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MARCUS MELLOMASTER OF ARCHITECTUREPresented to: Yale University School of ArchitectureM.Arch. I Admissions

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NSIDES c u l p t u re

Bitten Apple......................................04Lights Out.........................................06Space Station.....................................07Man & Duck.....................................09Cheers to New York..........................11

Posing as Stars..................................13Figure Drawings...............................15Self-Portraits.....................................17Hands & Faces..................................18

D r aw i ng & Pa i n t i ng

Hunting Hill Manor.........................20Clothier Hall: A Study......................21Kenmore Square Film Archive.........22Shared Residency Project................24

A rc h i t e c t u r a l D r aw i ng & D e sig n

Tapestry of Light...............................26347 North..........................................27The Phoenix......................................28

P hot o g r a ph y & Gr a ph ic D e sig n

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Ceramic Glaze Spring 2004 18x8x14”

vessel modeled after the Disney character Pinocchio in which the nose serves as the spout and the feather of the hat serves as the handle

Earlier Work

PINOCCHIO WATERING POT

ClaySpring 20065x5x12”

covered vase with additive elements; winner of a Silver Key at the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards

HOOPS & BANDS

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BITTEN APPLEGrowing up on a farm, I have long valued natu-ral forms, particularly those that exist between living and nonliving objects. In creating this piece, I explored the relationship between chewed fruit (a living object) and rugged landscape (a nonliving entity), experimenting with lighting and textural surfacing.

Clay, Life Modeling (Fall 2010), 10x12x8”

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BITTEN APPLE: SURFACe DeTAILS

While sculpting this piece, I especially attempted to accencuate the muscular texture of the apple by waxing the outer surface and scooping large chunks of clay from the sculpture. Though I wanted these hole-like elements to represent toothmarks and bites, I took the sense of touch into account and imagined the fruit as a cavelike terrain that could be explored. Bottom left: marker drawings of the actual unbitten apple capture its surface details.

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LIGHTS OUTThis still-life sculpture features three items associated with light: a gooseneck desk lamp, a lantern, and a lightbulb. Ironically, the objects have been trans-formed from items that emit vibrancy to emotionally stiff artifacts that have been stranded in a desolate landscape; hence, the title “Lights Out”. Below: marker sketches focusing on the contrast of light and dark.

Clay, Life Modeling (Fall 2011), 18x12x12”

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SPACE STATIONThe task was to create a piece that included an exalted cube balancing on any-thing but one of its sides. I sketched ideas of possible ways in which to balance a cube and constructed a maquette of one of my sketches. I modified my maquette by adding more elements and developing a more cohesive theme. I was influ-enced by the Nagakin Capsule Tower and the work of sculptor Virginia Scotchie.

Ceramic Glaze, Container as Architecture (Spring 2011), 24x16x20”

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SPACE STATION: THE PROCESS

Below: sketches detailing possible ways of balancing cube. These sketches en-abled me to delve into the structural formation of a cube and envision ways of altering its position in space. My favorite three ideas are separated below.

Top: initial maquette that I modified in my final sculpture. Middle: maquette with final sculpture. Bottom: I imagined the piece as an extraterrestrial world with unfamiliar elements that could be explored by humans if it were built on a larger scale. These photos show my piece from the perspective of a potential visitor to this world.

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Man & Duck

Using pieces I produced in my Life Modeling class, I created an independent project to explore how adjusting one’s visual perspecive alters spatial relationships that exist between objects. I arranged my sculptural pieces in a variety of positions and documented how the interactions between the objects shifted as a result of this.

Clay, Independent/Life Modeling (Spring 2011)

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Left: the close arrangement of the man and duck suggests displeasure and confrontation. Right: viewing this placement from behind the duck, it appears as if the duck is questioning the man, suggesting it is the more superior figure of the two. Bottom: this positioning is indicative of a casual, friendly conversation.

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CHEERS TO NEW YORKThis unfinished teapot includes four of New York City’s most iconic landmarks (Statue of Liberty, Guggenheim Museum, Chrysler Building, and Brooklyn Bridge) with each landmark holding its own function. This project involved much brainstorming and sketching as I moved from concept to creation.

Clay, Container as Architecture (Spring 2011), 14x12x16”

Top: sketches that were part of the design process; assisted me in construction of teapot components. Bottom: design for teapot lid; subways sign icons of my favorite lines encircle placement of Chrysler Building.

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Charcoal, Life Drawing (Spring 2010), 8x6”

quick drawings of adult model standing in different positions near white block

Gesture Sketches

MODEL & BLOCK

Acrylic Paint,Life Drawing (Spring 2010), 12x8”

sketches focusing on the contrast between light and dark on the model’s body parts

NUDE GESTURES

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FIGURE DRAWINGsThese drawings allowed me to examine the complex proportions of the human figure. I approached these pieces from different perspectives with a variety of mediums. Below: painting executed by allowing paint to flow freely on paper and create its own shadowing (black acrylic). Top right: depiction of back muscles with cubist influence (charcoal). Bottom right: drawing por-traying folds in cocktail dress (charcoal).

Life Drawing (Spring 2010), 18x24”

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FIGURE DRAWINGsThese drawings allowed me to examine the complex proportions of the human figure. I approached these pieces from different perspectives with a variety of mediums. Below: painting executed by allowing paint to flow freely on paper and create its own shadowing (black acrylic). Top right: depiction of back muscles with cubist influence (charcoal). Bottom right: drawing por-traying folds in cocktail dress (charcoal).

Life Drawing (Spring 2010), 18x24”

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FIGURE DRAWINGsThese drawings allowed me to examine the complex proportions of the human figure. I approached these pieces from different perspectives with a variety of mediums. Below: painting executed by allowing paint to flow freely on paper and create its own shadowing (black acrylic). Top right: depiction of back muscles with cubist influence (charcoal). Bottom right: drawing por-traying folds in cocktail dress (charcoal).

Life Drawing (Spring 2010), 18x24”

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FIGURE DRAWINGs

Left: contour drawing concentrating on curves of female figure (charcoal). Top middle: quick draw-ing depicting motion of figure skater; could not lift drawing tool off paper (charcoal). Bottom middle: texturized, loosely executed drawing focusing on lighting (charcoal). Top right: painting of sitting model. Bottom right: contour drawing concentrating on curves of female figure (charcoal).

Life Drawing (Spring 2010), 18x24”

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SELF-PORTRAITSRepresenting myself in my work has not only exposed me to stylistic techniques, but has also allowed me to portray my most important physical and emotional attributes.

Life Drawing (Spring 2010), 18x24”

Top: covered paper in charcoal and worked backwards through erasure; expresses my silent, more meditative qualities. Bottom: utilized contrasts of oils to accencuate the epic nature of wrestling, a sport I participated in during high school.

Top: used acrylic paints to render facial color as a function of lighting. Bottom: portrayed my anxiousness in regards to my high school graduation through fast strokes; could not lift charcoal stick from paper.

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FACES & HANDSThe above drawings strengthened my ability to visually depict facial expressions and basic hand movements. Top left: captured heavyweight wrestler’s mental determination. Bottom left: depicted model’s reflective gaze. Top right: represented Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tena-cious expression. Bottom center: collage of layered hands. Bottom right: depicted light and dark areas of closed fist.

Charcoal, Life Drawing (Spring 2010), 18x24”

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Preliminary Models

Thin Cardboard, Summer 2011 (Career Discovery), 8x6x6”

concept construction prepared for residency project; used as mechanism to explore operation of clustering

CLUSTERING CONCEPT MODEL

Multimedia, Summer 2011 (Career Discovery),8x10x6”

first in a series of preliminary models depicting spatial patterns observed from film still

SEQUENCING CONCEPT MODEL

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HUNTING HILL MANOR

This mural features Hunting Hill Manor, a mansion just over fifteen miles outside Philadelphia. It includes a full representation of the mansion surrounded by a border composed of a windowpane pattern found within the property.

Watercolor, Drawing Architecture (Spring 2011), 48x24”

The surrounding observation drawings and watercolor were part of the planning process for my mural. My class visited the site just one time and had to document accurately.

Process Work

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CLOTHIER HALL: A STUDYClothier Hall, the core of social life on campus, contains a bell tower, snack bar, courtyard, and beautiful exterior stonework. These drawings — which make use of three media to capture essential elements of the building — enhanced my ability to filter out only the most important elements and portray them through a variety of measures, such as crosshatching and shading. Top left: foyer leading to snack bar. Bottom left: stone arches surrounding courtyard. Right: archway to courtyard with belltower in background.

Multimedia (Pen, Charcoal, Pencil), Drawing Architecture (Spring 2011), 18x24”

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KENMORE SQUARE FILM ARCHIVEThe purpose of this project was to create a lively cultural and community hub in Boston’s Back Bay surrounding the Kenmore MBTA station. The program consists of an outdoor theater, a film archive, an indoor theater, office space, and a collection housing rare films. Before constructing a final model, I conducted site observations and built several rough models. Below are site diagrams, observation sketches, and concept models.

Career Discovery, Summer 2011

This project began as an exercise to examine internal and external connections. I was given an image from a film still and had to construct an abstract model exploring the spatial sequences. I observed much motion, layering, and confusion in my film still. My first representation was very active and hectic; in my second take, I controlled this frenziness while still expressing my initial observations.

FIRST CONCEPT MODEL: Multimedia, 8x6x6” SECOND CONCEPT MODEL: Cardboard, 10x8x8”

SITE OBSERVATION DIAGRAMS: Marker, Colored Pencil, 8x6”

These were originally blind pencil drawings of the site that I modified with black marker. The red arrows show the flow of movement through the site, which has several busy intersections. The more colorful diagram above presents a map of the site with color-coded lines signifying the paths of dif-ferent types of pedestrians (e.g. Red Sox game-goers, tourists, students, etc.).

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FIGURE DRAWINGsThese drawings allowed me to examine the complex proportions of the human figure. I approached these pieces from different perspectives with a variety of mediums. Below: painting executed by allowing paint to flow freely on paper and create its own shadowing (black acrylic). Top right: depiction of back muscles with cubist influence (charcoal). Bottom right: drawing por-traying folds in cocktail dress (charcoal).

Life Drawing (Spring 2010), 18x24”

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SHARED RESIDENCY PROJECT

This housing project is devised for two single residents: an astronomer and a botanist. The design explores the concept of public versus private space while also devoting room for the individuals’ needs (e.g. observatory, greenhouse, etc.). This project involved the use of a design operation (e.g. stacking, splitting, etc.) and an initial concept model followed by a final model. I chose to use the operation of clustering because it allowed me to create individual units and fit them together like puzzle pieces, as seen in the phto on the top left.

Career Discovery, Summer 2011

My final model divided the residents’ living spaces by placing each resident into his/her own cluster that contained a variety of rooms. I made use of public and private space by including public, outdoor areas that could be used as observation or greenhouse areas while preserving private divisions between the residents. As can be seen in the photo on the bottom right, a horizontal bar divides the clusters, yet also functions as a public indoor space for the residents.

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Scenes from Ecuador

Digital Photograph, Summer 2010, Ingapirca, Ecuador

narrow pathway and steps leading to stone temples of largest discovered Inca ruins in Ecuador

OPEN

Digital Photograph,Summer 2010,Quito, Ecuador

a saluting guardsman atop the Carondelet Palace with the Ecuadorian f lag towering in the background

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TAPESTRY OF LIGHT

This set of photos represents my efforts to capture moments of brilliant natural lighting. Top left: rustic metal knob to the front door of my home. Bottom left: various gradients of light shining through cloth curtains in home. Above: angelic statue perched on stone ledge in Cuenca, Ecuador.

Digital Photographs, Independent (Summer 2012)

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347 NOrth

Though I like to claim Boston as my home, I live on a farm in a suburb an hour away. Top left: this photo contrasts the organic elegance of the grapevine in my backyard with the machinery of my grandfather and uncle’s tractors, which can be seen in the background. Top right: with one of my mother’s plastic clothing hangers in the foreground and the recently mowed lawn in the background, this photo juxtaposes two laborious tasks that take place in my backyard. Bottom left: similar to the photo above it, this picture contrasts the natural environment with the built environment. Bottom right: natural light flooding through the kitchen blinds casts a pattern of lines onto the pie box, creating a sort of parallelism.

Digital Photographs, Independent (Summer 2012)

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VOL. 136, ISSUE 3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 SWARTHMOREPHOENIX.COM

TODAY: Mainly sunny. Winds light and variable. High 81, Low 59.

TOMORROW: Partly cloudy. Chance of rain. High 80, Low 63.

Inn UpdateLiquor License Moves Through

Approval Process

SPORTSWOMEN SOCCER CLUB RECEIVES CHARTER Former ultimate Frisbee players Eliana Bisgaard-Church ’13 and Al-ison Koziol ’15 are in the process of forming a women’s soccer club and have already began attracting inter-est from the student body. PAGE 19

OPINIONSNEW COLUMN: LOVE IN THIS (OLDE) CLUBIn his debut installment of “Real Talk with Slam,” Sean Bryant breaks down the classic hook-up situation and offers pointers on how to con-nect with a potential mate in Olde Club. PAGE 16

LIVING & ARTSSWAT’S FAVORITE SEX EXPERT RETURNSVianca Masucci returns with ad-vice for first-years on navigating Swarthmore’s “all-you-can-fuck fi-esta” during their first semester of newfound freedom. Read up first-years! PAGE 7

NEWSMORE POINTS PLEASE: INSIDE THE MEAL PLAN The first article in a two-part series explains recent changes in the meal plan. Amongst other changes, Din-ing Services has revamped the plan with an extra 20 points and meal guest passes. PAGE 3

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Over the summer, the College filed an application for a liquor license to the Penn-sylvania Liquor Control Board, propelling further development of the Swarthmore Inn project.

Vice President for Facilities and Services Stuart C. Hain, who serves on the Design Oversight Committee for the Town Center West Project, one component of a 34-point plan to revitalize the borough’s downtown area and commerce, expects the liquor li-cense to be approved, despite opposition from residents of the Swarthmore area. This would make the inn the only place able to serve alcohol in the borough of Swarth-more.

The borough’s long history as a “dry” town presents an obstacle for the project. “An inn and restaurant without a liquor li-cense are not economically feasible,” Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Su-zanne Welsh said.

In 1949, an overwhelming majority of Swarthmore residents voted to forbid the sale of alcoholic beverages within the bounds of the borough, but in 2001 a small majority of residents passed a referendum that “approved liquor and wine to be served in a restaurant in a hotel on College prop-erty,” according to the Town Center West page on the college’s website.

“They were in favor of it because they knew it wouldn’t be just a bar on the corner, it would be in a nice building, a hotel, in a nice restaurant. It wouldn’t be all of the neg-ative things you might think about,” Welsh said.

Hain said that, though the college ap-plied for the license this summer expect-ing approval, “I’d be surprised if it wasn’t without some opposition.” In 2009, another referendum on the town’s alcohol policy ap-peared on the ballot. Again, the borough population voted to remain dry.

The referendum was seen by some resi-dents as a challenge to the 2001 vote allow-ing the College to apply for a liquor license. “The people who brought that petition be-lieve that that referendum overrode the ref-erendum from 2001. Essentially they voted to say that we couldn’t have the liquor li-cense. I think it’s a matter of interpretation,” Hain said.

William Stanton, a local carpenter, strongly objects to the liquor license for the proposed inn, firstly on a legal basis. “There’s still an open question over the legal status of that latest referendum,” Stanton ex-plained. He does not believe that the excep-tion to the town’s dry status still applies for the college following the latest referendum, which, he said, at the ballot box did not

The Phoenix

By ANNA GONZALESNews Writer

The Life Arts Festival and Philly Fringe is back! And just like every year, the theater, music, dance and general performance lovers around campus swear up and down that this year, they’re going to see everything.

Or if not everything, at least those five shows that they know someone is in or that they heard were really good.

Or if not those shows, then at least… some-thing?

It’s easy for the Live Arts and Fringe to slip by. It’s also difficult to manage the huge list of available shows! For those who do want to flip through the magazine, titled, “Live Arts

Festival and Philly Fringe,” and fea-turing an adorable child standing be-

side a huge duck mascot head, the magazines are available across from the mailboxes in Par-ish. For everyone else, I’ve compiled a list of shows that Swarthmore students might, for a variety of reasons, find interesting.

The festival, which is a collection of new and established theater, dance, and music groups, runs from September 1 through Sep-tember 23, and features plays, comedy, im-prov, dance, music, visual art and film, and all manner of combinations of those genres.

Tickets are usually cheap. Tickets for the Live Arts Festival shows are $18 for students or people under 25 years old. Tickets for Fringe shows tend to be $10-20, and students or peo-ple under 25 years old get a five dollar discount if the ticket price is $15 or more.

It is generally wise to purchase tickets in advance, online at www.livearts-fringe.org or by calling the Box Office at 215-413-1318. If the show is not sold out, tickets can be bought at the door within 30 minutes of the show. Most venues only accept cash.

Zero Cost House What: “Zero Cost House.” The piece, which focuses on “3/11… the earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear disaster at Fukushi-ma” and a man who declares himself Prime Minister of Japan, is a “time- and space-bend-ing autobiographical production about drastic relocations, rereading “Walden,” remaking government, and the freedom and heaviness of that moment when what’s impossible becomes concrete.” (Livearts website).Who: “Zero Cost House” is by the Pig Iron Theater Company and Toskhiki Okada. Pig Iron Theater Company was founded in 1995 by Swarthmore grads, and is one of the most astounding, innovative and hilarious groups in Philly today.This show is directed by Dan Rothenberg ’95 and stars Alex Torra, who directed last year’s acting thesis, “American Buffalo,” and Dito van Reigersberg ’94 (van Reigersberg performed in Olde Club as Martha Graham-Cracker several years back).Where: Arts Bank at The University of the Arts; 601 South Broad Street (at South Street).

Swarthmore in Philly Fringe

By JEANNETTE LEOPOLDLiving & Arts Writer

CHANELLE SIMMONS/PHOENIX STAFFCecily Bumbray, who graduated from Swarthmore this past June, recently starred in a music video for her song “Too Much” that was filmed and produced by former classmate Tayarisha Poe.

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Since graduation, Cecily Bumbray ’12 has energetically pursued a career as a singer-songwriter. And while she’s only been gone for a little more than three months, last Thursday Bum-bray returned to Swarthmore — not to visit old friends and professors, remi-nisce, or casually revel in the vibrant late summer arbo-retum colors, but instead to film part of the music video for her first single, “Too Much,” on LPAC’s main stage.

Though she majored in Political Science with a minor in Black Studies, Bumbray knew relatively early into her time at Swarthmore that she wanted to pursue a career in music. “The moment I decided that I wanted to be a singer and a performer instead of a diplomat was actually the summer after my fresh-man year at Swarthmore,” she says. “I went to Italy with my family to a music

festival … It was such an amazing week … I was watching someone perform and I was just like, ‘You know, I want to do that.’ That moment is when I kind of got serious about it.” Over her four years at Swarthmore, Bumbray was involved in a range of musical groups on campus, in-

cluding Mixed Company for one year, Es-sence of Soul for two, Swarth-more Chorus and Gospel Choir. Addi-

tionally, she took private voice lessons once a week.

Bumbray likes to describe her sound as “acoustic pop soul,” and lists as three of her primary influences Anita Baker, Jill Scott and Adele, whom she credits with having “paved the way for the type of music that I love to do.”

Why this style in particular? “When I think of pop soul it’s basically just soul music that everyone can feel but that has a crossover appeal to it,” she explains, “and I definitely try to stick with an acoustic sound because I think it fits my

Cecily Bumbray ’12 shoots music video

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By AXEL KODATLiving & Arts Writer

A Guide to Upcoming Shows

and Events

Arts in Philly

THE PhoenixAs editor in chief of Swarthmore College’s weekly newspaper, I revamped the ex-isting layout and created a more polished product. The overall design approach was based on redefining The Phoenix’s identity as a newspaper as opposed to a news magazine. I approached this long-term project by sketching out templates, modifying existing guidelines, and developing a new style guide. Below: tabloid-sized pages from the new layout are below. Right: square-sized pages I created from the old layout. The color page was mailed to the new class of soccer recruits by the head soccer coach.

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BY VICTOR [email protected]

The regular season finale for theSwarthmore women’s soccer showcasedboth the talent of the team’s six seniorsas well as the bright future of the pro-gram.

Three consecutive CentennialConference losses had dropped theGarnet soccer team out of theCentennial playoff picture, butSwarthmore responded with a convinc-ing 4-0 victory over the homestandingFranklin & Marshall Diplomats.

Kirsten Peterson ’11 entered her finalregular-season game tied with EBFortier ’02 for the most assists in pro-gram history. In the 15th minute,Peterson found fellow senior HannahPurkey who buried the ball in the backof the net to give the Garnet the early 1-0 lead.

For Peterson, it was the 15th assist inher career, giving her sole possession offirst place for the most assists in aSwarthmore women’s soccer career.Purkey’s goal was her third of the sea-son and the ninth of her career.

Three minutes later, seniors connect-ed again for the Garnet as Kelsey Cline’11 headed in a Laura Bolger ’11 feed forthe 2-0 lead. The goal was the first of theseason for Cline, who was limited tofour games this year due to injury. Itwas the 17th of her career. Bolger’sassist was the fourth of her career.

The teams entered the half with thescore 2-0, but Megan Brock ’14 found theback of the net twice after halftime,showing the team that there is much tobe excited about going into next yeardespite the loss of six seniors.

Brock, who hit more posts this sea-son than the rest of the team combined,scored on her first shot of the matchSaturday, putting in a rebound just fourminutes after halftime. Her second ofthe match came on a blast from the leftside of the box to cap the scoring.

“We’re upset we aren’t going to the[Centennial Conference] playoffs, butwe also need to remember that we’re agood team. Unlucky games happen but ifwe put in the work to get better everytime we play, we’ll have success nextyear,” said Brock, who was one of fourfirst-year players to score for the Garnetthis year.

Head coach Todd Anckaitis waspleased that the team was able to comeaway with a victory in the final regularseason match of the year. “We feel likewe’ve been playing well and it was niceto finally get a result. The team felt real-ly good about it and I thought it was agood performance, especially becausethe finishing part was there,” he said.

“You can go back through the seasonand find five or six plays that complete-ly changed the course of the year,”Anckaitis added. “In a soccer season,you expect one of those, maybe two. Butsurely not as many as we’ve had thisyear.”

Elizabeth Mills ’11 and MeganColombo ’11 also appeared in their finalregular-season game for Swarthmore onSaturday, appearing in their 76th and72nd games respectively.

When Colombo first arrived atSwarthmore in the fall of 2007, she didn’t see herself as a big time goal scorer.

But after a stellar career during

which she established herself as thebest player in the CentennialConference, Colombo will leaveSwarthmore with the most goals (31)and points (75) in a women’s soccercareer. Her 13 assists are just two shy ofthe new program record set by her class-mate Peterson.

Colombo, who led Swarthmore thisseason with nine goals and twentypoints, was named first-team All-Centennial as a first-year and a juniorand second-team All-Centennial as asophomore. “I told [Colombo] in the off-season that I thought she was the bestplayer in the Conference, and she reallyshowed that this season,” Anckaitissaid.

“Megan's presence never went unno-ticed on the field. Her leadership was byexample and we’re definitely going tomiss that next year,” Brock said. “Shealways made me want to be a better soc-cer player. She kept practices andgames fun while always bringing up theintensity.”

“When Megan isn't here next year, Iam really going to miss her style of play.No one else on our team, or in our con-ference, plays the way Megan does.When she has the ball, she shows a lot of

trickiness and is able to beat just aboutany defender. It is really fun to watchher play and her confidence on the fieldis going to be really hard to replace,”said goaltender Marie Mutryn ’12.

While her coaches and teammatesrave about her play and her locker roompresence, Colombo also earned theadmiration of opponents as well, bothfor her talent and her composure on thefield.

“I had a Centennial coach this seasonask if he could borrow [Colombo] for thenext game, I had a coach say ‘Without adoubt, she is my favorite player in theconference,’; I had another coach comeover after a game and say ‘MeganColombo is sick with some of the thingsthat she can do on the field,” Anckaitisdescribed.

Several highlights of Colombo’scareer immediately jump to Anckaitis’mind. As a first-year player, Colomboscored a hat trick in a late regular sea-son match against a strong Ursinusteam. “She was just on fire,” Anckaitissaid.

When the Garnet faced Ursinus againin the Centennial Conference tourna-ment that year, they double-teamedColombo, opening up scoring opportuni-

ties for the rest of her teammates.But playing through double-teams

and physical opponents for the remain-der of her career, Colombo always han-dled herself with grace. “She alwaysjust played through it, even when offi-cials weren’t making calls and protect-ing her,” Anckaitis said.

Another highlight also comes fromColombo’s first year with the team.Against Catholic in the finals of theEastern College Athletic ConferenceSouth tournament, Colombo attempteda bicycle kick in the box and put theshot on goal.

“When Megan tried that bicycle kick,Catholic’s coach called out to me and soI turned to him, and he said ‘Oh myGod,’” Anckaitis said. The shot didn’t goin, but that quality set Colombo apartfor all four years with the program.

Megan Colombo and her fellow sen-iors left Franklin & Marshall winners intheir final regular season game, buttheir contributions will not soon be for-gotten by their teammates or Anckaitis.

“Megan and that whole class is justpassionate about soccer and passionateabout their teammates,” Anckaitis said.“They are real hard workers and we aregoing to miss that class next year.”

Andrew Cheng Phoenix Staff

Senior Megan Colombo, Swarthmore’s all-time leading scorer, led the women’s soccer team with nine goals and 20 points this season.Colombo has scored 31 goals and recorded 75 points in her stellar career.

Garnet seniors go out with big win at Diplomats

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