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Sports News: Fall 2001

Wednesday, September 19, 2001

MORAVIAN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RANKED 1ST IN NATION

BETHLEHEM, PA --- One week after defeating the defending national champion and top-ranked preseason team on its home course, the Moravian College women's cross country team moved up one spot to number one in the nation in this week's NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll released Wednesday.

The Greyhounds, who have won all three invitationals they have run in this season, defeating Middlebury (VT) College last Saturday on the Panthers' home course.  The 34-37 victory and first place finish of eight schools for Moravian moved the Greyhounds from seven points behind Middlebury to seven points ahead in the second poll of the season.

Moravian has placed four of its top five runners in the top ten of each race this season and all five have been in the top 12 of each event.  The four top finishers have all been seniors led by Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic, PA/Riverside HS), who won the Kutztown Invitational to open the season.  Kim Jaick (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) won the Lehigh Valley Championship and has been second for the Greyhounds in the other two races.  The other seniors are Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin HS) and Erin Boyle (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth Academy HS).  Moravian's other top finisher has been freshman Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS).

The Greyhounds head to Van Cortlandt Park in New York City to run in the New York University Invitational this Saturday, September 22nd.

Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Last Week

1.

Moravian (PA) College (7)

Mideast

175

2

2.

Middlebury (VT) College

Northeast

168

1

3.

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Midwest

156

3

4.

Luther (IA) College

Central

152

4

5.

Calvin (MI) College

Great Lakes

150

11

6.

Ithaca (NY) College

Atlantic

138

6

7.

SUNY-Geneseo

Atlantic

120

9

8.

University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

Midwest

118

13

9.

Wartburg (IA) College

Central

112

15

10.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Midwest

110

8

11.

Williams (MA) College

Northeast

99

5

T12.

Baldwin Wallace (OH) College

Great Lakes

96

10

T12.

Amherst (MA) College

Northeast

96

12

14.

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Central

94

7

15.

Hamilton (NY) College

Atlantic

78

14

16.

Claremont-Mudd Scripps Colleges

West

64

17

17.

Wheaton (IL) College

Midwest

63

16

18.

The College of New Jersey

Atlantic

53

18

19.

Dickinson (PA) College

Mideast

50

22

20.

Carleton (MN) College

Central

42

21

21.

Brandeis (MA) University

Northeast

39

NR

22.

Washington (MO) University

Midwest

35

19

23.

Trinity (CT) College

Northeast

13

NR

T24.

Connecticut College

Northeast

12

23

T24.

University of Chicago

Midwest

12

24

Others receiving votes: Willamette (OR) 8, Elmhurst (IL) 7, Emory (GA) 7, DePauw (IN) 5, Loras (IA) 2, St. Lawrence (NY) 1