Athletics News

LILITZ, Pa. - Swarthmore junior Ed Goldstein (39-37) shot his best round of the season, a 76, and senior Michael Cullinan (37-40) carded a 77 to help lead the Garnet to a sixth place finish at the Franklin & Marshall Invite held at par-71 Bent Creek Golf Course on Monday afternoon.

Freshman Michael Bernasek added an 80 and junior Zach Moody put up an 81 as the Garnet posted a 314 team score.

The next Garnet match, set for 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 has been cancelled. Swarthmore will prepare for the upcoming Centennial Conference Championships by hosting Widener, USP, and Rutgers-Camden at Rolling Green Golf Club on Monday, April 24.

Team Scores: 1. Wesley 299; 2. F&M "A" 301; 3. Moravian 304; 4. Neumann 307; 5. Dickinson 310; 6. Swarthmore 314; 7. York 317; 8. Messiah 320; 9. Alvernia 322; 10. F&M "B" 324; 11. Lebanon Valley 326; 12. Muhlenberg 326; 13. Villa Julie 327; 14. Elizabethtown 340; 15. Ursinus 354; 16. DeSales 355; Rutgers Camden incomplete.

Lindsay Roth '07 (above) paced the Garnet with four goals but it was not enough as Swarthmore (7-6, 2-5) fell to Ursinus (7-3, 6-1) 16-6 in Centennial Conference play on Clothier Field.

Aubrey Andre and Ashley Ettinger each scored four goals to lead the Bears. Andre got the Bears on the board first when she scored an unassisted goal at 28:18 and then made it 2-0 at 26:36 when she bounced home a Logan Conklin pass.

Roth cut the lead in half with a free position goal just over a minute later but Andre struck again at 22:04 to post the hat trick, giving Ursinus a 3-1 lead. Heidi Fielselmann '06 countered at 18:52 to get the Garnet to within one goal and Ettinger made it 4-2 with an unassisted goal at 14:40. Roth scored unassisted just 36 seconds later to close to within one.

That was as close as the Garnet would get the rest of the game as the Bears then went on to score the next four goal to open up a 8-3 lead. Roth added her third goal of the game with 4:19 remaining to make it 8-4 at the break.

Logan Conklin and Lindsay Givens then recorded back to back goals just 11 seconds apart to give Ursinus a 10-4 advantage at 28:39. The squads then took turns scoring as Natalie Schroeter and Debbie Jensen alternated goals with Fieselmann and Roth to make it 12-6 with 17:17 remaining. Ettinger added two more goals and Givens and Schroeter each scored to make the final 16-6.

The Bears held a 37-15 advantage in shots as Sussanah Blair '08 made 14 stops in goal for the Garnet.

Tuesday the Garnet travel to 12th-ranked Franklin & Marshall for a 5 p.m. Centennial contest.

Box Score

COMPLETE MATCH RESULTS

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - During Saturday afternoon's match-up, the Garnet (10-2, 6-0 CC), sitting atop the Centennial Conference, remained stalwart in the face of Green Terror, winning 9-0 on Saturday afternoon at Faulkner Courts.

It is the 25th straight conference victory for Swarthmore.

In doubles play, the Garnet did everything right, dominating at the net, lobbing when necessary. No. 1 doubles Sonya Reynolds '07 and Marissa Matthews '07, ranked eighth in the Atlantic South region, played for half an hour, never giving up a game to win 8-0 over McDaniel's Danielle Magid and Kate McLean. At No. 2s, Waverly Lutz '07 and Sara Sargent '07 out-rallied McDaniel's pair, Emily Taylor and Whitney Hines, to earn a 8-1 victory, while Swarthmore's No. 3 pair Jamie Midyette '08 and Oriana Galardi-Este '06 triumphed at 8-3.

Singles play was just as successful as the Garnet women fought to hold their #1 title. Galardi-Este sealed the complete sweep when she defeated Helen Brooks 6-3, 6-4.

On Wednesday, the Garnet will travel to Collegeville, Pa. compete against the Ursinus Bears. The Centennial match will begin at 4:00 p.m.

GAME ONE BOX

GAME TWO BOX

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Freshman outfielder Kristin Caspar delivered the game-winning run with a one-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning to send Swarthmore (17-12, 4-4 CC) to a 7-6 win over visiting Gettysburg on Saturday afternoon. The Bullets won game one 8-3 as the teams split a Centennial doubleheader.

Swarthmore's win in game two was the 17th of the season, breaking the 18-year old school record set by the 1988 squad (16-6).  The Garnet also put to bed a 11-game skid to the Bullets, dating back to a 4-3 Swarthmore win in 2000.  It is just the second time in 26 games (2-24 dating back to 1994) with Gettysburg that the Garnet have come out on top.

Swarthmore junior Marianne Klingaman was the story of game two, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBIs.  It is the first home run of the season for Klingaman in just her sixth at bat.  The two-run shot in the fifth gave Swarthmore its first lead of the game at 6-4.  Klingaman had taken the mound in relief in the top of the inning and pitched three innings to earn her fourth win (4-4) of the season.  Classmate Kelly Siano also had a good game at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double and two runs.

In game one, senior outfielder Danielle Miller was a perfect 4-for-4 with a run while sophomore Katie Gold added two hits and two RBIs.

Swarthmore looks to keep pace in the battle of a Centennial Conference playoff berth, hosting Washington on Tuesday, April 19 in a 3:00 p.m. doubleheader.

GAME BOX SCORE

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - 14th-ranked Dickinson put 26 of 30 shots on net on their way to a 12-7 Centennial Conference victory over Swarthmore on Saturday afternoon. Junior midfielder Ed Lawless led the Red Devils (9-2, 4-1 CC) with three goals while classmate Drew Peace added two goals and an assist.

Garnet midfielder Jay Charles '07 tallied his third hat-trick of the season for Swarthmore (3-7, 0-4 CC) while fellow junior Gavin Nurick contributed two goals.

Swarthmore will host Centennial foe Muhlenberg at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19 on Clothier Field.

GAME ONE BOX

GAME TWO BOX

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Garnet sophomore designated hitter Travis Allen had a game to remember, going 5-for-6 with two triples, a double, three runs, and  two RBIs as Dickinson out-lasted Swarthmore 17-14 in game two of a Centennial Conference doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore outfielder Scott Dalane went 3-for-5 with two runs, two RBIs, and two stolen bases for the Garnet (6-17, 1-11 CC).

Dickinson won game one as well to complete the sweep, winning 8-0. Devils' starter Luke Volker pitched a complete-game five-hitter for his second win of the season and Dickinson ran off six hits and five runs in the sixth inning to earn their 12th win of the season.

Dickinson center fielder Chris McInerney and catcher Nicholas Perkins both had three hits.

Sophomore infielder Patrick Christmas led Swarthmore with two hits in the first game.

Game two saw Dickinson storm out to a 15-4 lead before Swarthmore awoke for three runs in the seventh and seven more in the eighth to cut the deficit to 17-14.

The Garnet continue their Centennial schedule on Tuesday, April 18 when the Franklin & Marshall Diplomats come to town for a 3:30 p.m. game.

COMPLETE RESULTS

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Senior Emily Wistar ran to victory at 1,500 meters and the Garnet finished sixth out of 12 teams at the Grizzly Invitational hosted at Ursinus College on Friday afternoon.

The Garnet collected 49 team points, finishing behind Division II entrants Coppin State (126) and West Chester University (123).

Wistar smoked her competition (23 runners), winning by over 10 seconds with a time of 4:54.30. That time is a personal-best for Wistar and the sixth-fastest in school history. Wistar had plenty of teammates join her in the top ten, as the Garnet filled out six spots at the race's conclusion. Senior Lauren Fety was third in 5:06.85, freshman Faith Pampel finished fourth with a 5:09.91, freshman Kathy Feeney was sixth in 5:12.68, sophomore Kavita Hardy ran seventh in 5:15.08, and Bess Ritter '09 completed the pack in eighth at 5:18.20.

Freshman sprinter Caitlin Mullarkey made a pair of strong runs as well, posting the seventh-fastest time (1:09.96) in her first attempt at the 400 intermediate hurdles. Mullarkey finished third out of 12 entrants. The freshman also finished 10th in the 100 meters (13.76) and took fifth out of 14 leapers in her first collegiate long jump competition after recording a distance of 15'4".

Swarthmore also had a strong contingent in the 800 meters: freshman Emma Stanley was third out of 23 runners (2:35.74), senior Lauren Fety was ninth in 2:41.932, and senior Vicky Woo came in 12th with a time of (2:45.40).

In the field events, junior Sam Graffeo posted a distance of 34' 3/4" to finish seventh in the shot put and senior Emily Conlon tossed the javelin 84' 5" to place fifth out of 10 competitors.

The Garnet return to Widener University on April 27 -28 for the annual Widener Invitational.

COMPLETE MATCH RESULTS

CHESTERTOWN, Md. - 20th-ranked Washington (Md.) College jumped out to a 3-0 lead and then held of a valiant Swarthmore comeback attempt to win 4-3 on Friday afternoon.

The Shoremen (13-3), ranked ninth in the Atlantic South region, won fierce battles at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles while cruising at No. 3 to earn the doubles' point.

Washington got out to the early 3-0 lead as Anantha Bhaskar downed Garnet senior Brian Park 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3 singles and Rafael Roldan got past Swarthmore junior Sam Sidhu 6-4, 6-4 at No. 6 singles.

Swarthmore sophomore Jon Lo put the Garnet (4-10) on the board with a 6-1, 7-5 win at No. 4 singles over Mike Edison. Garnet junior Adam Wallwork followed suit at No. 5 with 7-5, 6-3 victory over Maciek Prytula.

The Shoremen were looking for some payback on this day; Swarthmore had eliminated Washington in the 2005 NCAA Team Championships 4-3, one of two Garnet victories over the Shoremen last season.

This match came down to the top four players on the court. Swarthmore's Jon Reiss '07, winner of seven straight matches coming into Friday, evened the match at 3-3 by winning No. 2 singles, holding off Washington's Tim Riskie 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).

A battle was raging on between the No. 1s - Washington's Arturo Solis, the number one ranked player in the Atlantic South region, and Swarthmore's Zac Rodd, ranked fifth in the region. Rodd won the first set 6-4 but Solis fought back to even things up with a 6-4 win. Solis jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the third set when darkness forced the match indoors. Solis went up 5-2 in the eighth game of the third set and played two match points. Rodd, a left-hander, fought him off after five deuces to make it 5-3 and then got the jump 30-15 in the next game. Unfortunately for Swarthmore, Solis won the next three points, and the match for Washington.

The Garnet look to bounce back on Tuesday, April 18 welcoming Bates (ME) College to Faulkner Courts at 3:30 p.m.

OFFICIAL RELEASE

Swarthmore, PA - Swarthmore College women's lacrosse head coach Karen Borbee is one of 12 players named to the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse 25th Anniversary Team. The NCAA announced the selections on April 13.

Borbee (then Karen Emas) was a three-time All-American at the University of Delaware, helping the Blue Hens claim national AIAW titles in 1981 and 1982 and the NCAA title in 1983. She established records for goals (310) and points (420) in a career and still holds the school records for goals per game (4.65) and most points in a single game (16).  Borbee, who graduated with honors, was the NCAA Most Outstanding Player in 1983 and was also two-time East Coast Conference Player of the Year.

Borbee, a resident of Wallingford, Pa., was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2001.  She is also a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame, and the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame.

A 1980 graduate of Penncrest (Pa.) High School, Borbee won all-star honors three times in her high school career and led her team to the Central League and state championships in 1979. She played for the U.S. National Team from 1982 to 1993, helping the team to the World Cup championship in 1989.

Since becoming the head lacrosse coach at Swarthmore in 1993, Borbee has rebuilt the program and achieved an overall record of 134-92, making her the all-time leader at Swarthmore in wins and placing her 11th on the Division III career wins list.  In addition to coaching lacrosse at Swarthmore, Borbee is the assistant athletic director and a professor of physical education.

Swarthmore has a current overall record of 12-3 and is 4-3 in the Centennial Conference.  This year's Garnet squad is the eighth in Borbee's tenure to reach double digits in wins.

Located near Philadelphia, Swarthmore is a highly selective liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,500.  A member of the Division III Centennial Conference, Swarthmore is consistently ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in the country.

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GAME BOX SCORE

CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Washington (Md.) College broke open the second game of a home-and-home with Swarthmore on Friday afternoon, scoring nine runs in the sixth inning on their way to a 16-3 Centennial victory. Swarthmore drops to 6-14 overall and 1-9 in the CC while the Shoremen improve to 7-18 overall and 2-8 in the CC.

Swarthmore and Washington split the season series for the third consecutive season; the Garnet won 9-8 at Clothier Fields on April 11 on a two-out game-winning single by sophomore catcher Andy Bender. The Garnet hold a slight 33-32 edge over the Shoremen dating back to 1962.

Garnet junior outfielder Ian Adelstein went 2-for-4 with a double while sophomore outfielder Scott Dalane also collected two hits while scoring a run. Adelstein has gotten two hits in each of the last three conference games to raise his Centennial-slugging percentage to a team-leading .457.

Swarthmore junior Alex Ryan-Bond (1-6) took the loss while Yoi Tibbets '09 and Conor Casey '09 came on in relief. It was the first collegiate appearance for Casey and the freshman pitched well, allowing only one hit in two innings while striking out one.

The Garnet cut Washington's early 3-0 lead down to a single run after scoring twice in the top of the second. Freshman Kevin Kooi laced a two-out single, scoring junior Noah Cooper-Harris and junior infielder Sam Faeder followed with a base hit of his own to plate Dalane.

The other Swarthmore run came in the third when sophomore Patrick Christmas scored as Cooper-Harris grounded into a double play.

Senior captain Scott Young swiped second base in the seventh inning, giving him 15 steals in 2006. That is the most stolen bases by a Garnet ball player since Ryan Pannorfi '04 collected 10 in 2004. Young is now 22 for 24 (91.6%) in his college career on the base paths.

Washington's Kirk Hines (1-4) picked up his first victory of the season, striking out three batters in eight innings of work. Shoremen Zach Huba and Eric Guetterman led the offense with a combined 10 hits, seven runs, and seven RBIs.

Swarthmore returns home on Saturday, April 15 to face off with Centennial rival Dickinson in a 12:30 doubleheader.