Wednesday, April 21, 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 second NCAA Division III statistics ranking of the season released Wednesday.

Senior third baseman Janelle Brey (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) is 25th in the nation in doubles per game at 0.43 and 22nd in slugging percentage at .800. Junior shortstop Heather Bortz (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) is 25th in batting average with a .480 average while sophomore pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS) is 17th in earned run average at 0.57.

The Greyhounds are second in the country in winning percentage at .964, fifth in fielding percentage at .972 and 15th in earned run average at 1.01.

Moravian, which has an overall record of 29-1 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 Thursday, April 22nd in a non-conference doubleheader versus William Paterson (NJ) University beginning at 3:00 p.m. in Bethlehem.