Athletics News

Two Swarthmore College men's lacrosse players have been selected to compete in the 64th annual STX-Geico North/South Classic hosted by United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse at SUNY-Cortland in Cortland, NY on June 11.  Senior Tim Chryssikos (Ellicott City, MD / Loyola Blakefield) was selected as an attackman for the STX-Geico Division III South Team, while senior Tom Coughlin (Lutherville, MD / Gilman) was chosen as an alternate in the midfield.

Chryssikos was the top offensive option for the Garnet in 2005, leading the team with 52 points on 26 goals and 26 assists.  The senior ranked third in the CC with 1.86 assists per game, fourth with 3.71 points per game, and 10th with 1.86 goals per game.

Coughlin, a fellow tri-captain, was second on the team with 30 points on 16 goals and 14 assists.  The senior ranked 14th in the Centennial with 1.00 assists per game.

Chryssikos and Coughlin are the eighth and ninth Swarthmore men's lacrosse players selected to play in the North/South game.

Garnet sophomore Sonya Reynolds has been chosen as one of the 32 entrants to play in the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Singles' Championship at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, MI.

Reynolds posted a record of 13-4 on the season helping Swarthmore advance to the NCAA Team Championships for third consecutive year. The sophomore left-hander won the Centennial Conference Singles title in April by defeating fellow NCAA qualifier Amy Schmidt of Muhlenberg 6-0, 6-1.

The first round of the NCAA Division III Singles' Championship begins at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time on May 21st and will run through May 23rd.

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Sam Graffeo '07 earned a silver medal in the shot put with a toss of 35 feet 11.5 inches to pace the Garnet on the Final day of the Centennial Conference Championships at Muhlenberg College.

In other action, Sarah Hobbs '06 finished in seventh place in the 1,500 in 4:58.24 and Debbie farrelly '06 ran 9th in 4:59.62. Lauren Fety '06 was 12th in the 5K in a time of 19:33.09 and Emily Conlon '06 placed 14th in the javelin with a throw of 86 feet 3 inches.

The 4x400 relay team of Elizabeth Gardner '05, Kavita Hardy '08, Jen Stevenson '06 and Jessica Zagory '05 finished in ninth place in 4:21.46.

The Garnet finished in 10th place with 28.5 points.

Results

Vernon Chaplin '07 collected a bronze medal with a third place finish in the 1,500 meter run in a time of 4:01.54 to pace the Garnet on the final day of the Centennial Conference Championships at Muhlenberg College.

Garrett Ash '05 placed fifth in the 5K in a time of 15:33.67 and James Golden '05 ran eighth in 15:52.34. Duncan Gromko '07 had a busy day finishing seventh in the 800 (1:59.31), the 4x100 relay (45.69) and the 4x400 relay (3:29.61). Gromko covered the lead leg of the 4x100 with Brian Hwang '05, Tyler Lyson '06 and Nick Farrar '07 and ran the third leg of the 4x400 with Lyson, Chaplin and Keefe Keeley '06. Lyson also placed eighth in the 400 in a time of 51.48.

The Garnet finished in 9th place with 36 points. Results

Swarthmore's third straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament was short-lived as the Garnet (12-6) met up against a buzz saw in Washington & Lee and fell 9-0 to the host Generals in Lexington, VA.

The unbeaten Generals (19-0) entered the match ranked third in Division III and the top seed in the Atlantic South Region Tournament while the 25th-ranked Garnet owned the No. 7 ranking in the region.

The Generals jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a sweep of the doubles as the top ranked team in the region, Lindsay Hagerman and Ginny Wortham knocked off No. 5 Sonya Reynolds '07 and Marissa Matthews '07 8-1 at first doubles. W&L's No. 2 doubles team of Emily Applegate and Kristen McClung, ranked fourth in the region, defeated Sara Sargent and Elli Suzuki, 8-2 and Lora Farris and Leah Weston, ranked No. 13, defeated Waverly Lutz '07 and Emily Townsend '07, 8-5 at No. 3.

Washington & Lee completed the sweep with straight set victories in all six singles matches. The Generals singles lineup features four players in the top 13 of the latest ITA Regional Rankings. Reynolds, ranked No. 7 in the region, fell to top-ranked Hagerman, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 and Suzuki, ranked 20th, fell to No. 13 McClung, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2. Matthews, fell 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 to third-ranked Applegate and Sargent battled with 12th-ranked Wortham, at No. 4, before falling 6-3, 6-2. Townsend fell 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 to Weston and Katie Kingsbury defeated Lutz at No. 6, 6-2, 6-2 to complete the sweep. Results

The 4x800 relay team of Paul Thibodeau '06, James Golden '05, Vernon Chaplin '07 and Keefe Keeley '06 finished in second place in a time of 7:58.84 to earn the first medal for the Garnet at the Centennial Conference Track and Field Championships hosted by Muhlenberg College.

Tyler Lyson '06 won his heat of the 400 in 51:08 to advance to tomorrow's final and Duncan Gromko '07 covered the 800 in 1:58.65 to participate in the final.

Garrett Ash '05 finished in fourth place in the 10,000 on Friday night in a time of 32:29.82 and Matt Singleton '07 finished in fifth place in the pole vault, clearing 12 feet 6 inches. Ross Weller '08 placed eighth in the 3,000 steeplechase in a time of 10:07.63.

The Garnet are in eight place with 18 points with one day remaining in the three-day competition. Events resume tomorrow at 11 a.m. Results

The Swarthmore 4x800 relay team of Debbie Farrelly '06 (above) Sarah Hobbs '06, Kavita Hardy '08 and Elizabeth Gardner '05 earned the Garnet's first gold medal of this year's Centennial Conference Track and Field Championship by crossing the finish line in 9:36.21 on the second day of competition at Muhlenberg College.

Rebecca Burrow '08 set a school record in the pole vault by clearing 9 feet 0.25 inches to place fourth and Jessica Zagory '05 set a personal best in the high jump leaping 5 feet 0.5 inches to finish in fourth place.

Burrow also finished eighth in the long jump with a leap of 16 feet 9.75 inches and Jen Stevenson '06 finished in 14th place with a jump of 15-7.75.

Swarthmore is currently in eighth place with 18.5 points. The meet concludes tomorrow with the first event beginning at 11 am.

Results

For the third year in a row the Swarthmore College women's tennis team has qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament.

The 25th ranked Garnet (12-5) will travel to Washington & Lee to take on the No. 3 Generals (18-0) at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Haverford (22-14, 11-5 CC) got two outstanding pitching performances on Monday afternoon to sweep both ends of a double header from Swarthmore at Clothier Fields.

The Fords won the first game 5-1, benefiting from eight Garnet errors to defeat senior Jared Leiderman in his final appearance in a Swarthmore uniform.

Haverford senior Nick Chanock out-dueled Leiderman, limiting the Garnet to three hits while striking out eight batters for his fifth win of the season.

Leiderman (above) allowed five runs, two earned, on six hits while fanning eight batters over seven innings of work. The right-hander finishes the season with 84 strikeouts, tops in the Centennial, capping his career total at 225, the fifth-most in Conference history and second-best in school history.

Sam Faeder '07 had a hit and score a run, while teammates Pat Christmas '08 and Scott Dalane '08 added one single apiece.

Another pitching duel ensued in the second game as Swarthmore's Alex Ryan-Bond and Haverford's Steve Zyman locked horns.

Ryan-Bond blinked first as the Fords put a run up when second baseman Brandon Mills drove home Dan Render with a two out single in the third inning.

The score remained 1-0 Haverford as Ryan-Bond limited the Fords to a pair of hits in the next three frames. On the other side, Zyman cruised along allowing only one Garnet base runner, leadoff hitter Scott Young '06, to reach third base.

The Fords got to Ryan-Bond in the top of the seventh when Render hit a two-run triple to left and scored to make it 4-0 when the relay throw got away from Swarthmore.

Zyman did not allow a hit in the final two frames, claiming his first win of the season. The senior threw all nine innings, giving up six hits while striking out ten batters. Ryan-Bond suffered the loss, giving up seven hits over eight innings and striking out two Fords.

Young had two hits for Swarthmore (5-23, 3-15 CC) and Faeder contributed his third double of the season in the season finale for the Garnet.

McDaniel College (20-15, 13-3 CC), the defending Centennial Conference champion, rapped out 26 hits in two games to sweep a Monday afternoon double header from Swarthmore by scores of 9-1 and 14-2.

The Green Terror had the offense clicking from the first pitch, scoring five runs in the first inning and three more times in the second of game one. Mary Abrams kept the Garnet off the base paths, allowing only three hits while striking out three.

Seniors Sam Brody had a hit and scored once and Valerie Marone '05 and Kelly Siano '07 contributed hits as well.

Swarthmore evened game two 1-1 when Danielle Miller '06 walked and eventually scored on freshman Katie Gold's ground out.

The Terror quickly re-gained control of the game, scoring in each inning, including a seven-fifth to crack the game wide open.

Swarthmore (10-26, 4-12 CC) tacked on a run in the bottom of the fifth when Miller drove in Melissa LaVan '07 with a one-out RBI double.

Catcher Christina Procacci '06 drew two more walks, giving her an amazing 35 free passes on the year, placing her 10th in Division III softball history. The junior's .518 on-base percentage and 35 walks is tops in the Centennial Conference for both categories.

Miller had a hit, a walk, scored once, and drove in a run and Mary Mintel '05 added a base hit in her final appearance in a Swarthmore uniform. Mintel closed out her career with a banner season in 2005, leading the team in batting average, runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBIs, total bases, and slugging percentage.

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