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Senior tri-captain Patrice Berry recorded a double-double with 10 kills and a team-high 17 digs, leading the Garnet to a 3-1 victory over Ursinus in Centennial action on Tuesday night in Collegeville, Pa. Swarthmore (11-7, 4-2 Centennial) won by scores of 30-26, 27-30, 30-12, 30-23.

The Garnet out-distanced the Bears (4-14, 0-6 CC) in game one and then found themselves a hole in game two, down 28-17. Freshman libero Erin Heaney righted the ship, serving nine consecutive points to even the game 28-28. The Bears stopped the rally short, taking game two 30-27. Swarthmore gathered themselves during the break and easily captured games three and four to claim their fourth Centennial victory.

Outside hitter Jennifer Wang '09 recorded a team-high 13 kills and sophomore middle blocker Katie Gold chipped in with 10 kills of her own. Senior tri-captain Emily Conlon was the offensive catalyst once again, collecting 33 assists. Heaney added 15 digs on the Garnet defensive side, aided by seven blocks from Vanessa Wells '08 and five blocks from Karen Berk '08.

The Garnet will be up early tomorrow morning for a long flight to southern California. Swarthmore will spend four days in Pomona, matching up against Claremont-McKenna, Pomona-Pitzer, Chapman, and UC-Santa Cruz. The first match is set for 3:00 p.m. (PCT) on Friday, October 14 vs. Claremont-McKenna.

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Swarthmore (6-5, 2-3 CC) fell to top-ranked Ursinus (10-1, 6-0 CC) 4-1 on a wet Tuesday evening in Collegeville, Pa.

Playing under the lights for the first time on their home turf, the Bears jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first half.

Swarthmore got on the board at the beginning of the second half. Senior forward Heidi Fieselmann put in her tenth goal of the season, a team-high, at 42:31 off a pass from Garnet defender Julie Monaghan '07.

Swarthmore goalie Karen Lorang '07 made 16 saves as the Bears obtained a significant advantage in the shot category (28-3).

The Garnet will host McDaniel at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 14 in their next match.

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Swarthmore's Sonya Reynolds '07 advanced to the 1st Flight finals of the Washington & Lee Fall Festival this past weekend in Lexington, VA. Six Garnet women made the trip, with three doubles' entries and six singles' entries.

Reynolds defeated Sheena David of CMU, 6-1, 6-2 in her first round match, and then advanced past Ginny Wortham of W&L, 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinals. Reynolds' tournament ended in the final with a hard fought match against top-ranked All-American Emily Applegate of W&L 6-3, 7-6 (1).

The junior also played in the 1st Flight doubles' draw, pairing with freshman Jennie Park. The tandem won their first match against Kelsey Mansmann and Gayle Smith of UMW, 8-3. The duo advanced to the semi-finals, before falling to eventual doubles champions, Kelly Nakamura and Amy Staloch from Carnegie Mellon in a heartbreaker, 9-7.

Park fell to Applegate in her 1st Flight Singles Draw, 6-1, 6-1, yet rallied in the consolation bracket to defeat W&L's Kristen McClung 6-1, 6-4.  Jamie Midyette '08 also dropped her first-round 2nd Flight Singles Draw, falling to Katie Kingsbury of W&L 6-3, 6-1, before rallying to defeat Kelly Nakamura of CMU 7-5, 6-1 in the consolation bracket.

Midyette and Marissa Lee '09 faltered in their Flight 2 Doubles' Draw, losing to W&L's Katie Kingsbury and Kelly Will, 8-0.   Lee also competed in the 3rd Flight Singles Draw, along with senior teammate Anjalie Aggarwal.  Both dropped their first-round matches, and then eventually met each other in the consolation bracket, with Lee prevailing 6-1, 6-2.

Aggarwal played with Sonia Vallabh '06, in the Flight 3 Doubles Draw, losing to Natalie Day and Patty Roberts of W&L, 8-2.  Vallabh struggled in her singles' draw, losing difficult matches to overpowering W&L players.

The Fall Festival completes Swarthmore's fall schedule.  The Garnet resume competition in March 2006.

St. Mary's (Md.) scored a goal just before halftime and Seahawks goalkeeper Rick Besore made it stand up with nine second-half saves, defeating Swarthmore 1-0 on Monday afternoon in wet St. Mary's City, Md. The loss ended a seven-game win streak by Swarthmore (10-2 overall, 4-0 Centennial).

The Garnet held a 26-21 shot advantage, including 16-12 in the second half, but the Seahawks (6-5-1) kept the pressure turned up with a 13-2 lead in corner kicks.

St. Mary's broke through at 41:21 when junior forward Alex Pyzik put a pass from junior David Reumont into the top right corner for the eventual game-winner.

Swarthmore goalkeeper Reuben Heyman-Kantor '06 made a season-high ten saves in the loss, and saw his impressive scoreless streak ended at 694:47 (a 89 minutes short of Gettysburg netminder Steve Kopp's Centennial record).

Both Swarthmore defeats have come at the hands on non-conference opponents and week-long Fall Break on campus has not benefitted the squad in recent years. In the last three seasons, the Garnet are just 2-5-1 when classes are in recess.

Swarthmore will jump back into the Centennial fray in their next match; the Garnet host 2004 conference champ Johns Hopkins (7-1-3, 1-1-2 CC) on Clothier Field at 7:00 p.m.

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Vassar (13-8) defeated Swarthmore 3-0 in the third-place match at the 2005 Seven Sister Championship on Saturday afternoon in Tarble Pavilion. The Brewers won by scores of 30-23, 36-34, 30-26.

All-Tournament selection Jennifer Wang '09 tallied her third double-double of the tournament (ninth of the season), accumulating team-highs of 16 kills and 22 digs. Vanessa Wells '08 tallied nine kills while Karen Berk '08 added seven kills as the Garnet fell to 10-7 overall.

Setter Emily Conlon '06 handed out 39 assists while freshman Madeleine Case recorded a career-high 17 digs.

The Garnet resume their Centennial schedule on Tuesday, October 11 when they travel north to Ursinus College for a 7:00 p.m. match.

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Wellesley advanced to their seventeenth Seven Sisters championship match, downing Swarthmore 3-0 (30-17, 30-17, 30-25) in the second round of the 2005 Seven Sister Championship on Saturday afternoon in Tarble Pavilion.

Freshman outside hitter Jennifer Wang (Palo Alto, CA - Henry Gunn) rang up her eighth double-double of the season for the Garnet (10-6), accumulating 10 kills, 11 digs, and a pair of aces.  Freshman libero Erin Heaney (Buffalo, NY - City Honors) tied for the team-high with 12 digs, while senior setter Emily Conlon (Marlborough, CT - Loomis Chafee) collected 22 assists and 12 digs.

The Garnet are now 10-6 overall and will face Vassar for third place tomorrow, Oct. 9 at 12:00 p.m. in Tarble Pavilion.

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The heavy rains that are blanketing the Northeast have forced the postponement of today's scheduled 7:00 p.m. match at Muhlenberg.

The game is tenatively scheduled for Wednesday, October 19. Start time is 4:30 p.m.

The heavy rains that are blanketing the Northeast have forced the postponement of today's scheduled 1:00 p.m. Swarthmore/Washington match on Clothier Field.

The contest will be made up on Thursday, October 27.

Swarthmore breezed through their first round match at the 2005 Seven Sisters Championship, defeating Mt. Holyoke 3-0 on Saturday morning in Tarble Pavilion.  The Garnet won by scores of 30-25, 30-15, 30-17.

Jennifer Wang '09 (Palo Alto, CA - Henry Gunn) led Swarthmore with 15 kills, and sophomores Karen Berk (Havertown, PA - Haverford) and Katie Gold (Cherry Hill, NJ - Cherry Hill East) added 8 kills apiece.  Senior setter Emily Conlon (Marlborough, CT - Loomis Chafee) facilitated the offense once again, handing out 34 assists.  Wang also led the squad with 11 digs, her seventh double-double of the year, senior Patrice Berry (Hagerstown, MD - North Hagerstown) added nine digs of her own, and Berk led the Garnet with five blocks.

Junior Emily Groth (Franklin, MA - Franklin) led Mt. Holyoke with 9 kills, while senior Bis Cole (Clayton, MO - Whitfield) and senior Sarah Maruffo (Tulsa, OK - Booker T. Washington) added five kills each.  Sophomore setter Rachel West (St. Paul, MN - Central) contributed a team-high 23 digs and 19 assists.

The Garnet improve to 10-5 overall and will face Wellesley at 1:00 p.m. in a second-round match-up.  Mt. Holyoke will face Elms in the other 1:00 p.m. contest.

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Seven Sisters Results

Blue Jay forward Lauren Baumann headed in a corner kick at 64:02 to send 14th-ranked Johns Hopkins to a 2-1 win at Swarthmore on a rainy Friday night at Clothier Field.

The Blue Jays were the first ones on the board in the first half.  A Hopkins cross from the right side took a big hop over freshman Swarthmore goalkeeper Lauren Walker's head and Blue Jay midfielder Francesca Peretti ran the ball into the net at 33:07.

The rain continued to drizzle through out the first half.  The Garnet kept looking for holes in the Blue Jay defense, and with eight and half minutes left in the half Swarthmore freshman midfielder Melinda Petre found one.  Petre battled with a Hopkins defender on the left side of the Blue Jays box, getting free enough to send a cross to the top of the circle.  Swarthmore forward Danielle Tocchet '08 was in the right spot at the right time, wasted little time in volleying the ball past Hopkins keeper Kerry Hamilton at 36:39.  It was her team-high fifth goal of the season.

The score remained 1-1 into a wet intermission.

The Blue Jays came back to take the lead for good midway through the second half.  Defender Jessi McKenzie sent a corner kick across the Garnet goal mouth and Baumann out-jumped a host of Swarthmore defenders to head the ball home for the game-winner.  It was Baumann's sixth goal of the year.

The Garnet defense held up once again, withstanding a 26-2 Blue Jay shot advantage.  Kristen Traband '08 made two saves in her first start of the season and Walker added eleven stops in relief as Swarthmore dropped to 2-8-3 overall and 0-4-2 in the Centennial.

Swarthmore takes a weeklong break in between contest; the Garnet travel to Maryland on Saturday, October 15 for their next action.  Swarthmore will battle with McDaniel College at 1:00 p.m. in Centennial Conference action.

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