Men’s Baseball
Swarthmore College: 1, Berry College: 11
On Feb. 21 in Kannapolis, NC, the Swarthmore Garnet fell to the Berry College Vikings. The game took eight innings and lasted three hours. The Garnet led into the sixth inning, but the Vikings tied it up at 1-2, with two singles to center field. In the seventh inning, the Vikings ran up the score by five points, making the score 1-7 at the end of the seventh inning. The eighth inning was marked by the Vikings scoring four more home runs, making the score 1-11 at the end of the game. The Garnet scored first from a double to right center by Max Beadling ’25. Swarthmore, next, takes on Eastern University at Swarthmore on Feb. 25 at 3:00 p.m.
Notable Players: Max Beadling with four at bats (AB) and two hits (H) and Max Roffwarg ’25 with 4 ABs and 1 H.
Swarthmore College: 9, Washington and Lee College: 6
The Swarthmore took on the Washington and Lee Generals in Kannapolis, NC, this past Saturday, Feb. 22. The Generals led 5-1 into the fifth inning, when they scored another home run. In the eighth inning, the Garnet scored three more home runs and led 9-1 going into the ninth, and final, inning. In the ninth inning, the Generals scored five runs, but it was not enough to overcome their eight point deficit. Ben Buchman ’25 had an amazing game: he went 4 for 4 with a double and grand slam. Aidan Sullivan ’26 and Nathaniel Kittredge ’28 both tallied 2 points apiece, and Matthew Silvestre ’25 also tallied a pair of runs.
Notable Players: Buchman, Sullivan, Kittredge, and Silvestre
Swarthmore College: 6, Piedmont University: 8
In Kannapolis, NC, The Garnet concluded their season-opener at a D3 baseball showcase this past weekend on Feb. 3. Swarthmore started hot to lead 3-0 but then conceded to the Lions as they scored four consecutive home runs in the third inning. The Garnet and Lions were neck and neck and were tied in the fifth inning. Finally, Piedmon went ahead for the rest of the game after they scored a three run sixth inning home run, but the Garnet did score another run in the last three innings. Aidan Sullivan ’26 led the Garnet going 3 for 4 and tallying a double, a walk, a run batted in (RBI), and a stolen base.
Notable players: Sullivan, Matthew Silvestre ’25 and Zac Kahn ’28 who both acquired two hits and a scored run each.
Swarthmore College: 11, Eastern University: 10
After seven innings, in Swarthmore, PA, the Garnet held off an Eastern comeback to edge out a win versus the Eastern Eagles, but the game ended early because of darkness. The Garnet led early in 5-0 and led by as many as eight runs during the game (when the score was 11-3). Steven Jungers ’26 was able to pick up his first save of the season to keep the Garnet up by 11-10 at the end of the game. Aidan Sullivan ’26 went 3 for 4 with a double, a walk, one RBI, and two runs for the Garnet! Easton Tolson, a first year, drove in three runs and finished two for four in his first career game! Silvestre reached base three times with a hit and two walks, knocked in two, and scored twice! Another first year, Nathaniel Kittredge ’28, recorded a triple, two walks, two RBI, and two runs. The Garnet looks to their next game versus Stockton University on Feb. 28, away, at 3:00 p.m.
Notable Players: Sullivan, Jungers, Tolson, Silvestre, and Kittredge
Women’s Tennis
Swarthmore College: 1, Loyola University Maryland: 6
Feb 15, at home, the Garnet took on D1 Greyhounds from Baltimore, MD, and lost 6-1. Lisa Messier ’26 picked up the only victory for the Garnet. Despite trailing early, Messies fought back to force a tiebreak, 7-7. Messier led from the start in the tiebreak with a commanding 7-3 advantage. Ella Strickler ’27 and Riya Rao ’26 played doubles together and put a strong effort against their No.3 doubles, but lost in a 6-4 decision. The Garnet women next takes on New York University (NYU) on Saturday March 1, at 4:00 p.m. at home.
Swarthmore: 2, #7 Johns Hopkins University: 5
Nathalie Williams ’25 and Lola Diaz ’26 lost 2-6 in spot 1 of doubles and Rao and Strickler also lost 1-6 in doubles. Kathleen Shiffer ’26 and Erin Li ’28, also playing doubles, fought hard but ended up losing 4-6 in the second spot. Brianna Viets ’28 fought back from 0-6 to send the second set in 2-6. The Garnet women next takes on New York University (NYU) on Saturday March 1, at 4:00 p.m. at home.
Men’s Tennis
#9 Swarthmore College: 3, #4 Case Western University: 4
The No. 9-ranked Garnet fell to the No. 4-ranked Spartans in the ITA Indoor National Championship in St. Peter, MN, at Gustavus Adolphus College. The Garnet were off to a hot start with Michael Melnikov ’26 winning in straight sets at the first singles but CWRU rallied four consecutive citores to win the match. Max Lindstrom ’26 and Rishi Verma ’27 cruised to a 6-1 win to begin the match. Utham Koduri ’26 and Melnikov came out with a win at first doubles in 6-3-this earned a point for the Garnet. Kai Chen ’28 and Max Pogorelov ’25 played together at second doubles and, sadly, fell by a score of 6-2. The Garnet takes on Denison University at home on March 1 at 10:00 a.m.
#9 Swarthmore College: 4, #11 Trinity University: 3
In St. Petersburg, MN, Lalith Suresh ’26 came out on top in a thrilling third-set tiebreak to give the Garnet the victory over No. 11-ranked Trinity. The Garnet played in the ITA Indoor National Championship because of this tiebreak win. Melnikov and Koduri won in a 6-4 double No. 1 doubles win, but Lindstrom and Verma lost in a 6-3 No. 3 doubles spot, and Pogorelov and Chen won at the No. 2 doubles spot in 6-4 decision.
#9 Swarthmore College: 1, #7 Emory University: 4
In their final match of the ITA National in Minneapolis, MN, the Garnet lost a hard fought battle to the Emory Eagles. The Garnet finished in 6th place in the tournament. Melnikov snatched the lone win for the Garnet, ending the weekend with a perfect 3-0 singles mark. Unfortunately though, Melnikov and Koduri lost 6-2 in doubles at the top spot. Chen and Pogorelov also lost 6-0 in doubles, at the second spot. The deficit increased after Dylan Hayes Gilbert ’28 dropped his match at the sixth spot in singles.
#9 Swarthmore College: 5, NJCAA #15 Hartford Community College: 2
At home, this past Saturday, Feb. 22, the Garnet Men’s Tennis team beat the No. 15-ranked NJCAA Hartford Community College, with a total doubles sweep and 4/6 single matches won. Aadhi Raja ’27, Nicholas Choo ’28, Andrés Fente ’26, and Seth Sadikov ’27 all won twice on the day (in singles and doubles matches). Raja and Fente won in a large victory of 6-1 in a doubles match and Kevin Jiang ’25 and Sadikov also won in No. 3 doubles with a score of 6-4. Winston Zhang ’27 and Choo picked up another doubles win 7-6 with a tiebreaker win of 7-5.
Women’s Basketball
Swarthmore College: 45, Haverford College: 53
In the final game of the season for both teams and the Garnet’s Senior night game, both teams fought an even battle, with a score of 24-25 at half. Haverford started the third quarter putting up seven consecutive points, which increased their lead. Going into the fourth quarter, the Fords retained this seven point lead. Hayashi scored 15 points in her final game of collegiate basketball. Wingfield and Hansson both scored 6 points. The team honored seniors Vanessa Amsinger, Katelyn Becker, Alyssa Hayashi, Carolina Lopez, Norah Wingfield, and Jordana Sampson prior to and after the game.
Notable Players: Hayashi, Wingfield, and Hansson
Men’s Basketball
Swarthmore College: 103, Haverford College: 97
Feb. 22, 2025 at home, the Swarthmore Men’s Basketball team beat their foes from down the road, to clinch their fifth seed in the Centennial Tournament and to finish their regular season on a win. Matt Mulvey ’25 led the way in points with 21 and Brady Kageyama ’27 and Eddie Paquette ’26 followed behind with both 19 points. The team had an overall 40% three point percentage, a 37.9% filgoal percentage, and a whopping 82% from the freepoint line. Some other notable players were Paquette with 13 rebounds and Mulvey with 4 three pointers. The team now face Ursinus College away Tuesday Feb. 25, for the first round of the Centennial Tournament.
Notable Players: Matt Mulvey, Brady Kageyama, and Eddie Paquette.
Swarthmore College: 67, Ursinus College: 89
In the first round of the Centennial Men’s Basketball Championship, the seated No. 5-ranked Garnet lost to the No. 4-ranked Ursinus Bears. Ursinus got off to a fast start and continued this throughout the duration of the game. The smallest lead that Ursinus led by was six points towards the end of the first half. Ursinsus had superior stats to that of Swarthmore; they shot 48% from the field and 50% from the 3 point range. The Garnet shot just a mere 30.8%. Devin Burger ’26 led with 17 points and made 5 for 8 from the 3 point range. Zander Jimenez ’28 and Eddie Paquette ’26 also scored in the double figures, both with 11 points. This is likely the final game of the season for the Garnet.
Notable Players: Burger, Jimenez, and Paquette.
Women’s Track and Field
Golden Bear Invitational
In Kutztown, PA, the Swarthmore College women’s track and field team sent athletes to compete at the Invitational. The Garnet produced eight top-eight finishers and this group was led by Trel Trelstad ’25 who was the winner in the high jump; this was Trelstad’s third victory of the indoor season. Behind Trelstad, Hannah Swale ’26 was the runner-up marking a lead of 4’11.75” (1.52 meters). Swale also competed in the 200m and placed fourth with a time of 28.65. The Garnet next take on the Centennial Championship.
Women’s Track and Field:
Keogh Invitational
This past weekend, in Haverford, PA, Swarthmore competed with various athletes, where Alyson Goldbacher ’28 broke a school record in the pole vault for the third time this season! In the 800 meter run, Ania Wang ’28 and Elizabeth Page ’28 took the top spots and both produced personal records. Tate Garica ’26 won in the shot put and recorded a career-best throw of 44’ 3.25 ” (13/49 meters). Aaliyah Anaskevich ’28 also created a new personal record for herself in the mile, finishing with a 5:39.61 minutes! Also in the mile—Morgan McErlean ’26 finished with a time of 5:50.64 minutes, which was also a career best. Eli Dellinger ’25 also had a personal record of 12:41.91 minutes in the 3000 meter run. The Garnet next look towards the Centennial Championship.
Men’s Track and Field
Golden Bear Invitational
In Kutztown, PA, the men competed at an invitational competition where Quentin Adolphe ’25 finished fourth in the high jump with a career-best jump of 6’ 0.5 ” (1.84 meters). Noah St. George ’28 tok sixth in the high jump (with a mark of 5’ 8.5”, 1.74 meters) and Alan Nichols ’28 placed 10th with a mark of 5’.45” or 1.64 meters. Nichols also ran in the 55m dash and placed ninth with a time of 6.87 seconds. The Garnet next looked at the Centennial Championship.
Keogh Invitational
This past weekend, in Haverford, PA, the men’s team sent players to compete against various colleges. Ravi Sandu ’28 took first in the pole vault. Owen Lord ’28, another first-year, was the runner-up in the 400 meters with a time of 53.23. He also ran a personal best in the 200m and took 23rd (with a time of 24.67). Archer Manning ’27 took eighth place in the long jump, with a career best of 19’ (5.79m). Manning also ran a personal record in the 60m and ended 21st, with a time of 7.42. In the 800 meter run, Swarthmore produced 5 top 10 finishers: Colin Delaney ’25 took third, Luka Opacic-Rodrigues ’28 took seventh, Charlie Schuetz ’27 took eighth, Robert Mirabello ’25 took ninth, and Isaac Chu ’27 took tenth. The Garnet next looked at the Centennial Championship.
Women’s Lacrosse
Swarthmore College: 12, Widener University: 11
The Garnet have started their season on a high, beating Widener at home this past weekend. Kela Watts ’26 scored in the last seconds of the first overtime (OT) to put the Garnet ahead 12-11 to win the game. Isabella Bloomquist ’25 led the Garnet with three goals and one assist, Abigail Love ’25 tallied 2 assists and one goal, and Watts also had three goals. Freshman Claire Long had five ground balls and four caused turnovers for the Garnet, and Elizabeth Zack ’25 tallied her 100th draw control. Also-Brook Carrier ’25 earned this win in goal with her first career start. Sophia Finkelstein ’25 also had two goals in her first game of her final season of collegiate lacrosse.
Notable Players: Bloomquist, Love, and Watts
Swarthmore College: 15, Albright College: 3
For Swarthmore’s second game of the season, the Garnet pulled out a big win. Bloomquist led with four goals and shortly behind was Watts with three and Finkelstein with two. Six other Garnet also tallied goals, making this a true team win! Albright scored the first goal but from that one goal Swarthmore went on a scoring spree, scoring eight goals with zero Albright response. In the second quarter, Albright scored their first of the quarter and second goal of the game. Over the course of the third and fourth quarters, the Garnet only allowed in two goals.
Men’s Lacrosse
#13 Swarthmore College: 20, Messiah University: 8
Away, in Grantham, PA, Swarthmore College absolutely dominated Messiah University to a score of 12-2 in the first half. The Garnet went on to amass a score of 10-0 during the first 19 minutes of the game. This was truly a team win for the Garnet as fourteen players notched at least one point for the Garnet and thirteen different athletes scored. Clay Almgren ’26 scored three and assisted three, Emmett Harris ’27 scored two and assisted four, Michael Hardiman ’25, Owen Hoffman ’26, and Ryder Maston all scored 2 goals and 2 assists. Drew Tyson ’26 also stopped ten goals after playing 40 minutes in goal. Swarthmore also tallied 33 total shots, which pales in comparison to Albright ten total of the game. The Swarthmore goalie also only made eight saves, compared to Albrights 22. The Garnet next takes on Alvernia University at home, on Saturday March 1 at 3:00 p.m.
Notable Players: Almgren, Harris, and Hardiman
#9 Women’s Swimming
Centennial Conference Finals
To finish their 10-0 season, the Swarthmore women’s swim team won the Centennial women’s swim championship for their fourth consecutive season. The Garnet totaled 1,017 points, a championship record, and they beat Gettysburg College by 148 points. Quinn Weygandt ’26 received the Most Outstanding Performer for her second straight season. Weygandt also won five gold medals with individual first places in 200 IM, 400 IM, and the 200 butterfly. Kate Hallmark ’25 broke a program record in the 200 backstroke time trials but, sadly, fell short of the NCAA B cut. Genine Collins ’27 and Elle Anthony ’26 finished with gold and silver in the 100 freestyle and Collins hit sub-51 seconds, marking a time of 50.97 seconds. Further, Anthony, Ava Craig ’28, Weygandt, and Collins swam under the NCAA B cut with a time of 3:26.29. The Garnet now awaits the NCAA Championship selections that will be held in Greensboro, NCAA March 19-22.
Men’s Swimming
Centennial Conference Finals
The men’s team finished their season repeating their Championship title for the fourth-straight season and finished their season with a 6-3 record. This past weekend in Lancaster, PA, the men’s team edged out Gettysburg College to retain its title as reigning Centennial Champs. The Garnet were trailing late in the meet but Sam Peterson ’27, Mateo Smith ’27, and Dylan Ling ’26 finished with top-three finishes in the 200 butterfly to put Swarthmore in a winning position. The men’s 400 freestyle relay of Cami Wilson ’26, Danny Castle ’27, Levi Tipton ’28, and Cole Griscavage ’26 won the gold medal to beat out the Gettysburg Bullets in a close battle. Swarthmore ended with 928 points and Gettysburg with 892 points. Further, Castle (after being chosen as Most Outstanding Rookie in 2024) captured his first Most Outstanding Swimmer selection. The Garnet men now await the announcement of the NCAA selection that is held over March 19-22 in Greensboro, NC.
