Athletics News

PHILADELPHIA - Swarthmore senior guard Chris Casey has been named Sam Cozen Player of the Week by the Philadelphia Area Small College Coaches Association, announced Tuesday at the bi-weekly luncheon on the campus of the University of Sciences in Philadelphia.

Casey and the Sam Cozen Player of the Week plaque.

Casey, an economics and psychology double major, has started all 17 games this season at point guard for the Garnet.  He helped engineer a 10-point second-half comeback at Franklin & Marshall on January 13, shooting a perfect 3 of 3 from the floor (including 2 of 2 from three-point land) while collecting a game-high five assists and five steals.  A two-time team captain, Casey leads the Centennial Conference with a 2.48 assist-to-turnover ratio and ranks third with 3.35 assists per game (a career-best) while averaging 32.4 minutes per game (sixth-most in the Conference). 

Casey has appeared in 86 games at Swarthmore, making 42 starts.  One of the best guards to wear the Garnet uniform, Casey is fourth all-time at Swarthmore with 102 career steals and fifth with 225 career assists. 

The Cozen Award is named in honor of legendary Drexel and Overbrook High head men's basketball coach Sam Cozen. While at Drexel, Cozen boasted a 213-94 record, while winning 11 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships and making four NCAA appearances.  Cozen's college coaching career overlapped for two years with his tenure at Overbrook (1947-54), where he captured five Philadelphia Public League championships while directing legendary players such as Wilt Chamberlain and Hal Lear.

Swarthmore (7-10 overall, 4-6 Centennial) will play a pair of crucial Centennial games this week, traveling to Washington (Md.) College on Wednesday, Jan. 24 for a 7:30 p.m. contest before returning home to Tarble Pavilion to face Dickinson College on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 4:00 p.m.

COMPLETE MEN'S RESULTS

COMPLETE WOMEN'S RESULTS

NEWARK, Del. - Senior Nat Erb-Satullo, freshman Andrew Van Buren and sophomore Cait Mullarkey registered personal-best times at the University of Delaware Winter Meet in Delaware Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon.

Erb-Satullo ran 9:33.97 in the 3,000 meters and Van Buren threw down his best time in the mile (4:49.22), finishing just behind junior Jon Shoop (4:48.80).

On the women's side, Mullarkey finished third out of six runners in the second division of the 400 meters.  The sophomore posted a time of 1:03.82, which was better than five Division I/II performers in the other division.  Freshman Mariel Feigen ran a strong 60 meter hurdles with a time of 10.98 while classmate Margot Adams posted a time of 8.99 in the 60 meter dash.

The Garnet hit Haverford College on Saturday, January 27 for the McElligott Invitational at 11:00 a.m.

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SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Ursinus senior Mary Kate Daley scored a team-high 19 points to lead the Bears past Swarthmore 67-55 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball action on Saturday in Tarble Pavilion.  In a game that features the two top scorers in the CC, Garnet junior forward Karen Berk stays on top with 21 points and 14 rebounds for her fifth consecutive double-double--13th of the season.

Eight other players scored for the Bears (8-7, 5-4 CC), including nine points apiece from Sarah Hennessey and Kate McMahon to help Ursinus complete the regular-season sweep of the Garnet (4-12, 1-10 CC).  

With just a four-point lead at halftime, the Bears managed to outscore Swarthmore 37-29 on 50 percent shooting from the floor in the second to record their fifth conference win of the season.

Ursinus did not waste anytime after the break, darting out to a 10-point lead on layups from Molly Guntli  and Carolyn Konstanzer combined with a three-point from Hennessey to make it 37-27 in the first two minutes.

The Garnet got within two on three occasions with the last coming at the 9:52 mark after Costello drained a trey at 44-42.

Ursinus' three-point shooting helped get back its double-digit lead, getting two from McMahon and one from Daley. Dana Alf then drove in for two straight layups to make it 59-48 with 5:03 left to play.

The first half proved to be a sea-saw battle with eight lead changes and two ties. The Bears grabbed the early lead with a jumper from Daley and Hennessey, while Stephanie Cavalier made her first of two from the line for a 5-0 edge.

Swarthmore used a 5-0 spurt of its own to knot it at 5-all thanks to a jumper by Lisa Schumacher and Berk's three-point play.  Konstanzer made one in the paint to regain the lead momentarily, but Costello nailed a three-pointer for an 8-7 advantage.

Ursinus pulled ahead 17-14 behind six points from Daley and a good trey from Laura Krieger. The Garnet responded with a 6-0 run, taking a 20-17 lead. Berk went to the line twice and made all four free throws, while senior Jessica Fuhr connected on a layup with 7:39 left in the half.

Neither team held more than a three-point lead until the final five minutes of the half. Laura Popovics '08 hit two from the charity stripe to put Swarthmore up 24-19, but Daley started an 11-2 run for the Bears with three straight baskets to help the Bears to end the half with a 30-26 lead. 

Berk was 9 of 11 from the free throw line and now only needs 30 points to amass 1,000 for her career.  Freshman forward Pam Costello went 3-for-5 from behind the arc for 11 points.   Fuhr ended the night with 10 points and two steals while guard Melissa Grigsby handed out a game-high five assists.

The Garnet return to action on Tuesday, January 23 when the team travels to the Main Line to face Bryn Mawr at 7:00 p.m.

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SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Nick Shattuck netted the game-winning free throw with 7.3 seconds left in the game to lift Ursinus over Swarthmore 70-67 in Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball action on Saturday. Swarthmore's Steve Wolf registered a game-high 25 points, going 8-for-11 from the free-throw line. Ian McCormick chipped in with 15 points and eight rebounds in the losing effort.

Shattuck scored 21 of his team-high 23 points in the second half, including 13 in the final seven minutes of the game to help the Bears (10-6, 7-2 CC) erase a 15-point deficit and defeat the Garnet (7-10, 4-6 CC) for the second time this season.

The Bears' John Noonan secured the victory with the final two free throws of the game, finishing with 15 points. Will Furey and Matt Fabian were also in double figures, scoring 12 and 10 points, respectively, for Ursinus.       

The Garnet opened up the second half on blistering pace, clicking off an 11-1 run mid-way thru to assume its largest lead of the night, 51-36, at 11:05.  Wolf accounted for seven of the points in the spurt.  Swarthmore held a 56-46 with 7:57 remaining in the game, but the momentum quickly changed and Ursinus steadily made its comeback.

 The Bears forced two quick Garnet turnovers, allowing Shattuck to go to the line for one and setting up Fabian's layup to make it 58-53. After an Ursinus timeout, Shattuck made it a two-point game with a three-pointer.

 McCormick's layup put Swarthmore up 60-56, but Shattuck connected on two from the charity stripe and Noonan got a basket after a steal to knot the game at 60-all.

 Furey nailed a jumper just inside the arc at 63-61 and McCormick completed a three-point play with a jumper and free throw at the 1:43 mark for a 64-63 lead.

Over the next 45 seconds, Shattuck sandwiched two jumpers in between a lay-up from Swarthmore junior guard Matt Kurman for a 67-66 advantage. Wolf got fouled shooting a three-pointer and made the middle shot for the game's eight tie at 67-all.

With the game tied, Shattuck was fouled and made the second of two shots from the charity stripe while Noonan added two more from the line with less than a second on the clock to give Ursinus its seventh conference.

The Bears started the game with a 4-2 lead on two baskets from Furey, but went on an 11-4 spurt to take the lead that would not relinquish in the half. Garnet senior captain Chris Casey made his shot from behind the arc and Wolf recorded the next eight points on his own to make it 13-7 with 10:46 remaining.

Ursinus battled back and knotted the game at 21-all after Noonan got two from the line and Remy Cousart drained a three-pointer.

Casey made the steal and drove in for the lay-up to give Swarthmore a 25-23 edge with 2:32 left. From there, the Garnet went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line and Matt Allen recovered from two missed shots to make a lay-up at the buzzer for a 31-25 halftime lead.

Wolf shot 8 of 13 from the field and 8 of 11 from the line to tally his second-highest point total of the season. Casey added eight points, six rebounds, two assists and a steal in 39 minutes

The Garnet return to action on Wednesday at Washington. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

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SWARTHMORE, PA - Haverford freshman forward Sara Cram registered a career-high 17 points and grabbed five rebounds to lift visiting Haverford past rival host Swarthmore, 73-46, Wednesday evening in Centennial Conference women's basketball action. Haverford improves to 3-10 overall and 2-6 in the Centennial, while Swarthmore falls to 4-11 and 1-9.

Garnet forward Karen Berk '08 led all players with a season-high 25 points along with 15 rebounds in the game, good for her 12th double-double of the season. Berk scored the Garnet's first 12 points of the game, and has now registered double-digit scoring performances in 18 straight games.  The junior center is just 51 points from becoming the 7th Garnet woman to accumulate 1,000 career marks.

The Fords and Garnet fought an even battle over the first 11 minutes of the game. Down 14-13, the Fords went on a 14-3 run to pull ahead, 27-17 with 4:30 left in the first half. Swarthmore closed to within six points, 27-21, after senior Jess Fuhr hit two free throws with 4:00 left.  Haverford was able to extend its lead back to ten points, outscoring Swarthmore 10-6 in the final four minutes of the period, taking a 37-27 advantage into the locker room. Haverford shot 40.6% from the field in the first half and committed only seven turnovers, while Swarthmore shot 32.3% while turning the ball over ten times.

Haverford opened the second half with a 14-3 run over the first five minutes, extending its lead to 54-30. Sophomore guard Kathleen Abels had eight points, including two three-pointers over that stretch. Haverford's defensive presence was shown in the second half, as Haverford held Swarthmore to 20% shooting from the field in the second half, cruising to the 73-46 win.

In addition to Cram's 17 points, the Fords had three other players tally double-digit point totals. Senior guard Abby Scattergood had 15 points in the game, while sophomore forward Brittany Lattisaw and Abels had 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Swarthmore freshman guard Maggie DeLorme excited the crowd late in the second half, athletically finishing a fast-break lay-up plus the ensuing foul shot.  It was the first career points for DeLorme, who followed up three minutes later with her first collegiate three-pointer.  She finished with six points in eight minutes of action.

The win snaps a 17-game Haverford losing streak against Swarthmore. Prior to tonight, the Fords last bested the Garnet 57-45 back in 1998.

Swarthmore will play host to Ursinus on Saturday, January 20 at 2:00 p.m.

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SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Junior guard Matt Kurman hit his second game-winning jump shot in as many games, this one coming with 11.8 seconds remaining to pull host Swarthmore over visiting Haverford, 51-50, Wednesday evening in Centennial Conference men's basketball action.  Classmate Ian McCormick led all players with a season-high 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the floor and 12 rebounds.

The Garnet (7-9 overall, 4-5 CC) run its win streak to three straight over the Fords--the best run since 1996-97. 

Swarthmore jumped out to a 16-8 lead eight and a half minutes into the game on a layup by junior guard Noam Fliegelman. Haverford sophomore Matt Stitt pulled the Fords back within five points, 16-11, after draining a three-pointer, but an 8-0 run over the next four minutes extended the Garnet's lead to 13 points, 24-11, with 6:17 left in the half. Haverford was able to cut its deficit down to nine points at halftime, 31-22. With Brown picking up two early fouls, Swarthmore was able to outscore Haverford by a 14-4 margin in the paint in the half.

Haverford roared back into the game after the halftime break. The Fords opened the second half with a 9-2 run over the first 5:48 to pull within 33-32. Sophomore guard Greg Rosnick hit a three-pointer with 13:20 remaining to pull the Fords even with the Garnet, 35-35.  Sophomore forward Ben McDowell hit a three-pointer to give the Fords their first lead of the game, 40-38, midway through the second half.

With 2:00 to go, Brown hit a turnaround jumper in the paint to put the Fords up 50-49. Swarthmore junior Ian McCormick missed the front end of a one and one to give Haverford the ball back with 1:20 to play. With the shot clock winding down, senior guard Mike Fratangelo missed a three-pointer, but followed up his shot and pulled down the rebound. After Haverford used up the reset shot clock, McDowell missed a three-pointer. Sophomore forward Brent Anderson grabbed another offensive rebound for Haverford. With 24.2 seconds left, Rosnick was fouled but missed the front end of the one and one. McCormick grabbed the rebound, and with 11.8 seconds left on the clock Kurman nailed the game-winning jumper from the top of the circle, leading Swarthmore to the 51-50 win.

McCormick has now tallied six double-doubles on the season.  Kurman finished the game with 12 points for Swarthmore--the junior.

Senior forward Ray Brown registered a team-high 15 points and seven rebounds in only 23 minutes in the losing effort for the Fords.

Both teams grabbed 31 rebounds in the game. Haverford committed only ten turnovers to Swarthmore's 16. The Fords shot 37.3% in the game to the Garnet's 46.3%.

Swarthmore (7-9, 4-5) hosts defending Centennial Champion Ursinus on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 4:00 p.m.

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LANCASTER, Pa. - Swarthmore junior guard Matt Kurman banked in a running one-hander with one second left to send the Garnet to its first win at Franklin & Marshall in 35 years.  Kurman led the team with 13 points and senior guard Dillon McGrew scored 10 crucial points as Swarthmore rallied down 10 points midway through the second half for a 73-71 Centennial Conference victory Saturday afternoon.

The last Garnet win in Lancaster was a 68-62 victory in 1972--Swarthmore sweeps the season series for the first time (teams began playing twice in 1994-95) and now owns a three-game win streak over F&M for the first time since 1972 (Garnet won four in a row from 1968-69 to 1971-1972)..

Kurman's shot capped a Swarthmore rally that erased an 11-point halftime deficit. Franklin & Marshall still held a ten-point lead with half of the second period to play, but a four-minute 11-2 run got the Garnet within a point. McGrew put a bow on the run with 6:11 showing, knocking down a three as the shot clock waned to make it 55-54, still in favor of F&M. Adam Leonard responded with a three to make it a four-point Diplomats' lead.
 
F&M stretched it back to five briefly on a Logan Outerbridge lay-up. He completed the three-point play making it 61-56. Back-to-back doubles by Raul Ordonez cut it back to one, 61-60, with 3:30 left in the game before F&M again benefited from an old-fashioned three-point play from Brandon Chasen to make it 64-60.
 
Swarthmore finally claimed its first lead of the game with 1:46 left when McGrew picked off a floating pass by Chasen and finished the fast break with a streaking lay-up. A Derek Hines put-back on a Chasen trey recaptured F&M's lead, 69-68, with 1:12 left. McGrew once again answered, this time with a three-pointer that was answered six seconds later by another Hines lay-up drawing the squads even at 71 per side with 30 ticks.
 
Playing for the last shot, Swarthmore ran 29 seconds off of the clock before Kurman delivered the game-winning basket. An F&M desperation play resulted in a turnover as the clock expired.
 
McGrew finished the game with ten points, nine of which were scored in the second half. Evan Hamme led all scorers with 16 points to go along with six rebounds. Hines scored 13 and pulled down a game-high seven rebounds. In addition to Kurman and McGrew's double-figures in the scoring column, Swarthmore got 11 points from Ian McCormick and Steve Wolf.
 
After hitting 18 of 32 shots from the field in the first half, Franklin & Marshall connected on just 12 of 30 shots in the second half. Swarthmore hit on 10 of 25 first half shots, but hung around with a five of eight effort from three-point range. The second half shooting by the Garnet hit at a 64 percent rate (a season-best) as Swat knocked down 16 of 25 field goals.

The first half had plenty of action--Wolf re-bounded a Sean Johnson miss from three-point land and scored the put-back to cut F&M's early lead to 11-9 at 15:48.  The Diplomats answered on the ensuing possession with a lay-up by Brandon Chasen but Swarthmore's Matt Kurman hit a deep three-pointer to make it a one-point game at 14:57.

F&M (6-9 overall, 5-3 CC) scored the next seven points to grab a 20-12 lead following a jumper by Evan Hamme.  The home team continued to force the ball inside with Garnet 6-8 center Ian McCormick, second in the Centennial with 2.3 blocks per game, saddled with foul trouble.  The lead grew to 11 at the 5:54 mark on a Patrick Carney jumper. 

Swarthmore stayed within striking distance with deadly shooting form three-point.  Triples by Kurman (this one from NBA range), junior Noam Fliegelman, senior Chris Casey, and Wolf got the Garnet within 38-31 with 1:07 left.  The Diplomats got two quick baskets, the last coming on a fast-break lay-up by Chasen, to take a 42-31 lead into the break.

Wolf led the Garnet with nine points in the first half while Yost paced F&M with nine marks of his own.

Casey, Swarthmore's team captain, played a crucial part in the win, scoring eight points on 3 of 3 shooting with five assists and a season-high five steals in 39 minutes.  Casey, the point guard, leads the Centennial with a 3.10 assist-to-turnover ratio and is handing out a career-best 3.5 assists per game.  With his five steals on Saturday, Casey jumps to fifth all-time in school history with 101 career thefts. 

Swarthmore will return home on Wed., Jan. 17 when bitter rival Haverford comes to Tarble Pavilion for an 8:00 p.m. game.

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LANCASTER, Pa.  - F&M senior forward Brittany Braxton had 17 points and 11 rebounds while sophomore guard Sarah Meisenberg chipped in 13 points and four assists as the Diplomats rolled to a 71-54 win over visiting Swarthmore in Centennial women's basketball Saturday afternoon in the Mayser Center.  Swarthmore junior center Karen Berk had game-highs of 24 points and 13 rebounds while freshman guard Lisa Schumacher scored a career-best 14 points.

The Diplomats (4-9 overall, 3-4 CC) jumped out to an early 16-7 following a lay-up by freshman guard Sara Wolman at 12:39.  The F&M women continued to apply full-court pressure, ripping off a 12-4 run to push the lead to 17 at the 5:21; freshman guard Faith Meisenberg buried a jumper to put the home team up 28-11. 

F&M had a 19-17 edge on the boards in the first 20 minutes and shot a blistering 57.7% from the floor, taking a commanding 42-22 lead into halftime.  Sarah Meisenberg was a perfect 7 of 7 from the charity stripe to lead all scorers at the break with 13 points.  Schumacher and Berk paced Swarthmore (4-10 overall, 1-8 CC) with eight points apiece in the first half.

A Miriam Marcis lay-up at 10:49 left in the game gave the Diplomats their largest lead of the night, 57-35.  Swarthmore would not get closer than 15 points as F&M shot 50% from the field and had four scorers hit double digits.

Braxton shot 6 of 9 from the field and 5 of 7 from the free throw line, while picking up double-figures in rebounds for the seventh time this season.  Marcis added 11 points and three assists for the Diplomats while sophomore Amanda Miceli chipped in 10 points.

Berk notched her 11th double-double of the season, tops in the Centennial, adding four steals and three blocks in the process.  Schumacher knocked down three triples, also a career-high, while sophomore guard Melissa Grigsby contributed six points for Swarthmore.

Swarthmore returns home to Tarble Pavilion for its next contest, a 6:00 p.m. game against historical rival Haverford College on Wednesday, January 17.

COMPLETE RESULTS

NEW YORK - The Swarthmore indoor track & field team opened up the second semester by competing in the 2007 NYC Gotham Cup at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory in Manhattan Friday afternoon.

Swarthmore sophomore Cait Mullarkey was the top Division III finisher in the women's unseeded 800 meters, posting the tenth-best time (2:23.25) out of 40 competitors.  Sophomore Emma Stanley ran a strong race in the unseeded mile, placing 23rd out of 41 runners in a time of 5:35.62 (good for fourth best among Division III competition).

On the men's side, junior Ross Weller ran 19th out of 58 runners in the unseeded mile, posting a time of 4:27.81.   Senior Matt Schiller clocked in at 53.68 in the 400 meters and sophomore Dan Hodson was 32nd out 55 runners at 800 meters, also unseeded.

The Garnet travel to the University of Delaware for their next meet, scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 20.

GAME BOX SCORE

SWARTHMORE, Pa.  - The Gettysburg women's basketball team opened up an 18-point lead at half and never looked back on their way to a 71-38 Centennial victory at Swarthmore Thursday afternoon in Tarble Pavilion.  Courtney Fields led the Bullets (9-5 overall, 6-2 CC) with 15 points while Nicole Dobranski added 12 points and seven rebounds.  Swarthmore junior Karen Berk took top scoring honors for the Garnet (4-9 overall, 1-7 CC) with 13 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

Gettysburg scored the first eight points of the first half, using a three-quarter court press to turn the Garnet over. The Bullets extended the advantage to 18-4 at 14:34 following a Megan Hartman jumper.

The Garnet responded with five unanswered points on a three-pointer by junior guard Laura Popovics and two free throws by Berk to cut the lead to 18-9 Gettysburg at 11:44.  It would be as close as Swarthmore would come as this afternoon.  Gettysburg continued to convert turnovers into points, building a lead that grew as large as 20 (37-17, 3:59) at one point, taking a 39-21 advantage into the break.

The Bullets shot 44.7% in the first half and were led by Dobranski with 10 points on 5 of 5 shooting and Hartman chipped in eight points.  Berk led Swarthmore with nine points and nine rebounds while also collecting two blocks and two steals.

The second half saw effective defensive pressure by Gettysburg and the visiting team rode a commanding lead on the backboards (59-34) to a key conference win.  10 different players scored for the Bullets, including 10 points, five rebounds, and five assists from Hartman.

Popovics came off the bench for Swarthmore to put in a season-high 11 points and three steals while senior Jess Fuhr added eight points and three assists.  Berk collected her Centennial-leading 10th double-double  of the season, shooting 9 of 11 from the free throw line while adding three blocks---the junior leads the Centennial with 2.3 blocks per game.

The Garnet travel to Lancaster, Pa. on Saturday, January 13 for a 2:00 p.m game at Franklin & Marshall.