Monday, March 24, 2003

TRIO NAMED MORAVIAN STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Sophomore Leah Holmes (Clarks Green, PA/Abington Heights HS) from the softball team, freshman Shannon Kelly (Southlake, TX/Carroll HS) of the women’s lacrosse squad and freshman Mike Sofka (Westfield, NJ/Westfield HS) from the baseball team have been named the Moravian College Student-Athletes of the Week for their performances last week.

Holmes, a second baseman, helped the Greyhounds to a doubleheader sweep of Haverford College in the team’s only action last week. Holmes was 4-for-7, a .571 average, in the twinbill with four RBIs, three runs scored, two doubles and a triple. In the field, Holmes had eight putouts and three assists in 11 chances. Moravian is 11-3 overall and will return to action on Tuesday, March 25th in a non-conference doubleheader at Ursinus College beginning at 3:00 p.m.

Kelly, a midfielder, scored four of the Greyhounds’ six goals in a 17-6 loss to Elizabethtown College in Middle Atlantic Conference action last week. Moravian is 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the MAC in its first season of NCAA women’s lacrosse. The Greyhounds will return to action on Monday, March 24th in a non-conference match with Alvernia College at East Hills Middle School in Bethlehem at 4:00 p.m.

Sofka, a third baseman, had a pair of triples and two RBIs in three games last week for the Greyhounds. Sofka had a two-RBI triple in a 6-5 loss to rival Muhlenberg College, and he added another triple in a 1-0 loss at Widener University in Commonwealth Conference action. Sofka had three putouts, four assists in the field last week. Moravian is 5-5 overall and 3-2 in the Commonwealth Conference. The Greyhounds will close out a three-game series with Widener University on Monday, March 24th in a 3:00 p.m. start in Bethlehem.