Athletics News

OFFICIAL RESULTS

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Swarthmore men competed in the annual Pop Haddleton race at the 2006 Penn Relays at Franklin Field on Thursday afternoon. 

Running at the 112th edition of the biggest track meet in the country, the quartet of Connor Darby '09, Matt Schiller '07, Tyler Lyson '06, and Dillon McGrew '07 finished ninth with a time of 3:31.10 in a 4x400 meter race named for the legendary Haverford College track and field coach. 

GAME ONE BOX

GAME TWO BOX

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Christine Sendelsky '09 and Katie Gold '08 slugged home runs as the Garnet swept a Centennial Conference doubleheader from Franklin & Marshall on Thursday afternoon at Clothier Fields.  Swarthmore won game one 5-4 and took the second game 4-2, improving to 21-14 overall and 8-6 in the Centennial while the Diplomats fall to 5-32 overall and 1-15 in the Centennial.

The Garnet put themselves in a tie for third in the Centennial Conference standings with Muhlenberg with two games remaining in the 2006 regular season.  Swarthmore needs a split in Sunday's CC doubleheader at McDaniel to ensure their first-ever ticket Centennial Conference playoffs. 

Game one was a tight affair between two of the Centennial's top strike-out artists in the circle, Swarthmore's freshman sensation Alexandra Zelaski (66 K's) and Diplomats sophomore Bonnie Crouthamel (88 K's). 

Both starters matched zeroes until the third inning, when the potent Swarthmore offense got rolling.  Senior outfielder Stephanie Rogan and Procacci walked to lead off the inning, and after two Garnet outs, moved up a base on a wild pitch by Crouthamel.  On a 2-2 offering from Crouthamel, Sendelsky hit a towering drive to deep center field, giving Swarthmore a 3-0 lead with her fourth home run of the season. 

The four dingers in a season puts Sendelsky in a tie with Mary Mintel '05 (2005) and Michelle Walsh '98 (1998) for the most by a Swarthmore player in the last 23 years.

The Diplomats' freshman catcher Lauren Invorvaia showed she could match Sendelsky's pop, smoking the first pitch she saw from Zelaski in the top of the fourth over the center field fence to cut the Garnet lead to 3-1.  Swarthmore made it 4-1 when Procacci drew a one-walk, the 100th base on balls of her career, and scored on Katie Gold's RBI single to left.

F&M had runners on first and second with two down in the sixth inning when sophomore Kathleen Clinchy hit a two-run double over the head of Garnet center fielder Lauren Walker.  Clinchy came home to tie the game 4-4 on junior Leah Pearlman-Storch's single up the middle.  Zelaski retired F&M's Dana Johns on strikes to end the inning.

The Garnet came right back in the bottom of the sixth as Walker started off the inning by drawing a walk from Diplomats' reliever Laura Kaesshaefer.  Swarthmore sophomore Dhalia Perez sacrificed Walker to second and pinch hitter Marianne Klingaman '07 sent a fly ball to right field.  The F&M outfielder had the ball hit off her glove, allowing Walker to score with the game-winning run.

Zelaski faced the top of the Diplomats lineup in the top of the seventh, but only allowed one base hit before retiring Liz Iannaconi on a come-backer to earn the win.  Zelaski (10-5) allowed nine hits and four runs in seven innings, striking out four without walking a batter.

The second game also featured a strong pitching performance by a Garnet hurler and a home run off the bat of a Swarthmore slugger.

Klingaman (6-5) spread seven hits out over seven innings, blemished only by a seventh-inning home run from Clinchy, on her way to her third win of April.  Klingaman dropped her season ERA to 2.60, striking out a batter while only walking one.

Gold provided the fire works in the second game, leading off the fifth inning with a drive over the left field fence for her second home run of the season and a 4-0 Swarthmore lead.  With two RBIs on the day, Gold increased her team to 29 while maintaining a tie atop the Centennial with Emily Trainor of McDaniel.

Perez was a perfect 2-for-2 in the second game, scoring a run while Sendelsky added a double and an RBI. 

Procacci drew four walks on the day, giving her 35 base on balls for the season.  That ties the Centennial record she set in 2005 and gives her 101 walks in 131 games (.771 bb/g).  Procacci is now tied with Mandy Carnes from Muskingum and Kris Malone from Aurora in third place in Division III history.  For Procacci, her 1.00 bb/g ratio in 2006 is top five in the country, her 0.29 hit by pitch per game ratio is in the top 15, and her .523 on-base percentage is tops in the Centennial.

Swarthmore travels to McDaniel College on Sunday, April 30 to take on the Green Terror in a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader in the final two games on the 2006 Centennial slate.

GAME BOX SCORE

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Freshman Will Predun had an assist and a goal while senior Matt Perez and junior Jay Charles also added scores as #10 Washington defeated Swarthmore 8-3 on Wednesday evening at Clothier Field.

Garnet sophomore goalie Frank Mazzucco made 12 saves in goal for Swarthmore (4-9, 1-6 CC).

The Shoremen (12-2, 6-2 CC) jumped out to a 3-1 lead after one period with the lone Garnet tally coming on an unassisted goal by Predun at 8:46.  It is the seventh goal of the season by Predun.

Washington put up another trio of scores in the second period to open a 6-1 lead at the intermission. Shoremen middie Andrew Ostrusky scored his 24th goal of the season with 3:56 left in the third period to give Washington a 7-1 advantage headed into the final period.

Perez scored the second Swarthmore goal at the 7:20 mark in the fourth taking pass from Predun at the right post and succesfully juked Shoremen goaltender Kevin Thibadeau for his ninth goal of the season. 

Charles whipped a left-handed shot into the net at 4:48 for the third Garnet goal;  it is the 17th goal of the season for the junior captain, tops of the team.

The Shoremen out-shot Swarthmore 30-23 and held a slight 20-19 edge in ground balls. 

The Garnet conclude the 2006 season on Saturday, April 29 at 1:30 p.m., welcoming long-time rival Haverford to Clothier Field.  The annual Swarthmore-Haverford alumni game will take place before the varsity contest, with the first face-off set for 11:00 a.m.

GAME BOX SCORE

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Freshman midfielder Anna de Regt had three goals and an assist while junior midfielder Lindsay Roth netted the 100th goal of her career as fifth-seeded Swarthmore fell to the #4 seed Ursinus 12-9 in the first round of the Centennial Conference playoffs on Wednesday afternoon.  The Bears' Debbie Jensen scored her third goal of the day with 4:37 remaining to break a 9-9 tie and lift Ursinus to victory over at Snell Field on Wednesday.

Ursinus (12-5) advances to face top-seeded Gettysburg in the CC semi-finals on Saturday afternoon.

After Garnet junior midfielder Katie Crawford scored forty-nine seconds in, the Bears ran off five unaswered goals to assume the early 5-1 lead at 16:03. 

Roth ended the run with an unassisted score at 12:45; it is the 100th goal of the junior's career and her 31st of the season.  Roth is the 12th Swarthmore woman to hit the century mark for goals in a career.

The Bears' Stephanie Kaysen scored for Ursinus at 8:43 to give the home team a 6-2 lead.  Swarthmore rallied with a flurry of goals at the end of the first half, tying the score at 6-6.  Senior Heidi Fieselmann finished off a pass from Roth at 2:03, de Regt netted an unassisted goal at 1:23, Crawford converted a free position shot at 0:47, and junior Athena Samaras scored with just seven ticks left after receiving a feed from de Regt.

Ursinus got the first two goals of the second half but the re-silient Garnet came back with two scores, one from Fieselmann (21:32) and one from de Regt (19:59).  The Bears' Kaitlin Glenn rang up an unassisted score at 9:03 to give Ursinus a 9-8 lead but de Regt tied the score again with her third score, a free position shot, at 7:14.

Ursinus' Debbie Jensen scored her third goal of the day with 4:37 remaining to break a 9-9 tie while Stephanie Kaysen scored with 2:21 on the clock and Catie Cameron iced the game with a tally with 1:53 remaining.

Swarthmore goalie Susannah Blair made 13 saves in net while Bears' counterpart Allyson Shicora registered 17 saves.

The historical 2006 Garnet lacrosse season ends with a new school record for wins (14), the first Centennial Conference playoff berth, and the second Seven Sisters Championship.  De Regt and Crawford tied for the team lead with 35 goals apiece while six other Garnet scored at least 10 goals this season. 

(Centennial Conference  Executive Secretary Steve Ulrich contributed to the  story )

COMPLETE RESULTS

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Garnet (14-2, 10-0 CC) put on a show in their final regular season match against resilient foe Haverford, downing the Fords 7-2 to complete a second consecutive perfect Conference schedule.

The Fords put up a good fight during the doubles, but was no match for the Garnet during the singles, as Swarthmore rolled to its 11th straight win and 28th Centennial victory in a row.

Senior Oriana Galardi-Este earned both singles and doubles wins to mark the end of her regular season tennis career at Swarthmore.

Junior duo Sonya Reynolds and Marissa Matthews received quite the challenge from Fords tandem Scherb and Glickman at the No. 1 flight. The tandem forced Matthews and Reynolds into a tight tiebreaker. Matthews did everything she needed to in order to close out the match 9-8 (5).

Reynolds went on to play No. 1 singles and defeated the Fords' Laura Chaddock 6-1, 6-2.

No. 3 doubles pair Galardi-Este and Jamie Midyette's '08 ability to bounce back from a lost point gave them the edge they needed to beat Haverford's Sarah Loeffler and Kapadia 9-7. Galardi-Este, going on to play at No. 6 singles, dominated Sarita Kapadia, 6-1, 6-1.

Senior Emily Townsend rebounded from her doubles loss to finish off Loeffler 6-0, 6-4 at No.3.

On April 29-30 the top-seeded Garnet will host the 2006 Centennial Conference Championships on Faulkner Courts. The Garnet will first face Johns Hopkins in the semifinals, taking the first step towards winning the first conference title in the new team format.

GAME 1 BOX SCORE

GAME 2 BOX SCORE

HAVERFORD, Pa. - The Haverford Fords held onto first place in the Centennial, slipping past the Garnet 2-1 and 4-1 in a Conference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon. The Garnet fall to 6-6 in the Centennial with four games remaining.

In game one, Swarthmore got another strong pitching performance from freshman standout Alexandra Zelaski (9-5), who went all six innings while allowing two runs on nine hits.

The Fords (20-14, 12-2 CC) scratched out a run in the third and another in the fourth as starter Nara Spriggs kept the vaunted Swarthmore offense off the board. The Garnet got a run back in the sixth as freshman Christine Sendelsky scored on a single by junior Kelly Siano.

Swarthmore had the tying run on third in the top of the seventh, but Haverford reliever Julia Iodice got Swarthmore senior Danielle Miller to fly out to to end the game.

Haverford used some two-out magic to take an early lead in game two. Sarah Nagle reached on a bunt single, stole second, and scored on a Lindsey Sullivan single; the score was 1-0 through one frame.

Swarthmore started Emily Walz got the Fords in order in the second but ran into trouble in the third as the hosts scored three times. An Erica Davies two-run triple was the big blow. Garnet junior righthander Marianne Klingaman came on with the bags full and two outs and got Adriane Theis to ground to third to keep the margin a managable 4-0.

Klingaman went on to throw three scoreless innings, but four runs was more than enough for Haverford freshman Becky Garibotto, who improved to 7-3. Garibotto went the distance, allowing a run and five hits, walking and striking out one.

The Garnet got their run on the fourth inning when shortstop Katie Gold '08 reached on an error as Klingman crossed the plate. With two on and two out, Garibotto got Kelly Siano '07 to foul out, ending the threat.

After going down in order in the fifth and sixth frames, Swarthmore put two on once again in their last at-bat, but Garibotto came up big once again, coaxing a groundout to third from freshman Kristin Caspar.

Walz (5-5) took the loss, allowing four runs on six hits in 2.2 innings.

Miller finished the day with a team-high three hits in seven trips.

Even after the day's losses, the Garnet hold their playoff destiny in their hands. Swarthmore is tied for the fourth and final spot with McDaniel (7-7), with a home doubleheader with Franklin & Marshall on Thursday and then a twin bill at the Green Terror on Saturday. If Swarthmore wins out, they will earn the first Centennial softball playoff berth in school history. Thursday's twinbill gets going at 3:30 p.m. on Clothier Fields.

GAME BOX SCORE

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Swarthmore took an early lead and pulled away with a second-half surge, winning a 17-6 nonconference game over Rosemont on Tuesday evening. With the victory, Swarthmore's 14th of the season, the 2006 squad now owns the school record for wins in a season. Freshman midfielder Anna de Regt tied her career high with five goals to lead the offensive attack.

Before the game, the Garnet took time to celebrate the accomplishments of five seniors, Heidi Fieselmann, Chloe Lewis, Niamh Shortt, Cara Tigue, and Christina Vu. All five amassed impressive career statistics while leading the 2006 team to a team record for wins and its first-ever Centennial Conference playoff berth.

Once the game started, the Garnet quickly took command. Sophomore midfielder Megan Sanborn kicked the scoring off before Shortt scored consecutive goals. Fieselmann, de Regt, and defender Melissa Grigsby '09 all scored before Nikkia Bright got Rosemont on the board 20:04 into the contest, cutting the Swarthmore lead to 6-1.

The Ramblers added a second goal four minutes later, but Swarthmore head coach Karen Borbee used a timeout to settle the troops and Swarthmore scored two of the final three goals of the half (Fieselmann, Sanborn) to take an 8-3 lead into the break.

De Regt opened the second-half scoring by converting a free position attempt with 3:31 gone by. Swarthmore would go on to score eight more unanswered goals, including four during the ninth minute.

Shortt scored Swarthmore's final goal, completing the hat trick with 11:39 to play to increase the Garnet lead to 17-3. Rosemont (6-10) scored three times on the Garnet reserves in the final ten minutes of play.

The crowd began to thin as the weather turned cold and windy, but all five seniors exited the game to waves of warm applause.

Junior Katie Crawford notched a second-half goal to maintain a one-goal lead over de Regt (33 to 32) in the team goal-scoring race. The two midfielders are tied for the team lead with 39 points.

Sanborn finished with four points on the evening on a hat trick and an assist, while Fieselmann added a pair of goals. De Regt scooped up a team-high seven ground balls. Sophomore goalkeeper Susannah Blair stopped six shots in net.

The dominant win allows Swarthmore (14-4) to enter tomorrow's Centennial Conference playoff game on a high note. #5 Swarthmore will face #4 Ursinus in an opening-round game in Collegeville, PA at 5:00 p.m. The Bears won last Saturday's matchup with the Garnet, 17-9.

GAME 1 BOX SCORE

GAME 2 BOX SCORE

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Garnet sophomore Scott Dalane collected four hits and drove in two runs as Swarthmore fell to Gettysburg 5-3 and 7-2 in Centennial Conference action on Tuesday afternoon at Clothier Fields.

The doubleheader is a make-up of the rained-out April 22 affair.

Swarthmore struck right away as Dalane doubled in the first inning and then scored on junior Ian Adelstein's two-bagger off the left field fence to make it 1-0 Garnet. Swarthmore added another run in the bottom third off Bullets starter Christian Force when sophomore infielder Patrick Christmas reached on an error, moved over on a ground out by Adelstein, and scored on sophomore Travis Allen's single to right field.

The Bullets (14-20, 6-9 CC) evened the score at 2-2 with a pair of runs in the fourth inning, but the Garnet re-took the lead in the bottom of the sixth as Adelstein came around to score on sophomore catcher Andy Bender's two-out single.

Gettysburg plated three unearned runs in their last at bats to clinch the victory in game one. Force got the first two outs in the bottom of the inning before walking Dalane and hitting Christmas with a pitch. Bullets closer Brian Koch came on in relief and ended the game by getting Adelstein to line out to left field.

Force (2-5) earned the win, pitching 6.2 innings while striking out six and walking five. Koch earned his fourth save of the season by getting the final out.

Varsalona (3-6) suffered the loss despite 7.0 solid innings, allowing only two earned runs while striking out one.

Adelstein was 1-for-3 with a double, RBI, and a run scored while Bender and Allen added a hit and an RBI apiece.

The second game was a tight 2-1 contest until the Bullets pushed five runs across in the sixth, chasing Garnet starter Noah Cooper-Harris '07.

Dalane drove in his second run of the day in the bottom of the ninth, plating Bender with a single to left. The sophomore outfielder had another strong game, collecting three hits in four at bats with the two RBIs.

Swarthmore concludes the 2006 season on Saturday, April 29 at Haverford with a 12:30 p.m. Centennial doubleheader.

GAME BOX SCORE

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The Swarthmore women's dropped their final Centennial Conference game, 17-9, to Ursinus on a wet Saturday afternoon. With #14 Dickinson defeating Washington 20-6 earlier Saturday, the Garnet (13-4, 5-4 CC) clinch the fifth seed in the 2006 Centennial Conference Championships.

It is the first Centennial playoff berth for Swarthmore; the Garnet will return to Ursinus on Wednesday, April 26th to take on the Bears in the opening round of the Centennial Conference playoffs. Ursinus has held the upper hand in the recent match-ups between the two schools, having won the last nine meetings.

Ursinus (11-5, 6-3 CC) got four goals each from Debbie Jensen and Natalie Schroeter while Kaitlin Glenn added three scores.

Swarthmore was led by junior midfielder Katie Crawford who scored four goals, tying her season high, while senior attack Heidi Fieselmann collected three goals.

Crawford opened the scoring just 47 seconds into Saturday's game, finishing off a pass from sophomore midfielder Megan Sanborn to take the 1-0 lead. The Bears responded with five straight goals over the next nine minutes before Garnet midfielder Lindsay Roth '07 ended the run with a free-position goal at 10:48.

Fieselmann made the score 5-3, scoring her first goal at 13:53 before Ursinus ran off five more scores to open a 10-3 lead at halftime.

Swarthmore looked to battle back in the second half, sandwiching two unassisted goals each by Fieselmann and Crawford around an Ursinus goal to cut the lead to 11-7 with 24 minutes left.

Ursinus struck for four goals in the next five minutes to build a necessary cushion.

Swarthmore out-shot the Bears 37-26, yet Ursinus controlled 17 of 26 draws and collected more ground balls (21-15) than the Garnet.

Bears goalie Allyson Shicora made 20 saves in goal, including 14 in the first half while Swarthmore net-minder Susannah Blair made six stops for the Garnet.

Crawford is enjoying her best year, setting career-highs, and leading the team, in goals (32) and points (38).

The Garnet conclude the 2006 regular season schedule on Tuesday, April 25 with a non-conference game with visiting Rosemont at 7:00 p.m.

GAME BOX SCORE

LANCASTER, Pa. - Swarthmore sophomore goalie Frank Mazzucco made 17 saves, including five in the fourth period, and classmate Alex Hahn scored twice as the Garnet defeated home-standing Franklin & Marshall 7-5 on a wet Saturday afternoon.

It is the first time the Garnet defeated Franklin & Marshall in Centennial men's lacrosse play (0-12 since 1994) and the first victory over the Diplomats (5-7 overall, 1-5 CC) since 1984.

Swarthmore junior midfielder Gavin Nurick scored the first goal for the Garnet at 2:22 off an assist from freshman attack Stelios Wilson. The Diplomats scored once to tie the game at 1-1 at the conclusion of the period.

After an F&M goal, the Garnet tied the game at 2-2 when junior captain Jay Charles scored his team-leading 16 th goal at 6:00 and took a one-goal lead into halftime when Hahn scored with 25 seconds left. Wilson collected his second assist of the game on the play, finishing the afternoon with three helpers to increase his season-total to seven.

Hahn scored his second goal at the beginning of the third period (11:51) off a pass from junior captain Ryan McKenna and Swarthmore opened up a 5-2 with its fourth consecutive score, this one an unassisted score by freshman midfielder Todd Friedman, at 10:57. It is Friedman's seventh goal of the season and sixth in the last four games.

The Diplomats got a goal by Mark Hild with 2:06 left in the third to cut it to 5-3, but Swarthmore senior Matt Perez countered with a goal off a feed from Wilson at the start of the fourth (14:14).

F&M out-shot Swarthmore 13-3 in the fourth, but Mazzucco set up a wall, allowing only a pair of goals in the final 15 minutes. Wilson added his 12 th goal of the season at 5:32, collecting four points on the day to take the overall team lead with 19 points.

The Diplomats controlled the face-offs (11 of 16), grabbed more ground balls (38 to 29), and out-shot Swarthmore (36 to 20), yet the Garnet put 80% (16 of 20) of their shots on goal.

Swarthmore (4-8 overall, 1-5 CC) continues the 2006 Centennial schedule with a home game vs. 10 th-ranked Washington College on Wednesday, April 26.