Sports News: Fall 2003

Thusday, August 28, 2003

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SELECTED SECOND IN COMMONWEALTH POLL

ANNVILLE, PA --- The Moravian College women’s volleyball team has been selected to finish second in the 2003 Commonwealth Conference Preseason Poll as voted by the conference head coaches.

The Greyhounds, who have had seven straight 20-win seasons and seven consecutive postseason appearances, received 54 points to finish ten points behind Juniata College, which had 64 points and all eight first place votes. Messiah College was third at 42 points followed by Lebanon Valley with 41 points.

Moravian, under the direction of 11th-year head coach Shelley Bauder, returns five starters and nine letterwinners from last year’s 26-10 squad that played in the Commonwealth title match for the seventh straight season and made the school’s second consecutive appearance in the ECAC South Championships.

The Greyhounds will open their 2003 campaign on Friday and Saturday, August 29th and 30th when they host the nine-team Greyhound Premiere Invitational.

2003 COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON POLL

1. Juniata College (8) 64
2. Moravian College 54
3. Messiah College 42
4. Lebanon Valley College 41
5. Susquehanna University 32
6. Widener University 29
7. Elizabethtown College 18
8. Albright College 8

First-place votes in parentheses