Sunday,
September 2, 2007
MORAVIAN’S BRAXMEIER EARNS CENTENNIAL
CONFERENCE CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Protasiewicz Named to Defensive Honor Roll
LANCASTER,
PA --- Junior quarterback Marc Braxmeier (Center Valley,
PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) of the Moravian College
football team has been named the Centennial Conference Co-Offensive
Player of the Week along with running back Tom Sturges of Gettysburg
College while sophomore linebacker Derek Protasiewicz (Whippany,
NJ/Whippany Park HS) earned on the Defensive Honor Roll
for their performances in the Greyhounds’ 34-27 victory at
Susquehanna University last Thursday evening to begin the 2007 season.
Braxmeier, pictured at right, tied a school record
with four touchdown passes as he completed 12 of 19 passes for 215
yards and added a touchdown run of one-yard with 2:27 remaining
in the game to lead Moravian to a 34-27 come-from-behind win at
Susquehanna University in non-conference action at Nicholas A. Lopardo
Stadium to kickoff the 2007 season Thursday night. Braxmeier
threw touchdown passes of 20, 13, nine, and four yards. Braxmeier’s
fourth touchdown pass of the game was the first four-touchdown game
by a Moravian quarterback since Rob Petrosky threw
four touchdowns against versus FDU-Florham on November 2, 1996.
Protasiewicz,
pictured at left, led the Moravian defense with nine tackles including
five solo tackles, one tackle for loss and a fumble return of five
yards in the Greyhounds’ season opening win at Susquehanna.
Protasiewicz was not a starter for the Greyhounds
in the contest but came into the game in the first quarter due to
an injury and played the remainder of the contest at outside linebacker
and on special teams.
Moravian will play its first Centennial Conference game on Saturday,
September 8th versus McDaniel College with kickoff slated for 1:00
p.m. at Rocco Calvo Field in Bethlehem.
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