Sports News: Fall 2005

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL RANKED 8TH IN FIRST NCAA REGIONAL
RANKINGS OF 2005

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College women’s volleyball team has been ranked eighth in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the first NCAA Division III Regional Rankings of the 2005 season released Wednesday.

The Greyhounds have a 20-8 record this season after a match Wednesday evening. The Greyhounds were 19-8 when the poll was conducted with 17-7 record in the region, which is the main criteria for the NCAA rankings. Four of Moravian’s losses are to team’s ranked above the Greyhounds. The losses are to top ranked Juniata College, two to sixth ranked Salisbury (MD) University and to seventh ranked Gettysburg College.

Moravian will return to action on Tuesday, October 25th in the team’s final Commonwealth Conference match at Lebanon Valley College, which is ranked fourth in the region, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Greyhounds will need to win the match to clinch a postseason berth.

2005 NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings – Records as of 10/16/05

Rank School
Regional Record
Overall Record
1. Juniata College
11-0
23-1
2. Eastern University
15-0
23-3
3. Johns Hopkins University
18-3
19-5
4. Lebanon Valley College
14-3
20-4
5. Franklin & Marshall College
11-3
13-4
6. Salisbury (MD) University
19-6
22-8
7. Gettysburg College
11-4
13-9
8. Moravian College
17-7
19-8