Weekly Recap

Women's Basketball

Swarthmore 73, Dickinson 51 (Jan. 12)

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Behind a career performance from senior Madeline Ross, the Swarthmore College (11-2, 7-1) women's basketball team dominated visiting Dickinson (8-5, 4-5) for a 73-51 victory in Centennial Conference action Saturday afternoon. Ross – entering Saturday's game shooting under ten percent from beyond the arc – finished hitting 7-for-12 threes en route to a career-high 30-point performance. Ross was a thorn in the Red Devils' side in the first half, scoring 26 of Swarthmore's 45 points.

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Swarthmore 56, McDaniel 42 (Jan. 10)

Westminister, Md. - Katie Lytle finished with 19 points and 17 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season to power the Swarthmore College women's basketball team past McDaniel College, 56-42, in Centennial Conference action Thursday night. Lytle – a leader in the second half with nine points and 10 rebounds – put in an all-around effort in the Swarthmore (10-2, 6-1 CC) victory notching two blocks, two steals and one assist to go along with her double-double performance.

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Johns Hopkins 77, Swarthmore 66 (Jan. 8)

SWATHMORE, Pa. – Despite rallying all the way back from a 17-point first-half deficit, the Swarthmore College women's basketball team (9-2, 5-1) could not pull off the incredible comeback, as visiting Johns Hopkins (5-8, 3-5) held on for a 77-66 victory on Tuesday afternoon from Tarble Pavilion. Madeline Ross led the Garnet with 21 points. Freshman Jessica Jowdy finished with 10 steals, which is just two shy of the Centennial Conference record and one shy of the program record. Katie Lytle and Elle Larsen each managed double-digit performances with 17 and 14 points, respectively.

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Men’s Basketball

Dickinson 65, Swarthmore 61 (Jan. 12)

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Senior Will Gates hit back rim on a potential game-tying three-pointer in the waning seconds of regulation, as the Swarthmore College men's basketball team (3-12, 2-6) fought hard but ultimately fell to Dickinson (12-4, 6-2) by a score of 65-61 on Saturday afternoon from Tarble Pavilion. Junior Jay Kober led the Garnet with a team-high 16 points, while junior Joe Keedy finished just one rebound shy of a double-double (11 points, nine rebounds). Freshman Ethan Lee had a strong all-around game, scoring 12 points and pulling down six rebounds.

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Johns Hopkins 63, Swarthmore 44 (Jan. 8)

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Three players reached double-digits to lead visiting Johns Hopkins to a 63-44 win over the Swarthmore College men's basketball team (3-11, 2-5) on Tuesday evening from Tarble Pavilion. Big man George Bugarinovic led the way for the Blue Jays (7-7, 4-3) with 16 points - 14 of which came in the first half. Connor McIntyre (14 points) and Jimmy Hammer (12 points) also reached double-figures for Hopkins. Junior Jay Kober led the Garnet with 12 points, including an eight-of-nine performance from the free-throw line. Senior Will Gates finished with 11 points while sophomore Karl Barkley added nine points.

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Women’s Track & Field

NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 12)

NEW YORK – Highlighted by setting the program's third-best distance medley mark, the Swarthmore College women's track and field returned to indoor competition on Saturday in the NYC Gotham Cup held at the Armory. Katie McMenamin, Jenna Cody, Rebecca Hammond and Julia Nee paced the Garnet to a second place finish in the distance medley event, clocking in at 12:35.91 (ECAC qualifier), which now stands as the program's third-best mark all-time.

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Men’s Track & Field

NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 12)

The Swarthmore College men's track and field team opened 2013 with its first trip to the Armory, competing in the NYC Gotham Cup on Saturday.  On the track, Jason Heo crossed the line at 7.48 followed by Matthew Heck at 7.53 and Tim Vaughan-Ogunlusi at 7.60 in the 60-meter dash event. All three times fall on the program's top-ten list, while Heo bettered his time of earlier this season by two seconds as a program-best mark in the event.

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Upcoming Schedule

1/15/13
Women's Basketball

Swarthmore

Bryn Mawr

5:00 PM
Live stats Video

1/16/13
Men's Basketball

Swarthmore

McDaniel

7:00 PM
Live stats Video Audio

1/17/13
Women's Basketball

Ursinus

Swarthmore

6:00 PM
Live stats Video

1/19/13

Women’s Track & Field

NYU (at NYC Armory)

7:00 PM

Men’s Track & Field

1/19/13

NYU (at NYC Armory)

7:00 PM

1/19/13
Women's Basketball

Swarthmore

Ursinus

1:00 PM

1/19/13
Men's Basketball

Swarthmore

Ursinus

3:00 PM
Live stats Video

Garnet Feature Friday: (Jan. 11)

In the first installment of Garnet Feature Friday, a series that will highlight past Garnet teams, notable Garnet alumni, and current student-athletes, we took a look back at the 1997-98 Women's Track & Field Team, which captured the 1998 Centennial Conference Indoor Championship and produced some of the school's top female athletes.

The 1997-98 Swarthmore College women’s track and field team captured its second straight indoor Centennial Conference championship in 1998 by outscoring the second place finishers Haverford by 30 points (123-93). This team also took the 1998 outdoor conference championship - placing ahead of Haverford by a score of 144.5 to 134.

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Garnet Athletics Player of the Week

Madeline Ross (Doylestown, Pa. / Central Bucks East), Women’s Basketball

Ross collected three double-digit performances this past week, including a career-best 30 in Swarthmore’s win over Dickinson. She scored 26 of her 30 points in the first half, including six treys – Swarthmore finished the first half with a 45-23 lead over the Red Devils. The senior guard averaged 20.33 points per game on the week, shooting 51.1 percent from the field (22-for-43). Prior to the game, Ross was shooting just 8.82 percent (3-for-34) from beyond the arc – after hitting 7-of-12 on Saturday, she has a season accuracy of 21.7 percent. Additionally, she collected 10 rebounds, 11 assists and six steals in a 2-1 week for Swarthmore.

Garnet Athletics Did You Know?

Women’s basketball freshman Jessica Jowdy finished with 10 steals against Johns Hopkins, which stands just two shy of the Centennial Conference record and one shy of the program record.