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Sports News: Spring 2009

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

THREE MORAVIAN PLAYERS; TEAM RANKED IN NCAA DIVISION III SOFTBALL STATISTICS

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Three members of the Moravian College softball team, and the Greyhound squad are ranked in the first NCAA Division III statistics release of the 2009 season including games through March 29th.

Senior pitcher/designated player Maria DeBonis (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS), pictured at right, is eighth in the nation in hits allowed per seven innings at 4.12, ninth in ERA at 0.76, 21st in strikeouts per seven innings with an average of 7.8 and 43rd in walks allowed per seven innings at just 2.02.

Senior first baseman/catcher Sheri Bieniek (Lumberton, NJ/Rancocas Valley HS) is 39th in the country in slugging percentage at .746, and Bieniek, pictured at left, is tied for 46th in RBIs per game with an average of 1.05.

Freshman outfielder Olivia Evanko (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS), pictured at bottom right, is 23rd in the nation with an average of 0.33 sacrifice hits per game.

The Greyhounds are ranked in the top 50 in the nation in five categories including being sixth in the country in ERA at 0.84.  Moravian is 24th in doubles per game with an average of 1.91, 25th in batting average at .354, 32nd in slugging percentage at .497 and 43rd in triples per game with an average of 0.45.

Moravian, which is 17-7 on the season, is scheduled to return to action on Thursday, April 2nd in a non-conference doubleheader versus Albright College beginning at 3:00 p.m. at Blue & Grey Field in Bethlehem.