KANSAS CITY, MO. - The Swarthmore College men's and women's soccer teams each moved up one spot in the latest edition of the D3 Soccer poll released on Tuesday. The men climbed to No. 3 in the rankings after knocking off No.18/25 Johns Hopkins 1-0, while the women moved from No. 19 to No. 18 after splitting a pair of games against nationally-ranked No.5/6 TCNJ (L 0-2) and No. 4/5 Dickinson (W 1-0).
ANNVILLE, Pa. - Sophomore Paul Weston shot a team-best six-over-par 78 to finish in the Top 20, while sophomore Alex Nichamin shot an 11-over-par 81 (36th) to pace the Swarthmore golf team at the Lebanon Valley College Fall Invitational on Monday.
As a team, the Garnet finished with a score of 330, good for 11th place in the upper-half of the 24-team field.
LANCASTER, Pa. - Sophomore goalkeeper Marie Mutryn of the Swarthmore women's soccer team was named the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending September 21, the conference announced on Monday.
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SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Facing fierce competition against Division I Deleware and conference-rival Johns Hopkins , the Swarthmore men's tennis team opened up the 2009 fall campaign with the Swarthmore Invitational, highlighted by an impressive doubles victory by junior Mark Wee and sophomore Max Bressman over highly-ranked David Maldow and Andrew Wang of Johns Hopkins.
Carlisle, Pa. - Senior Nykia Corbett finished in fourth place in the long run as the Swarthmore women's cross country team opened up the 2009 season with a third-place finish at the Dickinson Long-Short Run on Saturday afternoon.
Carlisle, Pa. - The Swarthmore men's cross country team opened up the 2009 season with a fourth-place finish in the long run of the Dickinson Long-Short Run on Saturday afternoon. The Garnet finished with a total of 52 points in the long race, trailing only conference rivals Dickinson (1st, 8) and Gettysburg (3rd, 50), as well as Carnegie Mellon (2nd, 15) in the 24-team field.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Before a loud and boisterous crowd of over 600 at Clothier Field Stadium, the No. 4/9 Swarthmore men's soccer team (6-0, 1-0) used an early goal in the 6th minute by junior Morgan Langley and a lockdown defensive performance to defeat No. 25 Johns Hopkins 1-0 on Saturday evening.
Sophomore goalkeeper David D’Annunzio was outstanding in net for the Garnet, making six saves - including two from point-blank range in the final 10 minutes - to preserve the victory for the Garnet. The rest of the defense was also up to the task, shutting out statistically the Centennial Conference’s top offense and two of the Conference’s top three goal scorers in Scott Bukoski and Evan Kleinberg.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – For the first time in Centennial Conference history, two nationally ranked teams squared off – and this one went to the No. 15 Garnet. Swarthmore (6-1) scored in 17th minute of the first half with a goal off the foot of sophomore Hannah Deming and the Garnet defense fended off the Dickinson attack for the 1-0 victory on Saturday afternoon from Clothier Field Stadium.
Aston, Pa. - Reigning Centennial Conference Player of the Week Genny Pezzola combined for 33 kills and 27 digs as the Swarthmore volleyball team split a pair of games at the Neumann Tri-Meet, topping the host Knights 3-1 (16-25, 26-24, 25-12, 25-20) but falling to local rival Widener 3-1 (22-25, 23-25, 25-21, 20-25) on Saturday afternoon.
IMMACULATA, Pa. - Freshman Katie Teleky scored two goals and freshman Sophia Agathis added a goal and two assists as the Swarthmore field hockey team (3-3) cruised to a 6-0 victory over Immaculata University on Saturday afternoon.