Athletics News

HOSPITALITY ROOM – After a long break the Garnet Sports Update is back for the spring season. This week’s guest is Kevin Friedenberg, senior goalkeeper on the men’s lacrosse team. Kevin shows victor what it takes to stand up to a 90 mph lacrosse shot. Don’t forget to stick around to hear “the week ahead in Swarthmore athletics” as Sports Information Director, Mark Anskis, makes a new cameo appearance.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Sophomores Marie Mutryn and Annelise Mowry each netted six goals to lead the Swartmore College women’s lacrosse team (5-1, 0-1 CC) to decisive 18-11 victory over the Gwynedd Mercy Griffins (3-3, 0-1 CSAC) on Thursday evening from Clothier field.

CHESTER, Pa. – Sophomore second baseman Mike Waterhouse hit a three-run home run in the top of the ninth to break an 8-8 tie, leading the Swarthmore College baseball team (9-6, 1-0) to a thrilling 11-8 victory over Widener on Wednesday afternoon.

The win marks the Garnet’s sixth-consecutive victory, matching the program’s longest winning streak since 1996.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – A four-run late inning surge by the Swarthmore College baseball team (8-6, 1-0) and a game-saving play by sophomore third baseman Spencer Ross in the ninth propelled the Garnet past Muhlenberg (6-8, 0-1) 6-5 on a rainy Tuesday afternoon at Clothier Field.

The five-game winning streak is Swarthmore’s longest since 1996 when the Garnet won six straight games. The victory also marks the first time Swarthmore has opened Centennial Conference play with a win since 2000.

MINNEAPOLIS – Watch Swarthmore College senior women’s swimmer Anne Miller go for her sixth and seventh All-American honors in the the 100 and 200 yard butterfly at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore baseball team (7-6) completed a four game sweep of weekend play with 12-0 and 13-1 wins over the University of Maine Presque Isle Owls (0-7) to get back above .500 on a Sunday made for baseball at Clothier Field.

CHESTERTOWN, Md. – It was all Washington in the Centennial Conference opener, as the Swarthmore College women’s lacrosse team (3-1, 0-1) lost to the Shorewomen, 17-4, to suffer its first defeat of the 2010 season.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Swarthmore baseball team (5-6) is back on the winning track thanks to a clean sweep of the Vassar College Brewers (2-4) on Saturday afternoon at Prentiss Field. The Garnet held the Brewers to three runs for a 9-3 win in game one and held on for a 10-7 win in game two.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Swarthmore women’s lacrosse team (3-0) stretched its winning streak to three on Thursday night with a decisive 17-5 victory over the Moravian Greyhounds (2-3). Sophomore Annelise Mowry led the Garnet attack with four goals and two assists.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Immaculata (1-5) pounded out nine runs on 12 hits while pitcher Aaron Dietrich held Swarthmore (3-6) to only two runs and six hits as the Garnet fell 9-2 in its home opener on Wednesday afternoon from Clothier Field.