Swarthmore College Men's Lacrosse
Men's Lacrosse, first played at Swarthmore College in 1891, competes as a member of the Centennial Conference. Swarthmore's student-athletes are exposed to the best competition in Division III while receiving perhaps the finest liberal arts education in the country. The Garnet Tide's 2001 schedule includes Franklin & Marshall College, Gettysburg College, Washington College, Wesleyan University and Western Maryland College; each has been ranked in the Division III top 20 in recent years. The players on Swarthmore's '01 roster hail from eleven different states and have majors ranging from English to engineering. Additionally, student-athletes benefit from an 8:1 student to faculty ratio, an endowment that exceeds one billion dollars, a well-staffed sports medicine department and facilities comparable to many larger universities.
Several players of the '00 squad were recognized by both the Centennial Conference and their teammates for excellence during the past season:
Blake Atkins All Conference 2nd Team, Captain for '01
Mark Dingfield Captain for ‘01
Charles Fischette Academic All Conference
Ford O’Connell Academic All Conference
Sig Rydquist Hall of Fame Most Improved Player Award
Darren Wood Academic All Conference
Tucker Zengerle All Conference 1st Team, Avery Blake Most Valuable Player
Did you know?
*Swarthmore's picturesque campus features more than 330 wooded acres that are maintained by staff horticulturists as the nationally registered Scott Arboretum.
*Prominent Swarthmore alumni include James Michener, Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Michael Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts and the 1988 Democratic nominee for president; Eugene Lang, founder of the "I Have a Dream" program; Lee McPhail, Jr., former president of baseball's American League; Neal Austrian, former president of the National Football League; and Carl Levin, Senator from Michigan.
*The average acceptance rate for Swarthmore's senior and alumni pre med students over the past four years is 73%, compared with the national acceptance rate of 40%.
*Swarthmore's Engineering program, with approximately 90 students, is ranked 10th among colleges without a Ph.D. by US News and World Report magazine.
*Swarthmore's Chemistry department has produced two Nobel Prize winners: Christian Anfinsen in 1972 and David Baltimore 1975.
*Four men's tennis teams have won national championships.
*The Maxwell Award, given annually to the outstanding college football player, is named after former Swarthmore student Robert "Tiny" Maxwell.
Clinic and Camp
The men's lacrosse team will conduct a youth clinic on February 11, 2001 and a summer day camp from
July 16 - 20, 2001. Contact Pat Gress at 610-328-8208 for more information.
The Coaching Staff | Captains | Team Roster for 2001 | 2001 Schedule
2000 Schedule and Results | 2000 Statistics | 1999 Statistics | History of Lacrosse at Swarthmore
Directions to Swarthmore College and Accomodations | The Centennial Conference | Swarthmore College
For more information about Swarthmore Men's Lacrosse please contact Coach Pat Gress