Thursday,
August 2, 2007
MORAVIAN’S MARIA DeBONIS AND ERICA
KLEPEISZ EARN ECAC SOUTHERN ALL-STAR HONORS
CAPE COD, MA --- Sophomore pitcher Maria DeBonis (Nazareth,
PA/Notre Dame HS) and sophomore outfielder Erica
Klepeisz (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS) of the Moravian College
softball team have been named to the 2007 Eastern College Athletic
Conference Division III Southern All-Star Team.
The
duo helped the Greyhounds win the team’s seventh straight
Commonwealth Conference Tournament title and eighth straight Commonwealth
Conference Championship and garnered the program’s tenth consecutive
NCAA Division III Tournament appearance by winning the 2007 Commonwealth
Conference Tournament. Moravian was the regional champion at the
Montclair State Regional to advance to the World Series for the
second time in four years and completed the 2007 season with an
overall record of 35-7, the fifth straight season with at least
30 wins. The Greyhounds have played in the regional championship
game the last five years.
DeBonis, who was named to the 2007 Louisville
Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-American
Second Team as well, was in her first year of action with Moravian
after an injury on the volleyball court kept her off the softball
field in 2006. DeBonis was also named to the 2007
Commonwealth All-Conference First Team, and she was named the Commonwealth
Conference Pitcher of the Year and to the NFCA All-East Region First
Team. DeBonis had a 1.07 ERA to go along with an 18-2 record, 19
complete games, 11 shutouts, 72 hits allowed, 54 walks and 175 strikeouts
in 137 innings pitched. On the offensive end, DeBonis
had a .317 batting average with 33 hits, 21 runs, six doubles, one
triple, four homeruns, 10 walks, three stolen bases and 23 RBIs.
Klepeisz,
pictured at left, was named to the 2007 Commonwealth All-Conference
First Team for the second year in a row and the NFCA All-East Region
Second Team. Klepeisz contributed a .389 batting
average with 49 hits, 33 runs, 13 doubles, a triple, three homeruns,
seven walks and 10 RBIs.
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