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Friday, September 3, 2010

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Garnet ready to take play to a whole other level

In the past several seasons, the Swarthmore women’s soccer team has established itself as a regional and Centennial Conference power. The Garnet has f…

Young field hockey squad retooled for new season

Coming off their second consecutive 5-13 season, in which they posted just a 1-9 record in Centennial Conference play, the Swarthmore Garnet field hoc…

NCAA can learn from Swat concussion treatment

Remember these words: plate, water, knife, fight, bath, nurse, fall, ice, woman. Could you pick them out of a list five minutes later? Ten? What if th…

Garnet ready to spike Centennial competition in 2010

Published September 2, 2010

What a difference a year can make.

Entering the 2009 season after a disappointing 6-19 finish the year before, the Swarthmore Garnet Women’s Volleyball team was picked to finish ninth in the preseason…

Taking a crack at settling the clutch-hitting debate

The debate about whether “clutch” players truly exist in baseball is so perfectly indicative of the great divide that exists between the statistically…

Men’s soccer team prepares for another title run

Soccer ladies’ ECAC title win voted “Moment of the Year”

Lacrosse teams wrap up the season on Senior Day

Identity crises with column themes and on sports teams

One of the items on the application for The Phoenix asks the applicant what ideas he or she might have for the position for which he or she is applyin…

Showing appreciation for the best in the business

My dad always hated loud noises of any kind. He didn’t discriminate. Forks hitting plates too aggressively, thunder overhead, the arrival of subway ca…

Sports in brief: Garnet golfers sink their shots

The Swarthmore golf team finished sixth out of seven participating teams in the Centennial Conference Championships, held at the Stonewall Golf Club t…

A good, good night for baseball

Going into the bottom of the 18th inning of Saturday’s game between the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals, a contest that was not to be decide…

Baseball bucking trends: taking names, plastering foes

I’d call this year’s version of Swat baseball a Cinderella story but they just don’t lend themselves to that description.

These guys aren’t surv…

Debunking the myths about southpaws in sports

Being left-handed has proven to have its positives and negatives. For example, studies have suggested that being left-handed leads to improved mental …

Week in sports: Tiger’s fade, the Jets’ trade, an MVP vote stayed

Swat snaps seven-game skid

Student-Athlete Q&A: Travis Pollen, Swimmer

Track & field athletes set to compete at conferences

Green Terror tops lacrosse team

For Tiger Woods, coming back is the whole battle

Garnet athlete of the week

Garnet athlete of the week

Thrilling comeback tops baseball's historic season

Riley on a roll, leads softball team to four CC wins

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