November 19, 1998
EIGHT HOUNDS ON MAC EXECUTIVE DIRCETORS
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS
18 OTHERS NAMED TO ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
ANNVILLE, PA --- A total of 26 student-athletes from Moravian College are listed on the
Middle Atlantic Conference All-Academic Teams and Honor Rolls that were released Thursday.
This year is the first for the MAC Executive Directors All-Academic Teams and the
Academic Honor Rolls. In the past, all student-athletes were named to the MAC All-Academic
Teams.
Moravian placed eight student-athletes on the MAC Executive Directors All-Academic
Teams while the other 18 were named to the Academic Honor Roll. The eight honorees on the
MAC Executive Directors All-Academic Teams were second only to Drew Universitys
nine selections among the 16 MAC schools.
To be eligible for All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore,
maintain a 3.20 or higher grade point average and be a starter of significant reserve on
a fall athletic team.
The field hockey team led Moravian with eight honorees including two selections to the
MAC Executive Directors All-Academic Team. The womens tennis and womens
volleyball squads each had four total honorees while the mens soccer and mens
cross country teams had three selections. The womens cross country team had two student-athletes
honored while the football squad and the womens soccer team had one selection apiece.
Leading the field hockey team were juniors attack Stacey Laubenheimer (Marlton, NJ/Burnt
Hills {NY} HS) and goalie Tricia Salomonsen (Effort/Pleasant Valley HS) who
were named to the MAC Field Hockey Executive Directors All-Academic Team. Laubenheimer
led the Lady Greyhounds in assists with five and also scored three goals while Salomonsen
posted a 1.31 goals-against average and five shutouts in a 7-11 season for Moravian.
Named to the MAC Field Hockey Academic Honor Roll were senior midfielder Becky Ziegenfuss
(Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview HS), juniors attack Nicole Drey (Bethlehem/ Northampton
HS), defender Jill Maghkian (Brookline, NH/Hollis-Brookline HS) and defender Colleen
Walsh (Northampton/ Northampton HS) and sophomores attack Jennifer Cosentino (Shohola/Delaware
Valley HS) and attack Chelsea Roberts (Philadelphia/St. Basil HS). Ziegenfuss,
the teams captain, had three assists on the season while Drey netted one goal.
Cosentino scored two goals early in the year before being sidelined with a broken nose.
Roberts tied for second on the squad with five goals while Maghkian and Walsh both played
on defense for Moravian.
Senior Jessie Coughlin (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Catholic HS), who completed the regular
season undefeated in singles play for the fourth consecutive year and helped the Lady Greyhounds
to their third straight MAC title, was named to the MAC Womens Tennis Executive Directors
All-Academic Team. Moravian was 16-0 this fall while Coughlin completed her career with
a 62-2 record. Seniors Liz Chamberlain (Pine Bush, NY/Pine Bush Central HS), Julie
Fanella (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert HS) and Lyn Ramsey (Perkasie/ Pennridge HS) each
earned a spot on the MAC Womens Tennis Academic Honor Roll. Chamberlain posted a
4-3 singles mark while Fanella was 1-1 in doubles and Ramsey was 1-1 in singles.
Senior middle blocker Stephanie Rickards (Lansdowne/Upper Darby HS), who has the
highest grade point average among the student-athletes selected at a perfect 4.00, was
named to the MAC Womens Volleyball Executive Directors All-Academic Team. Rickards,
who was a second Team GTE Academic All-American in 1997, led Moravian to a 27-7 record
and the squads second consecutive berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament with
a school record 468 kills, 125 blocks and a .368 hitting percentage. Sophomores defensive
specialist Natalie Balaziuk (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Catholic HS) and middle hitter Sara
Young (Tunkhannock/Tunkhannock HS) and senior outside hitter Teresa Hahn (Whitehall/Whitehall
HS) were named to the MAC Womens Volleyball Academic Honor Roll. Balaziuk had
333 digs and 63 service aces this season while Young contributed 135 kills and 64 blocks
and Hahn had 115 kills and 82 blocks.
Senior defender Kris Silver (Quakertown/Quakertown HS) helped the Greyhounds allow
just 2.22 goals per match in an 8-10-1 season. He was named to the MAC Mens Soccer
Executive Directors All-Academic Team. Classmate forward Cory Kinley (Lewes, DE/Cape
Henlopen HS) and junior goalie Ryan Shick (Jamison/Central Bucks East HS) were
named to the MAC Mens Soccer Academic Honor Roll. Kinley had two assists in her senior
season while Shick posted a 2.22 goals against average, three shutouts and 5.2 saves per
contest.
Senior Chris Lowthert (Auburn/Pottsville HS) and junior Tim Pfluger (Slatington/
Northern Lehigh HS), who each earned MAC All-Conference honors with top ten finishes
in the MAC Championships, were both named to the MAC Mens Cross Country Executive
Directors All-Academic Team. Moravian captured its MAC record sixth straight title
this fall. Sophomore Damon Rutherford (Reading/Exeter HS), who was 16th in
the MAC meet, earned a spot on the MAC Mens Cross Country Academic Honor Roll.
Junior Jen Samson (Tannersville/Pocono Mountain HS) and sophomore Leah Williams
(Andreas/Tamaqua HS) each earned a spot on the MAC Womens Cross Country Academic
Honor Roll. Moravian captured its conference record sixth straight MAC title this fall.
Samson, who missed the MAC meet with an injury, ran in the NCAA Division III National
Championships for the Lady Greyhounds in 1997. Williams competed in three meets in her
first season with the cross country team.
Junior strong safety Jason Goldan (Neshanic, NJ/Hillsborough HS) was named to the
MAC Football Executive Directors All-Academic Team after making 76 tackles this season
for the 3-7 Greyhounds. Goldan also made nine tackles for loss and had 12 pass break-ups.
Junior Jen Polaha (West Lawn/Holy Name HS), who is a starting midfielder, was named
to the MAC Womens Soccer Academic Honor Roll. Polaha scored six goals and had two
assists for the 8-10 Lady Greyhounds.
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