Sports News: Fall 2004

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S SOCCER MOVES UP TO 9TH IN
MID-ATLANTIC REGION BY NSCAA

MISSION, KS --- The Moravian College women’s soccer team has moved up one spot to ninth in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the fourth National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III Women’s Soccer Regional Poll of the 2004 season released Tuesday.

The rankings are based on records through September 26th. Messiah College holds down the top spot followed by The College of New Jersey, Johns Hopkins University and Gettysburg College. The top four are ranked in the NSCAA/adidas Top 25 poll. The remainder of the top ten is Haverford College, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Elizabethtown College, Muhlenberg College, the Greyhounds and Rutgers University-Camden.

The Greyhounds have lost to Haverford, 3-2, and Messiah, 4-1. Moravian still has matches left to play this season with Elizabethtown on October 20th and Muhlenberg on October 25th.

The Greyhounds, who are 5-3-1 overall, are scheduled to return to action on Saturday, October 2nd in a Commonwealth Conference match versus Lebanon Valley College beginning at 1:00 p.m. on the HUB Quad.


2004 NSCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings
Records as of September 28, 2004

Rank School
Record
Previous Ranking
1. Messiah College
6-0-1
1
2. The College of New Jersey
6-1-1
2
3. Johns Hopkins University
6-1-1
3
4. Gettysburg College
4-2-2
6
5. Haverford College
5-1-0
5
6. Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
4-4-0
7
7. Elizabethtown College
5-3-0
NR
8. Muhlenberg College
4-3-0
8
9. Moravian College
5-3-1
10
10. Rutgers University-Camden
6-0-1
NR