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2005-06 – Week 5 Contact:
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GREYHOUND TRACKS
Team Records as of October 2,
2005
Overall Commonwealth MASCAC/MAC Meets & Tournaments
Men’s Cross Country 0-0 0-0
Women’s Cross Country 0-0 0-0
Field Hockey 5-7 0-3 4-4
Football 3-2 3-2
Golf 0-0 0-0 4th at Lebanon Valley
Invitational
Men’s Soccer 4-7-1 2-1 2-3-1
Women’s
Soccer 9-1 3-0 5-1 1st
at Mary Washington Soccer Classic
Men’s Tennis 0-1 0-1 ITA Southeast Regional
Women’s
Tennis 11-1 4-1 6-1 ITA Southeast Regional
Women’s
Volleyball 16-4 2-1 7-1 1st at Elizabethtown Blue Jay Classic
GREYHOUND STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Female – Megan Collins (Sr., Rehoboth
Beach, DE/Caesar
Rodney HS)
Nicole Gruber (Sr.,
Lebanon,
PA/Lebanon HS), tennis
Male – Shawn Martell (Jr., Bethlehem,
PA/Bethlehem
Catholic HS), football
Ryan Walker (Sr., Metuchen,
NJ/Metuchen HS), soccer
UPCOMING HOME EVENTS:
Tuesday, October 4th
– Men’s Soccer vs. Alvernia
College, 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 5th
– Field Hockey vs. *Widener
University, 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 8th – Field
Hockey vs. *Messiah College, 1:00 p.m.; Women’s Soccer vs. *Elizabethtown College,
1:00 p.m.; Men’s Soccer vs. *Elizabethtown College,
3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 12th – Field
Hockey vs. Stevens Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m.; Women’s Tennis in 2005
Commonwealth
Conference Team Semifinals, TBA
Tuesday, October 18th
– Women’s Tennis vs. Drew
University, 4:00 p.m.
*Conference opponent
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Greyhound Weekly Update, October 3, 2005 (-2222-)
Last Week – Lost to *Widener University,
34-24. *MAC game
This Week – off
The Greyhounds dropped their second Middle Atlantic
Conference game of the season, falling at Widener University,
34-24. The loss was Moravian’s eighth
straight to the Pioneers. Widener scored
on the first play of the game on a 65-yard screen pass. The extra-point gave the Pioneers a 7-0 lead
just 13 seconds into the game.
Moravian would answer right back on its first drive of
the afternoon. Junior running back Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair
Haven HS) finished off the seven-play, 68-yard drive with a ten-yard
touchdown run off the left side. On the
carry, Jacoubs set the Moravian
all-time career records for rushing attempts with 649, points with 198 and
touchdowns with 33, all records previously held by Jim Joseph. Freshman kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville
HS) added the extra-point to tie the game at 7-7 with 11:24 remaining in
the first quarter.
Widener scored again with 7:24 remaining in the first
stanza but the point after attempt was wide left, leaving the score at 13-7
Widener.
Each team was forced to punt on their next possession
with Moravian running five plays and the Pioneers going three-and-out. Moravian would have the next chance to points
on the board but Reckenbeil’s
41-yard field goal attempt was wide left with 2:09 remaining in the first
quarter.
Widener scored on a touchdown pass and the extra-point
gave the Pioneers a 20-7 lead with 12:19 left in the first half. Widener would get the ball back for with an
interception of Moravian senior quarterback Jerry Venturino (Hopatcong, NJ/Hopatcong HS) at
the Widener 30-yard line. The Pioneers
added another touchdown for a 27-7 lead with 5:27 remaining in the second quarter.
Reckenbeil attempted
his second field goal of the game with five seconds left in the first half, but
his 35-yard attempt was wide left to let Widener head to halftime with a 27-7
lead. Moravian took the opening kickoff
of the second half and drove down inside the Widener-ten yard line but had to
settle for a 23-yard field goal by Reckenbeil,
cutting the Widener lead to 27-10 with 10:13 remaining in the third quarter.
Widener drove deep into Moravian before Greyhound
freshman linebacker Andrew Morrissey (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus
HS) ripped the ball away, giving Moravian the ball back. The Greyhounds drove down to the Widener
seven-yard line before turning the ball over on downs.
Venturino
would score his first rushing touchdown of the season with a one-yard touchdown
dive with 13:12 remaining in the fourth quarter to cap a ten-play, 64-yard
drive. Reckenbeil added the extra-point to cut Widener’s lead to
27-17. Venturino ran for 56 yards on seven carries and he completed 22 of
43 pass attempts for 329 yards, his second straight 300-plus yard game against
Widener.
The Pioneers scored their final touchdown with 11:12
remaining in the game. The extra-point
extended Widener’s lead back to 17 points at 34-17. Moravian would drive into the red zone again
but Widener intercepted Venturino at
the one-yard line on a fourth down play.
After forcing a punt, Jacoubs would score his second touchdown of the game from two-yards
out to finish off a ten-play, 85-yard drive for the Greyhounds. Reckenbeil’s extra-point pulled the Greyhounds within 34-24
with 2:18 left to play. Jacoubs finished the game with 138
yards on 28 attempts to improve his school record total to 3,491 yards in 26
games. Jacoubs also has school records of 673 attempts, 204 points and 34
touchdowns.
Moravian would attempt an onside kick that was recovered
by sophomore tight end Kris Bisci (Easton, PA/Easton HS). However, the Pioneers would intercept another
Venturino pass to seal the game for
Widener. Bisci caught one pass in the game for ten yards.
Greyhound junior wide receiver Shawn Martell (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem
Catholic HS) caught six passes for a career high 133 yards, the eight
highest single game in Moravian history.
Senior wide receiver Ben Hawkins
(Belmar, NJ/Manasquan HS) caught four passes for 62 yards in the first half
before being injured just before halftime while senior wideout
Russ Demko (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley
HS) had three catches for 69 yards. The
Greyhounds actually out-gained Widener in the game, 538 to 476, with Moravian
running 82 plays in the game to the Pioneers 61 plays. Moravian also had the
ball for over 32 minutes in the contest.
Morrissey led
the Moravian defense with nine tackles while senior defensive backs Tyler Chomik (Allentown, PA/Allentown
Central Catholic HS) and Mario
Bevilaqua (Scranton, PA/West Scranton HS) each had five tackles.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 3, 2005 (-3333-)
Women’s Volleyball – 16-4
(Commonwealth Conference 2-1, MASCAC 7-1)
Last Week – Defeated *Susquehanna
University, 3-1; Defeated #Lycoming College, 3-0. *Commonwealth Conference match, #MASCAC match
This Week – Wed., Oct. 5th
at *Widener University,
7:00 p.m.; Fri., Oct. 7th at York
College of Pennsylvania, 7:00 p.m. *Commonwealth Conference match
The Greyhounds won
their seventh straight match and moved over the .500 mark in Commonwealth
Conference action with a 30-15, 28-30, 30-21, 30-18 victory over Susquehanna University in conference action at
Johnston Hall. Junior outside hitter Kelly
Bauer (Hellertown, PA/Notre Dame HS)led Moravian with 16 kills and 11 digs
while senior middle hitter Lindsey
Siracusa (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury HS) had 14 kills to go with six blocks and
four service aces. Sophomore outside hitter Rachel Radocha (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall
HS) added 11 kills, eight digs and three blocks while junior setter Valerie Korsak
(Coplay, PA/Whitehall HS) contributed 43 assists, eight kills, eight digs
and three blocks. Sophomore middle hitter Jenna
Wallace (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) had nine kills and two blocks
in the victory while sophomore defensive specialist Elisa Martin (Emmaus,
PA/Emmaus HS) added seven
digs for the Greyhounds.
Moravian surpassed its win total from the 2004 season
with a 30-12, 30-19, 30-17 victory over Lycoming College
in non-conference action in Johnston Hall.
The win was Moravian’s 16th of the season; surpassing the 15
victories the Greyhounds had all of last season. Siracusa
led the Greyhounds with 16 kills and two blocks. The 16 kills give Siracusa 1,432 in her career, moving her into third in the Moravian
record books. Bauer added 13 kills and nine digs while Korsak had 39 assists, six kills, seven digs and three blocks. Radocha
added nine kills and eight digs while Wallace
had seven kills and four blocks for the Greyhounds. Junior outside hitter Jodie Elstner (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) added three kills and three
blocks.
Women’s Soccer – 9-1
(Commonwealth Conference 3-0, MASCAC 5-1)
Last Week – Defeated Ursinus
College, 1-0; Defeated *Juniata College, 3-0. *Commonwealth Conference match
This Week – Wed., Oct. 5th
at Haverford College,
4:00 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 8th vs. *Elizabethtown College,
1:00 p.m. *Commonwealth Conference match
The Greyhounds won their third straight match and
improved to 8-1 on the season with a 1-0 victory over Ursinus College
in non-conference action on the HUB Quad. With the win, Moravian finishes its five-match
home stand with a 4-1 record. After a
scoreless first half, Moravian senior forward Megan Collins (Rehoboth Beach,
DE/Caesar Rodney HS) found
the back of the net with the only goal of the contest in the 52nd minute off a
pass from junior forward Kristina Adams
(Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery HS). The goal was Collins' ninth of the season, and her fourth game-winning goal. The
Greyhounds, who are ranked sixth in the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Region,
had a 15-8 advantage in shots while both teams attempted four corner kicks.
Moravian freshman goalie Caitlin
Corrigan (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) had four saves for her
third shutout of the season.
Moravian remained undefeated in Commonwealth Conference
action, earning a 3-0 victory over Juniata
College in conference
play, the team’s fourth consecutive win. The Greyhounds scored the only goal
they would need in the 22nd minute when freshman forward Tracy Fitzpatrick (Wantage,
NJ/High Point Regional HS) found the back off the net off a pass from Collins. Fitzpatrick
would score again, her fifth goal of the season, in the 50th minute
off an assist from sophomore midfielder Jill
Newswanger (Pine
Grove, PA/Pine Grove
HS). Collins finished off the scoring in the 53rd minute with
her team-leading tenth goal of the season off a pass from Alisha Davy (Oaklyn, NJ/Haddon Township
HS). Moravian had a 17-3 advantage
in shots and a 1-0 edge in corner kicks.
Corrigan made one save for
her fourth shutout of the season.
Women’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Last Week – off
This Week – Fri., Oct. 7th at Blue Jay
Invitational hosted by Johns Hopkins University, Oregon Ridge Park, Baltimore,
MD, 4:30 p.m.
Moravian had a week off as the team prepares to compete
in the Blue Jay Invitational hosted by Johns
Hopkins University
at Oregon Ridge
Park in Baltimore, Maryland
on Friday, October 7th.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 3, 2005 (-4444-)
Last Week – 4th of 20 at Lebanon Valley
College Fall Invitational, Lebanon
Country Club
This Week – Thurs., Oct. 6th
at Elizabethtown College Fall Blue Jay Classic, Hershey
Country Club, 12:00 p.m.
The Greyhounds placed fourth of 20
schools at the Lebanon Valley College Fall Invitational played at the Lebanon
Country Club. Moravian had a team score of 311 while York College of
Pennsylvania won the tournament with a team total of 300. Junior Brian Bergstol (Mt.
Bethel, PA/Bangor HS) paced the Greyhounds with a
round of 76 on the par 72 course that tied him for seventh place among the 101
golfers. Sophomore Eric Whitman (Blairstown, NJ/Notre Dame
East Stroudsburg HS) and junior Thad
Miller (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus
HS) were each tied for 15th with rounds of 77 while sophomore Bryan Ott (Whitehall,
PA/Whitehall
HS) finished in a tie for 42nd with an 18-hole total of 81. Senior Dustin McCormick (East Stroudsburg,
PA/East Stroudsburg
HS) carded an 82, which was tied for 52nd, to round out the Moravian
golfers.
Women’s Tennis – 11-1
(Commonwealth Conference 4-1, MASCAC 6-1)
Last Week – Defeated Ursinus
College, 8-1; Defeated *Juniata College, 7-2. *Commonwealth Conference match
This Week – Thurs., Oct. 6th at #DeSales
University, 4:00 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 8th at #Susquehanna University,
1:00 p.m. *Commonwealth Conference match,
#MASCAC match
Moravian won its sixth straight match with an 8-1 victory
over Ursinus College in non-conference action at
Hoffman Courts. The Greyhounds led 3-0 after the doubles competition with wins
by the teams of senior Nicole Gruber
(Lebanon, PA/Lebanon HS) and sophomore Leah
Bradshaw (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS), the freshman team of Dyana Swan (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS) and
MaryKate Kelly (Beach Haven, NJ/Southern Regional
HS) and the junior duo of Courtney
Hall (Denver, PA/Cocalico HS) and Margo
Kokolus (Orefield, PA/Parkland HS). Moravian won five of the six singles
matches in straight sets with victories by senior Katie Cooke (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley
HS), sophomores Brittany Popaca (Lavallette, NJ/Point Pleasant Beach
HS) and Jennel Yelito (Tamaqua, PA/Tamaqua
HS), Gruber and Kelly.
Moravian clinched its 12th straight postseason
berth with a 7-2 victory over Juniata
College at Hoffman
Courts. The Greyhounds, who have won
seven straight matches, led 2-1 after doubles action with wins by the teams of Gruber and Bradshaw and the duo of Hall
and Kokolus. Moravian won five of six singles matches in
straight sets with victories by Gruber,
Cooke, Kelly, Popaca and Yelito.
Men’s Tennis – 0-1 (MASCAC
0-1)
Last Week – No Team Scores at Wilson
ITA Southeast Regional at University
of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Fall Season Complete
The Greyhounds competed at the Wilson/Intercollegiate
Tennis Association Southeast Regional hosted by the University
of Mary Washington on Fredericksburg, Virginia
last weekend. In the championship
singles draw, senior Neil Caniga (Hampton,
NJ/Voorhees HS) dropped his
first match to the second seed of the tournament. Caniga did win his first match of the consolation bracket
before being knocked out of the tournament.
In the “B” singles draw, freshman Steve
Bontempo (Verona, NJ/Verona
HS) won his first match before losing in the round of 32. Senior Sean
Lynch (West Chester, PA/Henderson HS), junior Scott Shelbo (Bethlehem,
PA/Freedom HS) and freshman Keith Feinman (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield
HS) each lost their first round matches.
Shelbo
would advance all the way to the consolation bracket quarterfinals while Lynch made the second round. In doubles action in the “B” draw, Lynch and Shelbo lost both of their
matches.
Men’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Last Week – off
This Week – Fri., Oct. 7th at Blue Jay
Invitational hosted by Johns Hopkins University, Oregon Ridge Park, Baltimore,
MD, 4:30 p.m.
Moravian had a week off as the team prepares to compete
in the Blue Jay Invitational hosted by Johns
Hopkins University
at Oregon Ridge
Park in Baltimore, Maryland
on Friday, October 7th.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 3, 2005 (-5555-)
Field Hockey – 5-7
(Commonwealth Conference 0-3, MASCAC 4-4)
Last Week – Defeated Gwynedd-Mercy
College, 2-1; Lost to Philadelphia
Biblical University, 5-3; Defeated #University
of Scranton, 4-1. *Commonwealth Conference match, #MASCAC match
This Week – Wed., Oct. 5th
vs. *Widener University,
4:00 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 8th vs. *Messiah College,
1:00 p.m. *Commonwealth Conference match
Moravian stopped a two-match losing streak with a 2-1
victory at Gwynedd-Mercy
College in non-conference
action. The Greyhounds took a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute on an unassisted goal
by senior forward Stacee Cupples (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central
Catholic HS). The Griffins tied the match in the 41st minute. Sophomore
forward Erica Spatz
(Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken
HS) scored the winning goal for Moravian in the 63rd minute off an assist
from sophomore forward Savannah Bayer (Newton,
NJ/Newton
HS). Moravian had a 9-3 advantage in shots and a 5-4 edge in penalty
corners in the match. Junior goalie Amanda
Gaun (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham HS) made two saves in the victory for
Moravian.
The Greyhounds dropped a 5-3 decision at Philadelphia
Biblical University in non-conference action. The Crimson Eagles took a 1-0
lead in the fourth minute, but the Greyhounds would tie the match at 1-1 in the
23rd minute on an unassisted goal by sophomore forward Jayme Baker (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh HS), her fourth goal of the
season. Philadelphia Biblical scored twice more to
lead 3-1 at the intermission with goals in the 34th and 35th
minutes. The Crimson Eagles extended their lead to 4-1 in the 51st minute. Moravian would net the next two goals with Cupples scoring both of them for her
sixth and seventh goals of the season. Spatz assisted on
the final goal. The Crimson Eagles scored the final goal in the 69th
minute. Philadelphia
Biblical had a 26-12 advantage in shots while Moravian held an 8-5 edge in
penalty corners. Gaun had nine saves
for the Greyhounds.
Moravian defeated the University of Scranton
in non-conference action on at Betty Prince Field behind a pair of goals by Baker. Freshman forward Nicole Maugle (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown
HS) opened the scoring for Moravian with her second goal of the season off
an assist by Cupples in the third
minute. The assist was Cupples' school-record 20th of her
career. Baker added goals in the 30th and 62nd minutes, her fifth and sixth
goals of the season, to help Moravian build a 3-0 lead. Bayer had
an assist on the second goal. Scranton scored in the
68th minute. Cupples tallied her team-leading eight goal of the season and the
27th of her career with no time on the clock off a pass by junior forward Jennifer Gassner
(Manasquan, NJ/Manasquan HS) as the Greyhounds
finished out a penalty corner. Moravian
had a 23-15 advantage in shots and a 13-8 edge on penalty corners. Gaun had
eight saves.
Men’s Soccer – 4-7-1
(Commonwealth Conference 2-1, MASCAC 2-3-1)
Last Week – Lost to Eastern University, 3-0; Defeated
*Juniata College, 3-1. *Commonwealth Conference match
This Week – Tues., Oct. 4th
vs. Alvernia College,
4:00 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 8th vs. *Elizabethtown College,
3:30 p.m. *Commonwealth Conference match
Moravian was shutout by nationally-ranked Eastern University, 3-0, in non-conference
action on the HUB Quad. The Eagles, 12th in the latest National Soccer Coaches
Association of America Division III Top 25 Poll, scored the only goal they
would need in the 37th minute. Eastern added two goals in the second half for
the 3-0 win. The Eagles had an 18-3 advantage in shots while both teams had two
corner kicks. Senior goalie Ryan Walker
(Metuchen, NJ/Metuchen HS) had three saves for the Greyhounds while the
team had one save as well when junior defender Peter Cunha (Milford, NJ/Immaculata HS) cleared a shot out of the
box just prior to reaching the goal line.
The Greyhounds won their second straight Commonwealth
Conference match, defeating Juniata
College, 3-1. The Eagles jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 21st
minute. Moravian would tie the match in
the 35th minute when senior forward Ryan Hintenach (Milford, NJ/Delaware Valley HS) scored his second goal of the season
off an assist by junior forward Neil Unternahrer (East Stroudsburg,
PA/Pocono
Mountain HS). The Greyhounds took the lead in the 38th
minute when freshman midfielder Ruben Concepcion (Blenheim, NJ/Triton Regional HS) found the
back of the net for his fifth goal of the year off an assist by freshman
forward Louis Dollarton
(Barrington, NJ/Haddon Heights HS).
Moravian added an insurance goal in the 75th minute when Hinetenach and Unternahrer
hooked up for another goal; Hintenach’s second of the match and third of the year. Moravian had a 12-7 advantage in shots in the
match while both teams had two corner kicks.
Walker
had two saves in the victory.