Sunday, October 16, 2005

MORAVIAN’S BRIAN RECKENBEIL NAMED MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ANNVILLE, PA --- Freshman kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS) of the Moravian College football team has been named the Middle Atlantic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in the Greyhounds’ 41-17 victory over FDU-Florham Saturday afternoon.

Reckenbeil connected on all five of his extra-point attempts and added two field goals for a total of 11 points in Moravian’s 41-17 victory at FDU-Florham. Reckenbeil’s five-for-five performance on extra-points kept him perfect on the season at 17-of-17 after taking over the kicking duties at King’s in the Greyhounds’ third game of the season. He also added field goals of 29 and 25 yards to improve to four-of-six on field goals this fall.

The Greyhounds are scheduled to return to action on Saturday, October 22nd in an MAC game versus Wilkes University kicking off at 1:00 p.m. at Rocco Calvo Field. The game is Moravian’s annual Homecoming contest.