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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Swarthmore junior midfielder Megan Sanborn scored the game-winning goal with 35 seconds left as the visiting Garnet defeated Colorado College 11-10 in non-conference women's lacrosse action Thursday afternoon at Stewart's Field.

The Garnet (3-0) held a 10-6 lead with eight minutes remaining when the Tigers rallied for four consecutive scores to knot the game at 10-all with 1:59 on the clock.  After taking a stick to the head, Sanborn converted the free-position attempt to put Swarthmore in front.  Sophomore defender Melissa Grigsby gathered the final draw control and the Garnet ran out the clock to remain undefeated.

Sanborn had two goals, an assist, four ground balls and three draw controls while senior Catherine Crawford and freshman Abbe Mueller added three goals apiece.

Swarthmore goalie Susannah Blair made six saves as the Garnet held a 25-22 edge in the shot category.

Swarthmore concludes the trip with a 2:00 p.m. game at Regis College on Saturday, March 17.

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Garnet junior Katherine Gold had five hits and was named to the All-Tournament team as Swarthmore swept a pair of games from Hood on the final day of competition at the Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament hosted by Savannah College of Art and Design Thursday.  Swarthmore (5-2) won the morning affair 4-1 and then came back to rout the Blazers 10-0 in the afternoon.

Gold sizzled in the first game, going a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs.  Senior captain Kelly Siano added three hits, including a double and run scored while freshman Kathryn Riley was 2-for3 with her second home run of the young season. 

Riley posted another commanding performance on the mound, limiting Hood (a participant in the 2006 NCAA Division III Tournament) to one unearned run on two hits with five strikeouts for her second complete-game victory.

The afternoon contest between the two schools was a truncated affair—the Garnet offense

Siano went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs while Gold added a 1-for-2 effort with an RBI and two runs scored.  Riley was 1-for-1 officially after getting hit by a pitch twice while contributing a double and two runs.

Junior Emily Walz tossed five shutout innings while holding the Blazers to three hits for her first win of the season.

Swarthmore is scheduled to play its home opener on Tuesday, March 20 at 3:00 p.m. against Wesley (DE).

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Christine Sendelsky '08 drilled a two-run single in the sixth inning and classmate Alexandra Zelaski pitched a complete-game as Swarthmore defeated Haverford 7-4 at the Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design. 

Sendelsky and Ashley Brandt '07 both had two hits and senior Kelly Siano added a two-run double in the fourth.  The Garnet (3-2) dropped a 3-1 decision earlier to Missouri Baptist, an NAIA school.

Haverford scored two runs on four hits in the second inning but the Garnet came back to tie the game in the bottom of the third as Brandt led off the inning with a single, stole a base and came around to score Michele Perch's ground ball to the right side. 

Sendelsky got on base in the fourth with a single and junior Katherine Gold got plunked by the Fords' pitcher.  Siano brought both runners home with a double, putting Swarthmore in front 4-2. 

Haverford tied the score once again in the top of the sixth before Sendelsky drove home freshman Michelle Perch and Brandt to give the Garnet the final margin 7-4. 

Zelaski tossed all seven innings for her second win of the season, striking out three batters.

SAVANNAH, Ga.  -- Swarthmore freshman Kathryn Riley had three hits, including her first career home run, as the Garnet dropped a pair of games Tuesday at the 2007 Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design.  2006 NCAA Tournament participant Hood downed the Garnet 4-3 in the morning and then Chowan topped Swarthmore 10-5 in the afternoon.

Hood (2-3) picked up three runs in the first inning off Garnet starter Marianne Klingaman, but Riley laced a line drive over the fence in right-centerfield to cut the deficit to 3-1.  The Garnet tied the game, 3-3, in the second inning when Melissa LaVan '07 drove in classmate Kelly Siano and then scored on a Lauren Walker '09 single up the middle.  Hood plated the game-winning run in the fourth when starting pitcher Jamie Gardner helped her cause with an RBI single.

The second game saw the Chowan offense get five runs in the second inning and four more in the third.  Swarthmore showed some offensive firepower of its own with a four-run fifth frame, fueled by a two-run single off the bat of Riley.  

The Garnet were led by a 2-for-4 effort by Riley while Walker contributed two hits in three trips to the plate.

Swarthmore (2-2) continues action at the Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament against Missouri Baptist and Centennial-rival Haverford on Wed., March 14.

CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Swarthmore picked up a big win on Tuesday afternoon, downing 11th-ranked Carnegie Mellon 8-1 on the annual Garnet spring break trip. 

Swarthmore (2-1 overall) exacted revenge on the Tartans (3-1), who brought an end to a 12-match Garnet win streak in 2006 by winning the teams' NCAA Division III Tournament Regional match 5-2.  The win on Saturday could benefit Swarthmore at the end of the season, as CMU is currently ranked fourth in the Atlantic South region with the Garnet sitting in sixth position.

Garnet seniors Sonya Reynolds and Waverly Lutz, sophomore Jennie Park and freshman Rachel Wallwork all picked up wins in doubles and singles action.

Reynolds has won all three of her spring matches in straight sets, including a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Tartans' Amy Stolach (the top-ranked singles player in the Atlantic South region at No. 1 singles.  Reynolds and doubles partner Sara Sargent '07 collected an impressive 8-5 over Stolach and Mona Ayer at No. 1 doubles.  Ayer and Stolach finished third at the 2006 ITA Small College Championships and are currently listed second in the region.  Reynolds and Sargent are ranked second in the Atlantic South.

Swarthmore concludes the Spring Break tour of southern California on Saturday, March 17 when they face eighth-ranked University of the South.

DOUBLES RESULTS

No. 1 - Sonya Reynolds/Sara Sargent (SC) def.  Mona Ayer/Amy Stolach (CMU) 8-5
No. 2 -  Erica Lukoski/Jennie Park (SC) def, Alisa Liebowitz/Andrea Meythaler (CMU) 9-7
No. 3 -  Rachel Wallwork/Waverly Lutz (SC) def. Claire Weiss/Samantha Schultz (CMU) 8-1

SINGLES RESULTS

No. 1 - Reynolds (SC) def. Stolach (CMU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 - Park (SC) def. Ayer (CMU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 -  Wallwork (SC) def. Meythaler 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -  Liebowitz (CMU) def. Sargent (SC) 7-6 (3), 6-3
No. 5 - Lutz (SC) def. Schultz (CMU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
No. 6 -  Jamie Midyette (SC) def. Weiss (CMU) 0-6, 6-3, 6-2

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Eight different Swarthmore players scored as the Garnet opened their spring break trip in Colorado with a resounding 15-1 win over the University of Dallas Tuesday afternoon.  Megan Sanborn '08, Marissa Schaffer '09 and Anna de Regt '09 tallied hat tricks as the Garnet improved to 2-0 on the season.

Sanborn continued to fuel the Garnet offensive attack, controlling the opening draw and take the ball right to the Lady Crusader goal for the opening score at 29:40.  Sanborn followed up with her second score 6:35 later and assisted on de Regt's first goal at 22:33.  The score came just 21 seconds after a goal by Alex Gilbert-Bono, putting Swarthmore out front 4-0. 

De Regt would score two more times in the half as the Garnet dominated the first 30 minutes, taking a 12-0 lead in the halftime. 

Susannah Blair made four saves for Swarthmore in the first half while seeing the Garnet offense out-shoot Dallas 24-5 and convert three of five free-position opportunities.

Sanborn finished the afternoon with three goals, three assists and four draw controls.  Garnet senior Abigail Fischer netted her first collegiate goal in the second half while freshman Hannah Jaicks scored her first two goals.

Freshman Allison Grein played the second half in goal for Swarthmore, posting two saves.  Swarthmore held a 29-9 shot advantage on the game while collecting 13 of the 19 draw controls.

Swarthmore takes on host Colorado College on Thursday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m. before concluding the trip with a 2:00 p.m. game at Regis College on Saturday, March 17.

SCORE BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Swarthmore..........          12  3 - 15
University of Dallas        0  1 -  1

Swarthmore SCORING: GOALS: Megan Sanborn 3; Anna de Regt 3; Marissa
Schaffer 3; Hannah Jaicks 2; Abbe Muller 1; Alex Gilbert-Bono 1;
Athena Samaras 1; Abigail Fischer 1.
ASSISTS: Megan Sanborn 3; Anna de Regt 1; Alex Gilbert-Bono 1; Abbe
Muller 1; Marissa Schaffer 1.

University of Dallas SCORING: GOALS: Meghan Braun 1.
ASSISTS: None.

Swarthmore GROUND BALLS: Alex Gilbert-Bono 4; Anna de Regt 2; Alison
Grein 2; Melissa Grigsby 2; Cary Pietsch 2; Athena Samaras 2;
Catherine Crawford 1.

University of Dallas GROUND BALLS: Mary Sweeney 3; Meghan Braun 1; Liz
Chadwick 1; Becky Harris 1; Laura Jura 1; Jennifer Kunhardt 1; Cindy
Parks 1; Megan Thornell 1; Erika Urban 1.

Swarthmore TURNOVERS CAUSED: Alex Gilbert-Bono 1; Hannah Jaicks 1;
Abbe Muller 1.
University of Dallas TURNOVERS CAUSED: Meghan Braun 2; Liz Chadwick 1;
Laura Jura 1; Cindy Parks 1.

SHOTS - SWAT 29; UD 9.
SHOTS ON GOAL - SWAT 27; UD 7.

TURNOVERS - SWAT 17; UD 22.

FACEOFFS - SWAT 0-0; UD 0-0.

GOALIES - SWAT: Susannah Blair 2-0 (30:00 minutes, 4 shots-4 saves, 0
GA) , Alison Grein (30:00, 3-2, 1); UD: Jennifer Kunhardt 0-3 (60:00,
27-12, 15).

CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Swarthmore senior All-American Sonya Reynolds picked up her second win of the spring as the visiting Garnet lost to fourth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8-1 on Sunday afternoon.

Reynolds, ranked sixth in the Atlantic South Region, made quick work of Claremont's Jessica Nagasako at No. 1 singles winning 6-1, 6-0.  Nagasako is currently ranked fourth in the West Region in the most recent FILA ITA rankings.

The Garnet see their next action during Spring Break against No. 11 Carnegie Mellon on Tues., March 13 at 11:00 a.m.  Swarthmore will put its 30-match Centennial Conference win streak on the line on Saturday, March 21 at 3:30 p.m. when they travel up the road to Bryn Mawr.

DOUBLES RESULTS

No. 1 - Stephanie Hammond/Lisa Steckmest (CMS) def. Sonya Reynolds/Sara Sargent (SC) 8-4
No. 2 -  Yassie Entekabi/Jessica Nagasako (CMS) def. Erica Lukoski/Jennie Park (SC) 8-3
No. 3 -  Jessica Fox/Alison Laygo (CMS) def. Rachel Wallwork/Waverly Lutz (SC) 8-4

SINGLES RESULTS

No. 1 - Reynolds (SC) def. Nagasako (CMS) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 - Entekabi (CMS) def. Park (SC) 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 -  Lisa Steckmest (CMS) def. Marissa Matthews (SC) 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 -  Hammond (CMS) def. Wallwork (SC) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 - Laygo (CMS) def. Sargent (SC) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-4)
No. 6 -  Fox (CMS) def. Lutz (SC) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Senior captain Sam Faeder picked up two hits in the opening game of the 2007 season for the Swarthmore baseball team.  The Garnet (0-2) dropped both ends of a doubleheader with Penn State-Beaver during the annual spring break trip.  The Nittany Lions captured game one 10-3 and then took game two by a score of 15-1.

Faeder, the team's leader in almost every offensive category in 2006, was 2-for-4 in the first game with a run scored and a stolen base.  Classmate Noah Cooper-Harris and Travis Allen '08 also picked up a hit and a run for Swarthmore.

Sophomore outfielder Grant Yoshitsu picked up a hit for the Garnet in the second game of the afternoon.

Swarthmore continues the spring break slate with a contest versus Delaware Valley on Monday, March 12 and then tangles with Mount Saint Vincent on Wed., March 14 at 12:00 p.m.

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HOUSTON, Tex.  -- Swarthmore freshman Anne Miller broke three school records and earned All-America status at the 2007 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships held at the University of Houston this past weekend. 

Miller earned All-America status in both the 100 and 200 butterfly events, becoming the 16th Swarthmore swimmer to achieve the distinction.  The Garnet had 12 All-American swimmers in the 1990s, the last being Ted Sherer '01 in 2000.  The last Swarthmore female swimmer to make All-America was Claire Arbour '00--she qualified in three events in 1997.  Miller is also just the fifth Swarthmore swimmer to make the top-eight in an individual event, joining Robert McKinstry '75, Skye Fulkerson '96, Jill Belding and Sherer.

Miller opened the Championships by breaking a 10-year old school record in the 500 freestyle on Thursday afternoon, swimming to 28th place with a time of 5:11.31.  Miller bested the time set by Arbour in 1997 (5:13.08).

On Friday morning, Miller swam 16th in the 100 fly pre-liminary and then picked up 15th place in the finals, breaking her own 100 fly record with a time of 57.92 (her old mark was 58.21).

Saturday saw more success for Miller as she qualified for the 200 butterfly championship finals with the sixth-best time (2:06.08).  This time broke the previous Swarthmore record of 2:08.33 set by All-American Jill Belding '99 in 1996.  Miller was stellar in the final event, taking fifth place (the best individual finish ever for a Swarthmore swimmer at nationals) with a time of 2:04.44, lowering her school record once again.

Miller now owns a part of five school records and picked up three gold medals plus a bronze at the 2007 Centennial Conference Championships.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Swarthmore softball team continued to take down milestones, winning its season opener for the first time in 16 years after sweeping a doubleheader at Catholic University on Saturday afternoon. 

Freshman Kathryn Riley made a formidable start to her collegiate career, tossing a complete-game shutout in the first game as Swarthmore won 3-0.  Riley allowed only three hits and fanned five batters to pick up her first collegiate win, leading Swarthmore to a season-opening win for the first time since a 3-1 win over Fordham in 1991.  Shortstop Katherine Gold '08 led the offense with a two-hit, two-RBI effort while returning All-Region performer Christine Sendelsky '09 chipped in a double and a single.

The Garnet used a five-run fourth inning to blow open the second game, supporting a strong pitching effort by starter Alexandra Zelaski '09 (four innings, K) and senior Marianne Klingaman.  Senior Kelly Siano was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with a walk, RBI and two runs scored while Riley went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

The Garnet head off to Georgia this week for the Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design.  Swarthmore opens tournament against Mississippi Baptist on Tues., March 13 at 2:00 p.m., followed by a 4:00 p.m. affair with Chowan.  Swarthmore is scheduled to make its 2007 home debut on Tuesday, March 20 when Wesley (DE) comes to Clothier Fields for a 3:00 p.m. twinbill.