MORAVIAN SOFTBALL TEAM & THREE PLAYERS RANKED IN LATEST NCAA STATISTICS RELEASE

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College softball team is ranked in four team categories and has three players ranked in the second 2007 NCAA Division III softball statistical ranking released Wednesday.

Sophomore pitcher Kristie Pellicani (Sparta, NJ/Sparta HS), pictured at right, is tied for 50th in saves with one, and Pellicani and sophomore pitcher Maria DeBonis (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) are each just outside of the top 50 rankings in wins with ten each.

Senior outfielder Lauren Homa (Chalfont, PA/Chalfont HS), pictured at left, is ninth in the nation in sacrifice hits per game with an average of 0.48. Homa has 11 sacrifices in 23 games.

Sophomore outfielder Erica Klepeisz (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS), pictured at bottom right, is tied for 31st in the nation in doubles per game with an average of 0.43. Klepeisz has ten doubles in 23 games this spring.

The Greyhounds are eighth in the nation in fielding percentage at .972, and the squad is 13th in earned run average with a 1.39 team ERA, tied for 14th in win-loss percentage at .833 and tied for 15th in doubles per game with 2.0. Moravian has 48 doubles in 24 games this season.

Moravian, currently ranked seventh in the nation, is 20-4 on the season and 8-0 in Commonwealth Conference action. The Greyhounds are scheduled to return to action on Thursday, April 19th in a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader at Lebanon Valley College beginning at 3:00 p.m. in Annville.