Program Profile

Program Facts

• First Season: 1906
• Home Field: Clothier Field
• All-Time Program Record:  564-379-75
• Championships:  1995, 1996, 1997 Centennial Conference Champion, 1997 ECAC South Champion
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  1996
• Best NCAA Finish: First Round (1996)
• All Time Goals Leader: Melissa Bodner ’94 (81)
• All Time Points Leader: Danielle Duffy ’97 (235)
• All Time Leader Coaching Wins: Pete Hess, 140 (1957-1984)
• All-Time All-Americans: 3

Did You Know?

• Swarthmore field hockey won three consecutive Centennial Championships in 1995, 1996, and 1997. In 1997, the team won the ECAC South Championship as well. The team was led by Danielle Duffy ’98, the program’s all-time leading scorer and a 1^st team Academic and Athletic All-American in 1998. 
• Taking the field for the first time in 1906, the Swarthmore field hockey program is one of the oldest in the sport.
• Eleanor Kay “Pete” Hess, a pioneer for women’s college athletics, is Swarthmore’s all-time winningest coach in both field hockey and badminton.