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2006-07 – Week 24 Contact:
Mark Fleming (610) 861-1472, (610) 390-7545 or (610) 758-8721
Baseball 0-0 0-0 0-0
Men’s Basketball 11-14 4-10 7-12 Champion of 29th Greyhound
Starters Classic
Women’s Basketball 16-11 9-5 13-7 Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up
Men’s Lacrosse 0-1 0-0
Softball 0-0 0-0 0-0
Men’s Track & Field 0-0 0-0 2nd of 10 at MAC Indoor
Championships
Women’s Track & Field 0-0 0-0 1st of 10 at MAC Indoor
Championships
Female – Jenny Hackleman (Sr., Arroyo
Jessica Posimo (Fr.,
Male – Ozzie Brown (Jr.,
UPCOMING HOME EVENTS:
Saturday, March 10th
– Women’s Lacrosse vs.
Wednesday, March 14th
– Men’s Tennis vs.
Saturday, March 17th – Baseball
vs. *
1:00 p.m.; Women’s Lacrosse vs. *
Tuesday, March 20th
– Baseball vs.
Wednesday, March 21st
– Men’s Tennis vs. FDU-Florham, 3:30 p.m.; Men’s Lacrosse vs.
*Conference opponent
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Greyhound Weekly Update, February 26, 2007 (-2222-)
Women’s Basketball – 16-11 (Commonwealth
Conference 9-5, MASCAC 13-7)
Moravian, seeded third in the Commonwealth Conference
Tournament, defeated second seeded Albright College, 68-61, to advance to the
Commonwealth Conference Championship game for the fifth straight season.
Moravian, which has won six consecutive games scored first and the game was tied
at 2-2 before the Greyhounds pulled ahead, 5-2. The Lions would eventually take
a 6-5 lead before Moravian went on an 11-2 run to build its biggest lead of the
half, 16-8. The Greyhounds kept the lead until the Lions took a 25-24 lead with
just under two minutes to play in the first half. Moravian scored the final
eight points of the first half to head to the locker room with a 32-25 lead.
The Greyhounds made 12 of 33 field goal attempts (36.4 percent) in the first 20
minutes of the contest, one of four three-pointers and seven of 11 free throws.
The Greyhounds had a 29-27 edge in rebounds but committed 11 turnovers to just
eight turnovers for the Lions. Coming out of the locker room for the second
half, Moravian slowly build a ten-point lead, 44-34, with 16:37 to play.
Albright fought its way back, eventually tying the contest at 54-54 with 7:50
remaining on the clock. The game would be tied twice more at 56-56 and 58-58
finally with 6:59 to play. Moravian eventually pulled ahead on a jumper by
freshman guard Jessica Foran (
Moravian, seeded third in the Commonwealth Conference
Tournament, fell to top seed Messiah College, 79-57, in the 2007 Commonwealth
Conference Championship game. The Greyhounds were playing in their fifth
straight conference championship contest. Messiah had the lead for the first
half, and the Falcons led 31-26 at halftime. Moravian shot just ten of 33 from
the field (30.3 percent) in the first 20 minutes, three of eight behind the
three-point line and three of six at the foul line. The Greyhounds did have a
23-19 advantage in rebounds at the intermission, and both teams committed 12
first half turnovers. Moravian came out of the locker room quickly to start the
second half, pulling within one-point at 33-32, with 18:24 still to play.
However, the Falcons slowly pulled away late in the second half, putting the
game away at the foul line. Moravian also shot better following the
intermission, making ten of 26 field goal attempts (38.5 percent) and 11 of 14
free throws. The Greyhounds, who had a 40-39 edge in rebounds for the game,
missed all three of their three-point attempts in the second half. Moravian had
three-players in double figures led by Applegate
with 21 points to go with nine rebounds. Freshman guard Jessica Foran tossed
in 12 points for the Greyhounds while Hackleman
(had ten points to go with a game high 11 rebounds.
Brown netted six points on a pair of
three-pointers to go with three assists for the Greyhounds while
Men’s Basketball – 11-14
(Commonwealth Conference 4-10, MASCAC 7-12)
Greyhound
Weekly Update, February 26, 2007 (-3333-)
Women’s Indoor Track &
Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
After having its streak of ten straight conference
championships snapped a year ago, Moravian won its 11th title in the last 12
years at the 2007 Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships hosted by
Moravian swept the six scoring places in the 200-meter
dash with freshman Dana Haslett (
Moravian also had two relay teams finish first with the
4x200-meter relay squad of Recker, Haslett senior Amy Reehil (Roselle, NJ/Roselle Catholic HS)
and freshman Rachel Beck (Churchville,
PA/Council Rock South HS) taking the top spot in 1:46.43 and the
4x400-meter relay team of Heim, Haslett, Reehil and freshman Kaitlyn Boyer (Oley, PA/Oley Valley HS)
finishing first in a time of 4:13.37. The Greyhounds other relay teams were
seniors Jennifer Connolly (Weare, NH/Manchester West HS) and Suzanne Tamlyn (Wappingers
Falls, NY/Wallkill HS) and sophomores Naomie Kachel (Shillington, PA/Governor Mifflin HS)
and Kelly Williams (Tafton, PA/Wallenpaupack
HS) placing sixth in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 11:02.68 and the
distance medley relay squad of Connolly,
Tamlyn, Williams and freshman Katelyn Chando
(Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) finishing seventh in 13:45.43.
Haslett was
second in the 55-meter dash in 7.35 seconds after running an NCAA Division III
provisional qualifying time of 7.32 seconds in the preliminaries. Beck was third in the finals in 7.56
seconds while senior Kathleen McCarron (
In the distance events, sophomore Kayla Teeling (
Heim also
placed second in the long jump with a leap of 5.13 meters (16 feet, ten inches)
while McCarron
was fifth at 5.05 meters (16 feet, seven inches) and freshman Rachel Riggs (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg HS)
was ninth with a distance of 4.75 meters (15 feet, seven inches). Riggs took fourth in the triple jump
with a leap of 10.35 meters (33 feet, 11 1/2 inches) while McCarron was fifth at 10.29
meters (33 feet, 9 1/4 inches). Sophomore Christine
Kihm (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown HS) provisionally
qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships with a vault of 3.70 meters
(12 feet, 1 3/4 meters), just under her best mark of the season. Sophomore Thea Kennerkneckt (Central
Valley, NY/Monroe-Woodbury HS) was tenth with a height of 2.74 meters (nine
feet).
In the throwing events, freshman Rebeka Woolley (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro HS) placed seventh
in the shot put with a toss of 10.46 meters (34 feet, four inches) while senior
Tammy Balliet (Whitehall,
PA/Whitehall HS) was tenth at 9.50 meters (31 feet, two inches). Balliet placed
fifth in the 20-pound weight throw with a toss of 12.12 meters (39 feet, 9 1/4
inches) while freshman Flora Robertson
(Hawley, PA/East Stroudsburg North HS) was seventh at 11.73 meters (38
feet, six inches).
Greyhound
Weekly Update, February 26, 2007 (-4444-)
Men’s Indoor Track &
Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
The Greyhounds placed second of ten teams at the 2007
Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships hosted by
Moravian's only other first place finish in the
championship was by the 4x200-meter relay team of Brown, senior Josh Kline (
Tussey
was the runner-up in the 55-meter hurdles in 7.64 seconds, an NCAA Division III
provisional qualifying time that moves Tussey up to a tie for seventh on the performance list. The
time was also faster than the previous MAC meet record. Freshman Michael Blenk (Inwood, NY/Lawrence HS) was eighth in the preliminaries
of the 55-meter hurdles in 8.28 seconds. Shaffer
placed third for the Greyhounds in the 55-meter dash in 6.52 seconds while
In the distance races for Moravian, Hunter placed fifth in the 800-meter run in a time of 1:59.55 while
junior Timothy Pagano (
Sophomore Blair
Maginnis (
Blenk
was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 6.45 meters (21 feet, two inches),
and he took sixth in both the high jump, clearing 1.82 meters (five feet, 11
1/2 inches) and the triple jump with a distance of 12.64 meters (41 feet, 5 3/4
inches). Sophomore Alan Woods
(Mechanicsburg, PA/Cedar Cliff HS) placed seventh in the pole vault for
Moravian, clearing a height of 3.81 meters (12 feet, six inches).
Greyhound
Weekly Update, February 26, 2007 (-5555-)
Men’s Lacrosse – 0-1 (MAC
0-0)
Moravian began the 2007 season with a 19-6 non-conference
loss to
Softball – 0-0 (Commonwealth
Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
The Greyhounds begin their 2007 season on Friday, March 2nd
at the two-day Atlantic versus East Challenge hosted by
Baseball – 0-0 (Commonwealth
Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Moravian begins its 2007 season on Sunday, March 4th
under the direction of first-year head coach Paul Engelhardt with a doubleheader against the