Wednesday, May 5, 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 fourth NCAA Division III statistics ranking of the season released Wednesday.

Senior third baseman Janelle Brey (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) is 24th in the nation in RBIs per game at 1.11. Junior shortstop Heather Bortz (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) is 13th in batting average with a .510 average and 29th in runs per game with an average of 1.11 while sophomore pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS) is ninth in saves at 3.0, 31st in earned run average at 0.88 and 27th in victories at 17.0.

The Greyhounds are fourth in the country in winning percentage at .895, second in fielding percentage at .974 and 27th in earned run average at 1.12.

Moravian, which has an overall record of 34-4 and is ranked seventh in the nation in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll, is scheduled to return to action on Friday, May 7th as the top seed in the 2004 NCAA Regional being hosted by Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah, New Jersey. The Greyhounds will play either fourth-seeded Union (NY) College or fifth-seeded the College of Staten Island at 2:00 p.m.