2010-11 Season Review
2010-11 Swarthmore Women’s Basketball (15-10, 11-9)
It was a season of milestones for the women’s basketball team, which finished the season at 15-10, the program’s best record since the 2004-05 campaign.
Swarthmore opened the season by winning eight of its first 10 games, capturing championships at the season-opening Swat Tip-Off Tournament and NYU Holiday Classic in the process. After struggling at the start of Centennial Conference play, the Garnet regrouped down the stretch, winning three of its final four games. Thanks to a thrilling 65-60 season-ending victory at rival Haverford, the Garnet finished the season in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Centennial standings. Unfortunately, Swat missed out on a playoff spot, losing out on tiebreakers for the final two playoff spots to Ursinus and Franklin & Marshall.
Leading the way for Swarthmore throughout the season was Kathryn Stockbower ’11. The senior wrapped up one of the most decorated careers in program history by breaking several national, conference, and program records. On February 5 at Johns Hopkins, Stockbower recorded the 80th double-double of her career, breaking the NCAA Division III record. Just three days earlier, she became Swarthmore's all-time leading rebounder in a game against Muhlenberg. At the conclusion of the season, Stockbower found herself as Divisions III’s all-time leader in career double-doubles (83), Swarthmore's all-time leading rebounder (1,335) and fourth-leading scorer (1,677), as well as the Centennial Conference's fifth-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder. For her efforts, she was once again named to the All-Centennial Conference First Team, becoming only the second player in Conference history to be named to the First Team all four years of her career. Stockbower was just as impressive academically, as she became the first Swarthmore student athlete since 2005 to be named to the Academic All-America College Division First Team.
Last but not least, Ceylan Bodur ’11 became the eighth player in program history to reach the 1,000-point plateau – a milestone that would not have been possible if not for a touching display of sportsmanship from Tri-Co rival Bryn Mawr. After suffering a career-ending knee injury on January 29 with 999 career points, Bodur was allowed to score the 1,000th point of her career on an uncontested layup after the tipoff in the Garnet’s home finale against the Owls. Adding the aura of the game was the fact that President Rebecca Chopp and Jane McAuliff, president of Bryn Mawr College, served as honorary coaches for their respective schools to show their joint support in promoting breast cancer awareness for during the Garnet’s annual WBCA Pink Zone game.
