Sports News: Fall 2001

Monday, October 29, 2001

GREYHOUNDS PREPARE FOR SECOND STRAIGHT 
COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE PLAYOFF APPEARANCE

BETHLEHEM, PA --- The Moravian College men's soccer team, coming off the squad's best regular season since 1995, will travel to Elizabethtown College for the 2001 Commonwealth Conference semifinals on Wednesday, October 31st at 7:00 p.m.

The Greyhounds are currently 12-4-2 on the season and are the third seed in the Commonwealth Conference playoffs.  Elizabethtown, who defeated Moravian 2-0 two weeks ago in the regular season, is the number two seed and has an overall mark of 12-6-1.  The two squads met in last year's Commonwealth Conference semifinals with Elizabethtown earning a 5-2 victory at home.

Wednesday's other semifinal pits top seed and defending NCAA Division III National Champion Messiah College versus fourth seed Lebanon Valley College at 7:00 p.m.  The winners of the semifinal matches will meet on Saturday, November 3rd for the Commonwealth Conference Championships and an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Moravian, which is having its best season since a 12-7 mark in 1995, has scored twice as many goals (46 to 23) this season.  Sophomore midfielder Tim Shannon (Leesport, PA/Schuylkill Valley HS) leads the Greyhounds this season with 14 goals and three assists for 31 points.  Sophomore midfielder Mike Grillo (Dennington, NJ/Pennington School) has added seven goals and four assists for 18 points while senior midfielder Evan Weller (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson West Lawn HS) has tallied six goals and five assists for 17 points.

Junior forward Wilson Gonzalez (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) has added seven goals and one assist for 15 points for the Greyhounds this season while freshman midfielder Ryan Fick (Hamburg, PA/Fleetwood HS) leads Moravian with eight assists.  Fick has added two goals for 12 points.  Senior midfielder Scott Heydt (Boyertown, PA/Boyertown HS) has contributed three goals and three assists in his final season while sophomore forward Anthony Merz (Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan HS) has found the back of the net three times and added two assists.

Freshman midfielder Daniel Samuelsson (Lebanon, NJ/North Hunterdon HS) has one goal and six assists for eight points in his debut season while senior forward Nick Jordal (Doylestown, PA/LaSalle College HS) has two goals and one assist in his final season.  Freshman midfielder Jonathan Thomas (Port Carbon, PA/Nativity BVM) has one goal and one assist while freshmen midfielder Nick Tarquinio (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro HS) and defender Jim Feimster (Stroudsburg, PA/Pocono Mountain HS) each have two assists on the year.

Senior midfielder Doug Becker (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood HS) and sophomore midfielder Brian Donofrio (Havertown, PA/Archbishop Carroll HS) and Ken Macaulay (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) each have one assist.

In goal for the Greyhounds have been junior Ryan Sculley (Bethlehem, PA/ Northampton HS) and sophomore Vince Nasuta (Mount Holly, NJ/Rancocas Valley Regional HS).  Sculley has posted a 7-4-1 record, a 1.34 goals against average and one shutout in 1,207 minutes with 68 saves.  Nasuta Has played 748 minutes with a 5-0-1 record, a 0.94 goals against average, one shutout and 21 saves.  The duo has combined on two other shutouts this season to give Moravian four shutouts in 18 matches with a 1.23 goals against average.