2004 Review

Under the direction of second year head coach Amy Endler, the 2004 Moravian College field hockey team posted a tied the school record for victories in a season with a 10-5 overall record this fall. The Greyhounds were 2-5 in Commonwealth Conference action.

Junior forward Stacee Cupples (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) led the Greyhounds with 16 goals and 11 assists for 43 points. She was named to the All-Commonwealth Conference Field Hockey Second Team. Freshman forward Savannah Bayer (Newton, NJ/Newton HS) was second on the team with nine goals and four assists for 22 points. Sophomore forward Elyse Jurgen (York, PA/Red Lion HS) contributed six goals and one assist for 13 points total.

Senior forward Kelly Boone (Reading, PA/Muhlenberg HS) had four goals and one assist for a total of nine points. Sophomore midfielder Rachel Griffith (Easton, PA/Freedom HS) contributed one goal and three assists for five points and freshman midfielder/defender Jayme Baker (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) had one goal and two assists for four points.

Sophomores forward Alyse Moyer (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg HS) and midfielder Jenna Abramnson (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS) each had one assist for one point total.

The key defensive players for the Hounds were junior Jill Brinckman (East Greenville, PA/Upper Perkiomen HS), sophomore Kim Gialanella (Glenwood, NJ/Vernon Township HS), and freshman Taranae Hashemi (Randolph, NJ/Randolph HS). Brinckman had eight defensive saves while Gialanella and Hashemi each had one. Abramnson also helped out with one defensive save.

Other key players for coach Endler were freshmen Erica Spatz (Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken HS), Kelly McGowan (Belmar, NJ/St. Rose HS), Jacqui Grande (Washington, NJ/Warren Hills Regional HS), Beverly Beaver (Merchantville, NJ/Pennsauken HS) and Mauri Dallago (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown HS).

Senior Amy Kranchalk (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro HS) and sophomores Jen Gassner (Manasquan, NJ/Manasquan HS), Brittny McKillip (Califon, NJ /Voorhees HS), and Katie Custer (Pottstown, PA/St. Pius X HS) also helped out the Hounds this season.

In goal for Moravian was sophomore goal keeper Amanda Gaun (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham HS). Gaun played all 1294:57 minutes this season and had a 2.59 goals against average, 146 saves, and two shutouts.

Moravian had six student-athletes named to the 2004 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Fall Academic Honor Roll including Abramson, Boone, Brinckman, Custer, Jurgen, and Moyer.