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Swarthmore wins in 3 OTs

Jonathan Molloy's goal with a minute to play tied the score at 9-9 and his assist in the third overtime period helped the Swarthmore men's lacrosse team (5-9, 2-5 Centennial Conference) defeat visiting Haverford, 10-9. Freshman Geoff Geppert had three goals for the Fords (5-8, 3-4).

Jonathan Molloy's goal with a minute to play tied the score at 9-9 and his assist in the third overtime period helped the Swarthmore men's lacrosse team (5-9, 2-5 Centennial Conference) defeat visiting Haverford, 10-9. Freshman Geoff Geppert had three goals for the Fords (5-8, 3-4).

Tim Schwalje had two goals and two assists but Penn (3-9, 1-5 Ivy) was eliminated from league tournament contention in a 7-6 loss to Dartmouth (3-8, 1-4) in Hanover, N.H.

Josh Fox (Lower Merion) scored five goals as Widener (6-7, 4-1 Commonwealth Conference) clinched a conference playoff spot with a 16-10 win over Lebanon Valley (9-4, 3-3) in Annville, Pa.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE: Carli Sukonik (Harriton) finished her freshman season with her seventh hat trick, but Lehigh (7-9, 2-3 Patriot League) fell to Navy (15-2, 6-0) by a 14-4 score in Bethlehem.

Emily Diehl scored with 4.2 seconds left as Ursinus (9-7, 5-4 Centennial Conference) edged Muhlenberg (5-8, 1-8), 16-15, in Allentown to clinch the fourth spot in the conference playoffs. The Bears will host Swarthmore on Wednesday. Alyssa Thren (Upper Perkiomen) had five goals for Ursinus while Kelsey Elmer (Conrad Weiser) had five goals for Muhlenberg.

Annalise Penikis (Strath Haven) had four goals and an assist as Swarthmore (11-5, 5-4 CC) made the playoffs for the first time since 2006 with an 11-8 win over visiting Haverford (6-10, 4-5), which got three goals from Josie Ferri (Pennsbury).

SOFTBALL: Drexel (20-22, 4-10 Colonial Athletic Association) snapped a six-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over UNC Wilmington (8-37, 3-11) in the second game of a doubleheader, behind Maddison Timoteo's home run. Amanda Bachmann (St. Basil) homered for the Dragons in the 4-2 opening-game loss.

Mallory Lyons (Coatesville) drove in the winning run in the eighth inning as Bucknell won the second game of a Patriot League doubleheader, 3-2, over Holy Cross in Lewisburg, Pa. Freshman Colie Escobar (Cherry Hill East) was 3 for 3 in the 4-2 opening win.

BASEBALL: Adam Kammler (Pennridge) hit a solo homer in the 12th to give La Salle a 2-1 victory over Fordham in the nightcap of a doubleheader at Houlihan Park in the Bronx. The victory salvaged a split for the Explorers, who dropped the opener, 3-1.

Matt Lawson (Eastern) drove in four runs in the opener and Bill Parave (Pennsauken) drove in four in the nightcap as Penn State Abington (23-17, 10-4 NEAC) swept Penn State Harrisburg (9-29, 3-11) by scores of 7-6, and 10-7, in Middletown, Pa.

Greg Kumpel ripped a two-run homer but that was all for St. Joseph's (17-22 overall, 7-4 Atlantic Ten) in a 7-2 loss at Charlotte (17-21, 5-9).

A triple by Ryan Deitrich (Hill School) in the seventh led to the winning run as Penn (16-20, 7-9) beat Cornell, 4-3, in the second game of an Ivy League doubleheader. The Big Red (27-11, 13-3) won the opener, 3-0.

Kyle Crawford (6-0) struck out eight in eight innings as Swarthmore (21-13, 7-9) beat visiting Franklin and Marshall, (16-21, 5-11) in a 19-0 route, to sweep a Centennial Conference doubleheader. The Garnet won the opener, 13-5. Nicko Burnett had six hits and six RBIs in the twin bill.

WOMEN'S TENNIS: Chanel Glasper beat Maame Ama Osei, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2, to clinch a 4-3 victory for top-seeded UMass over Temple in the Atlantic Ten tournament at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlotte, N.C. The fourth-seeded Owls (14-11) got wins from Yana Mavrina and Agnese Rozite at No. 3 doubles, Jordan Batey at No. 3 singles and Rozite at No. 5 singles.

MEN'S TENNIS: No. 1 seed Concordia and No. 3 seed Philadelphia will meet at noon Sunday in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference men's tennis finals, in Bronxville, N.Y.

Philadelphia beat Chestnut Hill, 5-2, with Adrian Torroella-Cruz winning at both first singles and first doubles.

Concordia beat University of the Sciences, 5-0.