MORAVIAN’S PETE MOORE & JOSEPH DURSO EARN ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL HONORS

ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior shortstop Pete Moore (Bogota, NJ/Bogota HS) of the Moravian College baseball team has been named to the 2007 Commonwealth All-Conference Baseball First Team announced Thursday by the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation while sophomore outfielder Joseph Durso (Middletown, NJ/Christian Brother Academy) earned a spot on the Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team.

Moore, who was named the NCBWA Division III National Player of the Week on March 15th, led the Greyhounds with a .396 average. Moore, pictured at right, set three school records with 53 hits, 39 RBIs and 107 assists in the field in 2007. He also added 36 runs which tied the single season school record, 11 doubles, six homers, four triples, eight walks and nine stolen bases. Moore, who was on the 2005 Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team, is the school record holder in games played (145), at-bats (502), hits (171), doubles (34) and total bases (261) while being second in school history with a .340 career batting average, in runs (108) and RBIs (86). Moore is also third all-time at Moravian triples (10) and assists (290), and he ranks fourth in career home runs (12) and tied for fifth in stolen bases (28). Moore saw action at shortstop and in the outfield, and he had 245 career putouts to go along with 44 career walks.

Durso, who started in left field for the Greyhounds, hit .320 with 40 hits, 26 RBIs, 14 runs, a school record 15 doubles, 12 walks, three home runs and four stolen bases. Durso has 64 hits, 47 RBIs and 19 doubles in his two seasons at Moravian.

The Greyhounds completed the 2007 season with an overall record of 16-20 under first-year head coach Paul Engelhardt.