Tuesday, August 24, 2004

MORAVIAN MEN’S SOCCER SELECTED THIRD IN COACHES POLL

ANNVILLE, PA --- The Moravian College men’s soccer team has been picked to finish third in the 2004 Commonwealth Conference Preseason Poll as voted by the conference head coaches.

The Greyhounds received 34 points and one first-place vote. Messiah College, which has won seven consecutive Commonwealth championships, was selected first with 47 points and garnered five first-place votes while Elizabethtown College was picked second with 41 points and had two first place votes.

Moravian, under the direction of sixth-year head coach Eric Lambinus, returns five starters and 16 letterwinners from last year’s 4-12-3 squad that made the Commonwealth playoffs for the fourth year in a row.

The Greyhounds will open their 2004 campaign on Wednesday, September 1st in a non-conference match versus Drew University at 2:00 p.m.

2004 COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL