Tuesday, November 4, 2003

THREE GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO ALL-CONFERENCE WOMEN’S SOCCER SQUADS

ANNVILLE, PA --- Sophomore forward Megan Collins (Dover, DE/Caesar Rodney HS) of the Moravian College women’s soccer team has been named to the 2003 Commonwealth All-Conference First Team announced by the Middle Atlantic Corporation Tuesday while senior midfielder Justina Bria (Warminster, PA/William Tennent HS) and freshman defender Erin Gonda (Bethlehem, PA/Salisbury HS) garnered spots on the All-Conference Second Team.

The trio has helped the Greyhounds; ranked seventh in the Mid-Atlantic Region by the NCAA and eighth by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, to a 10-2-4 record this season. Moravian had a 5-1-1 slate in the Commonwealth Conference and is the third seed in the Commonwealth Conference Tournament. The Greyhounds made the postseason for the third time in four years.

Collins, who was a member of the All-Conference Second Team a year ago, leads the Greyhounds in scoring this season with ten goals and four assists for 24 points. Her ten goals are tied for the fifth most in a single season at Moravian while her 24 points are tied for sixth in a single season. Collins has 14 goals and seven assists in two seasons.

Bria, who made the All-Conference Second Team for the second straight year and the third time in her career (2003, 2002 & 2000), has tallied three goals and two assists for eight points as the Greyhounds’ center-midfielder this season. Bria was a member of the All-Conference First Team in 2001 and has scored 13 goals and 12 assists for 38 career points, seventh in school history.

Gonda has added an assist this season while playing sweeper for the Greyhounds. Gonda has helped the Moravian defense post ten shutouts and a team goals-against average of 0.72.

Moravian will return to action in a Commonwealth Conference Semifinal at second seeded Lebanon Valley College on Tuesday, November 4th at 2:30 p.m.