Sports News: Fall 2002

Wednesday, November 20, 2002

FOUR GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO COMMONWEALTH
ALL-CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER TEAMS

ANNVILLE --- Junior midfielder Tim Shannon (Leesport, PA/Schuylkill Valley HS) of the Moravian College men’s soccer team has been named to the 2002 Commonwealth All-Conference First Team while teammates senior goalie Ryan Sculley (Bethlehem, PA/Northampton HS), sophomore midfielder Ryan Fick (Hamburg, PA/Fleetwood HS) and sophomore defender Nick Tarquinio (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro HS) were honored with All-Conference Second Team accolades as announced by the Middle Atlantic Corporation Wednesday.

The Greyhounds completed the 2002 season with a 12-9-2 record as the squad made its third straight trip to the Commonwealth Conference Playoffs and a second consecutive appearance in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Mid-Atlantic Championships. Moravian upset Elizabethtown College in the Commonwealth Semifinals, the first time the Greyhounds had defeated the Blue Jays since 1970, before falling to Messiah College in the title contest, Moravian’s first berth in the conference championship match since 1991. The Greyhounds reached the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Semifinals for the second straight season.

Shannon, who was also an All-Conference First Team honoree a year ago, was tied for third in scoring for Moravian this season with 14 points on five goals and four assists. Shannon added one game-winning goal this fall, and he will enter his senior season tied for 12th in school history in scoring with 58 points.

Sculley started 18 of Moravian’s 23 matches in goal this season and he posted a 1.53 goals-against average with 87 saves, a 9-5 record and two shutouts in 1,357 minutes of action. One of Sculley’s shutouts this season was a 2-0 victory over Elizabethtown in the Commonwealth Semifinals. Sculley, who combined on a third shutout this fall, completed his Moravian career with a 23-16-1 record and a 1.59 goals-against average in 3,800 minutes.

Fick, who also played the forward position for the Greyhounds this season, was the team’s second leading scorer with 17 points on six goals and five assists. Fick had just one game-winning goal this year, but it came in the victory over Elizabethtown in the Commonwealth Semifinals.

Tarquinio contributed nine points for Moravian this year while seeing time at midfielder as well as defender. Tarquinio scored two goals with one being a game-winner, and he added five assists.