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Women’s lacrosse defeats Ursinus to reach semis

Talk about returning the favor.

One year after the Haverford women’s lacrosse team celebrated a berth in the Centennial Tournament on Clothier Field after knocking the Garnet out of postseason content…

Women’s lax to face Haverford for playoff berth

The math is quite simple. A win on Saturday, Apr. 21 at Haverford in the regular season finale, and the Swarthmore women’s lacrosse team will be in the 2012 Centennial Conference playoffs. A loss, and…

Offense fizzles as men’s lacrosse falls to F&M

After a double-overtime loss to Centennial-unbeaten Gettysburg on the last of March, Saturday’s trip to Franklin & Marshall was an opportunity for the Swarthmore men’s lacrosse team to reassert itself…

Gettysburg wins, but women’s lax narrows the gap

In a short Centennial Conference season, there is not much room for moral victories. In every women’s lacrosse season since 2004, no more than one game has separated the final team in the Centennial …

Women’s lax outlasts McDaniel in thrilling match-up

Tuesday’s Centennial Conference match with McDaniel was certainly a litmus-test game for the Swarthmore women’s lacrosse team. The team had put together a pair of wins against Cabrini and Bryn Mawr fo…

Men’s lacrosse beats Eastern in thrilling comeback

The 5-2 lead was gone. Will Johnson’s second goal of the game, with just three seconds left in the third quarter, had brought the visiting Eastern Eagles level with the Swarthmore men’s lacrosse team …

Haverford beats women’s basketball, heads to playoffs

Long before the final whistle sounded, the Haverford Fords had qualified for the playoffs. Entering Saturday, the regular season finale between the Swarthmore and Haverford women’s basketball teams sh…

Basketball shows defensive might vs. Bryn Mawr

Losers of five consecutive games entering the final week of the season, all by at least 17 points, the Swarthmore women’s basketball team (9-14, 7-12) dialed up the defense to dismantle Tri-Co rival B…

Out of playoffs, women’s basketball drops three more

A mid-January win at Haverford gave the Swarthmore women’s basketball team playoff hope at the start of the stretch run of Centennial Conference play. But the team has been unable to build on the mome…

This time, no trouble for Gettysburg vs. Garnet women

When the Swarthmore women’s basketball team hosted Gettysburg in the final game before Winter Break on December 9, the Garnet led by four at the half and held Alyssa Oursler, a first team All-Centenni…

Poor shooting dooms women’s basketball vs. Ursinus

After a convincing win against Haverford on January 18, the Swarthmore women’s basketball team hoped it had left its season-long struggle with consistency by the wayside.

But despite holding the Urs…

Traditional winter trip sends teams to Puerto Rico

A twenty-day break is an eternity in the middle of a college basketball season, let alone in the middle of conference play. But after just three days of two-a-day practices following a three-week hia…

Volleyball’s seniors leave behind a program changed

This wasn’t how it was supposed to end. After suffering three five-set regular-season losses to the top three seeds for the 2011 Centennial Conference tournament, the Swarthmore volleyball team ended …

Women’s basketball opens season with win over Widener

If Tuesday’s season opener is a harbinger of things to come for the Swarthmore women’s basketball team, then the squad has much to look forward to in 2011-2012.

Playing in its first game of the po…

Women’s soccer ousted from playoffs, then ECACs

On a frigid Baltimore Saturday evening, the offense of the Swarthmore Garnet women’s soccer team could never quite heat up, as they fell to Gettysburg 1-0 in the Centennial Conference semifinals.

En…

Volleyball beats Fords, then falls to them in playoffs

Prior to Saturday’s regular-season finale between Swarthmore and Haverford, the matchup for the first round of the 2011 Centennial Conference tournament was already set with the Garnet and the Fords …

Men’s soccer loses to Hopkins, drops a third straight

Under the Clothier Field lights and in front of over 600 fans in the Garnet Homecoming Weekend night game, the Swarthmore men’s soccer team fell to Centennial rival Johns Hopkins for the team’s third …

Men’s soccer team struggles; home win streak ends

With three weekends remaining in the regular season, the Swarthmore men’s soccer team was playing its best soccer of the season.

Shutout victories over then-Centennial-leader Gettysburg and the Univ…

Volleyball rebounds from loss with three straight wins

A controversial 3-2 loss to Gettysburg was a frustrating start to October break for the Swarthmore volleyball team. It was the third five set loss in four matches to Centennial Conference rivals with …

Volleyball takes three of four; Pezzola sets kills record

In Harleigh Chwastyk’s ten-year tenure as Head Coach of the Swarthmore volleyball team, three outside hitters, all from the West Coast, have broken the program career kills record.

Following first i…

Latest win highlights consistency of men’s soccer

The streaks are staggering. A home unbeaten streak of 30 matches after Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Franklin & Marshall in the Centennial opener. Only a single loss in the team’s last 29 matches overal…

Volleyball wins third straight Garnet Classic

The internal expectations have not changed for the Swarthmore volleyball team since the first preseason practice for seniors Genny Pezzola, Hillary Santana, Lisa Shang and Anthony Yoshimura four years…

For volleyball, classic upset just the beginning

It was the match of the year, a match which dethroned the four-time defending champion, a match in which an upstart program declared itself a contender, a match in which Swarthmore exclaimed to the e…

Men's soccer looks to bring home conference title

When the Swarthmore men’s soccer team takes the field in 2011, a familiar face will be absent from the starting lineup.

A stalwart up top for the past two seasons, dynamic striker Morgan Langley ’11…

Garnet volleyball team receives academic award

Dedication, discipline and focus on the court have helped the Swarthmore volleyball team transform from a six-win team in 2008 to a 20-win power and Centennial Conference finalist in 2010. But the Ga…

Senior Spotlight: The maturation of Morgan Langley

The number seven has earned a special place in recent soccer history, donned by some of the premier scorers in the last two decades: Christiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, Frank Ribery, David Villa and Ba…

Senior Spotlight: Sarah Lambert — the art of passion

Sarah Lambert ’11 is the face of Swarthmore athletics — the lone senior on an up-and-coming volleyball team this past season, co-president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and a constant pres…

Despite loss, women strong in opener

The Swarthmore Garnet women’s basketball team opened the 2010 in convincing fashion, falling to the Widener Pride by a score of 73-62.

The Garnet built up a 19 point lead with 4:26 to go in the fir…

Volleyball falls in ECAC semis to end 20-win year

Having secured their first 20-win season since the formation of the Centennial Conference in 1992, the second-seeded Swarthmore volleyball team dropped a heartbreaker to Bethany (WV) in the semifinals…

Penalties doom Garnet; Swarthmore finishes 16-1-4

For the second consecutive year, the Swarthmore Garnet men’s soccer season ended with an official tie, a result that hardly seems fitting after the Garnet’s dominance this season. After Transylvania a…

Men’s soccer wins 2010 Centennial Championship

On Sunday, surrounded by boisterous Garnet fans, the Swarthmore men’s soccer team announced its return to the NCAA tournament with a classic chorus of “Ole” after sophomore Kieran Reichart’s golden …

WBB looks to star seniors

Coming off a 12-13 record which resulted in a tie for sixth place in the Centennial Conference last year, the Swarthmore women’s basketball team is ready to contend for a Centennial playoff berth with…

Men's soccer honors seniors, defeats rival Haverford

What a way to end the regular season.

Playing in front of its largest home crowd in recent memory, the Swarthmore men’s soccer team shut out Haverford 2-0 on Saturday to complete an unbeaten Centennia…

Senior Sophia Ferguson, a leader on and off the field

Her final goal in a Swarthmore uniform didn’t give the Garnet field hockey team a lead. It didn’t tie a match or secure a Swarthmore victory.

When Sophia Ferguson ’11 found the back of the net wit…

Garnet seniors go out with big win at Diplomats

The regular season finale for the Swarthmore women’s soccer showcased both the talent of the team’s six seniors as well as the bright future of the program.

Three consecutive Centennial Conference…

Garnet bounces back, to host Centennial tourney

Last year’s 1-1 tie at McDaniel left a bitter taste in the Garnet mouths. It was the first time that McDaniel had earned a point against Swarthmore since 2005 and the game was played in heavy rainfall…

Women hope for playoffs after three straight losses

After Swarthmore’s disappointing loss to Lebanon Valley on September 4, head coach Todd Anckaitis was frustrated by the team’s inability to find the back of the net.

Swarthmore had taken 23 shots …

Men’s soccer reaches No. 1 despite second road tie

While the rest of the campus was on October break, the Swarthmore men’s soccer team picked up dominant wins over Ursinus, 3-0, and Moravian, 4-0, before settling for a tightly contested scoreless draw…

Field hockey picks up impressive victory vs. Arcadia

The Swarthmore Garnet field hockey team broke a two game losing streak with a dominating performance on Wednesday, defeating the visiting Arcadia Knights 3-2.

A swarming and aggressive Garnet defense …

Garnet women tied for first in Centennial Conference

The Swarthmore College women’s soccer team began the 2009 season on a five game winning streak.

It took nearly a month longer for the 2010 team to earn its first winning streak of the year. But the …

Garnet men win thriller, climb national rankings

Time stood still. The ball cut perfectly back towards the top of the box. Anticipation. Revolution after revolution. David Sterngold. Step, step, step. Plant. Boom.

Eruption.

Behind the right foot …