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Friday, May 25, 2012


Melinda Petre


Women’s tennis second in CC

Women’s tennis (12-6, 9-1 CC) traveled to Johns Hopkins University this weekend to compete in the Centennial Conference Championships. In the semi-finals , they faced off against a resilient Muhlenbe…

Women’s Rugby in midst of successful spring season

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Swarthmore women’s rugby is in the midst of another high-energy and fulfilling season this spring. The team began its second season of the year on a high note with an impromptu scrimmage against the …

Baseball stumbles in Conference, preps for Haverford

Swarthmore baseball (8-16, 2-11 CC) began its long weekend of games with a disappointing loss to Muhlenberg College (17-13, 8-5 CC) 8-2. On Friday, the Mules took an early lead but by the fourth innin…

Baseball beats F&M, drops three during busy week

Baseball (8-12, 2-7 CC) played four games this past week, two against Franklin and Marshall College, and one apiece against Centennial Conference foes Ursinus College and Muhlenberg College. They walk…

Baseball blasts Washington, falls to Hopkins

The Swarthmore baseball team (7-8, 1-3 CC) defeated Washington College (5-8, 1-3 CC) 15-3 on Friday, earning its first Centennial Conference win of the season. Scott Dalane ’08 led the team with four …

Men's tennis splits pair

Men’s tennis, ranked #12 in the Atlantic South Region, improved their record to 3-4, 3-0 Centennial Conference after consecutive conference wins March 21-22. Swarthmore swept Ursinus College 9-0 on Fr…

Baseball has successful spring break tour

The Swarthmore baseball team (6-4) rebounded nicely from its hard-fought opening day loss, sweeping State University of New York Institute of Technology (0-2) 17-16 and 8-3 during its first doublehead…

Miller and Lewis earn All-American Honors

Jennie Lewis ’08 and Anne Miller ’10 competed in the 2008 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships from March 13-15 at the Corwin Nixon Aquatic Center at Miami (OH) University.

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Garnet loses 3-2 in season opener

On Sunday, Swarthmore baseball lost a hard-fought season opener to Vassar College, 3-2 in 11 innings.

After a long February of preseason, the team was anxious to get outside. “We’ve been staring at th…

Swim teams finish second at Conferences

The men’s (6-4, 5-1) and women’s (6-5, 4-3) swim teams concluded an impressive season with second place finishes at the Centennial Conference Championships, held Feb. 22-24. Both teams brought home 24…

Basketball teams Think Pink to raise awareness

The men’s basketball team, Dickinson College’s women’s and men’s teams, as well as gameday officials joined the Swarthmore women’s basketball team as they participated in the Women’s Basketball Coachi…

Swim team tramples rivals on the road to conferences

The men’s swim team (5-5, 4-1 CC) carried the confidence they earned from their hard-fought victory over Gettysburg last weekend into their meet at Dickinson (6-3, 4-2 CC) this past Saturday, claiming…

Every second counts on Senior Day

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Saturday was Senior Day at Ware Pool, where both men’s and women’s swimming fought hard to say a final home farewell to their five seniors, Andrew Frampton ‘08, John Heagy ’08, Katherine Koch ’08, Jen…