Wednesday,
February 21, 2007
MORAVIAN’S APPLEGATE & HACKLEMAN
NAMED TO COMMONWEALTH ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior forward Kelly Applegate (Easton,
PA/Wilson HS), pictured at right, of the Moravian College
women’s basketball team has been named to the Commonwealth
All-Conference First Team while senior forward Jenny Hackleman
(Arroyo Grande, CA/Rutgers Prep {NJ} HS), pictured below,
was honored on the All-Conference Second Team announced by the Middle
Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Wednesday.
Joining
Applegate on the All-Conference First Team were
Nikki Lobach of Messiah College, who was also named the Commonwealth
Conference Player of the Year, Sarah Ringer of Messiah, Jackie Hardwick
of Albright College, Erin Walton from Elizabethtown College and
Monica Johnson from Lebanon Valley College.
Moravian head coach Mary Beth Spirk has coached
the Greyhounds to a 15-10 overall record, a 9-5 slate in Commonwealth
Conference action and the squad’s sixth straight postseason
berth this year. Spirk has a career record of 368-179.
Applegate, who was named to the Lehigh Valley
Small College Basketball Team of the Year for the second straight
season, leads the Greyhounds in scoring with an average of 14.6
points per contest, and she is second at 6.4 rebounds per game.
Applegate, who has moved into sixth all-time in
points with 1,441 points and seventh all-time in rebounds with 658
rebounds for her career, also has 40 steals, 40 assists and six
blocked shots while shooting 83.9 percent (120-143) at the foul
line, currently ranked 41st in the nation. Applegate,
who was the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year in 2005-06
as well as being on the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team and
a Women’s Basketball Coaches Association/Kodak Honorable Mention
All-American, has broken the school record for free throws attempted
with 583 and free throws made with 450.
Hackleman,
who had been on the Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team as a
sophomore and the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year in
2003-04, is averaging 11.9 points and a team leading average of
8.8 rebounds per contest despite missing the first five games of
the year with an injury. Hackleman has moved into
fourth in school history in career rebounds with a total of 760,
and she is 14th in scoring with 1,104 points. Hackleman
has also contributed 46 steals, a team high 26 blocked shots and
52 assists since returning to the lineup.
Moravian is the third seed in the upcoming Commonwealth Conference
Tournament and will travel to second-seeded Albright College in
a semifinal game on Wednesday, February 21st at 7:00 p.m. in Reading.
The winner of the Commonwealth Tournament, which concludes on Saturday,
February 24th, earns a berth in the 2007 NCAA Division III National
Championship Tournament beginning on March 2nd.
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