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Sports in Brief: Men's tennis trounces Haverford

In print | April 23, 2009

Swarthmore upsets Haverford on court
The Garnet men’s tennis team scored a key victory on the strength of three doubles victories against Haverford on Tuesday. The Garnet defeated the Tri-Co rivals by a score of 6-3, dealing the Fords (7-1 CC) their first Centennial loss of the season.

The #9 regionally-ranked Garnet (9-6, 7-1 CC) will host Franklin & Marshall (4-3 CC) on Saturday at home.

With a victory against the Diplomats, and a loss by Haverford against Johns Hopkins in a dual match on Saturday, the Garnet will compete as the #2 seed in the Centennial conference team tournament on May 1 at top-seeded Johns Hopkins.

The Garnet would open the tournament against the Fords, ranked third behind Swarthmore after Tuesday’s loss.

Women’s lacrosse dismisses Neumann on Senior Day
Three players scored five goals apiece to boost the Garnet to a 21-15 victory against visiting Neumann College on Tuesday night at Clothier Field.

Amy Vachal ’11, Marissa Schaffer ’09 and Emily Evans ’11 each garnered five tallies in the high-scoring match. Vachal led the Garnet on the season with 53 goals. Evans was second at 41, while Marie Mutryn ‘12 had 30 to her credit.

The season-closing match saw the return of Garnet goalkeeper Ally Grein ’10, whose absence in the last three Centennial Conference matchups as she recovered from a concussion was a fatal blow to the Garnet’s playoff hopes.

Grein returned to the net in the second half against the Knights, tallying seven saves. Stand-in goalie Jean Dahlquist ’11 notched six saves in the first half to end her cold-turkey stint as an emergency replacement for Grein.

The Garnet bid adieu to seniors Annie Carter, Anna De Regt, Melissa Grigsby, Kelsey Hatzell, Hannah Jaicks, Melinda Petre, and Schaffer in a ceremony prior to the match.

The Garnet – and a healthy Grein – look to return in 2010 to have another crack at a return trip to the Centennial Conference playoffs.

Wallwork upsets Hopkins standout
Garnet tennis standout Rachel Wallwork ‘10 upset Johns Hopkins’ standout first-year Carolyn Warren in straight sets on Saturday, 6-3, 6-3.

Wallwork’s #13 regional ranking made her the underdog against the newcomer, who was ranked #4 before falling to Wallwork.

The Garnet dropped the match against the #21 Blue Jays by a final score of 7-2, and returned to the court immediately after the match to make up a rain-delayed match against Dickinson.

The double proved to be too much for the Garnet (4-8, 3-4 CC), as they fell again by a score of 7-2.
Wallwork, however, continued her undefeated streak in the conference, which now stands at 8-0, as she easily handled Dickinson’s Joelle Nitzburg, 6-1, 6-0.

Swarthmore regained momentum on Monday by crushing McDaniel by a score of 8-1, but fell at Haverford yesterday 6-3, and will host Franklin & Marshall on Saturday at 1 p.m. to close the regular season.