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2004-05 – Week 10                                                  Contact: Mark Fleming (610) 861-1472, (610) 390-7545 or (610) 758-8721

 

 

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Team Records as of November 7, 2004

                                      Overall  Commonwealth MASCAC/MAC Meets & Tournaments

Men’s Cross Country        0-0                                        0-0           10th at 2004 MAC Championships

Women’s Cross Country   0-0                                        0-0           2nd at 2004 MAC Championships

Field Hockey                   10-8             2-5                    6-5          

Football                            7-2                                        7-2          

Golf                                  0-0                                        0-0          

Men’s Soccer                  8-8-1             2-5                    6-6          

Women’s Soccer             9-5-4           2-4-1                 5-4-1        

Women’s Tennis              13-3             6-1                   11-3          Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up

Women’s Volleyball        15-17            2-5                    5-8          

 

 

GREYHOUND STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Female – None

Male – Chris Jacoubs (So., Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS), football

 

 

UPCOMING HOME EVENTS:

 

Saturday, November 13th – Football vs. Muhlenberg College, 1:00 p.m.

 

Tuesday, November 23rd – Men’s Basketball vs. DeSales University, 8:00 p.m.

 

Tuesday, November 30th – Women’s Basketball vs. *Widener University, 7:00 p.m.

 

Thursday, December 2nd – Women’s Basketball vs. Ursinus College, 6:00 p.m.; Men’s Basketball vs. *Widener

            University, 8:00 p.m.

 

Monday, December 13th -- Women’s Basketball vs. Drew University, 6:00 p.m.; Men’s Basketball vs. Drew

            University, 8:00 p.m.

 

*Conference opponent

 

 

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Greyhound Weekly Update, November 8, 2004 (-2222-)

 

Football – 7-2 (MAC 7-2)

Last Week – Lost to *Albright College, 45-39.  *MAC game

This Week – Sat., Nov. 13th vs. Muhlenberg College, 1:00 p.m. 

 

                Moravian dropped its second straight game, falling to Albright College 45-39 in Middle Atlantic Conference action at Steel Field Saturday afternoon.  The Greyhounds fall to 7-2 overall and in the MAC in Moravian’s final conference game of the year.  For the second straight week, Moravian had over 500 yards of total offense and out-gained its opponent by over 100 yards and still lost the game.  In the loss to the Lions, Moravian ran 87 plays for 575 yards and controlled the ball for 34:19.

 

                Moravian wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, as the Greyhounds drove 69 yards in seven plays on their first possession to take an early 7-0 lead.  Faced with third and 11 from their own 47, junior quarterback Jerry Venturino (Hopatcong, NJ/Hopatcong HS) found sophomore running back Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) down the middle for 34 yards to the Albright 29-yard line.  Two plays later Venturino hit sophomore wide receiver Ben Hawkins (Belmar, NJ/Manasquan HS) for a 22-yard touchdown pass to cap the drive and put the Greyhounds on top.  Senior kicker Ken Macaulay (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) added the extra-point. 

 

                Jacoubs had his third 200-plus yard rushing day of the season to with 238 yards on 36 carries, and he also caught two passes for 57 yards.  Jacoubs now has a school record 1,525 yards on a school record 291 carries this season, and he moved into second all-time with 2,576 yards in 19 career games.  Jacoubs has run for over 100 yards in 11 of 15 career starts, and he has 557 yards in two games against Albright.

 

                Albright would score twice to go on top 14-7.  Moravian’s next possession resulted in another change on the scoreboard.  The Greyhounds senior wide receiver Jed Warsager (Andover, NJ/Newton HS) returned the kickoff 35 yards to the Moravian 40, and the Greyhounds needed seven plays to cover the remaining 60 yards to paydirt.  Venturino threw his second touchdown pass of the day, this one a 16-yard toss to junior wide receiver Russ Demko (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS).  Albright blocked the extra point attempt, and the score stood at 14-13 early in the second quarter.  Venturino completed nine of 18 passes for 131 yards with two touchdowns and an interception before being knocked out of the game in the fourth quarter with an injury while Warsager caught three passes for 30 yards and had five kickoff returns for 155 yards.

 

                On the ensuing kickoff, Albright ran a reverse, and scored on the next play for a 21-13 lead.  They Greyhounds continued to put points on the board on their next possession, taking 5:39 off the clock in a 56-yard drive that ended when Venturino snuck in from the one-yard line.  Moravian went for two after the touchdown, but Albright stopped the attempt to make the score 21-19 midway through the second quarter.  Both defenses stiffened late in the half, and the teams went to the locker room at halftime with Albright holding a 21-19 lead.  The Greyhounds had a chance to score with just under ten seconds remaining in the first half but Hawkins was unable to pull in a 45-yard pass attempt from Venturino in the end zone.

 

                Albright took the second half kickoff scored again to give the Lions a 28-19 lead five minutes into the third quarter.  Moravian answered the Albright score on its first drive of the second half.  The Greyhounds drove 63 yards, all on the ground, and scored on a reverse as sophomore wide receiver Shawn Martell (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) ran in untouched from 12-yards out to cut the Albright lead to two, 28-26, with 6:34 left in the third quarter. 

 

                The Moravian defense stepped up with a stop on Albright’s next possession.  The Greyhounds drove into Albright territory, but the Lion defense rose to the occasion, stopping Moravian on fourth and 13 from the 23 to give the ball back to the Albright offense.  Albright’s offense did not waste the opportunity, making the score 35-26 early in the fourth quarter.  On Moravian’s next possession, the Greyhounds drove to the Albright 40, but on third and 10 Venturino was intercepted in the end zone to end the Moravian threat.

 

                After one first down, Moravian stopped the Lions, forcing a punt.  Moravian was called for roughing the kicker on the punt, however, giving the Lions new life on the drive. Albright moved the ball to the Moravian 10-yard line, but the drive stalled there.  Kaplan came on for a 27-yard field goal attempt, and put the kick through the uprights to give Albright a 38-26 lead with 6:34 left in regulation.

 

                Moravian had no intentions of conceding the contest.  With backup senior quarterback Rich Muschlitz (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) in the game after Venturino was shaken up, Moravian drove 65 yards on eight plays for a score.  Muschlitz completed a key fourth and four to Hawkins to keep the drive alive, then hit Hawkins again from 22-yards out to pull the Greyhounds within six, 38-32.  The extra point attempt was blocked, keeping the Lions ahead by six.  Hawkins caught five passes for 82 yards and moved within 43 yards of becoming the 13th player in Moravian history to have 1,000 career receiving yards.

 

                Moravian attempted a pooch onside kick, but Albright recovered and needed one play for a 45-32 lead with just under four minutes left in regulation.  Moravian once again responded, as they used just 59 seconds to drive 74 yards for a touchdown.  Muschlitz to Jacoubs over the middle covered 33 yards, giving the Greyhounds a first and goal.  On the next play Muschlitz found Demko in the end zone to cut the Albright lead to 45-39.  Albright recovered Moravian’s onside kick at midfield, but the Greyhound defense held, forcing an Albright punt. 

 

                Moravian moved to the Albright 46 yard line with 56 seconds on the clock.  After spiking the ball to stop the clock, Muschlitz was sacked on second down, forcing a third and 17.  Muschlitz threw incomplete, setting up fourth and 17.  Muschlitz completed the pass to Hawkins, but Hawkins was stopped well short of the first down. 

 

                Moravian totaled 313 yards on 53 attempts with sophomore fullback Joe Costanzo (Barnstead, NJ/Bow HS & Tilton School) added 32 yards on six carries and Muschlitz netting 24 yards on seven attempts.  Muschlitz completed eight of 13 passes after coming on in the third quarter for 131 yards and two touchdowns. 

 

                Sophomore linebacker Cliff Garr (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) paced the Moravian defense with 14 tackles while senior defensive back Bill Skriletz (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS), junior defensive back Gerald Weiss (Gilbertsville, PA/St. Pius X HS) and senior linebacker Bill Carasia (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) each had nine tackles for the Greyhounds.


Greyhound Weekly Update, November 8, 2004 (-3333-)

 

Women’s Soccer – 9-5-4 (Commonwealth Conference 2-4-1, MASCAC 5-4-1)

Season Complete

 

            Four members of the Moravian College women’s soccer team have been selected to the 2004 Commonwealth All-Conference Teams announced last Wednesday with senior defender Kelly Haymaker (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS) earning First Team honors and junior forward Megan Collins (Dover, DE/Caesar Rodney HS), junior defender Erin Gonda (Bethlehem, PA/Salisbury HS) and senior goalie Jill Vaccaro (South Salem, NY/John Jay HS) each earning a spot on the Second Team.  The quartet helped the Greyhounds to a 9-5-4 overall record this season including a 2-4-1 mark in Commonwealth Conference action.  Of Moravian’s five losses this season, three were by one goal and two of the losses were to teams that were nationally ranked at some point during the season.

 

            Haymaker scored three goals and two assists for the Greyhounds this fall.  During her career, Haymaker scored ten goals and seven assists for 28 points, and she was named to the All-Conference Second Team and the Commonwealth Conference Co-Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2001.

 

            Collins led Moravian in scoring this season with ten goals and two assists for 22 points.  She added one game-winning goal and has tallied 25 goals and ten assists in her career for 60 points to move into third all-time in scoring and second in goals.  Collins was on the All-Conference First Team last year after making the Second Team as a freshman in 2002.  Gonda had two goals and two assists for six points this fall while earning a spot on the All-Conference Second Team for the second straight season.  Vaccaro started all but one match in goal for the Greyhounds this season, posting a 1.25 goals-against average. 103 saves, a 9-5-3 record and six shutouts in 1,590 minutes of action.  During her career, Vaccaro had a 1.12 goals-against average with 305 saves, a 31-16-7 record and 21 shutouts in 5,099 minutes.

 

 

 

Women’s Cross Country – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MAC 0-0)

Last Week – off

This Week – Sat., Oct. 13th at NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships hosted by Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

 

            Moravian had a week off after its second place finish to prepare for the 2004 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship Meet to be hosted by Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.  A total of four teams from the region will qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships on Saturday, November 20th hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Eau-Claire.

 

 

 

Men’s Cross Country – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MAC 0-0)

Last Week – off

This Week – Sat., Oct. 13th at NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships hosted by Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

 

            Moravian had a week off after its tenth place finish to prepare for the 2004 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship Meet to be hosted by Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.  A total of four teams from the region will qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships on Saturday, November 20th hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Eau-Claire.

 

 

 

Golf – 0-0 (MAC 0-0)

Fall Season Complete

 

            The Greyhounds completed the fall portion of their schedule by winning their final three tournaments.  The squad will resume its schedule in late March as the squad prepares for the first-ever Commonwealth Conference Tournament at the end of April 2005.


Greyhound Weekly Update, November 8, 2004 (-4444-)

 

Field Hockey – 10-8 (Commonwealth Conference 2-5, MASCAC 6-5)

Season Complete

 

            Junior forward Stacee Cupples (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) of the Moravian College field hockey team has been named to the All-Commonwealth Conference Second Team announced last Tuesday.  Cupples helped the Greyhounds to their best season in nearly a decade as Moravian tied the school record for wins in a season with a 10-8 overall record.  The winning record was Moravian’s first since 1997 with the ten victories equaling the win totals from the 1988, 1989, 1992 and 1996 seasons.  Moravian was also 2-5 in Commonwealth Conference action this season, the first time since 1998 that the Greyhounds had won more than one conference match in a season.  Of Moravian’s eight losses in 2004, four were by one goal, including one in double overtime, and four losses were to nationally ranked teams.

 

            Cupples led Moravian in scoring with fall with 16 goals and a school record 11 assists for 43 points.  Cupples’ goal total is tied for the third-best single season in school history while her 43 total points are the second highest single season since Moravian began field hockey in 1974.  Cupples also had five game-winning goals for Moravian this season and was three-of-four on penalty stroke attempts.  In three seasons, Cupples has scored 19 goals and added 15 assists (second in school history) for 53 points. This past fall was Cupples first full season at forward after playing in the midfield her first two years.

 

 

 

Women’s Volleyball – 15-17 (Commonwealth Conference 2-5, MASCAC 5-8)

Season Complete

 

            Junior middle hitter Lindsey Siracusa (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury HS) of the Moravian College women’s volleyball team has been named to the All-Commonwealth Conference First Team announced last Wednesday.  Siracusa helped the Greyhounds to a 15-17 record this season, including a three-match winning streak to close out the 2004 season.  Moravian was also 2-5 in Commonwealth Conference action this fall.  Siracusa led Moravian with a .271 hitting percentage and 96 blocks while contributing 389 assists, 31 digs and 26 service aces.  Siracusa was a member of the All-Conference Second Team as a freshman in 2002.  In three seasons, Siracusa has become just the fifth player in Moravian history with over 1,000 career kills.  She has 1,178 kills, 308 blocks, 267 digs, 108 service aces and 36 assists for the Greyhounds.

 

 

 

Men’s Soccer – 8-8-1 (Commonwealth Conference 2-5, MASCAC 6-6)

Season Complete

 

            Three members of the Moravian College men’s soccer team have been selected to the 2004 Commonwealth All-Conference Teams announced last Tuesday with senior midfielder Nick Tarquinio (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro HS) earning First Team honors as a defender and senior midfielder Jim Feimster (East Stroudsburg, PA/Pocono Mountain HS) and sophomore forward Neil Untenahrer (East Stroudsburg, PA/Pocono Mountain HS) each earning a spot on the Second Team.  The trio helped the Greyhounds to an 8-8-1 overall record this season including a 2-5 mark in Commonwealth Conference action.  Of Moravian’s eight losses this season, five were by the score of 1-0 including one overtime match, and three of the losses were to teams that were nationally ranked at some point during the season.

 

            Tarquinio, who missed all of last season with an injury, led the Greyhounds in scoring this fall with eight goals and two assists for 18 points.  He had three game-winning goals for the Greyhounds and finished his career with 29 points on ten goals and nine assists in 60 matches.

 

            Feimster, who earned a spot on the All-Conference Second Team for the second consecutive year, added two goals and two assists for six points this season with one game-winning goal.  In his career, Feimster had nine goals and 15 assists for 33 points while playing in 80 matches.  Untenahrer contributed three goals and two assists for eight points this fall for the Greyhounds with two game-winning goals.  In just two seasons at Moravian, Untenahrer has scored nine goals and three assists for 21 points.

 

Greyhound Weekly Update, November 8, 2004 (-5555-)

 

Women’s Tennis – 13-3 (Commonwealth Conference 6-1, MASCAC 9-3)

Season Complete

 

            Senior Becky Deringer (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) of the Moravian College women’s tennis team has been named to the 2004 Commonwealth All-Conference First Team and the 2004 Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year while senior Marion Berry (Avon, NJ/St. Rose HS) also made the All-Conference First Team and junior Nicole Gruber (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon HS) was named to the All-Conference Second Team announced by the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation.  The trio helped the Greyhounds to a 13-3 record this season, including the team’s 11th consecutive conference championship match.  Moravian, which fell to Elizabethtown College 5-4 in the Commonwealth Conference Championships match, has won seven conference titles in the last nine years under the direction of head coach Dawn Benner.

 

            Deringer, the Greyhounds’ number top singles player, had an 11-6 singles mark this fall, and she combined with senior Jillian Iacovelli (Randolph, NJ/Randolph HS) for Moravian’s top doubles tandem and a record of 15-3.  Deringer, who had a career singles record of 53-15, was the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year in 2001 and on the All-Conference First Team in 2002 & 2003.

 

            Berry, Moravian’s number two singles player, had a 10-3 singles action this season, and she was 1-3 is doubles action.  Berry had a 35-5 singles slate since transferring to Moravian two years ago and she was on the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team a year ago.  Gruber had a 15-4 singles record this fall while playing third singles.  Gruber, who has a 36-16 career singles record, also posted a 9-2 doubles record with an 8-1 mark with freshman Leah Bradshaw (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) and a 1-1 mark with Berry.

 

 

 


Greyhound Weekly Update, November 8, 2004 (-6666-)

 

MORAVIAN INDUCTS FIVE INTO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

 

            Al Calvo (Bethlehem, PA), Jud Frank (Bethlehem, PA), Shawn Marie Walsh Hib (Azusa, CA), Gregory O’Neil (Bedminster, NJ) and John Patrignani (Vineland, NJ) made up the class of 2004 that was inducted into the Moravian College Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, November 5th.  Also honored at the 2004 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be Douglas C. Wilkins (Danville, NJ) with the Robert Martin Herbstman Award and the 1990-91 women’s basketball team. 

            Calvo, who graduated in 1948, played football, basketball and baseball at Moravian.  Calvo started his Moravian career in 1942, but had it interrupted in 1943 when he began military service.  At that time, all sports at Moravian were suspended.  Calvo served in the military from 1943 through 1946.  After he completed his service, Calvo returned to Moravian and continued to participate in basketball and baseball.  He was a member of the Varsity M Club, the Spanish Club and Omicron Gamma Omega while at Moravian.  Calvo is a retired school teacher and coach. He resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with his wife Ann.  They have four children; Karen, Lynn, Alan, and Thomas.

            Frank, who is from the class of 1994, was a four-year standout on the football and baseball teams at Moravian.  On the football gridiron, Frank was named to the All-Middle Atlantic Conference Team three times, and he was also a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Academic Team three times.  During his senior year, Frank was named a Second Team GTE Academic All-American and was awarded an NCAA Post-Graduate scholarship.  Frank ran for 2,433 yards during his career and added 101 receptions for 1,264 yards for the Greyhounds.  On the baseball diamond, Frank was a Middle Atlantic Conference Southwest League First Team All-Star twice and a Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League First Team All-Star once while being named to the All-Middle Atlantic Conference All-Academic Team three times.  Frank was also the baseball team’s Most Valuable Player as a junior.  Frank, who is teacher in the Bethlehem Area School District, lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Kathy (Stiely) Frank ’97.  The have two children; Casey, 3, and Cole, 1.

            Hib, a 1992 graduate of Moravian, starred on the Greyhound women’s track & field team for four years while attending Moravian.  Hib captured the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship in the shot put both indoors and outdoors all four years of her collegiate career.  Hib was also the Middle Atlantic Conference Champion in the discus throw three times, and she was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Athlete of the Meet during the 1991 and 1993 Middle Atlantic Conference Championship Meets.  During her junior year, Hib earned NCAA Division III All-American honors in the shout put, and she won the Eastern College Athletic Conference shot put championship the same year.  Hib set the Moravian records in the shot put, discus and 20-pound weight throw, and she set the Middle Atlantic Conference record in the shot put and discus.  Hib was a team captain as a junior and senior, and she was named the Greyhound Award winner as Moravian’s Most Outstanding Senior Female Athlete in 1992.  Hib, who teaches and coaches in the Covina Valley Unified School District, resides in Azusa, California with her husband Houn Peter Hib.

            O’Neil, who graduated in 1994, was a four-year letterwinner on the men’s track and field team for the Greyhounds.  O’Neil won the 1994 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championship in the 55-meter hurdles, and he was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American in the event.  He was also a two-time NCAA Division III All-American in the decathlon for the Greyhounds.  During his career, O’Neil won the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship in the 55-meter hurdles three times, the 110-meter high hurdles three times, the high jump outdoors once and was a member of the champion 4x400-meter relay once.  O’Neil was Moravian’s team Most Valuable Player twice, and he was named the Greyhound Award winner as Moravian’s Most Outstanding Senior Male Athlete in 1994.  O’Neil works in the United States Secret Service and resides in Morristown, New Jersey.

            Patrignani, a member of the class of 1989, was a four-year letterwinner on the football squad and a two-year letterwinner on the wrestling team at Moravian. On the football field, Patrignani helped the Greyhounds to the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship in 1988 and the school’s first-ever NCAA Playoff appearance that same year.  Patrignani earned Middle Atlantic Conference First Team All-Star honors twice at Moravian, and he was also on the Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern All-Star Team twice.  During his senior season, Patrignani was named to the Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-American Second team, the Pizza Hut All-American First Team and the Associated Press Little All-America Honorable Mention squad.  Patrignani set the school record with three interceptions in a game and 12 interceptions in a season.  He finished his career with 21 interceptions for the Greyhounds.  On the wrestling mat, Patrignani was the Moravian team Most Valuable Player in 1984-85, and he was the champion of the Lebanon Valley College Tournament.  Patrignani works for the United States Marshals Service and resides in Vineland, New Jersey with his wife Lisa.  The have three children; Sarah, 5, Hanna, 3, and Emma, 1.

            Wilkins, a member of the class of 1964, was a four-year letterwinner on the football team, and he earned three varsity letters on the wrestling squad.  Wilkins was the co-captain of the football team in 1963.  He was very active in the campus life at Moravian.  Wilkins was vice-president of the Class of 1964, president of the program board college union and president of the Omicron Gamma Omega.  He was also listed in Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.  Wilkins has worked as a teacher, administrator and coach for the Mountain Lakes School District.  Wilkins resides in Danville, New Jersey with his wife, Marjorie (Wallace) Wilkins ’64. They have three children, Debra, Lisa and Gordon.

            The 1990-91 women’s basketball team was another outstanding squad in Moravian history, posting a 27-3 record.  The team captured the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship and became the third women’s basketball team in school history to reach the NCAA Tournament, making the Sweet Sixteen before being knocked out of the tournament.