The Moravian College men’s soccer team finished the 2009 season with a 4-11-2 overall record and a 2-5 mark in the Landmark Conference. The Greyhounds were under the direction of first-year head coach Todd Ervin.

Leading the Greyhounds was sophomore forward Taylor Molinaro (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS) with five goals for a total of ten points. Senior midfielder/defender Blake Ritchey (Harleysville, PA/Souderton HS) contributed four goals for eight points while freshman forward/midfielder John Pavia (Manasquan, NJ/Manasquan HS) added two goals for four points. Ritchey was named to the 2009 Landmark Men’s Soccer All-Conference Second Team in his last year as a Greyhound.

Senior forward Kyle Jablon (Blaristown, NJ/North Warren HS), picutred right, and sophomore defender Mike Dobbins (Randolph, NJ/Randolph HS) each netted one goal to go along with one assist for a total of three points while senior defender Alexander Kulp (Wyncote, PA/Roman Catholic HS) also contributed a goal and an assist.

Also adding a goal for the Greyhounds were senior midfielder Evan Outlaw (Zion Grove, PA/Pleasant Valley HS), sophomore midfielder Mark Casagrande (Spring Lake Heights, NJ/Saint Rose HS), and freshman forward Nick Desiderio (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood). Senior midfielder Mike Tarulli (Bear Creek, PA/Coughlin HS), pictured below, contributed one assist in his final season for Moravian.

Junior goalie Tim Dollarton (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township HS) played 1,076 minutes in goal this season for the Greyhounds while earning a 2.09 goals-against average with 60 saves, three shutouts, and a 4-8 record. Junior goalie Bryant White (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS) saw 474 minutes of action with a goals-against average of 2.46, 28 saves, one shutout, and a 0-3-2 record while freshman goalie Mike Brand (Hackettstown, NJ/Hackettstown HS) saw 19 minutes in goal.

Other players contributing this fall was senior midfielder Brian Hunscher (Ann Arbor, MI/Ann Arbor Pioneer HS), juniors forward Chris Walsh (Dunmore, PA/Dunmore HS) and defender Tim Smetana (Harvard, MA/The Bromfield School), and freshman midfielder Nick Hurff (Sewell, NJ/St. Augustine Prep HS).

Ritchey earned a spot on the 2009 Landmark Conference Fall All-Academic Team, and he was also named to the 2009 Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll along with Jablon, Outlaw, Dollarton, Hunscher, Walsh, White and Dobbins.

Story written by Caitlin Dean '12.