Athletics News

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Home-standing Dickinson College put up 48 points in the first half, cruising to a 79-62 Centennial win over visiting Swarthmore in Carlisle, Pa. on Saturday afternoon. The Red Devils improve to 5-14 overall and 3-9 in the CC while the Garnet dip to 4-15 overall and 3-9 in conference play.

Dickinson roared out to a 30-15 lead with 8:35 left in the first half, sinking three-pointer after three-pointer. Garnet coach Lee Wimberly called a time-out looking to re-group, but the Red Devils continued on, taking off on 10-0 run over the next two minutes to build a 40-15 lead.

Junior captain Chris Casey ended the Garnet scoring drought with a pair of free throws at 5:57, making it 40-17 Dickinson. Swarthmore sophomore forward Ian McCormick put home a lay-up at 5:05 for the first Garnet filed goal in over four minutes, but Dickinson broke right down the floor for a transition lay-up by guard Pat Cole. The Red Devils then called their own time-out at 4:33 with a 44-19 lead.

The Garnet fought to get back on track offensively, led by a three pointer by sophomore guard Matt Kurman with 53 seconds remaining in the half.

At halftime, the Red Devils led 48-25 after dominating in all facets of the game. The Red Devils out-rebounded the Garnet 21-13, limited Swarthmore to 33% shooting (9-of-27), and shot 60% (18-of-30) from the floor, including a dynamite 8-of-17 from beyond the three-point arc. Dickinson guard Brad Litchfield led all scorers at the intermission with 14 points while swingman Jon Skvarka chipped in nine points. Sophomore forward Steve Wolf led the Garnet with six points.

Kurman began the second half with a triple from the left wing, but the Red Devils came down the floor and guard Travis Doll scored from point blank range.

The Red Devils kept coming at the Garnet in the second half, extending the lead to 64-37 with 13:55 left in the game, the largest margin of the afternoon.

Mike Geoistis led Dickinson with 15 points while Litchfield finished with 14 points and Cory Kenny added 12 points.

The Red Devils maintained their advantage on the glass in the second half, out-rebounding Swarthmore 40-36 for the game.

Steve Wolf '08 was high-man for the Garnet, finishing with 12 points while Kurman added 11 points. McCormick finished with nine points and a team-high eight boards. Senior co-captain Eric Williams dropped in a career-high five points for the Garnet.

Swarthmore resumes its three-game road trip on Wednesday, February 1, traveling to Baltimore to face Johns Hopkins in a 7:00 p.m. Centennial Conference game.

Box Score

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Swarthmore extended its career win streak against Bryn Mawr College to 28 straight as the Garnet beat the Owls 60-46 in Tarble Pavillion Tuesday night. Sophomore center Karen Berk led the Garnet with 14 points while senior forward Cara Tigue continued to dominate the glass, posting 13 rebounds in the victory.

It is ther fifth double-digit rebound game for Tigue in sixth games. Swarthmore improves to 8-8 overall and 5-6 in conference play.

Sophomore guard Laura Popovics launched the Garnet offense, connecting on two shots from behind the arc in the first three minutes of play. Swarthmore established a 10-4 lead over Bryn Mawr at 16:25 with offensive rebound and put-back layup from Tigue.

The Owls came back to tie the game at ten with 14:06 on the clock as Owls' forward Amy Johnson sank two free throws. Swarthmore missed its next two shots, and Bryn Mawr took advantage, grabbing a 12-10 lead at 12:27. The Owls held onto the lead for two minutes minutes, but a fastbreak layup from Swarthmore freshman guard Kylah Field and a bucket from junior Jessica Fuhr re-established Swarthmore's lead for the remainder of the game.

Swarthmore went into the break with a six-point cushion over the Owls. Berk and Melissa Grisby led the Garnet with eight points apiece while Tigue grabbed eight rebounds. Swarthmore dominated the defensive glass, allowing Bryn Mawr only two offesive rebounds on 25 attempts.

For the Owls, freshman forward Jessica Allen scored eight of her team-high 18 points in the first twenty minutes of play.

Swarthmore kept a double-digit lead for much of the second half, closing the game with their biggest lead, 16 points, over the Owls.

Popovics finished the game with 11 points including a 3-of-5 performance from three-point range. Grigbsy added ten to the Garnet total while teammate Debbie Farrelly contributed three assists.

Farrelly now has 188 career assists (seventh all-time) and 71 three-pointers, good for third-most in the school record books.

Swarthmore hits the road for its next three games before returning to Tarble Pavillion to host non-conference opponent Lincoln University on February 7. The Garnet will travel to Carlisle, Pa. this Saturday to face-off with Dickinson College at 4:00 p.m.

Box Score

The Garnet women (5-3, 3-1 CC) came out on top against rival Bryn Mawr on Tuesday night, claiming all but three of the eleven events to win 122-70.

The meet opened with a 200 yard medley relay win, delivered by Lauren Ullrich '06, Janice Yeo '07, Patricia Funk '06, and Martyna Pospieszalska '06 (2:04.44).

Franny Zhang '08 followed the win with an amazing victory of her own. The only Swattie to swim the 1000 yard freestyle, she often lapped the other swimmers, and managed to tag the sensor an astonishing 20 seconds before her closest competitor (11:30.72). Zhang then went on to take the 100 yard butterfly (1:.03.96).

Once again, Jennie Lewis '08 swept her events, edging out Bryn Mawr's Beth Low (26.76) in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 26.70, and taking a decisive win in the 500 yard freestyle (5:33.35).

After contributing to a relay victory, Funk took the 200 yard IM (2:23.06) and Pospieszalska won the 100 yard freestyle. Sarah Cotcamp '07 prevailed in the 200 yard freestyle.

The Garnet women will host their last home meet this Saturday, January 28, against Gettysburg at Ware Pool. The Centennial match-up kicks off at 2:00 p.m.

Complete Results

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- The Washington College Shoremen overcame an early 18-point deficit and held on down the stretch to defeat Swarthmore 65-62 last night in Tarble Pavilion.

Swarthmore could do little wrong early in the contest and jumped out to a 27-9 lead. The Garnet hit their first six shots and 12 of their first 17 while holding the Shoremen to just 3-20 from the floor in the first 12 minutes of play. McCormick led the early effort with eight points. The lead was still 16 with 4:09 remaining, but then the Shoreman full-court press began to pay dividends. Six Garnet turnovers in the final 3:41 allowed Washington to pull within nine at 35-26 at the break.

Steve Wolf '08 got the Garnet off to a good start in the second half, tipping in a McCormick miss on the team's first possession, but this time it was the visitors who were hot. Washington nailed their first five field goals and four free throws and took their first lead, 41-40, on a Joey Breslin layup with 16:53 remaining. Kyle Stem, ranked fourth in the Centennial Conference with 16.4 ppg was held scoreless in the first half. Stem came out firing in the second half, hitting a pair of deep threes during the early run. Garnet guard Chris Casey '07 came right back with a layup at the other end and the game evolved into a dogfight.

Trailing by four with 13 minutes to go, Swarthmore went on an 8-0 run, capped by a Noam Fliegelman '08 layup, and soon afterwards took its largest lead of the half at 60-55.

As time wound down, though, the Shoremen started to double-team McCormick in the post and the Garnet, unable to adjust, were held scoreless for nearly four minutes. Washington re-took the lead for good on another Breslin layup with 3:22 remaining and, a minute later, Shoreman forward Jonathan Webb hit a pair from the stripe to extend the lead to three.

Garnet guard Matt Kurman '08 answered with a mid-range jumper to cut the lead to one. The Garnet got the defensive stop they needed, but were unable to rebound Travis Moore's missed jumper and were forced to foul.

Webb made two more from the line, and the Garnet, trailing by three, called timeout with 21 seconds remaining. Swarthmore got the shot they wanted, an open three-pointer for Dillon McGrew '07, but the shot clanged off the rim. Webb finally missed two free throws to give the Garnet one last chance, but Kurman's desperation three-pointer found nothing but air.

Washington shot only 32.8% for the game to the Garnet's 50%, but compensated by winning the battle of the turnovers, 19-8. The Shoremen also shot 27 free throws to the Garnet's two.

Ian McCormick led the Garnet with 24 points, getting help from Kurman (14) and Fliegelman (10). Wolf grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds before fouling out late in the second half; McCormick had eight boards.

Webb led the Shoremen (9-9, 7-4 CC) with 20 points and eight rebounds.

The Garnet (4-14, 3-8 CC) will hit the road for their next three contests, starting with Saturday's 2:00 p.m. match-up with Dickinson in Carlisle, Pa.

Box Score

Swarthmore women (4-3, 2-1 CC) dominated the pool Saturday afternoon, taking all but four of the fourteen events from Washington and Lee University 156-106. Franny Zhang '08 blew her competition out of the water, taking all three individual events she swam, and also contributed to a relay victory. Jennie Lewis '08 delivered another exceptional performance, capturing victories in each of her events, while Michele Hom '07 also refused to relinquish a single event. Sarah Cotcamp '07, Martyna Pospieszalska '06, and Patricia Funk '06 each did their part to ensure a clean Swarthmore victory.

The Garnet women opened up with a win in the first event. Pospieszalska, Hom, Lewis, and Cotcamp combined to take the 200 yard medley (1:55.87). Lewis, Cotcamp, Funk, and Zhang definitively won the 400 yard freestyle relay, coming in six seconds before their closest competitor (3:48.17).

The meet was filled with team accomplishments, as well as individual ones. Lewis swept the butterfly events, taking the 100 yard in 1:01.99 and the 200 yard in 2:15.61, denying any swimmer the opportunity to best her. Zhang monopolized her freestyle events, taking the 100 yard in 55.73, the 200 yard in 2:00.36, and 500 yard in 5:33.87. Cotcamp also took a freestyle event, finishing the 50 yard in 25.87. Hom took the 100 yard breaststroke in 1:12.27, and came from behind to win the 200 yard breaststroke (2:35.70).

The Garnet women will host Centennial foe Bryn Mawr (PA) on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at Ware Pool. The meet begins at 6:30 p.m.

Complete Results

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. -- Swarthmore could not withstand the second-half pressure of the Ursinus Bears and dropped the Centennial Conference match-up on Saturday, 57-51. Karen Berk scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the year.

The win for Ursinus breaks a 16-game losing streak against Swarthmore.

In December, Swarthmore pulled off a 54-53 nail-biting victory over the Bears at Tarble Pavillion. On Saturday, the Garnet traveled to Helfferich Gym at Ursinus in hopes of sweeping the season series.

The game was a tug of war from the start. Swarthmore won the tip, and Berk hit a layup to open scoring for the Garnet. Ursinus's Sarah Hennessey answered with a three pointer to put the Bears ahead by one. Swarthmore charged down the floor, and Berk converted another layup to put the Garnet ahead, 4-3 two minutes into the game.

Swarthmore built a 9-5 lead in the first five minutes, but the Bears went on a 10-0 run in the middle of the half to take a 9-15 lead at 11:42.

The Garnet re-tied the game 17-17 with a three-point field goal from Debbie Farrelly at 9:19. In the first half alone, there were three ties and six lead changes between the teams. With 7:21 left in the half, Berk blocked an Ursinus layup attempt, cruised down the court and scored a bucket for at to push the Garnet ahead 21-19 Laura Popovics hit a three pointer to close the half and give Swarthmore a 28-24 lead.

Swarthmore defense shut down their opponent's offense as Ursinus connected on only eight of 32 attempts in the first 20 minutes. But the Bears kept the game close with hot shooting (7-of-9) from the free throw line.

Swarthmore was marred by turnovers in the half, committing 13 to Ursinus's nine.

At halftime, Farrelly led Swarthmore with eight points while teammate Jen Stevenson contributed seven points and two steals. Cara Tigue grabbed a team-high seven boards while Berk pulled down six rebounds to match her six points. Swarthmore outrebounded Ursinuss 27-21.

For Ursinus, Sarah Hennessey led the Bears with eight points and Molly Guntli earned six rebounds.

Swarthmore hung onto a single-digit lead for the first ten minutes of the second half. Bear's guard Mary Kate Daley made a layup at 14:58 to put Ursinus within two, 34-32, but Swarthmore's Melissa Grigsby '09 answered on the other end with a baseline jumper assisted by Berk. Down by four, 36-32, Ursinus called the first timeout of the game and began their push for the lead.

After an old-fashioned three-point play by Grigsby at 12:14, Swarthmore held a 44-35 advantage. Ursinus came down the floor and Hennessey hit a reserve layup for the Bears, the first two points of a 16-2 run by Ursinus. Hennessey scored ten points in four minutes as Ursinus made its charge.

Berk ended a six-minute scoring drought for the Garnet with a layup at 5:28 to cut Ursinus's lead to three, 49-46. Daley answered on the other end with a layup to keep the Garnet at bay. Farrelly got the Garnet within two, 51-49, with a trifecta, but the Garnet would get no closer. Ursinus went 4-of-6 from the charity stripe with two minutes left to halt Garnet hopes of a late comeback.

Ursinus shot 45.8% in the second half and went 7-10 from the line.

Tigue closed the game with boards, her fourth double-digit rebounding performance in the last five games. Berk reached double-digit scoring for the the 10th consecutive game, 14th time this season. Farrelly added 11 points, included three treys, for the Garnet.

Ursinus's Hennessey finished the contest with a game-high 20 points and 11 rebounds. Teammates Daley and Guntli added 14 points and 11 rebounds respectively. The Bears improve to 5-5 in conference play and 8-8 overall.

With the loss, the Garnet drop to 4-6 in Centennial Conference play and 7-8 overall. The team hopes to improve it's conference record when they host the Owls of Bryn Mawr on Tuesday, January 24th at 7:00 p.m.

Box Score

The nationally ranked Washington and Lee Generals defeated the Garnet men (2-5, 2-1 CC) Saturday afternoon 178-83. Andrew Koczo '07 was a key contributer for Swarthmore, winning an individual event and contributing to a relay victory.

The Garnet men looked like they were off to a great start, Douglas Gilchrist-Scott '09, Koczo, Jason Horwitz '07, and Jonathan Augat '07 joining forces to win the 200 yard medley. Their early efforts allowed them to slow down in the end, and still take first in 1:42.64, with a second to spare.

By the second event, the Garnet were the ones trailing, Stephen Shymon '09 took a close second in the 1000 yard freestyle, after exchanging first place numerous times with Washington and Lee's Clark Barrineau. By the fifth event, Koczo managed to rack in a win, stealing first with a time of 1:04.30.

The Garnet men's next meet is on Saturday, January 28 at 2:00 p.m. Swarthmore will host Centennial rival Gettysburg at Ware Pool.

Complete Results

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. -- Ursinus used solid shooting from the free throw line and an effective full-court press to pull off a come-from-behind victory over Swarthmroe 65-60 on Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference action.

The Garnet got off to a fast start taking a 4-2 lead following consecutive buckets by sophomore guard Noam Fliegelmann at 17:20. Swarthmore rolled with the hot hand; sophomore guard Matt Kurman sank back to back three-pointers to make it 14-8 Garnet with 13:20 on the clock.

The Bears (13-4 overall, 9-1 CC) broke out a full-court press towards the end of the half, forcing three consecutive Swarthmore turnovers. Senior guard Mike McGarvey picked the ball out the air and fed swingman Nick Shattuck for a reverse lay-up at 3:53, cutting the lead to 24-23 Swarthmore..

Garnet head coach Lee Wimberly called a time-out with a minute left in the half and encouraged the Swarthmore men to get a good shot and crash the offensive rebounds. Kurman got into the lane and missed a runner but Garnet freshman Jon Tundel was there to clean up the rebound, putting the ball in the bucket for a 26-23 Swarthmore halftime lead.

Kurman led all scorers with 10 points in the first half, followed by Ursinus' Brian McEvily with seven points. The Garnet owned the boards in the first half, out-rebounding the Bears 25-12.

The Swarthmore offense continued to click at the beginning of the second half. Fliegelman rang in a three-pointer to open the half and Kurman followed up with his own triple, pushing the Garnet lead to 32-23, its largest of the afternoon, with 18:05 left in the game.

The Bears came right back with a 10-4 run over the next 3:39, getting with one, 36-35 on a lay-up by Shattuck. Swarthmore's Ian McCormick answered with a strong move in the paint, scoring the ball to push the lead back to 38-35 Garnet.

Ursinus took its first lead at 12:30 when McEvily sank a three-pointer at 12:35, putting the Bears ahead 40-38. The squads battled back and forth for the next eight minutes, tying the score twice with the lead changing hands on three separate occasions.

Fliegelman sank another three-pointer, one of three on the afternoon, to give Swarthmore a 50-47 lead with 4:45 left in the game. The Bears countered with seven straight points to take a 55-50 with 3:12 remaining. The biggest play of the afternoon occurred with McGarvey at the free throw line shooting one-and-one, the Bears leading 52-50. McGarvey bricked the front end but forward Will Furey chased down the offensive rebound and immediately kicked the ball to McGarvey. The Ursinus' point guard let the shot fly, sinking a deep three-pointer to give the Bears their largest lead of the game.

Swarthmore continued to score on the offensive end, but each subsequent trip was followed by an Ursinus player going to the free throw line. And the Bears, tops in the Centennial Conference in free throw percentage (71%), nailed 10-of-10 from the line in the final three minutes to complete the season sweep of the Garnet.

Ursinus shot 19-of-21 (91%) from the free throw line on the afternoon. Swarthmore out-rebounding the Bears, 38-27, yet committed 23 turnovers to Ursinus' 11.

The Garnet (4-13 overall, 3-7 CC) were led by Kurman (4-of-6 from behind the arc) with 19 points and four assists. Fliegelman shot 3-of-5 from beyond the three-point arc for 15 points, while adding four assists. McCormick collected his fourth double-double of the season, scoring 13 points to go along with a game-high 11 rebounds.

The Bears had four players in double figures, led by Shattuck with 15.

Swarthmore will play its final home game in January this coming Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. The Garnet will host Centennial foe Washington (MD) on January 25 before hitting the road for the next three games.

Box Score

Five Swarthmore runners competed in the mile run at the Ursinus College Invitational on Friday evening in Collegeville, Pa. The Garnet were led by senior Adam Hunt, who finished 15th in a time of 4:35.28

Jon Shoop '08 was the next Swarthmore finisher, crossing the line in 23rd in a time of 4:44.54. Jim Kreft '06 was 26th (4:49.83), Jones Nauseef '06 was 32nd (4:57.13), while Patrick Hart '06 (4:59.79)and Mickey Katz '08 (5:00.04) finished 36th and 37th, respectively.

Swarthmore also witnessed the debut of Yoi Tibbetts '09, who finished 15th in the 55 meter dash in a time of 7.17.

The Garnet hit the track next at the McElligot Invite on the campus of Haverford College. The meet is scheduled for Sunday, February 28 at noon.

Meet Results

Virginia Tice finished in the top 15 in two events at the Ursinus College Invitational on Friday evening in Collegeville, Pa.

Tice was 12th out of 20 entrants in the 400 meter race, crossing the finish line in a time of 69.61. Tice later finished 11th in the 200 meters, crossing in a time of 29.91

The Garnet hit the track next at the McElligot Invite on the campus of Haverford College. The meet is scheduled for Sunday, February 28 at noon.

Meet Results