Greyhound
Weekly Update, April 3, 2006 (-2222-)
Softball – 19-3 Commonwealth
Conference 6-0, MASCAC 8-0)
Last Week – Defeated #Wilkes University,
4-2 & 8-0 (5 innings); Defeated
Muhlenberg College,
4-0 & 3-2; Defeated *Susquehanna
University, 1-0 (9
innings) & 2-0. *Commonwealth
Conference game, #MASCAC game
This Week – Tues., Apr. 4th vs. #DeSales University
(DH), 3:00 p.m.; Sat., Apr. 8th vs. *Lebanon Valley
College (DH), 1:00 p.m.
*Commonwealth Conference game, #MASCAC game
Moravian played its first home game of the 2006
season, defeating Wilkes
University in the first
game of a non-conference doubleheader, 4-2, at Blue & Grey Field. The
Colonels jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Moravian
would respond with three runs in the bottom of the second inning. With one out,
junior first baseman Lauren Homa (Chalfont,
PA?Central Bucks West HS)
reached on an error. After double by sophomore third baseman Kelly Santry
(Hatboro, PA/Upper Moreland HS), Homa would score on a Wilkes throwing error to the plate on
a ball hit by junior catcher Danielle Carrione (Bloomfield, NJ/Mt. St. Dominic HS). Santry tied the
game when she crossed the plate on a wild pitch. Carrione ended up being thrown
out at the plate on a bases loaded fielder's choice by freshman shortstop Jordan Oplinger
(Allentown, PA/Parkland HS); however, sophomore second baseman Beth Paly
(Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) followed with an RBI single to score sophomore
outfielder Megan Ritchey (Boyertown,
PA/Boyertown HS) to give the Greyhounds a 3-2 lead. Moravian scored its
final run in the bottom of the third inning. Junior outfielder Justina Black (Orefield, PA/Parkland HS) led
off the inning with a double off the new six-foot fence at Moravian but ended
up being forced out at the plate on a bases loaded fielder's choice by Santry. Senior pitcher Meagan
Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS), who had come in to pinch run
for senior designated player Richelle McWilliams (Riegelsville, PA/Easton HS), scored on
an RBI single by Carrione.
Moravian would leave the bases loaded and a total of eight runners on in the
game. The Greyhounds had nine hits with two by Carrione. Hennessy improved to 9-1 in the circle, allowing two runs, just one
earned, on five hits and two walks in seven innings. Hennessy struck out 11 batters in the win, her 24th career
double-digit strikeout game. She also moved past the 700 mark in career
strikeouts, now with 708 in her career.
The Greyhounds swept their fifth straight
doubleheader, defeating Wilkes, 8-0 in five innings, in the second game of a
non-conference doubleheader. Moravian scored all eight of its runs in the
bottom of the fourth inning. Freshman first baseman Sheri Bienick (Lumberton,
NJ/Rancocas
Valley HS) led off
the inning with a single and moved to third when Carrione reached on a Wilkes
error. Oplinger
would drive in Bienick
with an RBI single before another Colonel error allowed Carrione and Oplinger to score. McWilliams followed with an RBI single
to score Paly
while Black would cross the plate on
an RBI single by Homa.
Carrione
would come back to the plate and hit an RBI single and an error in the outfield
allowed Santry
and Homa
to score. Freshman outfielder Erica Klepeisz (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS) drove in the final
run with an RBI single that pushed Bienick across the plate for the second time in the inning.
Moravian finished the game with 14 hits, including two each by Klepeisz, Black, Homa, Bienick and Carrione. Freshman pitcher Kristie Pellicani
(Sparta, NJ/Sparta HS) earned her
fifth win of the season in the circle for the Greyhounds, allowing four hits
and a walk while striking out seven batters.
Moravian opened a non-conference doubleheader against
rival Muhlenberg College with a 4-0 victory. Hennessy tossed her sixth shutout of
the season, allowing just two hits in the victory. Hennessy struck out eight batters to raise her career total to 716.
The Greyhounds would give Hennessy
all of the offense she would need with four runs in the third inning. Klepeisz led off
the inning with an infield single and moved to third base on a Mule error when Oplinger laid
down a sacrifice bunt. Paly
followed with an RBI single. After an out, McWilliams
had an RBI single to score Oplinger. Hennessy would enter the game to run for McWilliams. Homa then hit an RBI to score Paly while Hennessy would score on an RBI single
by Santry.
The Greyhounds had 12 hits in the game three by Santry and two each from Klepeisz and Homa; however,
the Greyhounds left ten runners on base.
The Greyhounds swept their sixth straight
doubleheader with a 3-2 win over Muhlenberg in non-conference action. Moravian
jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Bienick walked
with two outs and scored on an RBI double by McWilliams. The Mules would tie the game at 1-1 in the bottom of
the third inning. Muhlenberg would take a 2-1 lead the next inning when another
unearned run scored in the bottom of the fourth inning. Moravian would retake
the lead with two runs in the top of the sixth inning with Pellicani and Ritchey both scoring unearned runs on
an error by the Mules. Moravian had just seven hits in the game with three by McWilliams and two by Paly. Pellicani earned
her sixth win of the season in the circle, allowing two unearned runs on eight
hits in 6 1/3 innings. Pellicani
did record four strikeouts in the game. Hennessy
came into pitch the final 2/3 of an innings, striking out both batters for her
second save of the season and the eighth save of her career.
Moravian needed a pair of extra innings to extend its
winning streak to 13 straight games with a 1-0, nine-inning victory over Susquehanna University in the first game of a
Commonwealth Conference doubleheader. The Greyhounds scored the only run of the
game with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning. Oplinger reached on a
Susquehanna error to lead off the inning, and Oplinger moved to second on a
sacrifice bunt by Paly.
Black followed with an RBI single to
score Oplinger
and end the game. Moravian had just two hits in the game with the other being a
single by Homa
in the third inning. The Crusaders only had three hits in the pitchers duel. Hennessy improved 11-1 in the circle with
her seven shutout of the season as she allowed three hits and four walks.
The Greyhounds extended their winning streak to 14
straight games and swept their seventh consecutive doubleheader with a 2-0
victory over Susquehanna in conference. Hennessy
earned her second shutout of the doubleheader, allowing just five hits and a
walk while striking out nine. Hennessy
is now eighth all-time in NCAA Division III history with 742 career strikeouts,
tied for 11th in career wins with 79 and fourth in shutouts with 45. Hennessy also moved into 19th all-time
with 686.0 innings pitched. The win was Hennessy's
12th of the season, and it was also her eighth shutout of the year. Hennessy would get all the offense she
would need in the bottom of the fourth inning. Paly led off the inning with a
single and would score on a two-out, RBI single by Homa. Moravian would add a run
in the bottom of the fifth inning. Bienick led off with a double and Ritchey came in to pinch run. Ritchey
would score on a two-out, RBI single by Oplinger. The Greyhounds had just six hits in the game with
two off the bat of Paly.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, April 3, 2006 (-3333-)
Men’s Tennis – 2-6 (Commonwealth
Conference 1-1, MASCAC 2-4)
Last Week – Lost to *Messiah
College, 7-0; Defeated *Susquehanna University, 7-0. *Commonwealth Conference match
This Week – Tues., Apr. 4th vs. *Albright College,
3:30 p.m.; Thurs., Apr. 6th vs. *Elizabethtown
College, 3:30 p.m.; Sat., Apr. 8th
at *Juniata College,
1:00 p.m.; Sun., Apr. 9th vs. Chestnut Hill
College, 1:00 p.m.
*Commonwealth Conference match
Moravian lost its 2006 Commonwealth Conference opening
match, falling to Messiah
College, 7-0. The closest
the Greyhounds were to winning a contest in the match was at second doubles as
junior Scott Shelbo
(Bethlehem, PA/Freedom
HS) and freshman Lee Gustin (Allentown,
PA/Dieruff HS) forced a
tiebreaker before falling 9-8 (7-4).
The Greyhounds evened their Commonwealth Conference
record at 1-1 for the season with a 7-0 victory over Susquehanna University
at Hoffman Courts. Moravian started the match by earning the doubles point for
wins in all three doubles contests. Seniors Neil Caniga (Hampton,
NJ/Voorhees HS) and Sean Lynch (West Chester, PA/Henderson HS) won
at first doubles, Shelbo
and Gustin
earned the victory at second doubles while freshmen Keith Feinman (Haddonfield,
NJ/Haddonfield HS) and Jeremiah Reinhart (Effort, PA/Pleasant Valley HS) won at third doubles. The
Greyhounds swept all six singles matches with Caniga, Shelbo, Lynch, Gustin
and Reinhart winning in straight
sets and Feinman
earning a three-set victory.
Men’s Lacrosse – 1-7 (MASCAC
0-4)
Last Week – Lost to *FDU-Florham, 12-5; Lost to *University of Scranton, 10-7. *Middle Atlantic Conference match
This Week – Wed., Apr. 5th
at York College
of Pennsylvania,
3:30 p.m.; Sat., Apr. 8th at *King’s College, 1:00 p.m. *Middle Atlantic Conference match
The Greyhounds fell to FDU-Florham, 12-5, in Middle
Atlantic Conference action. The Devils led 2-0 after the first quarter and 6-2
at halftime. FDU-Florham would extend its lead to 9-3 after three quarters. The
Devils finished the match with a 34-15 advantage in shots and a 24-15 edge in
ground balls. Moravian did win 11 of 19 face-offs in the match. Junior
midfielder TJ Hirsch (Putnum Valley, NJ/Walter
Panas HS) paced the Greyhounds with three goals while freshmen midfielders Kyle Gardner (Emmaus,
PA/Perkiomen Prep HS) and Brian Cleaver (Allentown,
PA/Parkland
HS) each found the back of the net once. Junior midfielder Ken Blom (Rochelle Park, NJ/Bergen Catholic
HS) and freshman attack Jason Tosches (West Windsor, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro South HS)
each added assists for Moravian. Hirsch
won seven of 12 face-offs in the match, and he added a team high four ground
balls as did sophomore midfielder Aaron
Satterfield (Mt. Arlington,
NJ/Pope John XXIII HS).
Freshman goalie Benjamin Larson (Dover, DE/Dover HS) made nine
saves in just over 51 minutes of action while sophomore keeper Peter Courtos (Chalfont,
PA/Central Bucks West HS) had three saves in the final nine minutes of the
match for the Greyhounds.
Moravian played its first match of the season on campus
and it’s first-ever contest on the HUB Quad, falling to the University of Scranton,
10-7, in a Middle Atlantic Conference match. The Greyhounds scored the first
goal of the contest; however, the Royals netted the next three and led 4-2
after one quarter. Scranton
scored the only goal of the second quarter with less than 30 seconds remaining
in the half to head to the intermission with a 5-2 lead. Both teams scored two
goals in the third quarter and three goals in the fourth quarter. Moravian
finished the game with a 35-32 edge in shots and a 34-28 advantage in ground
balls while Scranton
won 15 of 22 face-offs. Blom led the
Greyhounds with three goals and an assist while Hirsch had two goals and an assist. Tosches scored Moravian's other
two goals while Satterfield and
freshman midfielder Bradley McVaugh (Perkasie,
PA/Pennridge HS) each had
assists. Sophomore defender Adam Melroy (Newton, NJ/Pope John XXIII HS) and freshman defender James Messler (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) each had a team high five ground balls
while Blom led Moravian in
face-offs, winning four of nine. Larson
had nine saves, three ground balls and one shot.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, April 3, 2006 (-4444-)
Baseball – 3-17
(Commonwealth Conference 0-9, MASCAC 1-10)
Last Week – Lost to Lehigh University, 28-3; Lost to
#University of Scranton, 8-1; Defeated #University of Scranton, 10-7; Lost to
Alvernia College, 7-3. #MASCAC game
This Week – Wed., Apr. 5th
vs. Neumann College,
3:30 p.m.; Fri., Apr. 7th vs. *Albright
College, 3:00 p.m.; Sat., Apr. 8th
at *Albright College (DH), 12:00 p.m. *Commonwealth Conference game
Moravian dropped a 28-3 decision to NCAA Division I
Lehigh University in non-conference action. The Mountain Hawks jumped out to a
5-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and added two more runs in the
bottom of the second for a 7-0 lead. The Greyhounds would break into the
scoring column in the top of the third inning on a two-out RBI single by
sophomore second baseman John Bisco (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) that pushed junior
catcher Colin Welles (Belvidere,
NJ/Belvidere HS) across the plate. Welles
had led off the inning with an infield single. Lehigh would score twice more in
the bottom of the third to extend the lead to 9-1. Moravian scored again in the
top of the fourth inning when senior outfielder/first baseman Richie Cline (Union Beach, NJ/Keyport HS),
junior shortstop Pete Moore (Bogota,
NJ/Bogota HS) and freshman third baseman Matthew McCarthy (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) drew
walks to load the bases with no outs. Cline
would score on a wild pitch to cut the Mountain Hawk lead to 9-2. Lehigh
responded with three runs in the bottom of the fourth to push the lead to 12-2.
The Mountain Hawks scored 16 runs over the next four innings to build a 28-2
lead. Lehigh had eight runs in the fifth inning, one in the sixth and seven
more in the eighth. The seventh inning was the only one that Lehigh didn't
score in during the game. Moravian finished off the scoring in the top of the
ninth inning. Sophomore outfielder Josh
Baltz (Easton, PA/Easton HS) was credited with an RBI on a fielder's
choice that allowed freshman second baseman Thomas Murray (Staten Island, NY/Moore
Catholic HS) to score. Murray
singled to lead off the inning in his first collegiate at-bat. The Greyhounds
finished the game with six hits including two by Bisco. Senior John Howarth
(Livingston, NJ/Livingston HS) suffered the loss on the mound for Moravian,
allowing seven runs, six of them earned, on five hits and two walks with one
strikeout in two innings of action. Junior Josh
Hunter (Palmerton, PA/Palmerton HS) also pitched two innings for Moravian,
giving up five runs, four of them earned, on six hits and two walks. Cline and Moore each tossed on inning
while freshman Mark Maglione
(Hazlet, NJ/Raritan HS) pitched two innings, allowing just one
run on two hits and striking out two batters.
The Greyhounds lost the first game of a
non-conference doubleheader at the University
of Scranton, 8-1. The
game started about 45 minutes late due to rain before the first pitch. The
Royals took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning and doubled it to 4-0
in the bottom of the fifth. Scranton
added four more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning for an 8-0 lead. Moravian
scored its lone run of the game in the top of the seventh inning. McCarthy reached on an error to lead
off the inning before Moore singled.
After a ground out forced McCarthy
out at third base, freshman shortstop Kevin
Gambrino (Brick, NJ/Monsignor Donovan HS) and
sophomore outfielder Josh Baltz drew
walks to push Moore
across the plate. The Greyhounds had five hits in the game with two off the bat
of Baltz. Moravian sophomore Trevor Lawrence (Lansford, PA/Upper
Moreland HS) suffered the loss on the mound for Moravian, allowing eight
runs, just two of them earned, on nine hits and three walks while striking out
four batters.
Moravian snapped a ten-game losing streak with a 10-7
win over the University
of Scranton in the second
game of a non-conference doubleheader. The Greyhounds jumped out to a 2-0 lead
in the top of the first inning on a one-out, two-RBI single by McCarthy that scored Baltz and Bisco. Scranton responded and took a 4-2 lead in the
bottom of the first inning. Moravian would tie the game at 4-4 with a pair of
runs in the top of the third inning. Baltz
would score on a Scranton
error while McCarthy hit an RBI
ground out to push Bisco
across the plate. The Greyhounds pushed six runs home in the top of the fourth
inning for a 10-4 lead. Sophomore outfielder Brett Stout (Easton, PA/Easton HS) hit a two-RBI double to score freshman
catcher Thomas Czarnecki
(Columbia, NJ/North Warren HS) and Gambrino. Freshman designated
hitter Joseph Durso
(Middletown, NJ/Christian Brother Academy HS) would
drive in Stout with a two-run, home
run, Durso's
first collegiate homer. The Greyhounds picked up two more runs in the inning
when Cline and McCarthy each scored on errors. Scranton would score once in the bottom of
the sixth inning and twice in the seventh to pull within, 10-7, but the
Greyhounds were able to earn the victory with the tying run at the plate.
Moravian had ten hits in the game including three by McCarthy and two by Czarnecki. Sophomore pitcher Matthew Swartz (Dunmore, PA/Dunmore HS) earned hits first victory
of the season on the mound for the Greyhounds, allowing four unearned runs on
five hits with two strikeouts in five innings. Sophomore Brandon Cohn (Newtown Square, PA/The Shipley School)
worked two innings for the save, allowing three unearned runs on three hits and
three walks.
The Greyhounds dropped a 7-3 decision to Alvernia College in a non-conference game at
Gillespie Field. The Crusaders jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first
inning. Alvernia extended its lead to 3-0 with a pair of runs in the top of the
third inning. Moravian would tie the game in the bottom half of the third
inning, scoring three runs. Gambrino led off the inning by reaching on an Alvernia
throwing error. Baltz followed with
an RBI single to centerfield to score Gambrino. After an out, Durso tripled down the left
field line to score Baltz, and Durso would
score on a throwing error on the relay to the plate as the ball sailed out of
play. The Crusaders would retake the lead in the top of the fifth inning on a back-to-back solo home runs. Alvernia extended its lead
to 7-3 with two runs in the top of the seventh inning. Moravian had a total of
eight hits in the game with three by Baltz.
On the mound for Moravian, Maglione started on the mound, allowing three runs on five
hits and two walks in three innings of action. Hunter ended up with the loss, giving up two runs on three hits
while striking out four in two innings of action. Stout also tossed two innings, allowing two runs on five hits with
two strikeouts. Bisco
finished off the game for the Greyhounds, allowing two hits and a walk with two
strikeouts in two innings of action.
Greyhound Weekly Update, April 3, 2006 (-5555-)
Women’s Outdoor Track &
Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Last Week – 5th of 6 at Rider University-Lafayette
College 6-Way Meet, Lawrenceville, NJ
This Week – Fri. & Sat., Apr. 7th
& 8th at Princeton University Invitational, Princeton, NJ
The Greyhounds placed fifth of six schools at the Rider
University-Lafayette College 6-Way meet at Rider with a team score of 20.50 points.
Lafayette had the
top team score at 98.50. Moravian was the only NCAA Division III school at the
meet and had one first place finish with junior Erin Recker (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS) winning the 100-meter
dash in a time of 12.35 seconds. Recker also placed third in the 200-meter dash
in 2.84 seconds.
In other sprint race results, junior Kathleen McCarron (Nazareth,
PA/Nazareth HS)
was fourth in the 100-meter dash in 13.20 seconds while junior Suzanne Tamlyn (Wappingers Falls,
NY/Wallkill HS) took fifth in
a time of 13.21 seconds. Freshman Rachelle
Elneus (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) saw her first action of the season
in the 100-meter dash and placed ninth in 13.49 seconds while freshman Katrina Birle
(Westwood, MA/Westwood HS) was 12th in a time of 13.81 seconds. Tamlyn took
ninth in the 200-meter dash in 27.36 seconds, and she was also ninth in the
400-meter dash in 1:02.70. Elneus finished 15th in the 200-meter dash in 28.84 seconds
while Birle
was 16th in 29.84 seconds. Junior Amy Reehill (Roselle, NJ/Roselle
Catholic HS) placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:09.64. The
Greyhounds 4x100-meter relay squad was second of McCarron, Recker, Tamlyn
and Elneus
in a time of 49.63 seconds.
In the distance events, freshman Stephanie Miller (Easton, PA/Easton
HS) placed seventh in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 5:12.24. Senior Alexis Vergalla (Glen Gardner, NJ/Voorhees
HS) led three Moravian runners in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of
12:21.10, which placed her fifth. Freshman Naomie Kachel (Shillington,
PA/Governor Mifflin HS) was sixth in 12:49.12
while junior Jennifer Connolly (Weare, NH/Manchester West HS)
took eighth in a time of 13:34.63.
Junior Kelly
Applegate (Easton, PA/Easton HS) took fourth in the javelin with a toss of
33.04 meters (108 feet, five inches), and she was fifth in the shot put with a
distance of 12.01 meters (39 feet, five inches). Classmate Tammy Balliet (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) was
sixth in the hammer throw with a toss of 36.96 meters (121 feet, 3 1/2 inches),
and she was ninth in the shot put at 10.43 meters (34 feet, 2 3/4 inches). McCarron placed
eighth in the long jump with a leap of 4.68 meters (15 feet, 4 1/4 inches).
Women’s Lacrosse – 0-6 (MASCAC
0-3)
Last Week – Lost to *Messiah College,
20-4. *Middle Atlantic Conference match
This Week – Mon., Apr. 3rd
vs. Cedar Crest
College, 4:00 p.m.; Wed., Apr. 5th
at *Drew University,
4:00 p.m.; Sat., Apr. 8th vs. *Lycoming College,
1:00 p.m. *Middle Atlantic Conference match
The Greyhounds dropped a 20-4 decision to Messiah College in a Middle Atlantic Conference
match on the HUB Quad. The Falcons had a 26-18 advantage in shots and a 37-28
edge in ground balls while Moravian had a 14-12 edge in draw controls.
Greyhound senior midfielder Jessica
Cordani (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro HS) scored three goals while
sophomore attack Casey Simpson scored Moravian's other goal. Junior midfielder Lindsey Lustrino (Spring
Lake, NJ/Manasquan HS) had an
assist while senior defender Lauren
Johnston (Huntingdon Valley, PA/Upper Moreland HS) had a team high six ground balls. Lustrino and sophomore defender Mauri Dallago (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown HS)
each had three draw controls while senior defender Kristin Schol (West
Chester, PA/Henderson
HS) and senior midfielder Kindal
Estes (New Providence, NJ/New Providence HS) had four ground balls each.
Moravian sophomore goalie Laura Schantz (Bethlehe,
PA/Liberty
HS) made eight saves in the match.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, April 3, 2006 (-6666-)
Men’s Outdoor Track &
Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Last Week – 3rd of 6 at Rider University-Lafayette
College 6-Way Meet, Lawrenceville, NJ
This Week – Fri. & Sat., Apr. 7th
& 8th at Princeton University Invitational, Princeton, NJ
Moravian participated in the Rider University-Lafayette
College 6-Way Meet and placed third of the six teams with a score of 52.50
points while co-host Rider won with 90 points. Moravian was the only NCAA
Division III school in the meet. The Greyhounds had
three individual event winners with sophomore Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh
HS) winning the 200-meter dash in 22.14 seconds, sophomore Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville,
PA/Boyertown HS) capturing the 400-meter hurdles in 55.41 seconds and
senior Michael El Kazzaz
(Easton, PA/Easton HS) winning the pole vault with a top height of 4.42
meters (14 feet, six inches). Brown
also placed second in the long jump with a leap of 6.61 meters (21 feet, 8 1/4
inches), and he was third in the 100-meter dash in 11.29 seconds. Tussey finished
second in he 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 14.94 seconds, and he was
ninth in the 100-meter dash in 11.78 seconds.
Also in the 100-meter dash, freshman Robert Shaffer (Pottstown, PA/Pottstown HS) placed fourth in 11.39
seconds while sophomore James Bell (Mohnton,
PA/Governor Mifflin HS) was fifth in 11.51 seconds. Shaffer also finished
fifth in the 200-meter dash at 22.99 seconds while Bell
was sixth in a time of 23.08 seconds. Junior Josh Kline (Reading, PA/Exeter HS) took fifth
in the 400-meter dash in 51.29 seconds, and he was ninth in the 200-meter dash
in 23.22 seconds. Moravian's 4x100-meter relay squad of Bell,
Brown, Shaffer and Kline placed
second in a time of 42.76 seconds.
Senior Greg Rarick
(Drums, PA/Hazleton HS) placed 21st in the 1,500-meter run in 4:21.57, and
he was 25th in the 800 meters in a time of 2:10.15. Freshman Timothy Murphy (Bethlehem,
PA/Bethlehem
Catholic HS) placed 24th in the 1,500 meters at 4:36.92. Freshman Jeff Berland
(Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock HS) placed eighth in the 110-meter high hurdles in
a time of 16.34 seconds while freshman Jared
Henrie (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell
Valley HS) was eighth
in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:03.27. Freshman Stephen Mulchay (Whitehall,
PA/Whitehall
HS) took ninth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:04.26.
In addition to El Kazzaz in the pole vault, freshman Alan Woods (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cedar Cliff HS) placed third at a
height of 3.96 meters (13 feet) while sophomore Allan Fatzinger (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua
HS) was fourth, clearing 3.65 meters (12 feet) in his first action of the
year.
In the throwing events, sophomore Nathaniel Dutile (Plymouth, ME/Nokomis HS)
placed third in the shot put with a toss of 14.86 meters (48 feet, nine inches)
while freshman Blair Maginnis
(Asbury, NJ/Warren Hills Regional HS) was fourth at 13.37 meters (43 feet,
10 1/2 inches). Berland
11th in the shot put with a distance of 9.85 meters (32 feet, 3 3/4 inches). Dutile also
finished fourth in the discus with a toss of 40.99 meters (134 feet, six
inches) while junior Steve Kondorossy (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery HS) placed fifth
at 37.33 meters (122 feet, six inches). Senior Robert Kilmurray (Wall, NJ/Wall HS) was
ninth in the discus with a toss of 30.45 meters (99 feet, 11 inches) while
sophomore Robert Bernadyn
(Mahanoy City, PA/Mahanoy Area HS) took tenth at 29.24 meters (95 feet, 11
1/2 inches) and Berland
was 11th at 26.65 meters (87 feet, 5 1/2 inches). Kondorossy was Moravian's top
finisher in the hammer throw with a distance of 38.99 meters (127 feet, 11 1/4
inches) while junior Patrick Callahan
(Matawan, NJ/Matawan HS) was eighth at 33.69 meters (110 feet, 6 3/4
inches). Bernadyn
placed ninth at 32.15 meters (105 feet, six inches) while Maginnis was tenth at 32.02
meters (105 feet, one inch). Freshman Justin
Starcher (Greentown, PA/Wallenpaupack
HS) placed fourth in the javelin with a throw of 47.98 meters (157 feet, 5
1/4 inches) while junior Michael Ossont (Arshbald, PA/Valley View
HS) placed sixth at 47.18 meters (154 feet, 9 3/4 inches).
Golf – 0-0 (Commonwealth
Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Last Week – 1st of 8 at York (PA) College
Spring Invitational
This Week – Mon., Apr. 3rd at Lebanon
Valley College Spring Invitational at Lebanon Country Club, 12:30 p.m.;
Fri., Apr. 7th hosts Annual Moravian College Spring Invitational at
Southmoore Golf Course, Bath, PA, 12:30 p.m.
Moravian began the
2006 spring portion of its schedule with a first place finish at the York (PA)
College Spring Invitational. The Greyhounds posted a team score of 300 to place
three strokes ahead of second place Keystone College and first of the eight
schools at the invitational. Moravian junior Brian Bergstol (Mt. Bethel, PA/Bangor
HS) earned medalist honors with a four-under round of 68 on the par 72
course at the Outdoor Country Club. Sophomore Eric Whitman (Blairstown, NJ/Notre Dame East Stroudsburg {PA} HS) placed second
with an even-par round of 72 while senior Dustin
McCormick (East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg HS) was tied for 13th of the 39
golfers with an 18-hole total of 78. Rounding out the Greyhound line-up were
junior John Gilbert (Allentown,
PA/Freedom HS) in a tie for 25th with a
round of 82 and sophomore Bryan Ott (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) in 35th
place with an 89.