ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. - Sophomore Paul Weston finished strong on the final day of the McDaniel Spring Golf Invitational shooting a 76, holding onto second place in the field of 78 golfers. Weston shot six over par in the tournament leading the Garnet on Sunday afternoon at the Bridges Golf Club. Read the rest of this entry »
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Sophomore Stephen Youngblood won in No. 1 singles and doubles, but it wasn't enough as the Swarthmore men's tennis team (2-6, 1-0) dropped a 7-2 decision to No.22 Washington & Lee on Sunday morning from the Faulkner Courts at the College.
Youngblood defeated the Generals No.1 Hayden White - the No. 5 singles player in Division III - 6-4, 6-2 in singles play, while starting the day by teaming up with sophomore Zak Kelm for a 8-2 No. 1 doubles win over the W&L combo of Alex Brooke and Jonathan Gaffney. Read the rest of this entry »
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Swarthmore College baseball team (11-7, 3-1) saw its eight-game winning streak come to end on Sunday afternoon, as Muhlenberg scored six runs in the sixth inning and eight runs in the eighth inning en route to a 17-3 victory over the Garnet from historic Limeport Stadium.
The loss is the Garnet's first in Centennial Conference play for the 2010 season.
Sophomore Spencer Ross blasted his fourth home run of the season in the fourth inning to pace the Garnet offense. Read the rest of this entry »
SAN ANTONIO - Sophomore Travis Pollen captured a national championship in the S9 classification 50 meter freestyle while taking second place in the 100 meter freestyle to highlight his outstanding performance at the 2010 U.S. Paralympics Spring Swimming Nationals, held at the Palo Alto College Natatorium over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
WESTMINSTER, Md. - The Swarthmore College men's tennis team (2-5, 1-0) opened up its second season of Centennial Conference play with a 9-0 sweep of McDaniel on Saturday afternoon.
Freshman Malik Mubeen won his first career No.1 singles match, 6-2, 6-4 over McDaniel's Ben Faber. Mubeen also opened the contest by pairing up with fellow freshman Seth Udelson for a convincing 8-2 doubles win over the Green Terror's Dan Hovorka/ Faber. Read the rest of this entry »
WESTMINSTER, Md. - The Swarthmore College women's tennis team remained unbeaten in Centennial Conference play, as the Garnet earned a convincing 9-0 victory at McDaniel on Saturday afternoon.
The Garnet (5-2, 3-0) had little trouble with the Green Terror, dropping just two games in singles play en route to the dominating victory.
Freshman Emily Rosenblum picked up win in No. 1 singles and doubles, trouncing McDaniel No. 1 Jamie Lantham 6-0, 6-0 in singles play while pairing up with junior Luann Cignavitch to defeat the McDaniel pair of Starlings/Stavirov 8-2. Rosenblum is now 2-0 on the season at No. 1 singles.
Freshman Kelsey Johnson (6-1, 6-0), junior Alexis Hickman (6-0, 6-1), Cignavitch (6-0, 6-1) and freshman Tayler Tucker (6-0, 6-0) all picked up singles wins to lead the Garnet cause.
Swarthmore returns to action Thursday at Muhlenberg (4:00 p.m.).
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Senior Tyler Bradshaw, sophomore Max Hubbard, and sophomore Zach Belden each scored a pair of goals to lead the Swarthmore College men’s lacrosse team (1-6, 0-4), but a Muhlenberg goal with three seconds left in the third period proved to be the difference as the Mules (4-3, 3-1) defeated Swarthmore 9-8 on Saturday evening from Scotty Wood Stadium.
Senior Kevin Friedenberg finished the game with 13 saves for the Garnet who battled back from an early 3-0 deficit to tie the game at five before Brent Siebold scored his sixth goal of the season for the Mules at the end of the third quarter. Read the rest of this entry »
CHESTER, Pa. - The Swarthmore College men's and women's outdoor track & field teams returned to action just down the road at nearby Widener, as both Garnet teams competed in the Danny Curran Invitational on Friday and Saturday evening. Read the rest of this entry »
ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. - Sophomore Paul Weston shot a team-low 74, finishing the first round of the McDaniel Spring Invitational tied for second place in a field of 78 to highlight the Swarthmore College golf team's performance on Saturday afternoon.
As a team, the Garnet find themselves tied for ninth place with a score of 324 after the first day. Read the rest of this entry »
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Gettysburg senior Hollis Stahl scored four goals while junior Marnie Cummins dished out a career high six assists as the No.2 Bullets (8-1, 3-0) proved to be too much for the Swarthmore College women's lacrosse team, blanking the Garnet 17-0 on Saturday afternoon from the Battlefield. Read the rest of this entry »