2011-12 Women's Tennis Headlines

May 24, 2012
Lia Carlson Earns All-America Status at NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Singles Championships
CARY, N.C. - Sophomore Lia Carlson earned All-America status at the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Singles Championships, winning her opening round match before bowing out in the Round of 16 on Thursday afternoon from Meredith College.

May 11, 2012
Lia Carlson to Compete in 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Singles Championships
CARY, N.C. - Sophomore Lia Carlson of the Swarthmore College women's tennis team has been selected to participate in the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Individual Singles Championship, the selection committee announced on Friday.

May 2, 2012
Carlson Named Centennial Conference Player of the Year; Three Others Earn All-Centennial Honors
LANCASTER, Pa. - Sophomore Lia Carlson was named the Centennial Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Year while junior Emily Rosenblum, junior Kelsey Johnson and sophomore Epiphany English were also All-Centennial selections, the Conference announced on Wednesday afternoon.

April 29, 2012
Title Hopes Dashed as Top Seed Johns Hopkins Sweeps Women's Tennis, 5-0
BALTIMORE - The Swarthmore College women's tennis team's quest for a Centennial Conference Championship ended on Sunday afternoon, as No. 1 seed Johns Hopkins blanked the No. 3 seed Garnet (10-6) 5-0 from the campus of Johns Hopkins.

April 28, 2012
Women's Tennis Upsets Dickinson 5-1, Move on to Conference Final Against Johns Hopkins
CARLISLE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (10-5) earned a spot in the Centennial Conference finals and avenged its regular season loss to Dickinson by defeating the Red Devils 5-1 on Saturday. The third-seeded Garnet upset the second-seeded Red Devils and will face number one seed Johns Hopkins University on Sunday afternoon.

April 21, 2012
No. 8 Johns Hopkins Takes Down Women's Tennis, 8-1
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (9-5, 8-2 CC) dropped an 8-1 decision to defending Conference champions and eighth-ranked Johns Hopkins University on Saturday afternoon.

April 20, 2012
Women's Tennis Completes Home Campaign With 8-1 Win Over Bryn Mawr
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women's tennis team (9-4, 8-1 CC) earned an 8-1 win over Bryn Mawr in its last home match of the regular season. The team opened with a sweep of the doubles matches and continued the dominant play into singles.

April 18, 2012
Women's Tennis Earns Playoff Spot With 7-2 Win Over Rival Haverford
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (8-4, 7-1 CC) rebounded from its first Centennial loss in a big way, downing rival Haverford College (6-4, 10-9 CC) by a score of 7-2 on Wednesday evening at the Mullan Center.

April 14, 2012
Women's Tennis Upset by Dickinson, 7-2
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women's tennis team (7-4, 6-1 CC) suffered its first Centennial Conference loss of the season on Saturday, dropping a 7-2 decision to Dickinson (13-3, 6-2 CC) from the Cunningham Courts.

April 13, 2012
Women's Tennis Edged Out By No. 21 Mary Washington, 5-4
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis (7-4) team nearly defeated No. 21 University of Mary Washington (11-5) on Friday afternoon in non-conference action, but fell just short as the Eagles outlasted the Garnet, 5-4.

April 10, 2012
SCHEDULE ALERT: Women's Tennis vs. Bryn Mawr Moved to April 20
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College baseball and women's tennis teams have each made re-arrangements to contests originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 11.

April 7, 2012
Red-Hot Women's Tennis Defeats F&M 7-2
LANCASTER, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (7-2, 6-0) won its sixth straight Centennial Conference match, dominating Franklin and Marshall by a score of 7-2 on Saturday afternoon.

April 4, 2012
Streaking Women's Tennis Topples Ursinus, 6-3
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (6-2, 5-0 CC) swept all six singles matches at Ursinus College to remain undefeated in Centennial Conference, defeating the Bears 6-3 on Wednesday afternoon.

April 4, 2012
Carlson Named Centennial Conference Player of the Week
LANCASTER, Pa. - Sophomore Lia Carlson of the Swarthmore College women's tennis team has been named the Centennial Conference Player of the Week for the week ending April 3, the Conference announced on Tuesday.

March 30, 2012
Women's Tennis Remains Unbeaten in Centennial Play With 8-1 Win at Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women's tennis team (5-2, 4-0 CC) picked up its fourth straight conference victory by defeating the Gettysburg Bullets 8-1 on Friday.

March 29, 2012
Schedule Changes for Swarthmore Tennis Teams
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women's tennis team's match at Gettysburg, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been moved up one day to Friday, March 30 at 4:00 p.m.

March 27, 2012
Women's Tennis Blanks Washington College, 9-0
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (4-2, 3-0 CC) avenged its loss to Washington College in last year’s conference semi-finals by blanking the Shorewomen at home on Tuesday. The Garnet is now 3-0 in conference play.

March 24, 2012
Women's Tennis Falls at TCNJ, 7-2
EWING, N.J. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (3-2, 2-0 CC) lost 7-2 in a non-conference match against The College of New Jersey on Saturday. The Garnet picked up wins at numbers three and four singles, but failed to capitalize on opportunities in the other matches.

March 21, 2012
Doubles Play Leads Women's Tennis to 5-4 Win Over Muhlenberg
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (3-1, 2-0 CC) won its second straight conference match, defeating a tough Muhlenberg squad by a score of 5-4 on Wednesday afternoon.

March 18, 2012
Women's Tennis Blanks the Green Terror in Conference Opener, 9-0
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (2-1, 1-0 CC) opened conference competition with a shutout of McDaniel College (0-2, 0-1 CC) on Sunday. Sophomore Lia Carlson, junior Kelsey Johnson, and freshman Gayatri Iyengar were double winners who did not drop any games in either of their matches.

March 10, 2012
Women's Tennis Spring Break Recap from Barcelona, Spain
BARCELONA - The women's tennis team returned from Barcelona, Spain on Thursday after experiencing an unforgettable trip filled with tennis, tapas and tons of sights.

February 26, 2012
Carnegie Mellon Downs Women's Tennis, 8-1
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Sophomore Lia Carlson avenged a loss from last year against Carnegie Mellon's number one player, Laura Chen, to earn the Swarthmore women's tennis team (1-1) its lone match victory against nationally ranked Carnegie Mellon.

February 18, 2012
Women's Tennis Edges Kenyon in Season Opener, 5-4
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Opening the spring season at home, the Swarthmore College women’s tennis team (1-0) won a tight 5-4 match against Kenyon College. Junior Kelsey Johnson and sophomore Epiphany English won a crucial doubles point, while junior Stephanie Chia closed out the match with her deciding point.

February 17, 2012
2012 Women's Tennis Season Preview
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – After finishing the 2011 season with a semifinal loss in the Centennial Conference playoffs, the Swarthmore College women’s tennis team hopes that a year of experience and growth will propel the squad back into conference title contention.