Athletics News

Ali Wolff '05, Radiance Walters '06, and Laura Popovics '08 all scored 13 points as Swarthmore broke out in the second half to defeat St. Joseph's College (CT) 65-39 at the annual Seven Sisters Tournament in Bryn Mawr, Pa.

St. Joseph's grabbed an early 10-2 lead in the first half, led by Edna Cammano's hot shooting. The Garnet clawed their way back to tie the contest 28-28 at the intermission.

Swarthmore poured it on in the second half, launching a 20-2 run to build a commanding 48-30 lead with 11:18 remaining. Popovics accounted for the last eight points of that run, courtesy of a twisting lay up and two long-distance three pointers.

The Garnet shot 43% from the floor in the second half, including six of twelve from three point range, to improve their record to 3-2 overall.

Walters recorded her third double-double of the season by corralling 14 rebounds to go with her 13 points. Debra Farrelly '06 added nine points on three for four shooting from three point land, while Kristen Lee '05 chipped in seven points.

Cammano led the Blue Jays with 13 points and six rebounds, while Maureen Christ added eight points for the Blue Jays.

Swarthmore will face Vassar College, a 48-43 winner over Smith, at 4:00 p.m. in semi-final action of the Seven Sisters Tournament on the campus of Bryn Mawr College.

Senior forward Matt Gustafson (Herndon, VA - South Lakes) was named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week for November 22-28. The captain averaged 36 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists on the week earning Centennial Conference Player of the Week honors. d3hoops.com

Kristen Lee '05 equaled her career-high of 18 points to lead the Garnet to a 63-49 Centennial Conference victory at Ursinus.

Lee got the Garnet off to a fast start, scoring 15 of her game-high 18 points in the first half. The co-captain was 6-of-12 from the floor, connecting on 3-of-4 3-point attempts to give the Garnet a 40-20 lead at intermission.

Swarthmore shot a season-best 47.1% from the floor in the first half connecting on 16-of-34 attempts, including 5-of-11 from beyond the arc to build the insurmountable lead.

The Bears used a 13-5 run to start the second half closing to within 45-33, but the Garnet scored the next seven points on a Cara Tigue '06 layup, a Karen Berk '08 jumper and Lee's fourth triple of the night to put the game out of reach.

Jessica Fuhr '07 came off the bench to score 10 points and Berk, Ali Wolf '05 and Radiance Walters '06 each added eight points. Debbie Farrelly '06 added six points, recorded a career-high five steals and matched her career best with six assists. Walters pulled down a game-high 13 boards as the Garnet improve to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the Centennial.

Sarah Hennessey led the Bears with 18 points as they fall to 1-3 overall, 0-2 in the conference.

Friday, the Garnet travel to Bryn Mawr for the Seven Sisters Tournament. Swarthmore battles St. Joseph's (CT) at 8 pm.

Matt Gustafson '05 scored 29 points and Jeff Maxim '07 recorded 11 points and 10 rebounds but the Garnet fell at Philadelphia Biblical 84-79 in overtime. Swarthmore drops to 1-4 on the season with its third consecutive overtime defeat.

In a game where both teams shot well from the floor, Swarthmore was 29 of 62 (46.8%) and PBU 30 of 63 (47.6%), and better from beyond the arc, Swarthmore 7 of 14 (50%) and PBU 7 of 12 (58.3%), it was the Garnet's struggle from the line in the first half, hitting just 2 of 14, that was the difference in the game.

Chris Casey '07 scored a career-high 11 points and added three assists and Dillon McGrew '07 chipped in with 10 points to pace the Garnet. Jeremy Coleman had 26 points for the Crimson Eagles.

Swarthmore travels to Ursinus on Saturday for its Centennial Conference opener at 1 pm.

Senior Matt Gustafson (Herndon, VA - South Lakes) averaged 36 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists on the week to earn Centennial Conference Player of the Week honors for November 29.

The 6-4 forward matched his career-high by scoring 37 points in the Garnet's 75-74 overtime loss at Drew. The captain also pulled down 11 rebounds and added two blocked shots and two assists. Against Neumann, he posted 35 points and 14 rebounds for back-to-back double-doubles.

Gustafson shot 53.8% from the floor, hitting 28 of 52 attempts and was 5-for-13 from beyond the arc (38.5%) in the two games last week.

Gustafson leads the Centennial Conference in scoring, averaging 31 points per game, he is second in rebounding (10.3 pg) and is fourth in blocked shots (1.75 pg). He is also among the conference leaders in 3-pointers per game (1.75), steals per game (1.750, free throw percentage (80.8), and assists per game (2.5).

Gustafson currently ranks third on Swarthmore's all-time scoring list with 1,355 points he needs 209 points to become the Garnet's leading scorer.

The Garnet Tide is currently 1-3 on the season.

Senior captain Matt Gustafson posted his second consecutive double-double with 35 points and 14 rebounds and Dillion McGrew '07 posted a career-high 17 points but the Garnet (1-3) fell to Neumann (2-1) 80-74 in overtime.

Gustafson had the hot hand early, scoring 15 points, as the Garnet raced out to a 20-6 lead with 11:57 remaining. Derahn Patrick countered, scoring 13 of his team-high 18 points in a Knights' 18-4 run that tied the game at 24-24 with 5:39 remaining. Patrick drained three consecutive 3-pointers as he went 3-of-4 from beyond the arc for the game.

McGrew answered, Patrick with back-to-back 3-pointers and a Gustafson jumper gave the Garnet a 34-26 lead with 2:21 left in the half. Ronnie Fields hit a three pointer and Randy Maultsby hit a jumper with 12 seconds remaining to get the Knights to within 34-31 at the break.

After Chris Casey '07 hit two free throws to give the Garnet a 5-point advantage, Maultsby sandwiched two jumpers around a Fields three to give Neumann its first lead of the game at 18:36.

The two squads battled the rest of the way, as there were 13 lead changes and seven ties.

Andre Wright hit two free throws with 1:18 remaining to give Neumann a 64-62 lead. Gustafson then hit a running jumper with 13 seconds remaining to give the Garnet its second consecutive overtime contest.

In the extra frame, Maultsby scored eight points to lead the Knights to the victory. Maultsby hit a jumper and added 3-pointer to give Neumann its largest lead of the game at 72-66 with 2:41 remaining.

The Garnet countered as McGrew and Matt Kurman '08 hit back-to-back 3-pointers to tie the game with 55 seconds remaining. Maultsby hit a jumper with 26 seconds to give Neumann the lead for good. A Gustafson jumper with six seconds left fell short of the mark and Neumann iced the game with four free throws to make it 80-74.

Maultsby and Wright each finished with 14 points and Curtis Bryant added 12 for the Knights. Kurman came off the bench to score nine points for the Garnet.

Swarthmore travels to Philadelphia Biblical on Tuesday night for an 8 pm contest.

First-year forward Karen Berk recorded her first career double-double with a game-high 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Garnet in a 66-49 loss at McDaniel.

For the second consecutive game Swarthmore struggled to find its shooting touch from the floor, hitting just 18 of 60 attempts (30%), while the Terror hit 27 of 57 for 47.4%.

Things looked promising midway through the first half as the Garnet held its largest lead at 14-9 with 9:50 remaining. McDaniel then closed out the half on a 16-6 run to take a 25-20 lead into the half.

Jen Stevenson '06 opened the second half with a jumper and a 3-pointer to tie the Game at 25-25 with 16:45 remaining in the game. McDaniel built a seven point lead before a Debbie Farrelly '06 3-pointer and a Berk layup got the Garnet to within 40-37 with 10:07 remaining in the game.

That was as close as the Garnet would get as McDaniel used a 20-3 run to up a 20-point lead with 4:36 left on the clock.

Sara Franz and Brooke Weimer each led McDaniel with 10 points and Jacqueline Pundt added eight points and a game-high 15 rebounds.

Farrelly added eight points and Stevenson and Radiance Walters '06 each chipped in with seven.

Swarthmore returns to action next Tuesday at Ursinus in a 7pm Centennial match up.

Kaena Horowitz '05 and Anders Taylor '07 each won two events and Andrew Frampton '08 set a pool record as the Garnet (3-2, 3-0) defeated Ursinus 118-80 in a Centennial Conference meet in Collegville.

Horowitz won the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.42 and swam a leg on the winning 200 medley relay (1:48.97) with Wootae Min '07, Reid Johnson '08 and Andrew McKay to pace the Garnet to it's third straight conference victory.

Taylor cruised to a victory in the 1,000 freestyle (11:13.80) and captured the 100 butterfly (59.91) by less than a second over Andy LeClair '08 (1:00.87) to clinch the meet or the Garnet.

Mike Auerbach '05 (2:00.39) led a sweep of the 200 freestyle with LeClair (2:03.2) and Johnson (2:04.0) and Jason Horwitz '07 led a sweep of the 100 backstroke (58:73) with Min (1:00.98) and Andrew Herrmann '08 (1:02.82) as the Garnet opened up a comfortable lead.

The Garnet then swept its third straight race when Horowitz (1:06.42) touched the wall ahead of John Heagy '08 (1:06.65) and Brian Rose '06 (1:07.83)in the 100 breaststroke.

Frampton then set an Ursinus pool record when he covered the 500 freestyle in 4:57.91.

Ben Morgan '05 won the 200IM in 2:09.17 and the Garnet closed out the meet with a victory in the 200 freestyle relay as Frampton, Jeff Schneider '05, Johnson and McKay finished in 1:36.16.

The Garnet return to the pool on December 3-5 when they visit Lancaster for the F&M Invite.

Results

Senior captain Matt Gustafson matched his career-high with 37 points, but it was not enough as the Garnet fell to Drew, 75-74 in an overtime thriller in Madison, NJ.

With the game tied at 68-68 at the end of regulation, a Gustafson jumper gave the Garnet a 70-68 lead. Damon DiLorenzo answered with a three point to give the Rangers a lead with 3:51 remaining. A Gustafson layup put the Garnet back on top at 72-71. A Joe Lamson layup put the Rangers ahead by one before Gustafson's third OT bucket gave the Garnet a 74-73 lead. Dave Pepperman scored on a layup with 23 seconds remaining to give Drew a 75-74 advantage. The Garnet had several chances in the games' final seconds but the ball would not drop.

Gustafson also added 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season while, Dillon McGrew '07 added 10 points. Bob Carella led the rangers with 20 points and Pepperman finished with 10 points.

The Garnet host Neumann on Sunday night at 7:00 pm.

Franny Zhang '08 won two events to lead the Garnet to a 134-114 Centennial Conference victory at Ursinus.

Zhang swam a leg on the winning 200 medley relay team (1:55.38) with Erin Dwyer-Frazier '05, Michele Hom '07 and Sarah Cotcamp '07 to open the meet and won the 100 butterfly on 1:03. 63 to pace the Garnet.

Tara Finley '05 won the 1,000 freestyle (11:32.46), Melanie Johncilla '05 captured the 200 freestyle in 2:03.57 and Sarah Gordon '07 won the 200 butterfly in 2:26.42 as the Garnet had six different individual winners on the evening.

Jennie Lewis '08 (56.34) touched the wall first in a Garnet sweep of the 100 freestyle, placing ahead of Kathryn Jantz '05 (56.49) and Zhang (57.42) and Katie Altynova '08 picked up a win in the 200IM with a time of 2:22.62.

The Garnet return to action on Dec. 3-5 at the F&M Invite.

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