MORAVIAN MEN’S TENNIS SQUAD SEEDED 4TH IN UPCOMING COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE TEAM TOURNAMENT

BETHLEHEM, PA --- The Moravian College men’s tennis team will compete in the Commonwealth Conference Team Tournament for the first time since the 2002 season when the fourth seeded Greyhounds travel to top seed and host Messiah College for a semifinal match on Saturday, April 21st at 2:00 p.m.

Saturday’s other semifinal features second seeded Elizabethtown College and third seed Juniata College at 11:00 a.m. The winners will meet on Sunday, April 22nd at 1:00 p.m. in Grantham with the champion receiving an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament.

The Greyhounds, under the direction of head coach Jim Walker, have an 8-5 record this season and were 3-3 in the Commonwealth Conference regular season.

Leading Moravian on the court have been freshman Ian Box (Charlestown, MA/The Rivers School) and senior Neil Caniga (Hampton, NJ/Voorhees HS), who were both named to the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team. Box, who was also named the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year, has posted an 11-4 singles mark including a 9-4 dual match record while playing in the top singles spot in his first year with the Greyhounds. Box and Caniga have combined for an 11-2 mark at first doubles this season as well. Caniga, who made the Commonwealth All-Conference Team for the fourth straight year, has posted a 12-1 singles record this season at second singles.

Sophomore Keith Feinman (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield HS) has a 10-9 singles record while playing fourth singles. Senior Scott Shelbo (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom HS) has nine wins this year with a 9-11 record in the third singles spot while sophomore Jeremiah Reinhart (Effort, PA/Pleasant Valley HS) is 8-7 in singles action this season at sixth singles. Sophomore Lee Gustin (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) has a 5-10 singles slate while playing fifth singles.

In doubles action, Reinhart and Feinman are 4-9 this season at third doubles while Gustin and Shelbo have also combined for a 4-9 mark at second doubles. Box and Reinhart are 1-1 while Feinman and Shelbo have a 2-3 record.