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Warmothers defy expectation, clinch conference title

Last weekend, Swarthmore’s women’s ultimate team, the Warmothers, defied both their own expectations and their 4th place seed to win the Pennsylvania D-III Conference Championship tournament held at Franklin & Marshall College. Coming out of a mixed season in which they went
April 21, 2016

A new generation is upon us

It was October 13, 2001. The New York Yankees were down two games to none in a best-of-five ALDS series against the Oakland A’s. Although the A’s were not seeded as high as the Yankees, they were coming off of an unbelievable
April 21, 2016

Weekend Roundup

Baseball: The Garnet (19-14, 3-8 CC) are beginning to turn their season around. This week, they went 3-4, sweeping Washington College and taking a game off of Muhlenberg while falling twice to both Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg. In the contests against Washington
April 21, 2016

Weekend Roundup

Men’s Lacrosse On Sunday, the men’s lacrosse team (6-4, 1-2 CC) went out to play nationally-ranked Gettysburg and were overwhelmed en route to a 14-4 loss. Gettysburg started off the game with nine unanswered goals, which prevented the Garnet from ever really
April 14, 2016

Men’s Ultimate at their best going into playoffs

Touting a conference best 15-7 regular season record, Swarthmore’s male Ultimate team — the Earthworms — is eager to begin post-season play this Saturday at Franklin & Marshall. Playoff play is comprised of three stages: Conferences, Regionals, and Nationals. This weekend, the
April 14, 2016

Athlete of the Week

What she’s done: Last Friday, McMenamin competed in the 5k for the first time as a member of Swarthmore track & field. She made the most of it, running it in a time 17:02.96 that was the third-fastest for the event in
April 14, 2016

Men’s Tennis Breaks History, Takes Down #21 Hopkins

From Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak to Rafael Nadal’s 39-match French Open winning streak, all records eventually come to an end. The Johns Hopkins tennis team learned that painful lesson this past Saturday against the Garnet. Entering the match, #21 Johns Hopkins
April 7, 2016

Rookies bolster men’s baseball going into conference play

Off to an impactful 16-5 start this season, Swarthmore men’s baseball is eager to face their first conference opponent, Dickinson, this Saturday. In the 2015 season, the team also began with a 16-5 record but struggled to maintain their winning record when
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