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Shortstop Katie Gold '08 made a memorable home debut, driving in five runs on four hits as Swarthmore rolled over Alvernia College 8-0 and 11-3 to sweep a Tuesday afternoon doubleheader at Clothier Fields.

The Garnet offense, on display in the first home competition of the young 2005 season, busted out 27 hits and 13 runs off Crusader pitching as Swarthmore remained undefeated at home.

Swarthmore put two runs on the board in the bottom of the third as leadoff hitter Sam Brody '05 (above) started everything with a base hit. Brody eventually came around to score on single by Gold, and Mary Mintel scored on a base hit by Anna Ghublikian to make it 2-0 Garnet.

Brody generated some more offense for Swarthmore (4-10) in the fourth inning. The senior left fielder reached on a base hit, moved over on a single by Danielle Miller '06, and scored on a passed ball. The Garnet plated two more runs, the last coming on an RBI single by Gold, giving Swarthmore a 5-0 lead after four innings.

The Garnet put the finishing touches on game one, scoring three times in the bottom of the sixth, evoking the mercy rule. Emily Walz '08 (2-1) and Marianne Klingamann '07 combined on the shut-out, limiting the Crusaders (5-6) to six hits and striking out four.

Gold had three hits and four RBIs, while second baseman Miller added three hits of her own and scored twice. Brody, Christina Procacci '06, and Mintel all had two hits and two runs scored, while Ghublikian added two hits and a run.

It was all Swarthmore in game two, as the Garnet jumped on Alvernia hurler Ashley Irvin for six runs off six hits in the first inning. That would be all the runs Emily Remus '06 and Amy DiBiase '08 (1-3) would need, as the Swarthmore pitchers held Alvernia to three runs on seven hits through six innings.

Miller collected three more base hits in game two, raising her batting average over ninety points to .318 on the season. First baseman Kelly Siano '07 drove in two runs on two hits, while Gold and Mintel scored two times apiece for Swarthmore.

The Garnet will travel to the College of New Jersey for a weekend-long tournament on Friday, March 25th.

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The Garnet (3-2) battled Georgetown but in the end the Division I squad was too strong in pulling out a 4-0 decision in a match played indoor at the Mullan Tennis Center.

The Hoyas opened the match, played with Division I rules, by winning the doubles point. Marissa Matthews '07 and Erica Lukoski '08 gave the Garnet a victory at No. 3 defeating Eileen Boyle and Michelle Picocco 9-7. Liddy Bartell and Adriann Gin defeated Sonya Reynolds '07 and Elli Suzuki '06 8-5 at No. 1 and Kristen Dew and Sana Malouf edged Sara Sargent '07 and Waverly Lutz '07 in a tiebreaker 9-8 (4) to take the point.

Bartell defeated Reynolds in straight sets at No. 1 6-4, 6-3 to give the Hoyas a 2-0 lead. Dew defeated Matthews at No. 3 in three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to make it 3-0 and Gin outlasted Suzuki at No. 2 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 to give the Hoyas the victory.

The other singles matches were stopped as the outcome of the match was determined.

The Garnet host Muhlenberg on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

Results

Matt Faber singled home Christopher Ritchie in the top of the sixth inning to give Marywood a 4-3 win over Swarthmore in the first game, while the Pacers cracked 14 hits off Garnet pitching in the second game to sweep a rain-filled doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at chilly Clothier Fields.

The Pacers (5-7) scored early against Swarthmore hurler Justin Chen '08, scratching out a run in the second for a 1-0 lead.

The Garnet answered with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the second to take a 3-1 lead. Travis Allen '08 doubled, Ian Adelstein '07 and Scott Young '08 hit consecutive singles, Noah Cooper-Harris '07 followed with an RBI double, and Sam Faeder '07 drove in the third run with a sacrifice fly.

Chris D'Antonio shut the door of the Garnet offense, allowing only two runners on base after the second inning. D'Antonio pitched all seven innings, striking out three and walking one for the win.

Chen took the loss for Swarthmore (2-7), allowing four runs on five hits while striking out three.

The Pacers jumped all over the Garnet in the second game, getting 11 runs and 14 hits off four different Swarthmore pitchers. Their big inning came in the top of the fifth when a bases-loaded double by Mike Piercy led to a five-run inning, pushing the Marywood lead to 11-0.

Swarthmore refused to roll over, taking advantage of some sloppy defense by the Pacers, as Adelstein, Andrew Bender '08, and Scott Dalane '08 scored to cut the deficit to 11-3.

Bill Hall got the win for Marywood, combining with Ralph Protano to limit the Garnet to five hits, striking out three and walking three.

Scott Young and Dalane had two hits apiece for Swarthmore, while Alex Ryan-Bond was tagged with the loss.

The Garnet travel south on Rt. 320 for their next contest, visiting Widener on Saturday, March 26th for a 12:00 p.m. doubleheader.

Katie Crawford '07 and Niamh Shortt '06 each scored three goals to lead the Garnet (4-2) to a 13-7 victory over Wellesley to capture third place in the Seven Sisters Tournament.

Wellesley jumped out to an early 3-1 lead as Katie Moseley scored Wellesley's first three goals. The Garnet countered with goals from Ele Forbes '05, Crawford, and Shortt to take a 4-3 lead with 5:56 remaining in the half.

The teams then traded goals as Casey Logan scored twice for Wellesley and Shortt added her second. Heidi Fieselmann '06 scored on a free position shot with 1:15 remaining and Crawford scored on a nice pass from Lindsay Roth '07 with 49 seconds left to give the Garnet a 7-5 halftime advantage.

Swarthmore broke open the game in the second, scoring the first six goals of the half to open a 13-5 lead. Forbes opened the scoring in the first minute with an unassisted goal and Roth scored in the 36th minute to give the Garnet a 9-5 lead. Shortt picked up the hattrick with 20:23 remaining on a Megan Speare assist and Fieselmann added her second goal of the game off a Shortt pass.

Crawford picked up her hattrick on a free position as she did a 360 through the Wellesley defense. Roth closed out the Garnet scoring with 8:08 remaining.

The Garnet defense held Wellesley scoreless for over 25 minutes until Maxine Brownstein scored two goals to make the final score 13-7.

Susannah Blair recorded seven saves for the Garnet while Karyn Benson had seven stops for Wellesley.

Roth, Megan Sanborn '08 and Cara Tigue '06 were named to the Seven Sisters All-tournamenet Team.

The Garnet travel to Neumann on Wednesday for a 4 p.m. non-conference contest.

Freshmen Erica Lukoski (above) and Jamie Midyette won their first collegiate matches, leading 25th-ranked Swarthmore to a 9-0 victory at Haverford on Saturday afternoon.

The Garnet swept through the doubles action, with the No. 1 pair of Sonya Reynolds '07 and Elli Suzuki '06 winning 8-4 over Sarah Loeffler and Allyson Scherb. Sara Sargent '07 and Waverly Lutz '07 won handily at No. 2 doubles, defeating Laura Chaddock and Priya Amar 8-1. Lukoski teamed up with Oriana Galardi-Este '06 to win No. 3 doubles 8-6 over Astra Wallace and Annaliese Wiederspahn.

Swarthmore continued to play well in singles action, losing only one set in the process. Reynolds remained undefeated in the spring, defeating Chaddock 6-1, 6-0 in the No 1 singles match-up. Suzuki took care of business at No. 2, winning 6-1, 6-4 over Loeffler.

Lutz won her second match of the season by beating Scherb 6-1, 7-6 (6) at No. 3 singles, while Marissa Matthews '07 earned a hard-fought 6-7 (4), 6-1, 10-8 victory over Amar.

Lukoski, making her Garnet debut, easily defeated Wallace in No. 5 singles 6-0, 6-2, while classmate Midyette defeated Weiderspahn 6-3, 6-3.

Swarthmore returns to action on Sunday, March 20th when they host Georgetown University beginning at 11:00 a.m.

Results

Senior midfielder Tom Coughlin scored his second goal of the game with 1:01 remaining in overtime to lead the Garnet (2-2) to a 10-9 non-conference victory over visiting Babson (2-2) on Saturday night.

Tim Chryssikos '05 led the Garnet with three goals and three assists including two short-handed goals just 26 seconds apart to give the Garnet an 8-4 lead with 1:13 remaining in the third quarter.

Jason Connell scored twice around a Steve Whitney goal as Babson tallied three goals in 1:05 to cut the Garnet lead to 8-7 with 10:08 remaining in the game.

Coughlin scored off a Chryssikos feed just over a minute later to give the Garnet a 9-7 advantage. Jason Wellemeyer then scored two of his game-high four goals just 48 seconds apart to tie the game at 9-9 with 5:09 left.

Jeff Donlea '05 scored twice and Ryan McKenna '07, Jay Charles '07 and Paul Chung '05 each scored for the Garnet. Whitney scored twice and Jonathan Wyeth had one goal for the Beavers.

Frank Mazzucco '08 recorded 12 saves in goal for the Garnet while Dave Frascogna made seven stops for Babson.

The Garnet travel to Richard Stockton on Wednesday for at 3:30 contest.

Babson (2-2)            1    1    2    5    0     9
Swarthmore (2-2)    1    3    4    1    1   10

Goals:SC (10) Tim Chryssikos 3, Jeff Donlea 2, Tom Coughlin 2, Ryan McKenna, Jay Charles, Paul Chung.
BC: (9) Jason Wellemeyer 4, Steve Whitney 2, Jared Connell 2, Jonathan Wyeth.

Assists: SC (4) Chryssikos 3, Coughlin.
BC (4) Nate Cook 2, Nick Corto, Daniel Kowalik.

Goaltenders:
SC- Frank Mazzucco 63min, 12 saves, 9 G
BC - Dave Frascogna 63 min, 7 saves, 10 GA

Shots: SC 39, BC 31.
Penalties: SC 1 for 1:00; EC 4 for 3:30
Man Advantage: SC 0 of 4, EC 0 of 1
Attendance: 123

Junior midfielder Heidi Fieselmann scored four times to lead Swarthmore to a 12-0 victory over Elms College in the opening round of the annual Seven Sisters Tournament on Saturday morning.

The Garnet, playing on the campus of Bryn Mawr College, fell 8-6 to rival Haverford College in their afternoon contest, earning a spot in the third-place game on Sunday.

Tri-captain Megan Speare '05 notched her second hat trick of the season against Elms, while leading-scorer Lindsay Roth '07 added a pair of goals.

Tri-captain Ele Forbes '05 tallied a pair of goals of her own, including the first goal for the Garnet (3-2), finishing off a pass from Niamh Shortt '06 at 6:24 mark in the first half. The Garnet swooped to a 9-0 halftime advantage, and never looked back on the way to their third win of the season.

Susannah Blair '08 (one save) and Emily Lowing (three saves) split duties in goal for the Garnet.

Swarthmore fell in their afternoon contest vs. Haverford, getting two goals from Roth and scores from Speare, Katie Crawford '07, Rachel Jordan '08, and Megan Sanborn '08.

Blair made twelve saves in goal as the Garnet fell to 3-2 overall.

The Garnet will meet Wellesley in the third place game tomorrow.

12th-ranked Gettysburg out shot Swarthmore 35-17 on their way to a 18-1 victory at Clothier Field on Thursday afternoon.

Kathy Delauney, Ellie Shihadeh, and Katie Hagan tallied three goals apiece for the Bullets (4-0, 1-0 CC), while Cassidy Zappacosta handed out four assists.

Katie Crawford '07 scored the lone Swarthmore goal, taking advantage of a free position to tally her fourth goal of the season at the 48:30 mark.

Heather Kelley and Susan Meyers split the duties in goal for Gettysburg, with Kelley making seven saves in the first half and Meyers stopping eight shots in the second stanza.

Suzannah Blair '08 took the loss for Swarthmore (2-1, 0-1 CC), making nine saves in the process.

The Garnet make a short trip to Bryn Mawr on Saturday, March 19th to compete in the annual Seven Sisters Tournament.

Tim Chryssikos '05 scored a career-high five goals but it was not enough as Elizabethtown (1-4) rallied for a 9-8 non-conference victory over the visiting Garnet (1-2).

Chryssikos picked up the first two goals of the game to give Swarthmore a 2-0 lead after the first quarter. Chryssikos scored unassisted just 44 seconds into the game and made it 2-0 on a goal at 5:03.

Allen Churchman scored his first goal 40 seconds into the second period to cut the lead in half. Jeff Donlea '05 scored at 6:14 off a Ryan McKenna feed to make it 3-1 and Chryssikos picked up the hattrick with 2:24 remaining in the quarter. Tom Coughlin '05 gave the Garnet a 5-2 halftime advantage with an unassisted goal with 1:03 left.

Chryssikos opened the scoring in the third with an unassisted goal at 10:17 to give the Garnet its largest lead of the game at 6-2. The Blue Jays then went on a 5-0 run to take a 7-6 lead with 8:34 remaining in the game.

Churchman assisted on goals by Brian Ginter and Rob Towe and Frankie Puzzangara scored a man-up goal at 6:02 to make it 6-5 at the end of the third. Bryan Miller scored at 11:29 to tie the game and Churchman gave the Jays its first lead of the game with 8:34 remaining.

Chryssikos picked up his fifth tally of the game just 37 seconds later to tie the contest. Towe countered for E-town at 7:00 on a Matt Newell assist and Donlea evened the game at 8-8 with 5:56 remaining. Justin Griffey scored the game-winner off a Ryan Smetana assist at 3:32.

Elizabethtown held a 30-21 shot advantage for the game as Frank Mazzucco '08 recorded eight saves for the Garnet.

The Garnet host Babson at 7 p.m. Saturday evening.

Swarthmore (1-2)        2   3   1   2   8
Elizabethtown (1-4)    0   2   3   4   9

Goals:SC (8) Tim Chryssikos 5, Jeff Donlea 2, Tom Coughlin.
EC: (9) Allen Churchman 2, Rob Towe 2, Frankie Puzzangara, Justin Griffey, Bryan Miller, Dave Eshelman, Brian Ginter.

Assists: SC (2) Ryan McKenna, Matt Preez.
EC (5) Churchman 2, Matt Newell, Matt Seiboth, Ryan Smetana.
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Goaltenders:
SC- Frank Mazzucco 60 min, 8saves, 9 G
EC - Fran Mckeever 60 min., 7 saves, 8 GA

Shots: SC 30, EC 21.
Penalties: SC 3 for 2:00; EC 0 for 0:00
Man Advantage: SC 0 of 0, EC 1 of 3
Attendance: 80

Neumann College scored three runs in the top of the tenth inning to complete a 6-3 comeback victory over Swarthmore at Clothier Fields on Wednesday afternoon.

Scott Dalane '08 got the Garnet on the board early, leading off the bottom of the first with a walk. Second baseman Patrick Christmas '08 (above) moved Dalane up on a base hit to right. Dalane swiped third base and gave Swarthmore a 1-0 lead, scoring on a wild pitch by Knights hurler Nick Lapetina.

Christmas put the Garnet up 2-0 in the fifth, leading off the inning with a triple to right-center and scoring on sacrifice fly by Ian Adelstein '07.

Swarthmore ace Jared Leiderman '05 blanked the Knights for seven frames, fanning seven while scattering four hits.

Neumann got to Leiderman in the top of the eighth, getting back to back singles from Scott Schuler and Eric Shonewolf to put runners on first and second. The next batter, Patrick Boggs, hit a come backer to the mound. Leiderman fired a strike to third baseman Justin Chen '08 for the first out.

Kevin Ahern followed with a one-hopper to up the first base line and a Garnet error allowed Shonewolf to score. Neumann got hit consecutive singles, pushing two more runs across to give the Knights a 3-2 lead. Leiderman struck out Brian Chesnick and induced a fly ball from Matt Backert to end the inning.

The score remained 3-2 when Swarthmore came up in the bottom of the ninth. Pinch hitter Jody Fisher '05 started a rally with a single off Neumann reliever Jeremy Micun. Left fielder Scott Young struck out and Dalane popped out to first, and the Garnet were down to their final out.

On the first pitch thrown, Christmas smoked a ball back through the box and Micun muffed it, putting Swarthmore runners on first and second. Travis Allen '08, hitless in his four previous at bats, drilled the first pitch to right field and pinch runner Jacob Anguiano '07 raced around third. Right fielder Schonewolf made a strong throw, but the ball drifted up the first base line. Anguiano executed a terrific hook-slide, tying the game 3-3. Christmas got caught too far off third base on the play and the Knights alertly caught him in a run down for the third out.

Two miscues and two hits doomed Swarthmore in the top of the tenth, as Neumann scored three times and Knight closer James Jordan shut the door on the Garnet in the bottom of the tenth, sending Neumann to 4-5 on the sesason.

Christmas led Swarthmore (2-5) with a single, triple, and run scored. Leiderman took the loss, pitching 9 1/3 innings, striking out nine and walking only three.

The Garnet continue their non-conference schedule on Sunday, March 20th when they host Marywood in a 12:00 p.m. doubleheader on Clothier Fields.