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Freshman forward Stu Leon scored three minutes into overtime to send Swarthmore to its fourth consecutive shut out win, a 1-0 decision over Farleigh-Dickinson at Florham (4-5) in Teaneck, Nj. on Monday afternoon. The 7-1 start by Swarthmore is the best since the 1966 Garnet team began 8-0.

The two squads battled through 90 minutes of scoreless regulation action. The Garnet (7-1) were very aggressive, out shooting the Knights 16-9 for the contest.

Leon, who had seven shots himself, finally broke through after a nice pass from defender Darren Johnson '08, ending the game at 93:19. It was the fourth goal of the season for Leon, a team-high.

Garnet goalie Reuben Heyman-Kantor '06 made three stops to record his fourth consecutive shut out, and fifth of the season.

Swarthmore has blanked five opponents this year. The school record for shut outs in a season is nine -- accomplished by the 1990 and 1991 squads on their way to the NCAA Tournament. The 1965 Garnet team set the bar for back-to-back shut outs, skunking five consecutive opponents.

The Garnet will return to Clothier Field on Wednesday, September 28 to resume their Centennial slate, hosting Washington College in a 7:00 p.m. contest.

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Swarthmore got 11 kills from outside hitter Jennifer Wang '09, rolling to a 3-0 victory over McDaniel in Centennial Conference action in Tarble Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. The Garnet improve to 7-4 overall, and even their Centennial record at 1-1. The Green Terror slip to 4-7 and 1-1 in the conference.

Wang tallied four kills in the first game, leading to a 30-24 Swarthmore win. The Garnet ran off eight straight points on two seperate occasions in the second game, winning easily by a score of 30-9.

A crowd of 90 boisterous fans were treated to an exciting third game involving nine ties and eight lead-changes. Swarthmore ran off four straight points, including a pair of kills by Wang, to close of the match with a 30-26 win.

Wang tallied a double-double on the day with 14 digs as well. Erica George '07 had a team-high 20 digs while Emily Conlon '06 tallied 29 assists.

McDaniel had won seven straight matches against the Garnet, dating back to 1995. Swarthmore has turned the tables as of late, winning two of the last three meetings.

The Garnet return to Tarble Pavilion for their next match, hosting Centennial foe Bryn Mawr on Tuesday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m on Faculty/Staff Night.

Swarthmore College's Sonya Reynolds '07 advanced to the third round of Championship Draw Singles at the ITA Southeast Regionals this weekend at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. Eight Garnet women made the trip, with three doubles' entries and eight singles' entries.

Reynolds, seeded No. 2, defeated Priya Puri 6-1, 6-1 in her first round match, then advanced past Jenny Smith 6-0, 7-5 in the second round. Reynolds' tournament was ended upruptly in the third round when Katie Tabb won a close match 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

The junior responded in the doubles' draw, pairing with classmate Marissa Matthews to win three straight matches. The duo advanced all the way to the semi-finals before falling to top-seeded Emily Applegate and Kristen McClung 8-4.

Erica Lukoski '08 fell to Muhlenberg's Jennifer Powell 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in her Championship Singles Draw, yet rallied in the Consolation bracket to defeat Kayla Carter 8-6 before falling to No. 10 seed Stephanie Kurti from Mary Washington 8-2. Freshman Jennie Park also fell in her first-round Championship Singles Draw, falling to fourth-seeded Kristen McClung 0-6, 6-3, 6-1. Park came back to win three matches in the Consolation bracket, including an upset of Kurti in the Consolation quarters.

Lukoski and Park made a splash in the Championship doubles' draw, winning two matches before falling to No. 3 seed Lee Weston and Ginny Wortham. Jenna Adelberg '06 and Emily Townsend '07 fell in their first-round doubles' Championship match, but ran off three straight victories (including two that went to tie-breakers) to reach the finals. The pair dropped the final match 8-0 to Mai Otsuka and Alison Liu.

Jamie Midyette '08 won a tough first-round match in the Championship draw, defeating Haverford's Allyson Scherb 3-6, 7-6(9), 7-5 before falling in round two to No. 13 seed Amy Sheetz. Townsend and Matthews both dropped their first-round matches, with Townsend winning two Consolation matched before falling in the quarterfinals.

Adelberg and Marissa Lee '09 competed in the Blue Singles Draw with Adelberg winning her first-round pairing 6-4, 6-4 over Brittany Stevens before falling to Alice Yull in round two by a score of 6-4, 6-1. Lee was defeated in her first round match by eventual winner Torri Christmas, but ran off five straight wins to win the Consolation bracket.

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Sophomore forward Danielle Tocchet knocked in a corner kick from Natalie Negry '07 at 49:26 and Lauren Walker '09 made 14 big saves as Swarthmore and Gettysburg battled to a 1-1 tie in double overtime at Clothier Field on Saturday evening.

The Bullets' Steph Heath scored an unassisted goal just 56 second before halftime to give Gettysburg a 1-0 lead headed into the intermission.

Negrey lofted one of the Garnet's three total corners into the front of the Gettysburg net. Tocchet tusseled for position with a host of defenders, eventually touching the ball past Bullets' keeper Danielle St. Pierre.

The Bullets (1-5-1, 0-1-1 CC) fired on Walker for much of the night, out shooting Swarthmore 27-6. The freshman keeper kept Gettysburg at bay, including thwarting five shots in the extra sessions.

The Garnet are now 2-5-2 overall and 0-1-1 in the Centennial. The women will travel to Muhlenberg on Tuesday, September 27 for their next match. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. in Allentown, Pa.

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Ronald Reagan presided over the Oval Office for a second term, the Kansas City Royals were on their way to their only World Series win, and Marty McFly was on his way Back to the Future the last time that headline was heard. The Garnet used goals by Evan Nesterak '09 and Brandon Washington '08 to defeat the Bullets 2-0 on Saturday evening at Clothier Field, putting to bed a losing streak that spanned 20 years.

The Bullets (4-3-1, 1-1 CC) were aggressive early, out shooting Swarthmore 6-1 in the first half, yet neither team was able to score.

Nesterak, a freshman midfielder, put the Garnet on the board at the 68:56 mark. The eventual game-winning score started with a Swarthmore throw-in deep in Gettysburg territory. Midfielder Christopher Szeto '09 headed the throw from Washington into the Bullet penalty box, and Nesterak raced in from the left flank, beating Gettysburg keeper Nick Wells-Bundtzen for a lunging header into open net.

It was the third goal of the season for Nesterak, tying him with forward Stu Leon '09 for tops on the squad. The goal also marked the first time a Garnet men's soccer player had scored a goal on Gettysburg since Len Cuello '94 turned the trick twice on October 15, 1994.

The Garnet added an insurance goal when Washington '08 used his speed to run down a long pass from Andrew Terker '06. The midfielder deked Wells-Bundtzen and ran the ball into the net to tally his second score of the season at 83:56.

Senior Reuben Heyman-Kantor made five saves in goal as the Garnet improved to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the Centennial. Heyman-Kantor recorded his third consecutive shut-out (fourth overall), and in the process, extended his scoreless streak to over 361 minutes.

Wells-Bundtzen made three saves in goal for the Bullets.

The previous Swarthmore men's soccer victory over Gettysburg occurred in early November of 1985, when the Garnet defeated the Bullets 3-1 in the MAC semi-final match.

The 2-0 start in Centennial play hasn't been done by Swarthmore since 1994 when they downed McDaniel (then Western Maryland) and Washington.

Swarthmore will make a quick turnaround for their next game and travel north to Madison, NJ on Monday, September 26 to face Farleigh-Dickinson University College at Florham in a 3:30 p.m. non-conference match. The Garnet will return to Clothier Field on Wednesday, September 28 to resume their Centennial slate, hosting Washington College in a 7:00 p.m. contest.

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Sarah Latta scored with 11 minutes and 48 seconds remaining in the second overtime to lift 16th-ranked Gettysburg over Swarthmore 3-2 in the Centennial Conference opener for both squads on Saturday in Gettysburg, Pa.

Latta gathered a deflected shot from the top of the Swarthmore arc on a Gettysburg penalty corner and netted the game-winner.

The match was the 2005 Centennial Conference opener for both squads.  Swarthmore hit the board first as Summer Spicer '07 finished off a pass from Jessica Larson '06 at 20:25.  It was the sixth goal of the season for Spicer.

Gettysburg (5-3, 1-0) fought back to tie the game with 52 seconds remaining in the first half as Krissy Browning tied the score off an assist from Maura Downey.

The Garnet went ahead with 18 minutes left in the game, as Charlotte MacAusland '06 scored off a set-up by defender Julie Monaghan '07 on a penalty corner.  Once again the Bullets came back with a goal; Maura Downey scored at 14:02 to knot the score at 2-2 and the scored stood like that until Latta set everyone home in the second extra period

Swarthmore goalie Karen Lorang '07 was brilliant in the cage, recording a career-high 27 saves as the Garnet fell to 4-3 overall and 0-1 in the Centennial.

The Garnet resume Centennial play when they host Bryn Mawr on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 5:00 p.m.

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Swarthmore had four runners finish in the top 25, including a sixth-place finish by freshman Brianne Gallagher, at the Haverford Invitational on Friday afternoon.

The Invitational featured teams from Villanova, Temple, College of New Jersey, Haverford, Widener, Elizabethtown, and Bryn Mawr. This marked the first official race of the 2005 season for the Garnet.

Gallagher was very impressive in her collegiate debut, running sub-six minute splits over the three-mile course (17:56.60), and was the first Division III runner (sixth overall) to finish.

Emma Stanley, another first-year, finished in 19th (18:54.50), just ahead of teammate Debbie Farrelly '06 (18:57.90), while senior Sarah Hobbs '06 followed in 24th position in a time of 19:12.70.

In their next race the Garnet will compete in the Dickinson Long/Short Meet on October 1 at 10:30 a.m.

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Ross Weller '08, Vernon Chaplin '07, and Jon Shoop '08 were the top finishers as the Garnet opened their 2005 season at the Haverford Invitational on Friday afternoon.

At the Invitational, Swarthmore competed against teams from Villanova, Haverford, Widener, College of New Jersey, Elizabethtown and Temple.

Weller finished 32nd, circling the four-mile course in a time of 21:05.20, while Chaplin, in his first collegiate race, was right behind in 33rd place (21:08.40). Shoop covered the course in 21:16.00 to finish in 38th position out of 120 runners.

In their next race the Garnet will compete in the Dickinson Long/Short Meet on October 1 at 10:30 a.m.

Complete Results

The Swarthmore (6-4, 0-1 CC) volleyball team dropped their Centennial Conference Opener to Franklin & Marshall 3-0 on Tuesday evening in Lancaster, Pa.

The Diplomats improve to 8-1 overall and 2-0 in Centennial play, winning by scores of 30-27, 30-26, and 30-12.

Erica George '07 tallied her fifth double-double of the season, with 15 kills and 21 digs while middle blocker Karen Berk '08 turned in 9 kills and 5 blocks while hitting .473 for the match. Emily Conlon '06 compiled 28 assists while Patrice Berry '06 served two aces.

The Garnet return to Tarble Pavilion for their next match, hosting Centennial foe McDaniel on Saturday, September 24 at 1:00 p.m.

Garnet senior Zach Rodd defeated Michael Klimchak from the College of New Jersey 6-3, 6-0 in the No.1 singles' final, and then paired with Brian Park '06 to defeat Klimchak and partner Roger Mosteller 8-2 in the doubles' final at the Swarthmore Invite on Sunday afternoon.

J. J. England '09 was the only other Garnet player to reach the finals, falling 6-1, 6-3 to Nolan Greenberg from the University of Delaware.

The Swarthmore men will play their final event of the fall schedule on October 2-3 in the ITA Fall Regional held at Mary Washington.

Singles' Finals:

Rodd (SC) def. Klimchak (Col. of NJ) 6-3, 6-0
Adam Liebman (Delaware) def. Jason Hanschmann (Delaware) 6-4, 6-0
Nolan Greenberg (Delaware) def. J.J. England (SC) 6-1, 6-3
Will Daly (Col. of NJ) def. Zach Chafitz (Delaware) 6-1, 6-2
Josh Levine (Delaware) def. Matt Hiznay (Col. of NJ) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles' Finals:

Rodd/Park (SC) def. Klimchak/Mosteller (Col. of NJ) 8-2
Liebman/Chafitz (Delware) def. Justin Cook/Daly(Col. of NJ) 8-2