Thursday, November 3, 2005

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S SOCCER FALLS TO 8TH IN THIRD
NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS OF 2005

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College women’s soccer team has fell to 8th in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the third NCAA Division III Regional Rankings of the 2005 season released late Wednesday.

The Greyhounds, who are also eighth in the region in the poll done by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, have a 15-4-1 record this season. The Greyhounds were 14-4-1 when the poll was conducted with all 19 matches being played in the region, which is the main criteria for the NCAA rankings. Two of Moravian’s losses are to team’s ranked above the Greyhounds. The losses are to second ranked Messiah College and seventh ranked Haverford College. Moravian has defeated ninth ranked the University of Mary Washington.

Moravian is scheduled to return to action on Saturday, November 3rd in the 2005 Commonwealth Conference Championship match at Messiah College beginning at 5:00 p.m. in Grantham. This is the Greyhounds first-ever appearance in the conference championship match, and the winner of the contest will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament that begins on Wednesday, November 9th.

2005 NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings – Records as of 10/31/05