Wednesday, November 3, 2004

FOUR GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO COMMONWEALTH WOMEN’S SOCCER
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

ANNVILLE, PA --- Four members of the Moravian College women’s soccer team have been selected to the 2004 Commonwealth All-Conference Teams announced Wednesday with senior defender Kelly Haymaker (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS) earning First Team honors and junior forward Megan Collins (Dover, DE/Caesar Rodney HS), junior defender Erin Gonda (Bethlehem, PA/Salisbury HS) and senior goalie Jill Vaccaro (South Salem, NY/John Jay HS) each earning a spot on the Second Team.

The quartet helped the Greyhounds to a 9-5-4 overall record this season including a 2-4-1 mark in Commonwealth Conference action. Of Moravian’s five losses this season, three were by one goal and two of the losses were to teams that were nationally ranked at some point during the season.

Haymaker scored three goals and two assists for the Greyhounds this fall. During her career, Haymaker scored ten goals and seven assists for 28 points, and she was named to the All-Conference Second Team and the Commonwealth Conference Co-Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2001.

Collins led Moravian in scoring this season with ten goals and two assists for 22 points. She added one game-winning goal and has tallied 25 goals and ten assists in her career for 60 points to move into third all-time in scoring and second in goals. Collins was on the All-Conference First Team last year after making the Second Team as a freshman in 2002.

Gonda had two goals and two assists for six points this fall while earning a spot on the All-Conference Second Team for the second straight season.

Vaccaro started all but one match in goal for the Greyhounds this season, posting a 1.25 goals-against average. 103 saves, a 9-5-3 record and six shutouts in 1,590 minutes of action. During her career, Vaccaro had a 1.12 goals-against average with 305 saves, a 31-16-7 record and 21 shutouts in 5,099 minutes.