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Women’s Basketball Makes History

The Swarthmore women’s basketball team continued to surprise this week, rolling over Marywood, Washington and Jefferson and Moravian en route to the program’s first ever ECAC Championship. With the victories, Swarthmore concluded its season with a 23-7 record, an astounding 14 win
March 7, 2013

Athlete of the Week: Katie Lytle

Jr., Basketball, Harrisburg, Pa. What She’s Done: Earned “Most Outstanding Player” honors while leading the Garnet to their first-ever ECAC South Region Championship. Favorite Career Moment: Beating Muhlenberg in the semi-final game of the Conference Playoffs. It was an incredible feeling to
March 7, 2013
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Garnet Fall to Bullets in Title Game

Coming off of a 9-15 season, the Swarthmore Women’s basketball team earned little respect going into this season. Picked to finish ninth in the preseason coaches poll, Swarthmore wasted little time in proving the rest of the Centennial Conference wrong, winning 11
February 28, 2013

Swarthmore Basketball Sends Seniors Out in Style

Being the visiting team at senior day is never an easy task. The emotions of the players combined with the increased attendance make the already difficult challenge of winning on the road even more perilous. After proving this by upsetting the regionally
February 21, 2013

Women’s Basketball Earns Playoff Berth

On the schedule, a run came to an end this past week, as seniors Eliza Polli and Madeline Ross played in their Senior Day game against Franklin & Marshall. But the Garnet are just beginning what they hope will be a long
February 14, 2013

Men’s Basketball Outlasts Haverford

It is said that at Michigan, the head football coach is judged as much on how many times his teams defeat Ohio State as how many Rose Bowls those teams win. At Auburn, a 1-9 season is acceptable—if that win is against
February 7, 2013

Women’s Basketball Suffers Setback to Bullets

When Swarthmore and Gettysburg last met in December, it was a low-scoring, defense-oriented affair that wasn’t decided until the final few seconds. In the season rematch on Saturday, it was more of the same as the top two teams in the Centennial
January 31, 2013

Women’s Basketball Outrunning the Pack

While most of the Swarthmore community relaxed over the semester break, the Swarthmore basketball teams remained hard at work. The women’s team entered 2013 unbeaten and has hardly missed a beat since they resumed play on New Year’s Day. After losing narrowly
January 24, 2013

Madeline Ross

Athlete of the Week: Madge Ross Sr., Basketball, Doylestown, Pa. / Central Bucks East What She’s Done: Been one of the top scorers on a Garnet team that went 7-2 over the winter break schedule. Favorite Career Moment: I definitely think the
January 24, 2013

Men’s Basketball Struggle to Score Victories

The Swarthmore men’s basketball team came oh-so-close to winning their first game of the season against Ursinus on Saturday. Unfortunately, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and the Garnet fell 82-79 in overtime. With the loss, Swarthmore fell to 0-6,
December 6, 2012
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