and took the ball right down the field; junior Megan Sanborn converted a feed from senior Lindsay Roth after just four seconds had elapsed. 

Dickinson got two more goals from Jennings before Swarthmore senior Athena Samaras notched an unassisted goal with 11:34 on the clock.  Dickinson scored twice before the end of the half to take a 10-2 lead headed into the break.

The second half belonged to the Red Devils, who scored 10 unanswered goals in the period.  Katie Austin finished with a team-high four tallies, while Boccetti, Jennings, and Alyssa Crellin each pitched in with three.  Jennings added five assists, increasing her season total to a team-high 16.

Sanborn led the Garnet with six ground balls, three caused turnovers, and three draw controls.  The junior's goal gives her 25 points on the season and a one-point edge over sophomore Marissa Schaffer for the team lead.

Each team controlled 12 of the 24 draws; Dickinson held a 38-18 advantage in shots and a 24-16 edge in ground balls.  Garnet junior goalkeeper Susannah Blair made nine saves, while Caitlin Kingsley stopped four shots and Gabby Joffie seven for the Red Devils.

Swarthmore will travel to St. Davids, Pa. to face non-conference foe Eastern University on Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.  Last year's Garnet-Eagles match-up went right down to the wire before Swarthmore came out on top, 11-10.  On Saturday, April 7, Swarthmore will play at home for the first time in over two weeks when #14 McDaniel comes to town for a 3:00 p.m. CC match-up.

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GAME TWO BOX

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- The Johns Hopkins pitching staff limited the hometown Garnet to seven hits, taking both sides of an afternoon doubleheader Saturday afternoon at a sunny Clothier Fields.  Thomas Nakamura '10 led Swarthmore with two hits and two steals while reliever Scott Dalane '08 allowed only one hit in three innings of work.

The Blue Jays (14-3, 4-0 CC) scored six runs in the first two innings off Swarthmore starter Sean Varsalona (1-2) and JHU starter Pat Steffee limited the Garnet to one hit in five innings to pick up the first game 10-2.  JHU rallied in the second game to complete the sweep with a 5-1 victory.

Swarthmore (2-12, 0-4 CC) put two runs on the board in the bottom of the sixth as senior Sammy Faeder reached on an error and sophomore Grant Yoshitsu singled to left.  Freshmen Zach Waterfire and Jimmy Gill followed with RBI groundouts—Gill leads the team with nine RBIs.

Yoshitsu, Nakamura and sophomore Conor Casey each picked up a base hit for Swarthmore.  Garnet relievers Casey, Dalane, and Dylan Smith '09 limited the Blue Jays to just two hits in the final 3.1 innings.

The Garnet got the jump on Johns Hopkins in game two, grabbing a 1-0 lead after freshman infielder Wiley Archibald came around to score on a miscue by the Blue Jay first baseman. 

The Blue Jays came back in the fourth inning, scoring three times off Garnet starter Zach Sinemus '10.  Tony Margve and Matt Benchener hit back-to-back singles and moved over on Nick Venezia's groundout.  Nate Adelman tied the game with an RBI groundout to second and rightfielder Brett Izzo followed with a mammoth two-out home run over the right-field fence.  The two-run shot put the visitors on top 3-1 after four frames. 

The visitors added a run in the sixth and the seventh on their way to a fourth Centennial victory on the season. 

Archibald, Nakamura, Faeder, and freshman Matt Corso all collected base hits for the Garnet.  It was the first hit of Corso's young collegiate career.

JHU lefthander Greg Harbeck threw eight innings of four-hit, one-run baseball with eight strikeouts to move to 3-0 on the season.  Sineums (0-2) took the loss for Swarthmore, tossing 5.2 innings while giving up four runs on seven hits.

Swarthmore resume Centennial action on Tuesday, April 3 with a 3:30 p.m. game at Ursinus College.  The Garnet return home on Friday, April 6 to complete the home-and-home with the Bears—first pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

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SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Sophomore midfielder Ben Young tallied his second career hat trick, but it was not enough as Swarthmore (3-3. 2-2 CC) fell to Centennial Conference foe Muhlenberg 9-6 Saturday afternoon in men's lacrosse action on Clothier Field.

Muhlenberg midfielder Sean Toohill led the Mules' attack with three goals and two assists, and fellow midfielder Andrew Lolley recorded three points on two goals and one assist.

Attack Kyle Wilson '09 scored his team-leading ninth and tenth goals of the year, and attack Tyler Bradshaw '10 also had a goal, his sixth of the year, to round out the scoring for the Garnet. Midfielder Gavin Nurick '07 had Swarthmore's lone assist on Young's first goal.

Muhlenberg (5-3, 1-3 CC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Wilson put the Garnet on the board with 6:14 remaining in the first half. Wilson scored his second goal just over five minutes later to shrink the Mules' lead to just one at halftime.

The visiting team came out with a surge in the second half, scoring three unanswered goals before Young ended the drought with his first goal with 1:06 remaining in the third quarter. Bradshaw's goal, which came on an impressive shot that he was able to get off with a defender right in his face, was sandwiched between two Muhlenberg goals early in the fourth. Young's back-to-back goals in the fourth quarter pulled the Garnet within two with 3:14 remaining in the game before Muhlenberg's Tim Dwyre iced the win with a goal with 1:34 left.

Mules goalkeeper Andrew Bell stifled the Garnet attack, coming up huge on a number of point-blank Swarthmore shots on his way to seven saves. Swarthmore goalkeeper Frank Mazzuco '08 recorded 13 saves in the losing effort while defender Dan Sartori '08 picked up eight ground balls.

Swarthmore's next game will be Tuesday April 3 at 7:00 vs. non-conference opponent St. Mary's (MD), a contest that will be played on Clothier Field.

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LANCASTER, Pa. -- The Garnet women's lacrosse team faced its second top-five opponent in a week, falling to fifth-ranked Franklin & Marshall 16-4 in Centennial action Thursday afternoon.

Swarthmore senior midfielder Katie Crawford led the Garnet (5-4 overall, 0-2 CC) with a goal and an assist.

The Diplomats (8-0 overall, 3-0 CC) picked up 11 unanswered goals in the first half while out-shooting the visiting Garnet 19-3.  Sophomore Sarah Meisenberg tallied two of the first three goals as F&M took the 11-0 advantage into halftime.

The Garnet scored the first three goals of the second half, picking up scores from Megan Sanborn '08, Crawford, and Anna de Regt '09.  Senior Athena Samaras scored her 14th goal of the season to cap Swarthmore's out-put.

Susannah Blair '08 made three saves in the first half for the Garnet while freshman back-up Allison Grein made five stops in the second half.

Swarthmore continues its six-game road trip on Saturday, March 31 at Dickinson.  The first draw is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

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 walk-off home run by senior pitcher Jenn Compton to win a pitchers' duel in the first game, 2-1.

Swarthmore head coach Renee Clark now has 303 career victories—192 at Kean (NJ), 60 at Drexel and now 51 as leader of the Garnet.

Garnet starter Alexandra Zelaski '09, the reigning Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Week, locked horns with Compton early, limiting the Arcadia hitters to just two hits in the first six innings.  The Swarthmore bats were missing from the bus on the trip to Glenside and it took awhile for them to wake up on this afternoon.  The Garnet finally broke through in the top of the sixth when Christine Sendelsky '09 reached on an error and swiped second base.  Riley drove her home with a single to put Swarthmore up 1-0.

Down to their final at bat, the Knights got a lead-off double by senior Jennifer Jackson in the seventh.  Diana Rufo pinch ran for Jackson and came around to score the tying run on a single by Danielle Abrams.  With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Compton hit the first pitch over the fence to deliver the win.

Compton (6-2) struck out three batters in eight innings, allowing just the one unearned run.  Zelaski (3-1) suffered her first loss of the season, giving up two runs on six hits while striking out three.

Swarthmore got rolling early in the second game when leadoff hitter Lauren Walker '09 hit a single, moved over on a sacrifice bunt by Ashley Brandt '07, and came around to score on junior Katie Gold's two-out double.

The Knights tied the game in the bottom of the first when Laura Fencik doubled home Compton.  It was the first earned run ever allowed by Swarthmore starter Riley, ending her impressive streak at 24.1 innings.

The Garnet opened up a two-run lead in the top of the sixth.  Brandt lashed a one-out single and Sendelsky brought her in with an RBI double.  Sendelsky made it 3-1 Swarthmore later in the inning, scoring on senior Kelly Siano's bases-loaded single.

Arcadia added a second run in sixth but Riley bore down for the final four outs to pick up her fourth win of the season.

Riley (4-0) struck out six batters in seven innings, allowing only four hits and two runs.  Knights starter Kiersten Hughes took the loss, giving up three earned runs on six hits while fanning three.

Riley finished the day 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI while Gold added a pair of hits and an RBI.

Swarthmore hosts its annual Alumnae Game this Saturday, March 31 at 1:00 p.m. and returns to competition on Tuesday, April 3 when Rosemont comes to Clothier Fields for a 3:00 p.m. doubleheader.

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LANCASTER, Pa. --  Swarthmore junior goalie Frank Mazzucco made 13 saves and the Garnet offense got two scores from Tyler Bradshaw '10, Kyle Wilson '09 and Gavin Nurick '07 to defeat Franklin & Marshall 8-6 in Centennial men's lacrosse action Wednesday afternoon.

The Diplomats (3-4 overall, 0-2 CC) opened up the afternoon with a score by Brendan Kearney off a feed from Mark Hild at 9:11.  The Garnet (3-2 overall, 2-1 CC) answered 1:43 later when senior midfielder Jay Charles tallied his third goal of the season.  Swarthmore got an unassisted score from Nurick, a midfielder, at the 2:17 mark to hold the 2-1 advantage at the end of the first period.

Kearney put home his second goal of the afternoon at the start of the second period, scoring off an assist from David Steiner at 12:57.  The Garnet answered with Wilson's first goal, assisted by sophomore David DeSimone at 6:25.  Swarthmore maintained the 3-2 into the intermission, out-shooting F&M 99-99 while winning four of the six face-offs.

The bulk of the scoring came in the third period, with each team finding the net four times while creating four ties.  The Diplomats put up consecutive scores to take a 4-3 lead before Bradshaw finished off a pass from DeSimone at 9:50 to knot the score at 4-all.

F&M took the lead again with a score from Cyrus Adams but Swarthmore's Adam Miller '08 won the ensuing face-off (he was 6-for-7 on the afternoon) and put in his first goal at the season at 7:38.  Wilson scored his second of the day (team-leading eighth of the season) just 1:28 later as Swarthmore took the lead 6-5. 

The Diplomats tied it up an unassisted goal by Hild with just 16 seconds left in the third period.  Miller came up big again on the face-off and defender Drew Bonessa scooped up the ground ball.  Bradshaw just beat the horn, scoring off a pass from senior Richard Jaronczyk with just one second left, giving the visitors a 7-6 lead headed to the fourth period.

The fourth period has troubled the Garnet all season—Swarthmore has been out-scored coming into Wednesday's game.  Mazzucco and the Garnet defense bucked the trend, blanking F&M in the final period while adding an unassisted insurance goal by Nurick at 5:24.

The Diplomats held a slight shot advantage (25-22) while the Garnet dominated the face-off circle, winning 10 of 16.

Miller added to his banner day by leading the team with five ground balls---defender Dan Sartori '08 contributed four ground balls as well.

Swarthmore returns to Clothier Field this Saturday, March 31 for a 1:00 p.m. Centennial game with the Muhlenberg Mules.