MORAVIAN WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM AWARDED NCAA DIVISION III TOURNAMENT BERTH;
Greyhounds to Travel to Hamilton (NY) College for First & Second Rounds

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College women’s soccer team has been awarded one of four Pool B berths into the 2007 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament field of 60 teams announced Sunday night by the NCAA.

The Greyhounds, who are 15-5-1 overall, will travel to Hamilton College (14-1-1) in Clinton, New York, for the first round on Saturday, November 10, at 11:00 a.m. The other first round will feature Tufts University (12-3-1) and Emmanuel College (17-2-2), both from Massachusetts and will begin 30 minutes after the Moravian versus Hamilton match. The winners of the two first round matches will play on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. for the right to advance to the sectionals next weekend. The Final Four will be held at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida on November 23rd and 24th. The full bracket can be found at www.ncaasports.com or by clicking here for a pdf file.

Moravian was the runner-up in the inaugural Landmark Conference Championship on Saturday but earned one of the four Pool B berths for independent institutions since the Landmark Conference does not have an automatic berth into the tournament in its first year of existence. New conferences must wait two full years before receiving automatic berths in the NCAA Championships.

This marks the second time in three seasons that Moravian has reached the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Greyhounds were a Pool C (at-large) team in 2005 after finishing as the runner-up in the Commonwealth Conference. That Moravian team reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament and finished the year at 16-6-1, a school record for victories in a season for the 14-year-old program.

Moravian head coach Eric Lambinus has the Greyhounds in the postseason for the fifth time in his nine seasons at the helm of the program and in the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament for the second time in three years.  Earlier this season, Lambinus surpassed the 100-win plateau and enters the NCAA Tournament with an overall record of 107-51-12.

Junior forward Tracy Fitzpatrick (Wantage, NJ/High Point Regional HS), the Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Year, leads the 2007 Greyhounds in scoring with 14 goals and five assists for 33 points including six game-winning goals. Fitzpatrick, pictured at right, missed the entire 2006 season due to an injury and is fifth in school history in scoring with 57 points in just two seasons.  Sophomore forward Alessandra Valdetara (Butler, NJ/Butler HS), who was also on the Landmark All-Conference First Team with Fitzpatrick, has contributed five goals and five assists for 13 points while freshman midfielder Shannon McEvoy (Lafayette, NJ/High Point Regional HS) has added three goals and two assists for eight points. 

Freshman defender Nina Rizzo (Westmont, NJ/Haddon Township HS) had a hat trick against Goucher College and has a total of four goals and an assist for nine points while sophomore defender Terri Roberts (Danville, PA/Danville HS), who earned a spot on the Landmark All-Conference Second Team, has two game-winning goals and an assist for five points. 

Senior midfielder Jill Newswanger (Pine Grove, PA/Pine Grove HS), pictrued at left, has three goals and an assist for seven points including the winning goal in the Landmark Conference Semifinal win over Catholic while senior midfielder Allison Solomita (Chatham, NJ/Chatham HS) has contributed two goals and four assists for eight points this fall. 

Freshman forward Mallory Goggins (Wilmington, DE/Wilmington Friends School) has two goals and an assist for five points.  Sophomore forward Jenelle Mirro (Bath, PA/Notre Dame Green Pond HS) has found the back of the net twice for four points while sophomore midfielder Kathleen Wise (Ardsley, PA/Abington HS) has scored a goal and added two assists for four points. 

Sophomore midfielder/forward Brittany Deiling (Chews Landing, NJ/Triton Regional HS), sophomore forward Amanda Friedman (Randolph, NJ/Randolph HS) and freshman midfielder Emily Rodriguez (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) each have a goal and an assist while junior midfielder Katelyn Killea (Chatham, NJ/Chatham HS) has found the back of the net once.  Junior defender Alexandra Frascella (Chatham, NJ/Chatham HS) and sophomore midfielder JeriAnne Weiss (Allentown, PA/Salisbury HS) each have two assists this fall while junior goalie Caitlin Corrigan (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) and junior defender Georgia Castellano (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West HS) each have one assist.

Also contributing for the Greyhounds on defense has been senior defender Robyn Klem (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS), one of just three players that has not registered a point this fall for Moravian.  Klem, pictured at right, also earned a spot on the Landmark All-Conference Second Team.

Corrigan, who was named to the Landmark All-Conference First Team, has posted a 0.73 goals-against average with 76 saves, a 15-5-1 record and 11 shutouts in 1,846 minutes.  Corrigan, who was the first-ever Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Week and has won the award four times this season including this week, has set the school record with 26 career shutouts. Corrigan, pictured at left, also has won 37 career matches and has made 218 saves in her career.   Freshman keeper Sarah Halpin (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown West HS) has a 1.72 goals-against average and one save in 52 minutes of action.

Hamilton is coached by Colette Gilligan, who is in her sixth year as head women’s soccer coach. The Continentals have a 14-1-1 overall record and a 6-0-1 Liberty League Conference record. This is the second time Hamilton has made it to the NCAA Tournament.

Junior midfielder Erica Dressler leads the Continentals in scoring with twelve goals and ten assists for 34 points while senior forward Nicole Tetreault has nine goals and three assists for 21 points. 

Freshman Midfielder Anne Graveley has eight goals and three assists for 19 points while senior midfielder Taylor Brady has four goals and no assists for 8 points.  Freshman forward Katie Lyons and sophomore defender Mackenzie Pelletier have each netted three goals and two assists for eight points. 

Freshman midfielder Laura Brandimarte has two goals and one assist for five points while freshman Lauren Farver has two goals and no assists for four points.  Sophomore midfielder Ricki Feldman and  sophomore forward Kendra Wulczyn each have one goal and one assist for three points while senior midfielder Kim Bauer has three assists for three points. 

Junior forward Jessy Gelber, sophomore midfielder Katie Mann, and sophomore defender Laura Stirrat each have one goal for two points.  Junior defender Maggie Porges, junior midfielder Caroline Miller, and senior defender Ali Grant have each added one assist for Hamilton.

Senior goalie Caitlin McGilley has posted a 0.53 goals-against average with 91 saves, six shutouts and a 14-1-1 record in 1,349 minutes in goal for the Continentals while sophomore keeper Kate Fowler has a 0.00 goals-against average with five saves in 118 minutes of play.  Hamilton has a total of nine shutouts this fall.

Emmanuel is coached by Wayne Currie, who is in his fifth year as head coach. The Saints have a 17-2-2 overall record and a 12-0-1 Great North East Athletic Conference record, and went on to win the GNAC Championship.

Freshman forward Amber Di Nucci leads the Saints in scoring with 17 goals and 11 assists for 45 points while sophomore midfielder Kate McKenna has ten goals and six assists for 26 points.  Sophomore forward Tiffany Dahlstrom has eight goals and five assists for 21 points. 

Sophomore forward Stephanie Levesque has seven goals and five assists for 19 points.  Freshman midfielder Kellie Scalora has seven goals three assists for 17 points.  Junior forward Kristen Gonclaves has five goals and two assists for 12 points while senior midfielder Erin Kelly has four goals and four assists for 12 points.

Freshman midfielder Kristina Marik has four goals and one assist for nine points, while freshmen forward Erika Johnson has scored three goals and two assists for a total of eight points. Sophomore defender/midfielder Meghan Long has netted two goals along with three assists for seven points while senior midfielder Caitlin Egan contributed one goal and four assists for six points on the year.

Junior goalie Laureyn Furtney has posted a 1.21 goals against average to go along with 80 saves and five shutouts in 1,704 minutes of action. Sophomore goalie Sarah Nicklas has a 0.76 goals against average including 11 saves and two shutouts in 238 minutes of play.

Tufts is coached by Martha Whiting, who is in her eighth season as head coach. The Jumbos have a 12-3-1 overall record and a 7-2-0 New England Small College Athletics Conference record. This is Tufts fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Sophomore midfielder/forward Cara Cadigan leads the Jumbos in scoring with 17 goals and five assists for 39 points while sophomore midfielder/forward Ali Maxwell has four goals seven assists for 15 points.  Senior forward Lauren Fedore has four goals three assists for 11 points this fall.

Senior midfielder Martha Furtek has three goals and four assists for ten points while sophomore midfielder/forward Fanna Gamal has two goals five assists for the Jumbos.  Senior midfielder/forward Rebecca Abbott has one goal and six assists for eight points.

Freshman defender Sarah Nolet has one goal one assist for three points while senior midfielder Jessie Wagner has three assists for three points.  Senior defender Joelle Emery, freshmen midfielder/forward Geneva DeGregorio and sophomore midfielders Sara Raley and Jesslyn Jamison, each have one goal for two points.  Senior defender Annie Benedict and sophomore midfielder Whitney Hardy each have one assist for Tufts.

Sophomore goalie Kate Minnehan has posted a .80 goals-against average with 49 saves, six shutouts and a 11-2-1 record in 1,342 minutes in goal for the Jumbos while freshman Hannah Jacobs has a 1.33 goals-against average with eight saves and a 1-1 record in 135 minutes of action.  Tufts has a total of seven shutouts this fall.