Men’s Basketball Swarthmore: 86, Ursinus: 95 This past Tuesday, Swarthmore men’s basketball lost in a Centennial Conference game to Ursinus. Despite leading by one point at half time, the Garnet was unable to retain the lead in the second half. The team
Alyssa Hayashi, a freshman from Potomac, MD, has begun her Swarthmore Women’s Basketball career with an impressive offensive performance, averaging eleven points per game. Hayashi is also a captain and has been an important contributor to the Garnet’s strong 3-1 start to
In December 2020, following an extensive three-part investigation from The Phoenix about allegations from numerous players of intense favoritism, toxic team culture, and bullying towards women’s basketball players on behalf of Coach Candice Signor-Brown, members of the Swarthmore women’s basketball team created
Content warnings: mentions of alleged sexual abuse, unequal power dynamics, serious injuries, mentions of trauma. This is the third story in a three-part investigative series on Candice Signor-Brown’s career and players’ experience playing under her. Refer to our first piece for coverage
RECEIVING THE TIP In late August, a member of the women’s basketball team at Swarthmore emailed The Phoenix about a post on the Vassar Survivors Instagram page. In the post, a former member of the Vassar women’s basketball team, alleged that Coach
Content warnings: mentions of alleged sexual abuse, unequal power dynamics, serious injuries, mentions of trauma. This is the second story of a three-part investigative series into Signor-Brown’s career and players’ experience playing under her. For coverage of Signor-Brown’s inappropriate behaviors surrounding the
An Open Letter to the Swarthmore College Community, The situation involving Swarthmore’s Women’s Basketball team is complex and multidimensional, with a number of different perspectives. There is clearly a deep conflict here, and achieving a resolution is ongoing. Unfortunately, conjecture and interventions,
Content warnings: mentions of alleged sexual abuse, unequal power dynamics, serious injuries, mentions of trauma. This is the first of a three-part investigative piece into Signor-Brown’s career and players’ experience working with her. For coverage of current players’ allegations about how Signor-Brown
Update: around 5:30 PM on October 17, a player on the women’s basketball team at Swarthmore published an update, “They [Swarthmore] are keeping the head coach,” on a Change.org petition. The Phoenix has since confirmed with our sources that Candice Signor-Brown will
Candice Signor-Brown is certainly no stranger to success. A two-time All-American at Marymount University, she led the Saints to the national semifinals of the NCAA DIII basketball tournament in 2002 and finished her career in the 1,000-point club. She has found similar
