The Moravian College softball team finished its 2007 season in the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament for the tenth consecutive year, falling to Emory (GA) University in the fifth game of the 2007 NCAA World Series. This was the second time in four years the Greyhounds made it to the World Series. The Greyhounds also won the Commonwealth Conference Tournament for the seventh straight year and the Commonwealth Conference Championship for the eighth consecutive season.

The Greyhounds under the direction of 14-year head coach John Byrne, who as a career mark of 442-141, posted a 35-7 overall record in 2007, the 14th consecutive season that Moravian has won at least 23 games, and a 13-1 mark in Commonwealth Conference action. The Greyhounds, which have won over 30 games nine times under Byrne, including the last seven years, were in the postseason for the 13th consecutive season. Moravian, which is 25-20 in NCAA games since 1998, made the regional championship game for the fifth straight season, winning its second regional title.

One of the keys for the Greyhounds again this season was their pitching staff, which had a 1.56 ERA, 18 shutouts, 288 strikeouts, 169 hits allowed and 128 walks allowed in 286 1/3 innings.

Sophomore outfielder/pitcher Maria DeBonis (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) was named to the 2007 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-American Second Team. DeBonis was also named to the 2007 Commonwealth All-Conference First Team, and she was named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Year and to the NFCA All-East Region First Team. DeBonis had a 1.07 ERA to go along with an 18-2 record, 19 complete games, 11 shutouts, 72 hits allowed, 54 walks and 175 strikeouts in 137 innings pitched. On the offensive end, DeBonis had a .317 batting average with 33 hits, 21 runs, six doubles, one triple, four homeruns, 10 walks, three stolen bases and 23 RBIs.

Sophomore pitcher/outfielder Kristie Pellicani (Sparta, NJ/Sparta HS) was named to the 2007 Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team, the NFCA All-East Region Third Team and also named Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Commonwealth Conference Tournament. Pellicani contributed a 1.83 ERA this season to go along with a 17-5 record, seven shutouts, 64 walks, and 102 strikeouts in 137 2/3 innings pitched.

Leading the offense for the Greyhounds was sophomore outfielder Erica Klepeisz (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS), who was named to the 2007 Commonwealth All-Conference First Team for the second year in a row and the NFCA All-East Region Second Team. Klepeisz contributed a .389 batting average with 49 hits, 33 runs, 13 doubles, a triple, three homeruns, seven walks and 10 RBIs. Junior infielder Beth Paly (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) had a .336 batting average off of 44 hits, 21 runs, eight doubles, a triple, five home runs, and 29 RBIs. Paly was also named to the 2007 Commonwealth All-Conference First Team and the NFCA All-East Region First Team.

Sophomore catcher/designated player Deanna Mangieri (Pleasantville, NY/Byram Hills HS) had a .425 batting average, 31 hits, 14 runs, two home runs and 14 RBIs while senior first basemen/outfielder Lauren Homa (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS) contributed 27 hits, 20 runs, four doubles, one home run and 15 RBIs this season. Mangieri and Homa were both named to the 2007 Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team.

Junior third basemen Kelly Santry (Hatboro, PA/Upper Moreland HS) contributed a .360 batting average to go along with 32 hits, 14 runs, eight doubles, two home runs, seven walks and 20 RBIs while senior catcher Danielle Carrione (Bloomfield, NJ/Mt. St. Dominic HS) had a .345 batting average, 19 hits, four walks and 11 RBIs. Sophomore catcher/first basemen Sheri Bieniek (Lumberton, NJ/Rancocas Valley HS) put up 26 hits, 17 runs, six doubles, five home runs, 16 walks, and 22 RBIs for a .306 average. Klepeisz, Paly, Santry and Carrione each passed 100 career hits during the season.

Sophomore shortstop/outfielder Jordan Oplinger (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) had a .281 batting average with 25 hits, 19 runs, two doubles, five walks, nine stolen bases, and eight RBIs. Junior pitcher/outfielder Megan Ritchey (Boyertown, PA/Boyertown HS) contributed 13 hits, two doubles two homeruns, one walk, and 11 RBIs. Ritchey also pitched 3 1/3 innings and had two strikeouts, and six walks. Sophomore pitcher/outfielder Katie Agnew (Doylestown, PA/Lansdale Catholic HS) had 12 hits, four doubles, one walk and seven RBIs. Agnew also tossed 8 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts and four walks.

Senior outfielder Justina Black (Orefield, PA/Parkland HS) contributed 16 hits, four doubles, three RBIs, and seven walks, while freshmen first basemen outfielder Danielle Massa (Livingston, NJ/Livingston HS) had seven hits, four walks, and one RBI this season. Senior first basemen/outfielder Rebecca DeJulio (Vineland, NJ/Sacred Heart HS) put up four hits, one double, one RBI, and four walks, while freshmen outfielder Chrissy McGlinn (Lansdale, PA/Gwynedd Mercy HS) had five hits, one double, and three RBIs.

Freshmen outfielder Katie Flood (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS) had nine runs, one hit and one walk this season while freshmen catcher Kelly Maressa (Allentown, PA/William Allen HS) had three hits, one double and three RBIs. Freshmen infielder Jackie Seidler (Feasterville, PA/Mt. St. Joseph HS) had one hit and one RBI while freshmen infielder Anastasia Morris (Annville, PA/Palmyra HS) had two hits, and one RBI this year.

DeBonis, Black, Agnew, Paly, Oplinger, Klepeisz, and DeJulio were all named to the 2007 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Spring Academic Honor Roll.

Coach Byrne loses four valuable players off the 2007 squad but with strong returning players for the 2008 season, the Greyhounds look to continue postseason streak in the new Landmark Conference.