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CARLISLE, Pa. -- Swarthmore sophomore attack Kyle Wilson tallied his first career hat trick as the visiting Garnet fell to Centennial rival Dickinson 11-6 in men's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon.

Derek Still scored a game-high four goals for the Red Devils (5-2 overall, 1-1 CC) and added two assists while Charlie Gorman contributed two goals and two assists.

Swarthmore's offense was lighting up the scoreboard early, grabbing a 4-2 lead after one period of action.  Wilson opened the game with an unassisted score at 11:30, and following a Dickinson score, the sophomore racked up his second goal at 6:44 off a feed from freshman Tyler Bradshaw.  Swarthmore sophomore midfielder Ben Young scored unassisted 20 seconds later and senior midfielder Jay Charles put up the fourth Garnet goal at 3:20 off an assist from classmate Gavin Nurick.

Swarthmore (2-2 overall, 1-1 CC) had the advantage on the scoreboard, but Dickinson was controlling the action.  The Red Devils won all seven face-offs and out-shot the visitors 15-4. 

The Garnet held a 5-4 lead at halftime after Bradshaw tallied an unassisted goal, his third of the season, and the Devils put up two scores of their own.

Wilson opened the second half with his third score at 13:13—he leads the team with six goals in 2007. 

It was all Dickinson from there on out—the hometown team put up seven unanswered scores led by Still, who tallied every other score to secure the win for the Red Devils.

Swarthmore goalie Frank Mazzucco '08 made 12 saves in goal while defender Drew Bonessa picked up a team-high four ground balls.

The Garnet travel to Lancaster, Pa. on Wednesday, March 28 to face-off against Centennial-foe Franklin & Marshall College at 3:30 p.m.

GAME ONE BOX

GAME TWO BOX

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Freshman right fielder Jimmy Gill was 5-for-6 with four runs scored and three RBI while Swarthmore got strong performances from several hurlers on their way to a doubleheader sweep of visiting Philadelphia Biblical University on Clothier Fields Saturday afternoon.  The Garnet (2-6 overall) won game one, 4-2, and then out-lasted the Crimson Eagles 9-8 in nine innings for the sweep.

The wins marked the first victories at Swarthmore for first-year head coach Stan Exeter--he was 181-166 in ten previous years at Arcadia.

The Garnet opened the scoring in the bottom of the first.  Aggressive base-running by senior captain Sammy Faeder forced the Crimson Eagles to make a tough play at the plate on junior Travis Allen's grounder, and when the PBU catcher dropped the ball, Swarthmore had a 1-0 lead.  Gill followed with a deep fly to center, scoring shortstop Thomas Nakamura '10.

Allen had to leave the game mid-inning after opening up a cut on his face in a collision with a PBU player after diving back to second base on a pickoff attempt.  Junior Ben Mendelson came in as a pinch-runner and finished out the game at designated hitter.

Swarthmore got a gutsy performance from sophomore hurler Sean Varsolona (six innings, four strikeouts) and played error-free baseball in the field.

PBU got on the board in the top of the third.  Second baseman Matt Roth doubled, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored on a Thomas Fenwick sacrifice fly.  The visitors threatened again in the fourth, putting men on second on third with one out, but Varsolona struck out Aaron Arsenault and got Aaron Richbart to pop out to Nakamura.

Garnet third baseman Conor Casey '09 made a fine defensive play in the top of the fifth, diving to his left to snare the ball and sprung to his feet in time to throw out Fenwick at first.  The Swarthmore offense struck again in the bottom of the frame, with center fielder Scott Dalane '08 and Casey had RBI singles, scoring Mendelson and Gill.

Varsolona worked his way out of a jam in the top of the 6th.  The first three Crimson Eagles reached base and Lance Sheptock skied a sacrifice fly to center, but Varsolona came back to strike out Arseneau.  Richbart walked to reload the bases and Roth ran the count to 3-1, but Varsolona bore down and got the PBU second sacker swinging.

Sophomore reliever Dylan Smith came on in the top of the seventh and got three straight groundouts, slamming the door on the Crimson Eagles and earning his first career save.

Gill had a perfect day at the plate in game one, hitting the ball hard all three times up and earning two singles and a sacrifice fly.  Nakamura went 2-for-4 with a run scored.  It is the first career multi-hit game for both freshmen.

Varsolona showed his trademark tenacity on the hill all afternoon long and came up with his best performance on the young season, going six innings and allowed two runs on six hits.  He walked three and struck out four to improve to 1-1 on the year.

Fenwick went the distance for the Crimson Eagles, allowing three earned runs on 10 hits.

The Garnet jumped out to another early lead in game two, with the freshmen once again leading the way.  With one out in the first frame, Nakamura walked and then, with two away, Gill brought him around with a double to deep left.

Swarthmore starter Noah Cooper-Harris '07 cruised through the first but struggled with his control in the second, walking four of five hitters before being lifted in favor of junior Justin Chen with no outs, two runs in and the bases loaded.  Chen recovered from a 3-0 count to get Luke Svendson to line into a double play, but Fenwick came through with an RBI single to increase the PBU lead to 3-1.  The lead stretched to 5-1 before Chen caught Joel Drager looking to end the inning.

PBU starter Jon Shepherd hit Mendelson with a pitch to start the bottom of the second, injured his groin in the process, and swapped positions with first baseman Sheptock.  After a wild pitch sent Mendelson to second, Garnet second baseman Wiley Archibald '10 crushed a ball deep to right field.  Arseneau ranged to the foul line to make the catch, but Mendelson alertly tagged up, sped around third, and scored standing up.

Freshman pitcher Zach Sinemus entered on the mound for the Garnet at the start of the third and showed great command of his fastball, striking out the first two Crimson Eagles he faced looking and getting the third on a grounder to short.

Swarthmore added another run in the third when Mendelson's sacrifice fly plated Gill and finally busted loose with four in the fourth.  Archibald led off with a walk, and one batter later, Nakamura followed with a base hit.  Allen grounded a single up the middle, scoring Archibald, and Gill lofted the ball over Richbart's head in left for an RBI double.  Dalane brought Allen home with a sacrifice fly despite a strong throw from Svendson in center field--the ball ricocheted off of the catcher's mask. Gill scored on a passed ball before PBU finally recorded the third out and after four innings the score read 7-5, Swarthmore.

Sinemus continued to locate the ball well throughout his three-inning stint, retiring nine of the 10 batters he faced.  Smith came in for the top of the sixth and caught two Crimson Eagles looking in a 1-2-3 inning.

PBU scored three times in the top of the seventh on three singles and two Swarthmore errors, taking an 8-7 lead heading into Swarthmore's final at-bat.

Gill led things off with a slow roller up the middle.  The freshman beat the throw for an infield hit and advanced to second when PBU second baseman Nathan King's rushed throw got past Sheptock.  Dalane moved the runner to third with a sacrifice bunt and Casey brought him around with a clean single to right-center.  Mendelson followed with a base hit but the Crimson Eagles middle infield came up big with an inning-ending double play.

Dalane came in to pitch to start the eighth and sat down all six batters he faced.  Swarthmore rallied with two outs in the top of the eighth but did not score, and it looked like the game would head to a 10th frame after the first two Swarthmore batters went down in the ninth.  But another two-out rally developed, and this time the home team finished the job.  Mendelson reached on an error on a softly hit fly ball to left.  Waterfire followed with a single back through the box, and Archibald lined the ball into right field.  Mendelson easily beat the throw home, and the Garnet mobbed him at home plate to celebrate their doubleheader sweep.

Swarthmore (2-6) will look to keep the good times rolling tomorrow afternoon when they host Scranton in a twinbill—first pitch is 12:30 p.m.

GAME BOX SCORE

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Gettysburg sophomore Megan Moore and senior Alexandra Ewing scored four goals and handed out two assists apiece as the No. 1-ranked Bullets downed hometown Swarthmore 18-4 in Centennial Conference women's lacrosse action Thursday afternoon at Clothier Field.

Katie Hagan added two goals and three assists for Gettysburg while Jen Betts and Cristi Farrell chipped in two scores each.

Swarthmore (3-2 overall, 0-1 CC) was led by sophomore midfielder Marissa Schaffer with two goals while senior Catherine Crawford and freshman Hannah Jaicks each tallied a score. 

The Bullets (5-0 overall, 2-0 CC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead as sophomore Cristi Farrell scored once and Moore put home her first two scores in the opening five minutes.  The Garnet got on the board when Crawford carried the ball into the offensive zone and knifed through two Gettysburg defenders.  The midfielder beat Bullets' starting goalie Kristen Krammer for her seventh goal of the season at 20:15.

Gettysburg gained control of the game by scoring the next 11 goals to hold a 13-1 lead at the intermission.

Swarthmore churned up some momentum in the second half, fueled by two goals in four minutes by Schaffer.  The sophomore converted a free-position opportunity at 23:10, and then took a pass from freshman Alex Gilbert-Bono before beating Gettysburg netminder Susan Meyers at 19:20.

Jaicks notched her third goal of the season with 1:24 left after getting a feed from Crawford (her fifth helper of the year).

Starting Swarthmore goalie Susannah Blair made four saves in nearly 54 minutes of action while Krammer and Meyers made one stop apiece after splitting the goalie duties.

The Garnet travel to Massachusetts this weekend to defend their 2006 Seven Sisters title.  Wellesley College is the site of the 2007 Seven Sisters Women's Lacrosse Tournament and Swarthmore, the top seed, will face off against Cedar Crest on Saturday at 12:00 p.m.  Click here for more Seven Sisters Information.

MATCH RESULTS

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- The 19th-ranked Swarthmore women's tennis team (3-2 overall, 1-0 CC) opened up its Centennial Conference season with an 8-1 win over visiting Bryn Mawr. 

The match was moved to the Michael Mullan Indoor Tennis Center due to unplayable courts on the Main Line.  The Garnet won their 31st consecutive Centennial match as Jennie Park '09, Rachel Wallwork '10, Waverly Lutz '07, Rebecca Committo '10, and Kearney Bangs '10 all were double-winners.

It was the first collegiate victory for Bangs, who took down Melissa Mansh 8-5 at No. 6 singles and team with Marissa Lee '09 to win at No. 3 doubles 8-2.

Swarthmore continues Centennial play this Saturday, March 24 when Gettysburg visits campus for a 1:00 p.m. match.

GAME BOX SCORE

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Swarthmore senior midifielder Gavin Nurick scored the game-winner with 15 seconds left in regulation as the Garnet  Garnet won their Centennial opener for the first time in school history, defeating visiting Ursinus 6-5 Wednesday night at Clothier Field.

Until Wednesday evening, Swarthmore (2-1 overall, 1-0 CC) had not won a conference opener since 1993 when the Garnet defeated Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) opponent Drew University 13-7 on March 27.   Swarthmore joined the Centennial Conference in the fall of 1993, with lacrosse play beginning in the spring of 1994.  It was also the fifth time in six match-ups that Swarthmore downed the Bears (Ursinus won 13-3 in Collegeville, Pa. in 2006).

Swarthmore junior goalie Frank Mazzucco stopped the Bears' midfielder Mike Tori on a shot from the left wing at 1:28 in the fourth period and the Garnet cleared the ball into the offensive zone.  Swarthmore called a timeout with a minute showing on the clock, looking to set up a final chance.

Garnet senior midfielder Jay Charles tried a shot from the far right wing, yet was denied by Bears' netminder Matt Orlando.  Garnet midfielder Ryan McKenna picked up the loose ball and shoveled it to sophomore Kyle Wilson behind the net.  Wilson took a run at the goal but Matt Orlando was in position to shut the door. 

The ball ended up behind the Ursinus' net and Swarthmore junior Chris Harman quickly sent the ball to the left side of the cage where Nurick caught and fired the winning score home.

The Bears' Jason Orlando won the ensuing face-off but the Swarthmore defense kept Ursinus from getting a shot off in the final seconds.

Both teams were over a week removed from their previous game action and it showed in the early going as the teams combined to turn the ball over 10 times in the first four and a half minutes.  Swarthmore got on the board first after freshman attack Tyler Bradshaw intercepted a pass at midfield, headed straight for the goal, and fed Wilson who shot it over Matt Orlando's left shoulder with 10:32 to play.

The Bears (3-2 overall, 0-1 CC) evened things up when senior attack Anthony Tori found a cutting Dan Mangin for a score with 3:59 left in the first period.

The second period saw the most action of the evening.  Bradshaw scored his second goal of the night at the onset of the second period, coming from behind the cage to beat Matt Orlando at 14:21.  The Bears got scores from Mangin and freshman Eric Farris to build a 3-2 lead at 11:51.  The Garnet re-gained the lead on unassisted scores by Wilson (team-leading third of the season) and sophomore midfielder Ben Young.  Young gave Swarthmore a 4-3 lead at the intermission by turning on the jets just inside the offensive zone to get off a rocket to the short side of the Bears' net. 

Mike Tori tied the game at the start of the third period, tallying his third goal of the season at 14:34.  Swarthmore quickly assumed the lead again as sophomore Will Predun found freshman Gavin Musynske for a deep goal at 13:10.

The Bears looked to send the affair to extra time when senior Mike Stein notched his eighth score of the season, an unassisted goal, with 4:50 remaining.

The two teams combined for 59 turnovers with the Bears holding a 27-25 edge in ground balls.  Swarthmore easily out-shot Ursinus 32-19, including a 10-5 edge in the final period.

Mazzucco and Matt Orlando each made 11 saves between the pipes.

Swarthmore travels to Dickinson College this Saturday, March 24 for a 1:00 p.m. Centennial Conference game.

NFHCA Awards Web Site

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) named eight members of the Swarthmore team to the Division III All-Academic Squad for the 2006 season. The inductees include Abigail Fischer '08, Karen Lorang '07, Julie Monaghan '07, Saranne Perman '07, Lindsay Roth '07, Jordan Schmidt '09, Natalie Stone '09 and Rachel Turner '08.

Student-athletes must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.30 through the first semester of the 2006-2007 academic year in order to be selected onto the team.

Swarthmore was one of 91 teams also selected for the National Academic Team Award after accumulating a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Lorang was a second team All-Centennial selection in the 2006 season. It was the third time the senior goalie was given the honor, having attained the same recognition in 2003 and 2005.  She started 12 games this season, posting a 1.62 goals against average (GAA) and a save percentage of .793, both good for second-best in the Centennial.

Fischer finished the season as the offensive leader for the Garnet, with 20 points on nine goals and two assists.

Swarthmore completed the 2006 season with an 9-8 record, including a 4-6 mark in the Conference.

LANCASTER, Pa.  -- Swarthmore shortstop Katherine Gold has been named Centennial Conference Player of the Week for the week of March 11-18. 

Gold, a junior, was named All-Tournament at the 2007 Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, after hitting .474 (9 for 19) with two doubles, a triple, a home run while scoring four runs and driving in five more.  The junior captain's highlight game came in a 4-1 win over Hood on March 15 when she was a perfect 4 for 4 with a home run, two doubles and two RBIs.

Gold leads the team in batting average (.462), hits (12), on-base percentage (.500), while tying for team-lead in total bases (20), slugging percentage (.769) and RBIs (7).

Swarthmore is 5-3 overall in 2007 and will open up Centennial Conference play on April 5 at Ursinus.

COMPLETE MATCH RESULTS

CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Eighth-ranked Sewanee  defeated the Swarthmore women's tennis team 9-0 on the final leg of the Garnet spring break trip to southern California.  Swarthmore slips to 2-2 overall while Sewanee remains undefeated at 7-0.

Sewanee is ranked third in the Atlantic South region while the Garnet are currently ranked sixth.

The marquee match occurred at No. 1 singles where Sewanee's Gabriela Carhavlo, ranked second in the Atlantic South region in singles, handed Swarthmore's Sonya Reynolds '07, fifth in the region, her first loss of the spring by a score of 6-0, 6-4.

The Garnet, the two-time defending Cetennial Conference champion, open up the 2007 Conference slate on Wed., March 21 at Byrn Mawr.  Swarthmore, ranked 19th in the latest FILA ITA rankings, will take on the Owls at 3:30 p.m. and return home on Saturday, March 24 to face Gettysburg at 1:00 p.m.

GAME BOX SCORE

DENVER, Colo. --Sophomore Marissa Schaffer scored four goals and freshman goalie Allison Grein made 10 saves as the Swarthmore women's lacrosse team lost its first game of the season, a 14-12 decision to Division II-opponent Regis College Saturday afternoon. 

The Rangers (4-3) were led by Jen Gunlikson with a game-high six goals while Amanda Ponzer added three scores.  Regis led 8-6 at halftime with both teams recording 13 shots.

Swarthmore controlled 11 draws to Regis' five, led by sophomore Anna de Regt's four draw controls.  The Garnet out-shot the Rangers 30-24 on the afternoon while Regis led the ground ball category, 36-26.

It was the second four-goal game of the season for Schaffer, who took eight shots and converted her only free-position attempt.  Grein replaced Swarthmore starting goalie Susannah Blair, who developed an injury ten minutes into the game and posted a career-best 10 saves.

Garnet senior Athena Samaras notched her first hat-trick of the season while Megan Sanborn '08 and de Regt chipped in two scores.

The Garnet (3-1) will make their 2007 home debut on Thursday, March 22 when second-ranked Gettysburg comes to Clothier Field for a 5:00 p.m. contest.

MEET RESULTS

MIAMI, Fla.-- Freshman Nyika Corbett finished sixth in the 3000 as the Swarthmore outdoor track & field team opened the 2007 season at the Hurricane Invitational hosted by the University of Miami.

Junior Ross Weller ran at a separate event, the Willie Williams Classic hosted by the University of Arizona, taking third place in the steeplechase with a time of 10:00.96.

Back in Miami, Corbett was the top Division III finisher in her event, posting a time of 10:49.04 to take sixth place among 28 participants.
Mullarkey clocked in at 1:03.23 in the 400 meter event and then put up 1:08.91 in the intermediate hurdles. Freshman Taylor Rhodes also ran strong on Saturday, breaking the 30-second barrier at 200 meters.

For the men, Connor Darby '09 ran the 800 in under two minutes (1:59.60) while senior Matt Schiller ran 400 meters in a time of 51.87.

The Garnet resume competition on March 31st at the Danny Curran Invite hosted by Widener University.