Greyhound Weekly Update, October 11, 2004 (-2222-)
Last Week – Defeated *Wilkes University,
34-27. *MAC game
This Week – Sat., Oct. 16th vs.*FDU-Florham,
1:00 p.m. *MAC game
Sophomore tailback Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) ran for 164
yards and two touchdowns on 49 carries and junior quarterback Jerry Venturino (Hopatcong, NJ/Hopatcong
HS) completed eight of 11 passes for 165 yards and two scores to lead the
Moravian College football team to a 34-27 victory over Wilkes University in
Middle Atlantic Conference action. The
Greyhounds improve to 5-0 overall and in the MAC for the first time since 1940.
Moravian opened the scoring by taking the opening
kickoff 75 yards on nine plays to take a 7-0 lead with 10:32 remaining in the
first quarter. Venturino capped the drive with a 32-yard scoring strike to
sophomore wide receiver Shawn Martell (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS)
on a third and six play. Senior kicker Ken Macaulay (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge
HS) added the extra-point. Venturino’s pass was the only pass play
on the drive when featured Jacoubs gaining
27 yards on six carries. Martell caught two passes for 52
yards. On Wilkes first possession,
Moravian junior linebacker Chad
DeFelice (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen
Argyl HS) intercepted a pass after the ball was tipped by Greyhound junior
defensive back Tyler Chomik (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central
Catholic HS).
The Greyhounds took over on their own 26-yard
line. On the fifth play of the drive, Jacoubs had a 20-yard carry on a draw
play to become the eighth player in Moravian history to go over 1,800 career
yards. Jacoubs, who has run for more than 100 yards in seven of his 11
career starts, finished the game with 1,911 yards in just 15 games at
Moravian. Venturino would finish off the 74-yard, eight-play drive with his
second pass of the game, a 24-yard touchdown strike to sophomore wide receiver Ben Hawkins (Belmar, NJ/Manasquan HS)
on a third-and-one play. Macaulay’s extra-point was wide right
giving Moravian a 13-0 lead with 4:20 remaining in the first quarter. Hawkins
had three receptions for 79 yards in the victory.
The Colonels scored to cut the Moravian lead to 13-7
with 56 seconds remaining in the first quarter.
Moravian was forced to punt its first possession of the second quarter
with Wilkes taking over on its own 12-yard line. However, Chomik
forced a fumble and fell on the ball at the Wilkes 26-yard line. On a third-and-goal play from the one-yard
line, Jacoubs jumped over the pile
for his eighth rushing touchdown of the season to finish off a six-play,
26-yard drive. However, Jacoubs was stopped on the two-point
conversion attempt giving the Greyhounds a 19-7 lead with 11:32 in the second
quarter. Wilkes took a short kickoff and
returned it to its own 40-yard line to start the ensuing drive. The Colonels would drive to the Moravian
31-yard line but the Colonels were stopped on a fourth-and-two play by
Greyhounds’ sophomore linebacker Cliff
Garr (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) to give Moravian
possession of the ball. However, the
Greyhounds were forced to put after three plays.
The Colonels took over at their own 22-yard line
after a 49-yard punt by Moravian senior John
McLain (Belvidere, NJ/Belvidere HS). Wilkes drove to Moravian’s 40-yard line,
however, a pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage by Moravian senior
defensive end Richie Cline (Keyport,
NJ/Union Beach HS) and was intercepted at the Moravian 26-yard line by
senior linebacker Bill Carasia (Fair
Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) with 5:15 left in the second quarter. On the following drive, the Greyhounds were
faced with a third-and-nine play at their own 47-yard line when Venturino hit Hawkins with a 46-yard pass to get inside the Wilkes ten-yard
line. On second and goal from the
four-yard line, Jacoubs reached the
one-yard line before fumbling into the end zone. Moravian junior wide receiver Russ Demko (Hellertown,
PA/Saucon
Valley HS) fell on
the ball for a touchdown to cap a six-play, 74-yard drive. Macaulay
converted the extra-point for a 26-7 Moravian lead with 2:03 remaining in the
first half.
Wilkes scored its second touchdown of the game with
9:53 remaining in the third quarter but its two-point conversion run failed
giving Moravian a 26-13 lead in the third quarter. The Colonels cut Moravian’s lead to 26-20
with another touchdown with 3:25 remaining in the third quarter.
Chomik
set-up Moravian’s next drive with a 17-yard kickoff return to the Moravian
22-yard line. On a fourth and three from
the Wilkes 29-yard line, Jacoubs
picked up seven yards for a first down. Venturino would keep the ball on
another fourth down play, picking up two yards to give the Greyhounds a
first-and-ten at the Wilkes 12-yard line.
Jacoubs capped off a 20-play,
78-yard drive with a four-yard touchdown run with 9:00 remaining in the fourth
quarter. The Greyhound drive took 9:25
off the clock. After an illegal
procedure call, Venturino ran a
quarterback draw out of a shot gun formation for the two-point conversion
giving the Greyhounds a 34-20 lead.
The Colonels finished the scoring with a touchdown
with 2:31 remaining in the game to pull within 34-27. Wilkes would get the ball again but the
Colonels final pass as time expired only reached the Moravian 18-yard line.
Both offenses were balanced in the game with each
team collecting 22 first downs. The
Greyhounds had 398 yards on 76 plays while controlling the ball for 37:32 in
the game. The Greyhounds gained 233
yards on the ground behind Jacoubs’
164-yard effort. Sophomore fullback Joe Costanzo (Barnstead, NJ/Bow HS &
Tilton School) had 35 yards on five carries while junior fullback Kevin Lukich (Ogdensburg, NJ/Wallkill
Valley HS) added 21 yards on three attempts for the Greyhounds before
leaving the game with an injury. Costanzo also caught one pass for 19
yards while senior wide out Jed Warsager
(Andover, NJ/Newton HS) had one
reception for 16 yards.
The Moravian defense was led by Carasia, who had seven tackles to go along with his
interception. Junior defensive back Gerald Weiss (Coopersburg, PA/Southern
Lehigh HS) added six tackles while Chomik
had five tackles and a pass break-up to go with his forced fumble and fumble
recovery. Chomik also had three kickoff returns for 47 yards and two punt
returns for 12 yards.
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Weekly Update, October 11, 2004 (-3333-)
Women’s Tennis – 11-3
(Commonwealth Conference 6-1, MASCAC 8-3)
Last Week – #King’s College match postponed until
October 18th; Defeated $Susquehanna
University, 6-3; Lost to $Elizabethtown College, 5-4. $Commonwealth Conference Tournament, #MASCAC
match
This Week – Wed., Oct. 13th vs. #DeSales
University, 3:30 p.m.; Thurs., Oct. 14th vs. LaSalle University,
3:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. Oct. 16th & 17th at 2004
Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Tournament at Drew University, TBA. #MASCAC match
The Greyhounds non-conference match at King’s College was
postponed until Monday, October 18th due to the Monarchs needing to
play a Freedom Conference match to determine playoff participants.
Second seeded Moravian advanced to the conference
championship match for the 11th straight year with a 6-3 victory over third
seed Susquehanna University in a Commonwealth Conference
Semifinal match at Hoffman Courts. The
Greyhounds led 2-1 after doubles with victories by the teams of seniors Becky Deringer (Allentown,
PA/Dieruff HS) and Jillian Iacovelli (Randolph, NJ/Randolph HS) at first doubles and freshman Leah Bradshaw (Perkasie,
PA/Pennridge HS) and junior Nicole Gruber (Lebanon,
PA/Lebanon HS) at third doubles. Bradshaw
and freshman Brittany Popaca
(Lavallette, NJ/Point Pleasant Beach HS) had straight sets wins at fifth
and sixth singles while senior Marion
Berry (Avon, NJ/St. Rose HS) fell in straight sets at second singles,
giving the Greyhounds a 4-2 lead. Deringer would earn the winning point
with a three-set win at first singles. Iacovelli fell in three sets at fourth
singles while Gruber finished the
final match with a three-set victory at third singles.
The Elizabethtown
College women’s tennis
team won four of six singles matches to earn a 5-4 victory over Moravian in the
2004 Commonwealth Conference Tournament Championship match. The Greyhounds, who had won the last four
conference tournament titles and have played in the conference championship
match every year since 1994, fall to 11-3 overall. Moravian had a 2-1 lead after the doubles
competition with victories by the teams of Deringer
and Iacovelli and Bradshaw and Gruber. However, the
Greyhounds won just two singles matches with straight sets wins by Berry and Popaca.
Field Hockey – 7-5
(Commonwealth Conference 1-4, MASCAC 4-4)
Last Week – Lost to *Lebanon
Valley College,
6-0; Lost to *Juniata
College, 2-1 (2
overtimes). *Commonwealth Conference
match
This Week – Wed., Oct. 13th vs. Alvernia College, 4:00 p.m.
The Greyhounds dropped their second straight Commonwealth
Conference match, falling to nationally ranked Lebanon Valley
College, 6-0. The Flying Dutchmen, ranked 14th in the nation
last week, out shot the Greyhounds 21-2 and have a 20-3 advantage in penalty
corners. Moravian sophomore Amanda Gaun (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham
HS) had six saves while Greyhound junior defender Jill Brinckman (East Greenville, PA/Upper Perkiomen HS)
added one defensive save.
Moravian suffered a 2-1, double-overtime loss to
nationally-ranked Juniata
College in Commonwealth
Conference action at Betty Prince Field.
The match was the first on Betty Prince field since the field had been
flooded on September 18th. The loss was
also the first for Moravian in overtime this season after three consecutive
overtime victories. Juniata,
ranked ninth in the nation this week, jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first
half on a goal. Moravian tied the match
with just 58 seconds remaining in the second half when freshman forward Savannah Bayer (Newton, NJ/Newton HS)
found the back of the cage for her seventh goal of the season off an assist by
junior forward Stacee Cupples
(Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS). However, Juniata
would net the winning goal two and a half minutes into the second overtime. Juniata had
a 30-11 advantage in shots and an 11-9 edge in penalty corners. Gaun made
12 saves.
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Weekly Update, October 11, 2004 (-4444-)
Women’s Soccer – 6-5-1
(Commonwealth Conference 0-4, MASCAC 2-4)
Last Week – Defeated Wesley (DE) College, 4-0; Lost
to *Widener University, 3-1. *Commonwealth Conference match
This Week – Thurs., Oct. 14th vs. #Delaware Valley College,
4:00 p.m. #MASCAC match
Moravian snapped a two-match losing streak with a 4-0
shutout victory at Wesley (DE) College in non-conference action. The Greyhounds jumped out to a 2-0 halftime
lead on first half goals by senior forward Brianne
DeVries (Stockton, NJ/Delaware Valley Regional HS) in the 23rd minute and
junior forward Megan Collins (Dover,
DE/Caesar Rodney HS) in the 37th minute.
Freshman midfielder Anndrea
Yetter (Saylorsburg, PA/Pleasant Valley HS) had assists on both
goals. Collins would tally a second goal in the match off another assist
from Yetter in the 81st minute for Collins' sixth goal of the season. DeVries
finished off the scoring with her second goal of the contest and fourth of the
season off a pass from junior midfielder/forward Lindsay Pohl (West Lawn, PA/Wilson West Lawn HS). Moravian had a 20-6 advantage in shots while
both reams had three corner kicks.
Greyhound senior goalie Jill
Vaccaro (South Salem, NY/John Jay HS) made three saves in the
match for her fourth shutout of the season and 19th of her career.
The Greyhounds fell to 0-4 in Commonwealth Conference
action this season with a 3-1 loss at Widener University
in conference action. The Pioneers
jumped out to a 2-0 halftime lead. The
Greyhounds pulled to within 2-1 in the 50th minute when Collins found the back of the net with an unassisted goal, her
eighth of the year. Widener added an
insurance goal in the 77th minute.
Widener had a 16-9 advantage in shots while both teams had four corner
kicks. Vaccaro made 11 saves.
Men’s Soccer – 6-6-1
(Commonwealth Conference 1-3, MASCAC 5-4)
Last Week – Defeated Swarthmore
College, 1-0; Lost to Alvernia College,
1-0; Lost to *Widener
University, 1-0. *Commonwealth Conf. match
This Week – Wed., Oct. 13th at College
Misericordia, 4:00 p.m.
Moravian posted its second shutout victory of the season
with a 1-0 non-conference win versus Swarthmore
College on the HUB Quad. The match had originally been scheduled for
September 8th but was postponed due to rain.
Senior midfielder Nick Tarquinio
(Point Pleasant, NJ/Point
Pleasant Boro HS) scored the only goal of the match for the Greyhounds when
he headed home a corner kick by sophomore forward Neil Untenahrer (East Stroudsburg, PA/Pocono
Mountain HS). Tarquinio's
goal was his team-leading seventh of the season. Moravian had a 15-12 advantage in shots and a
5-3 edge in corner kicks in a match that saw a combined 37 fouls called. Greyhound sophomore goalie Kyle Keller (Coopersburg,
PA/Southern Lehigh
HS) made six saves for his third shutout of the season.
Moravian dropped a non-conference match at Alvernia College, 1-0, on a goal in the 68th
minute. The Greyhounds played with just
ten players for the final 49 minutes of the match after having a player red
carded in the 41st minute. Moravian had
a 9-6 advantage in shots while Alvernia had a 4-3 edge in corner kicks. Moravian junior goalie Ryan Walker (Metuchen,
NJ/Metuchen HS) had three
saves in the first half of the match while Keller
did not record a save in the second half while taking the loss.
The Greyhounds dropped its third straight Commonwealth
Conference contest, falling to host Widener
University, 1-0. The
Pioneers scored the only goal of the match in the 52nd minute. Moravian had a 15-14 edge in shots and a 4-3
advantage in corner kicks. Keller made seven saves.
Last Week – Did Not Compete.
This Week – Mon., Oct. 11th at Muhlenberg
College Fall Invitational at Lehigh
Country Club, 12:00 p.m.; Fri., 15th at East
Stroudsburg University
Fall Invitational at Shawnee
Country Club, 12:30 p.m.
Moravian had a week off as the team prepares for the
final week of its 2004 fall season.
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Weekly Update, October 11, 2004 (-5555-)
Women’s Volleyball – 12-13
(Commonwealth Conference 1-3, MASCAC 3-6)
Last Week – Defeated *Albright
College, 3-0; Lost to $Rowan (NJ)
University, 3-1; Lost to $Franklin & Marshall College,
3-2 & 3-2; Lost to $Lycoming
College, 3-2. $Widener
University Pioneer Classic at Haverford College
This Week – Tues., Oct. 12th at *Lebanon
Valley College, 7:00 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 16th vs. York (PA) College at
Frostburg State (MD) University, 11:00 a.m. & vs. Frostburg State (MD)
University, 1:00 p.m. *Commonwealth
Conference match
The Greyhounds won their first Commonwealth Conference
match of the season, defeating host Albright
College, 30-23, 30-25,
30-20. Sophomore outside hitter Kelly Bauer (Hellertown,
PA/Notre Dame HS) led Moravian with 11
kills, six digs and two service aces while junior middle hitter Lindsey Siracusa (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury HS)
had nine kills. Senior outside hitter Christina Wallace (Bethlehem,
PA/Bethlehem
Catholic HS) contributed eight kills, seven digs and two service aces while
freshman middle hitter Jenna Wallace (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS)
had four kills. Freshman setter/outside
hitter Katherine Perkins (Lehighton, PA/Lehighton
HS) contributed 15 assists and four kills while sophomore setter/defensive
specialist Ashley Hugo (Bath,
PA/Northampton
HS) had 13 assists. Freshman outside
hitter Rachel Radocha (Whitehall,
PA/Whitehall
HS) had eight digs in the victory for Moravian.
Moravian dropped its first match of the Widener
University Pioneer Classic played at Haverford
College, falling to Rowan
(NJ) University, 30-20, 27-30, 30-28, 32-30. Bauer
led the Greyhounds with 16 kills, 11 digs and four blocks while Christina Wallace had 16 kills, 13 digs
and two service aces. Siracusa had 14 kills and three blocks
while Jenna Wallace contributed 12
kills and five blocks. Radocha added five kills, four digs and
three assists while Perkins had 22
assists. Hugo added 20 assists and six digs while freshman libero Elise Martin (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus
HS) had five digs.
The Greyhounds lost their second match at the Widener
University Pioneer Classic, dropping a 28-30, 32-30, 20-30, 30-20, 12-15
decision to Franklin & Marshall College.
Bauer
led Moravian with 19 kills, ten digs, two service aces and two blocks while Christina Wallace added 18 kills and 16
digs. Siracusa contributed 12 kills and five blocks while Jenna Wallace added six kills. Radocha
had four kills and six digs while Martin
added 13 digs. Perkins had 29 assists while Hugo
22 assists and ten digs.
Moravian dropped its first match on
the second day of the Widener University Pioneer Classic, falling to Lycoming College, 26-30, 29-31, 30-27, 30-15,
11-15. Bauer paced the Greyhounds with 22 kills, six digs and three
assists while Christina Wallace
contributed 14 kills, 11 digs and two service aces. Jenna
Wallace added eight kills, five service aces and three blocks while Siracusa had eight kills and two
blocks. Hugo contributed 26 assists and eight digs while Perkins had 19 assists and four kills. Radocha
added five kills and four digs.
The Greyhounds closed out the second
day of the Widener University Pioneer Classic with a 30-24, 21-30, 32-30,
19-30, 12-15 loss to Franklin & Marshall. Bauer
paced Moravian with 18 kills and 22 digs while Christina Wallace had 12 kills, 15 digs and three blocks. Radocha
contributed 11 kills and ten digs while Jenna
Wallace added nine kills, two service aces and two blocks. Hugo
had 43 assists in the match.
Men’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MAC 0-0)
Last Week – Did Not Compete
This Week – Sat., Oct. 16th at DeSales University
Invitational, Center Valley,
PA
The Greyhounds had a scheduled week
off as the team prepares for the DeSales University Invitational this weekend.
Women’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MAC 0-0)
Last Week – Did Not Compete
This Week – Sat., Oct. 16th at DeSales University
Invitational, Center Valley,
PA
The Greyhounds had a scheduled week
off as the team prepares for the DeSales University Invitational this weekend.
