Sports News: Spring 2005

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

THREE GREYHOUND STUDENT-ATHLETES & MORAVIAN SOFTBALL SQUAD RANKED IN FINAL NCAA DIVISION III STATISTICS RELEASE OF 2005 SEASON

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College softball team was ranked nationally in four statistical categories while three Greyhound student-athletes are ranked individually in the final NCAA Division III statistics ranking of the 2005 season released recently by the NCAA.

Junior pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS) was third in victories with 29, tenth in earned run average at 0.64, tied for 13th in saves with three and 38th in strikeouts per seven innings with an average of 7.8.

Senior shortstop Heather Bortz (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) finished her final season ranked 76th in the nation in batting average with a .428 average.

Junior designated player Richelle McWilliams (Riegelsville, PA/Easton HS) was tied for 26th in home runs with an average of 0.23 per game having hit nine homers in 39 games.

Moravian was second in earned run average at 0.79, eighth in won-loss percentage at .822, 13th in the country in fielding percentage at .969 and tied for 49th in home runs per game with an average of 0.49 homers per contest.

The Greyhounds finished the 2005 season with a 37-8 overall record and participated in the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament for the eighth straight year. Moravian was also 13-1 in the Commonwealth Conference regular season and captured its fifth consecutive Commonwealth Conference Tournament Championship and sixth straight Commonwealth Conference title.