Tuesday, November 16, 2004

FIVE GREYHOUNDS & TEAM RANKED IN TENTH NCAA FOOTBALL
STATISTICS RELEASE OF 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Five different players from the Moravian College football team are ranked in seven categories in the tenth NCAA III Division football statistical ranking released Tuesday. The Greyhounds are also listed in three team categories in the statistics through games of November 13th.

Sophomore tailback Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven Regional HS) is fifth in the nation in rushing with an average of 161.9 yards per game, 13th in scoring at 10.8 points per game and seventh in all purpose yards per game at 177.6. Jacoubs also has the 14th highest (257 yards at Lebanon Valley College) single game rushing yardage and 11th best (295 yards versus Albright College) all-purpose single game yardage this season among all NCAA Division III players.

Senior linebacker Bill Carasia (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) is tied for 27th in the country in forced fumbles with 0.33 per contest while junior defensive back Tyler Chomik (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) is tied for 21st in interceptions at 0.6 per game. Senior wide receiver Jed Warsager (Andover, NJ/Newton HS) is fifth in the nation in kickoff returns with an average of 30.7 yards per kickoff return while senior punter John McLain (Belvidere, NJ/Belvidere HS) is currently 25th in the nation with an average of 38.7 yards per punt.

As a team, Moravian is 27th in rushing offense at 239.8 yards per game and tied for 29th in turnover margin with a +0.90 per game.

The Greyhounds are 7-3 overall this season and 7-2 in the Middle Atlantic Conference. Moravian began the season with a school record 7-0 start. Moravian will close out its season in the 2004 ECAC Southwest Championship game at Franklin & Marshall College kicking off at 12:30 p.m. at Sponaugle-Williamson Field in Lancaster.