Tuesday, November 18, 2003
FOUR GREYHOUNDS NAMED MORAVIAN STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Juniors Brianne DeVries (Stockton, NJ/Delaware Valley Regional
HS) and Jill Vaccaro (South Salem, NY/John Jay HS) from the
women’s soccer team and seniors Jeff Lowry (Catawissa, PA/Southern Columbia
HS) and John Panikiewsky (Carteret, NJ/Carteret HS) of the
football squad have been named the Moravian College Student-Athletes of the Week for
their performances last week.
DeVries and Vaccaro helped the Moravian women’s
soccer squad to a 2-1 record last week and a runner-up finish in the 2003 Eastern College
Athletic Conference Mid-Atlantic Championships. The Greyhounds were seeded sixth in the
tournament and opened with a 3-2 overtime victory at third seeded Johns Hopkins University. Vaccaro had
two saves in the win. In the semifinal match versus second seed Lebanon Valley College, DeVries scored
the game’s only goal in the 61st minute for her fifth game-winning goal of the year
while Vaccaro had three saves for her school-record ninth shutout of the
year in a 1-0 victory. In the championship match at top seed Carnegie Mellon University, DeVries gave
Moravian a 1-0 lead in the 66th minute with her sixth goal of the year, however, the Greyhounds
fell to the Tartans, 2-1. Vaccaro had eight saves in the match. Moravian
completed the 2003 season with an overall record of 12-4-4.
Lowry, a wide receiver, and Panikiewsky, a defensive
back, closed out their careers for the Greyhounds in Moravian’s 24-0 loss at rival
Muhlenberg College. Moravian completed the season with a 3-7 record. The media members
in attendance voted Lowry the Moravian Most Valuable Player of the Game
after catching seven passes for 90 yards. Panikiewsky led the Moravian
defense with 11 tackles in the game and he added half a tackle for loss, a pass break-up
and a forced fumble.
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