Wednesday,
May 31, 2006
MORAVIAN SOFTBALL SQUAD RANKED 13TH IN FINAL
NFCA DIVISION III TOP 25 POLL OF THE 2006 SEASON
STARKVILLE, MS --- The Moravian College softball team, which earned
its ninth straight trip to the NCAA Division III National Championship
Tournament, is ranked 13th in the final National Fastpitch Coaches
Association Division III Top 25 Poll of the year released Wednesday.
Eight NCAA Division III head coaches representing the eight NCAA
regions vote on the NFCA Division III Top 25 poll.
The Greyhounds received a total of 92 points. Rutgers University-Camden,
the 2006NCAA Division III National Champions, holds down the top
spot with 200 points and all eight first-place votes. To view the
complete Top 25 Poll, go to http://nfca.org/top25/index.php?cat_id=3&poll_id=125.
Moravian played three teams ranked in the final poll, falling
to top ranked Rutgers-Camden, 1-0 in eight innings, and defeating
11th-ranked Methodist College, 5-0, and 12th-ranked SUNY Plattsburgh,
5-0.
Moravian, under the direction of head coach John Byrne,
was 37-9 overall and won its sixth straight Commonwealth Conference
Tournament Championship. Coach Byrne has a career
record of 407-134 in his 13th season at Moravian.
Moravian was ranked 17th in this year’s NFCA Preseason Poll
but was not ranked in the first regular season poll. The Greyhounds
were back in the second poll in a tie for 21st before falling out
of the third poll. Moravian was ranked 24th in the final regular
season poll released just before the NCAA Tournament began.
The highest the Greyhounds have ever been ranked in the poll was
in 2004 when Moravian held the top spot in the country for four
weeks before finishing the season as the NCAA Division III National
Runner-Up.
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