Wednesday, April 14, 2004

THREE GREYHOUNDS & MORAVIAN SOFTBALL TEAM RANKED IN NCAA STATISTICS

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Three members of the Moravian College softball team and the squad itself are ranked in the first NCAA Division III statistics ranking of the season released Wednesday.

Senior third baseman Janelle Brey (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) is fifth in the nation in doubles per game at 0.55, 22nd in slugging percentage at .803 and 45th in batting average at .465. Junior shortstop Heather Bortz (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) is 13th in batting average with a .500 average while sophomore pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS) is 11th in saves with two and 21st in earned run average at 0.70.

The Greyhounds are third in the country in winning percentage at .955, eighth in fielding percentage at .969 and 24th in earned run average at 1.20.

Moravian, which has an overall record of 21-1 and is ranked first in the nation in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll, is scheduled to return to action on Thurs, April 15th in a non-conference doubleheader at Delaware Valley College beginning at 3:00 p.m.