2011 Season Review

2011 Swarthmore Field Hockey (8-10, 6th CC)

The field hockey team took a turn for the better during a promising 2011 season, just barely missing the playoffs in the final game of the year. The steadily-improving squad notched as many Centennial Conference wins in this season alone as it had in 2008, 2009, and 2010 combined, and was poised until the very end for its first playoff appearance since 2000.

Highlights from the regular season included wins over NCAA-participant Eastern, ECAC-participant McDaniel and Johns Hopkins. A 3-1 loss to Haverford on the season’s final day ultimately ended the Garnet’s playoff run, but the team, which graduates no seniors, has much to look forward to next year.

Nia Jones ’14 and Beth Johnson ’15 tied for the team lead in points, with 21. Jones led the team with nine goals and ranked 10^th in the Conference in both goals and goals per game. Johnson and Anne Rosenblatt ’14 tied for the second-highest assist total in the Conference, with seven. Goalie Gabriella Capone ’14 turned in a breakout season as well, notching 119 saves (6th in CC) and a 2.49 GAA (7th in CC) in her first season as a starter. Jones and junior captain midfielder Sophia Agathis (pictured) also earned spots on the All-Centennial Second Team.