Athletics News

GAME BOX SCORE

NEWARK, Nj. -  The Garnet women's soccer team remained undefeated in non-conference action thanks to freshman Katie Kanuka's seventh game-winning goal of the season in a 3-2 double overtime win at Rutgers-Newark on Monday evening.    Swarthmore improves to 10-3-1 overall with the victory.

The 10 wins marks the third time in school history the Garnet women have hit a double-digit victory total, the last coming in 2002 (10-9).

Swarthmore had a 1-0 lead at the conclusion of the first half thanks to junior Danielle Tocchet's second score of the season.  Garnet freshman midfielder Julia Luongo chipped a ball into the center of the Scarlet Raiders' box and Tocchet put the ball away at 32:39.

Rutgers-Newark (6-9) tied the contest up in the 62nd minute - Alex Gastulo scored her first goal of the season by sending a deep, looping shot over Swarthmore goalkeeper Lauren Walker's head and off the far post.  The goal brought an end to Walker's impressive scoreless streak at 385:17.

The Scarlet Raiders took a 2-1 lead 11 minutes later, curling in another long shot that bent into the left corner of the net at 72:44.

The Swarthmore women did not let Rutgers-Newark enjoy the lead for very long - freshman midfielder Maggie DeLorme netted the equalizer at 77:07, finishing off a cross from Luongo.  The goal is the first collegiate score for DeLorme and the fifth scored by a Swarthmore freshman this season.

The Garnet thought they had the game won in the last tick of regulation - Kanuka finished off a mad rush by putting the ball in the net in the last second only to see the referee rule that time had expired and the two teams would go to extra time.  Swarthmore had a second potential game-winner waved off in overtime - senior forward Natalie Negrey finished off a ball that had found its way through the scrum in front of the net but a foul had been committed before the score, keeping the game knotted at 2-2.

Kanuka ended the affair for good in the 108th minute of action, finishing off a cross from Negrey into the left side of the goal.  It is Kanuka's team-leading 14th goal of the season, putting her in a tie for the Centennial lead with Dickinson's Lisa Nichols.  It is also Kanuka's seventh game-winning goal of the season, breaking the Centennial Conference record of six previously held by Alyssa Carlow of Dickinson (2002).

Negrey's assist was her fifth of the season, putting her in a tie at the top of the Centennial with teammate Luongo.

Swarthmore held a 26-15 shot advantage (including 5-0 in overtime) and took nine corners to Rutgers-Newark's three.  The Garnet shot accuracy continued on Monday night - Swarthmore put 13 of the 26 shots on net.

Walker made five saves in net for Swarthmore to improve to 5-0-1 on the season; Scarlet Raiders' goalie Katie Hastings made 10 saves of the home side.

Swarthmore returns home on Wednesday, Oct. 18 for another non-conference match - this one being a 5:00 p.m. contest with Chestnut Hill.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -  The Garnet women's soccer team score twice in the second half as Swarthmore won its second consecutive Centennial game, 2-0 over visiting McDaniel on a chilly Saturday evening at Clothier Field.  Swarthmore pushes its record to 9-3-1 overall and 5-3 in the conference while the Green Terror slip to 5-8 overall and 3-4 in the Centennial.

Swarthmore stands in a three-way tie for second place in the Centennial Conference standings with 2005 champion Dickinson and Gettysburg (12th-ranked Johns Hopkins is first with 21 points).  The Garnet will host their two remaining Centennial games (Dickinson on Oct. 21 and Haverford on Oct. 28) at Clothier Field - Swarthmore is 6-1-1 at home this season.

The Garnet controlled much of the action in the first half, out-shooting McDaniel 15-1 and taking four corners.

Swarthmore broke up the scoreless tie in the 62nd minute on the remnants of a free kick from midfielder Julia Luongo '10.  Garnet senior midfielder Kasie Groom was taken down just outside the box on the left side of the field.  Luongo bent the free kick towards the far post where the ball bounced past diving Green Terror keeper Michelle Mullen and ricocheted of the post.  Swarthmore freshman forward Caitlin O'Neil found the ball headed her way and volleyed a rocket into the back of the net for her second goal in as many games.

The Garnet added a second goal 12 minutes later when freshman defender Eileen Earl caught Mullen off her line and drilled the ball into the top shelf from 25 yards out.  It is her first collegiate goal.

Swarthmore held a 27-1 shot advantage on the evening, getting 12 chances on net. 

Sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Walker '09, out with a hand injury the last month, made her return in with a third consecutive shutout (fourth of the season).  Walker has allowed only one goal in 470 minutes of action this season, registering a goals against average of 0.19 - tops in the Centennial.

The Garnet will travel to New Jersey on Monday, Oct. 16 for the next match - a 7:00 p.m. game at Rutgers-Newark.  Swarthmore returns home on Wednesday, Oct. 18 for another non-conference match - this one being a 5:00 p.m. contest with Chestnut Hill.

BALTIMORE, Md. - 11th-ranked Johns Hopkins extended its shutout streak to eight games, keeping the Garnet men's soccer team off the board with a 2-0 Centennial victory Saturday afternoon.  The Blue Jays improve to 13-1 overall and 6-0 in the conference while Swarthmore slips to 8-4-1 and 3-3 in the Centennial. 

The game was scoreless through the first 56 minutes when Blue Jays junior Mo Hamzeh notched his second goal of the season by banging the ball of the far right post.

Hopkins put up an insurance goal at 81:20 - Max Venker finished off freshman Nick Kosik's cross for his third score of the season.

Swarthmore freshman goalkeeper Zach Weimar made seven saves while Blue Jays counterpart Danny Coble posted his 10th shutout of the season.

Swarthmore resumes play on Wednesday, Oct. 18 when they host Alvernia in non-conference action at 7:00 p.m.

HAVERFORD, Pa. - Swarthmore runners Nyika Corbett '10, Emma Stanley '09, and Erin Ronhovde '10 all earned All-Tournament status as the Garnet placed second at the 2006 Seven Sisters Championship hosted by Bryn Mawr on Saturday morning.  The three-mile race was moved to the campus of Haverford College due to heavy rain and poor conditions at Rose Tree Park.

Swarthmore scored 74 points to edge defending champion Wellesley (75 pts.) for second place - Haverford placed seven runners in the top-20 to win the team title.

Corbett led the Swarthmore contingent home, finishing in fifth place with a time of 18:31 over the three-mile loop.  Stanley earned her second consecutive All-Tournament selection with a seventh-place finish (18:37) while Ronhovde rolled in ninth place (18:40).

Wellesley's Clare Egan won the individual title with a time of 17:54, becoming the first Blue runner in 12 years to take first in the Seven Sisters race.

The Garnet will train through the next week for the Centennial Championship Meet on Sat., Oct. 28.  The race will be run in Carlisle, Pa. with a start time of 11:00 a.m.

COMPLETE RESULTS

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Swarthmore senior Vernon Chaplin and junior Ross Weller ran in the top ten at the 8K DeSales Invitational on Saturday morning in the final tune-up for the Garnet before the Centennial Conference Championship Meet.

Swarthmore finished in third as a team, putting five runners in the top 50, collecting 96 points to finish behind Muhlenberg (45 pts.) and Salisbury (61 pts.).

Chaplin ran third out of 191 competitors, finishing just 14 seconds behind winner Alexis Mercado from Muhlenberg.  Chaplin completed the course in a time of 26:44.76 and Weller followed close behind in seventh place with a time of 27:05.19.

Sophomore Erik Saka was the next Garnet runner to cross, finishing 12th in a time of 27:24.97.   Dan Hodgson '09 ran 35th with a time of 28:15.11 while Nat Erb-Satullo '07 hit for 44th with a time of 28:36.70.

The Garnet will train through the next week for the Centennial Championship Meet on Sat., Oct. 28.  The race will be run in Carlisle, Pa. with a start time of 11:00 a.m.

GAME BOX SCORE

WESTMINSTER, Md. - Swarthmore freshman Joslyn Young scored her first career game-winner 1:01 into the first overtime, sending the Garnet to 2-1 victory at McDaniel in Centennial field hockey action on a sunny Saturday afternoon. 

The Garnet (9-5 overall, 4-3 Centennial) put a two-game skid to bed and won at McDaniel for the first time since 1999.  Swarthmore is a perfect 4-0 in overtime games this season and has nine wins for the first time since 2000.  The Garnet hold eight points in the race for a coveted Centennial playoff spot with three games remaining.

Swarthmore senior forward Lindsay Roth got the scoring started in the fourth minute of the contest - finishing off a penalty corner feed from classmate Neema Patel at 3:24.  It is Roth's fourth goal of the season, tying a career-high, and the 11th of her career.

The Green Terror (7-7 overall, 4-2 CC) evened the score at 1-1 just two and a half minutes later - Terror senior forward Jamie Nash finished off a pass from Krissy Carls at 5:50.

The two teams battled through over 65 minutes of scoreless action before Young sent everyone home by finishing off a penalty corner in the 72nd minute of the sudden death overtime session.  It is Young's second collegiate goal.

Swarthmore goalie Melissa LaVan made five saves in goal for her fourth win of the season.  McDaniel counterpart Erika Wawzyanick posted four saves.

The Garnet held a slight advantage in shots (9-8) while McDaniel took 13 penalty corners to Swarthmore's 10.

Swarthmore continues its road-tripping quest for a Centennial playoff spot  - the Garnet head to Muhlenberg next Saturday, Oct. 21 and then will hit the Main Line to take on Haverford on Tues., October 29 at 4:00 p.m.  The Garnet conclude the 2006 regular season on Saturday, Oct. 28th with the annual Senior Day celebration against F&M at 1:00 p.m.

MATCH BOX SCORE

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Swarthmore outside hitters Erica George '07 and Jennifer Wang '09 posted double-doubles as the Garnet (11-10, 3-4 CC) fell to Gettysburg 3-1 in Centennial volleyball action Saturday afternoon. 

The Bullets (15-8, 6-1 CC), the eleven-time Centennial champions, won the match by scores of 30-26, 30-22, 25-30, 30-25.  Swarthmore's win in the fourth game is the first time since 1985 that a Garnet team has taken a game from perennial powerhouse Gettysburg.

Gettysburg was led by junior Lauren Thul with 19 kills and 13 digs while senior Caitlyn Barr added 13 kills and four blocks.  Bullets setter Amanda Krampf handed out 51 assists while senior libero Steph Vial collected 35 digs.

George had a team-high 14 kills and 20 digs for her tenth double-double while fellow hitter Wang collected ten kills and also registered 20 digs for her fourth double-double of 2006.  Wang and freshman outside hitter Johanna Bond each had three service aces.  Freshman setter Kearney Bangs handed out 30 assists while junior middle blockers Katherine Gold (six blocks) and Karen Berk (five blocks) led the defense at the net.

Swarthmore travels to Neumann on Tuesday, Oct. 17 for a 7:00 p.m. match and will return to Tarble Pavilion for Senior Night on Thursday, Oct. 19 when Centennial foe F&M comes to town for a 7:00 p.m. match.

COMPLETE DOUBLES DRAW

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Swarthmore seniors Sonya Reynolds and Sara Sargent concluded participation in the doubles competition at the 2006 ITA National Small College Championships - the duo won one of their two matches on the final day to claim sixth place.

By winning the Southeast Regional at the end of September, Reynolds and Sargent earn All-American status for the 2006-07 season.  The duo are the first Swarthmore women to earn the distiction in doubles competition.  Reynolds was also an All-American for singles play in 2004-05.

Reynolds and Sargent began the second day of competition with an exciting victory over Stephanie Hammond and Lisa Steckmest of Claremont-Mudd Scripps.  The Garnet women cruised through the first set 6-0 and then the Athenas came back with a 6-2 win in the second set.  Swarthmore then outlasted the CMS women in the final superset, 12-10, to advance into the fifth place match.

In the fifth-place match, Reynolds and Sargent met up with College of New Jersey's Jackie Shtemberg and Christina Contrafatto.  The Garnet pair won the first set 7-6 (3) but the Lions claimed the final two sets 6-2 and 10-7 to take the match.

The ITA Nationals are the final competition for the Swarthmore women's tennis team in the fall season - the Garnet will open the spring session with a home match against New York University at 12:00 p.m. on February 24.

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FORT MYERS, Fla. -  Garnet seniors Sonya Reynolds and Sara Sargent fell to Amanda Sta. Romana and Elizca Buys of Carthage 7-5, 6-1 in the opening round of doubles competition at the International Tennis Association (ITA) Small College Championships.

Reynolds and Sargent will face Stephanie Hammond and Lisa Steckmest from Claremont Mudd-Scripps at 2:30 on Friday afternoon.

Each small college division of the ITA Small College Champioships, one of the most unique collegiate, features eight singles players and eight doubles teams who earned spots into this national event by winning their respective Wilson/ITA Regional Championships held over the past three weeks throughout the country. All told, nearly 5,000 student-athletes competed in 61 regional tournaments to earn spots in the national event.

CHESTER, Pa. - Widener outside hitter Lauren Albright had a match-high 20 kills as the Pioneers (10-14) defeated Swarthmore 3-2 in non-conference volleyball action Thursday night.  The scores of the match were 24-30, 22-30, 30-23, 30-26, 15-10.

Junior middle blocker Karen Berk led Swarthmore (11-9) with 13 kills while adding four blocks.  Garnet outside hitter Erica George tallied 10 kills and while middle blocker Katherine Gold '08 collected a team-high five blocks. 

Freshman setter Kearney Bangs directed the offense with 39 assists, passing 600 helpers on the season.  Sophomore Jen Wang led the defense with 30 digs in her first start as the libero in 2006.

Swarthmore resumes Centennial action this Saturday, Oct. 14 at 1:00 p.m. when the defending conference champion Gettysburg Bullets visit Tarble Pavilion.