Wednesday, May 21, 2003

30 GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO MIDDLE ATLANTIC CORPORATION
SPRING ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

ANNVILLE, PA --- Moravian College’s spring athletic teams have placed 30 student-athletes on the Middle Atlantic Corporation Spring All-Academic Team released by the MAC office this week with all seven of Moravian’s spring sports having at least one member recognized including 12 from the Middle Atlantic Conference Champion women’s outdoor track & field squad.

To be eligible for the MAC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must be a starter or significant reserve, a sophomore, junior or senior and maintain a 3.2 grade-point average.

In addition to the 12 selections from the women’s track and field team, the men’s track and field team had five members honored while the softball and women’s lacrosse squads each had four honorees. The baseball team placed three student-athletes on the MAC All-Academic Team while the golf and men’s tennis squads each had one selection.

Leading the women’s outdoor track and field team was junior Christina Scherwin (Copenhagen, Denmark), the defending NCAA Division III Champion in the javelin. Scherwin will be competing at the 2003 NCAA Division III National Championships hosted by St. Lawrence University this weekend in the javelin and the shot put. Scherwin won the MAC titles in the discus, javelin and shot put. She captured the discus with a toss of 43.56 meters (142 feet, 11 inches), and Scherwin won the shot put with an MAC record toss of 14.31 meters (46 feet, 11 inches) for the second consecutive year. Scherwin also won the javelin for a second straight spring with a distance of 49.24 meters (161 feet, seven inches). She earned First Team All-Conference honors for all her championships.

Sophomore Julie Anderson (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) was a First Team All-Conference selection after placing third in the hammer throw with a toss of 35.52 meters (116 feet, seven inches), and she placed seventh in the discus with a distance of 31.22 meters (102 feet, five inches). Senior Amanda Wynn (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS) finished third in the pole vault, clearing 3.04 meters (ten feet) earning a spot on the All-Conference First Team. Junior Nicole Sabaliauskas (Butler, NJ/Butler HS) was third in the heptathlon with a total of 3,243 points to each All-Conference First Team accolades while senior Jennifer Wagner (Riegelsville, PA/Wilson HS) earned All-Conference second Team honors in the 10,000 meters with a sixth place finish in 43:46.95.

Sophomore Heather McGarvie (Medford, NJ/Shawnee HS) earned All-Conference First Team honors with second place finishes at the MAC Championships in the 800 meters with a time of 2:19.32 and the 1,500 meters in 4:44.82. Sophomore Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS) was fourth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 41:00.34 earning her Second Team All-Conference honors, while classmate Kellie Smith (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) finished 18th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:39.45.

Also earning spots on the MAC All-Academic Team are juniors Jennifer Brief (Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson HS) and Angie Morgan (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) and sophomores Lindsay Stehman (Gilbertsville, PA/Boyertown HS) and Alison Stoyko (Reading, PA/Governor Mifflin HS).

Sophomore Scott Silvoy (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) leads the men’s indoor track & field honorees on the MAC All-Academic Team. Silvoy won the silver medal in the 200-meter dash at the MAC Outdoor Championships in 22.45 seconds, and he was third in the 400-meter dash in a time of 50.47 seconds, two earn First Team All-Conference honors in both events. Junior John Lesoine (East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg HS) captured the MAC title in the hammer throw with a toss of 48.96 meters (160 feet, eight inches) to earn First Team All-Conference. Lesoine also earned Second Team All-Conference accolades with a fifth place finish in the shot put with a toss of 12.42 meters (49 feet, nine inches).

Senior Eric Paul (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic HS) earned Second Team All-Conference honors in the decathlon with a total of 5,376 points. Moravian’s other MAC All-Academic honorees were junior thrower Scott Williams (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS) and sophomore distance runner Anthony Bisti (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddon Heights HS).

Sophomore shortstop Heather Bortz (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) of the softball team helped lead the Greyhounds to a 32-10 record this season and a runner-up finish at the 2003 NCAA Regional, Moravian’s best-ever finish in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Moravian won its fourth consecutive Commonwealth Conference Championship and earned its sixth straight berth in the NCAA Tournament. Bortz led Moravian at the plate this season with a .496 batting average, the third highest single season in school history. Bortz set the school record with 67 hits during the year, and she became the fastest player in school history to reach 100 hits. She currently has 117 hits after two seasons. Bortz also contributed 29 runs scored, 18 RBIs, 11 walks, ten stolen bases, six doubles, three triples and a home run, which was an inside-the-park grand slam in the NCAA Regional. In the field, Bortz made 84 putouts and 69 assists while committing just eight errors from her shortstop position. Other awards for Bortz this spring include Louisville Slugger/NFCA Second Team All-American, Co-Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year, Commonwealth All-Conference First Team, NFCA All-East Region First Team, NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team and Lehigh Valley Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Player of the Year.

Joining Bortz from the softball team were junior third baseman Janelle Brey (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS), junior outfielder/designated player Jessica Esposito (Madison, NJ/Madison HS) and sophomore outfielder Krissy Cianfichi (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks East HS). Brey has continued to rewrite the Moravian record books this spring. Brey currently holds the school records for home runs in a career (22), a season (10) and a game (2); RBIs in a career (120), a season (52) and a game (seven) and doubles in a career (40), a season (15) and a game (three). Brey hit .412 this season with 54 hits, 44 RBIs, 40 runs scored, 19 walks, 15 doubles, five triples and seven home runs. Brey, who was on the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team, the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team and the NFCA All-Region Second Team, added 40 putouts and 94 assists in the field. Esposito added 35 hits, 15 RBIs, ten runs, ten doubles, a triple, a home run, five stolen bases and four walks this spring while being named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team. Cianfichi had a .307 batting average for the Greyhounds and she added 42 hits, 28 runs scored, eight RBIs, six walks, five stolen bases and four doubles from the leadoff position, and she was a Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team selection.

Moravian’s inaugural women’s lacrosse team had four members of the MAAC All-Academic Team led by junior midfielder/defender Kaity Cerco (Clarks Summit, PA/Abington Heights HS). Cerco scored seven goals and two assists for the Greyhounds while sophomore attack Hayley Zamek (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough HS) netted six goals and two assists. Senior midfielder Erica Miller (Tatamy, PA/Nazareth HS) added two goals while senior midfielder/defender Celeste Adamski (Saylorsburg, PA/Pleasant Valley HS) had a goal and an assist.

The Moravian baseball team, which returned to the postseason for the first time since 1992, had a 14-15 record this past season. Senior shortstop Luke Bricker (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown HS) led the Greyhounds MAC All-Academic Team honorees with a .320 batting average. Bricker had 31 hits, 25 runs scored, 16 RBIs, seven doubles, a triple and a home run, and on the mound, Bricker was 1-1 with one save, a 0.00 ERA and three strikeouts in five innings.

Junior second baseman Matthew Turtell (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst HS) and junior outfielder Ethan Ordog (Roebling, NJ/Holy Cross HS) also earned spots on the MAC All-Academic Team. Turtell had 26 hits, 19 runs scored, 15 RBIs, a double, a triple and a home run this spring while Ordog contributed 16 hits, 16 runs scored, 14 RBIs and three doubles.

Senior Dan Gorman (Saylorsburg, PA/Pleasant Valley HS) from the men’s tennis team helped the team to a 7-8 record this season. Gorman had a 4-9 singles mark and a 10-4 doubles record this spring, and he completed his career with a 31-24 singles record while being named to the MAC All-Academic Team three times.

Rounding out the Moravian MAC All-Academic Team selections was sophomore Brad Clark (Norristown, PA/Methacton HS), who posted an 87.7 stroke per round average for the Moravian golf team this year.