Athletics News

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Swarthmore Department of Sports Information will offer a host of opportunities to catch live Garnet athletics events via the Internet.

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Four Swarthmore women’s cross country runners were named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division III Women’s All-Academic Team announced Thursday afternoon.

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Swarthmore swim teams had 15 swimmers qualify in the first session of the 2009 Centennial Conference Swimming Championships on Friday morning.

Swarthmore sophomore Kathryn Stockbower was selected as the Centennial Conference Player of the Week and the E.C.A.C Division III South Region Player of the Week for women’s basketball, as announced earlier this week.

The Swarthmore women’s basketball team will again host the Swat Tip-Off Tournament, welcoming Alvernia, Mary Washington and Wesleyan to campus on November 22-23.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Oglethorpe men’s basketball team picked up a pair of wins at the 17th annual Equinox Classic, relying on the All-Tournament backcourt tandem of Joe Kennedy and David Allison in the two-day event co-hosted by Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges on November 21-22.

LANCASTER, Pa. — Four Swarthmore student-athletes were named to the 2008 Fall Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team released by the conference office Thursday afternoon.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Swarthmore men’s soccer team received word Monday morning the College will host first and second-round action of the 2008 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship on November 15-16.

CHESTER, Pa. — The medical professionals charged with oversight of the Swarthmore student-athletes was recently selected to serve the medical needs of the newest Major League Soccer franchise, set to being play in Philadelphia in 2010.

During the month of October, the 11 colleges and universities in the Centennial Conference joined together during the 2008 volleyball season in the conference’s third annual “Digging for a Cure” campaign.