MORAVIAN’S ROBINSON NAMED CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sylvainus & Wacker Earn Spots on the Honor Roll

LANCASTER, PA --- Senior defensive back Carl Robinson (Boothwyn, PA/Garnet Valley HS) of the Moravian College football team has been named the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Greyhounds’ come-from-behind 23-17 triple-overtime Centennial Conference victory over Juniata College Saturday afternoon in Huntingdon.

Sophomore wide receiver Shawn Sylvainus (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS) and freshman defensive back David Wacker (Parkton, MD/Hereford HS) earned spots on the Centennial Conference Weekly Honor Roll.

Robinson, pictured at right, had just four tackles, two solo stops including a tackle for loss, but he added two interceptions, a pass break-up, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the victory.  Robinson had interceptions near midfield in both the first and second quarters to give him five interceptions for the season and 14 for his career. With Moravian trailing 14-7 and just under two minutes to play, Robinson came in from his safety position and hit a Juniata running back for a three-yard loss.  On the play, Robinson stripped the ball and fell on it to set up the Moravian offense at the Juniata 41-yard line for what ended up being the game-tying score with just 30 seconds to play.

Sylvainus, pictured at left, pulled down a career high 11 receptions for a career best 155 yards in Moravian's 23-17 triple-overtime win at Juniata College.  The 11 receptions are tied for the third most in a single game in Greyhound history while the 155 yards ranks fifth in the record book. Sylvainus' longest catch of the game was 34 yards and it came on his final catch of the game to set the Greyhound offense up at the Juniata four-yard line with just over a minute to play as Moravian tied the game with 30 seconds remaining two plays after the reception.  Sylvainus' first catch of the game was also for over 30 yards with a 31-yard reception in the second quarter to move the ball into the red zone at the Juniata 16-yard line on the Greyhounds' first touchdown of the game.

Wacker, pictured at right, came untouched from the end of the right side and blocked a 38-yard field goal attempt on Juniata’s first possession of overtime.

The Greyhounds will return to action on Saturday, November 1st in a Centennial Conference game versus Ursinus College with kickoff slated for 1:00 p.m. at Rocco Calvo Field in Bethlehem.  Moravian will be participating in the NCAA Take a Kid to the Game program on Saturday with all children 14 and under admitted free with the purchase of one adult ticket.  Moravian’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which Robinson serves as president, has games and activities scheduled for the children.