BY DANNY FRIEL

In print | Published October 22, 2009 — Updated October 27, 2009 21:00

After a promising start, the field hockey team dropped two conference matchups during the last week, falling to 5-10 and 1-6 in Centennial Conference play.

Swarthmore outshot Dickinson 10-6 in the first period on Oct. 10, but was unable to convert enough opportunities to overcome the Red Devils (5-9, 3-4 CC). Sara McCabe ’11 scored the lone goal for the Garnet (her sixth of the season) off of a Sophia Agathis ’13 assist. The final score was 4-1.

At Muhlenberg (8-5, 4-3 CC) on Oct. 14, the Garnet again outshot their opponent 10-7 but didn’t make a single save in goal, falling to the Mules by a score of 4-1. Joslyn Young ’10 scored off a penalty stroke for Swarthmore early in the first period.

Last afternoon the Garnet fell to No. 3 Ursinus (13-2, 7-0 CC) by a score of 9-0.

Women’s soccer bounces back after stumbling at Muhlenberg
The No. 23 women’s soccer team (11-3, 5-2 CC) was among the casualties of a rampage by Centennial Conference rival Muhlenberg (9-5. 6-1 CC). In a week that saw the Mules defeat the top team in the conference, No. 14 Johns Hopkins, the Garnet fell in an unusual match to even the untrained observer.

After an own goal in the second minute of play, Swarthmore tied the score at 1-1 with an Elizabeth Mills ’11 goal in the fifth minute. However, a second tally by Muhlenberg just two minutes later would be the final one; both teams were held scoreless for the remaining 83 minutes in the 2-1 Muhlenberg victory.

Last night, the women continued their playoff campaign and used a pair of second-half goals to down Ursinus (8-5-1, 5-3-1 CC) by a score of 2-0.

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