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2006-07 – Week 34 Contact:
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GREYHOUND TRACKS
Team Records as of May 6,
2007
Overall Commonwealth MASCAC/MAC Meets & Tournaments
Baseball 16-20 9-12 12-13
Golf 1-0 0-0 1-0 Commonwealth
Conference Runner-up
Men’s Lacrosse 2-14 2-8 Colorado College Invitational
Women’s Lacrosse 2-13 1-9
Softball 32-5 13-1 19-2 Commonwealth Conference Champions
Men’s Tennis 9-6 3-3 6-5 Commonwealth
Conference Semifinals
Women’s Tennis 14-3 5-1 9-2 Commonwealth Conference Champions;
NCAA Division III Championships First Round
Men’s Track & Field 0-0 0-0 2nd of 9 at MAC
Championships
Women’s Track & Field 0-0 0-0 2nd of 10 at MAC
Championships
GREYHOUND STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Female – Kristie Pellicani (So., Sparta,
NJ/Sparta
HS), softball
Male – Michael Blenk (Fr., Inwood, NY/Lawrence HS), track & field
Ozzie Brown (Jr., Plymouth
Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS), track &
field
UPCOMING POSTSEASON EVENTS:
Thursday-Sunday, May 10th – 13th – Softball at NCAA
Division III Regional hosted by Montclair
State University.
Moravian vs. winner of
#4 Ramapo College of New Jersey
vs. #5 Gettysburg College at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday,
May 10th. Winner of the double-elimination regional
advances to the NCAA Division III World Series in
Salem, Virginia
beginning May 18th.
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Greyhound Weekly Update, May 7, 2007 (-2222-)
Softball – 32-5
(Commonwealth Conference 13-1, MASCAC 19-2)
Last Week – Defeated ^Messiah
College, 3-2; Defeated ^Elizabethtown College,
2-0; Defeated ^Messiah
College, 5-0. ^Commonwealth Conference Tournament game
This Week – Thurs., May 10th vs. winner
of #4 Ramapo College
of New
Jersey vs. #5 Gettysburg College at
NCAA Division III Regional hosted by Montclair State University, 4:00 p.m.
Top seeded Moravian moved one win away from a seventh
consecutive Commonwealth Conference Tournament Championship with a pair of
victories on the first day of the 2007 Commonwealth Conference Tournament
hosted by Lebanon
Valley College. The Greyhounds topped fourth seeded Messiah College, 3-2, in the first game of the
tournament to move into the winner’s bracket game. Moravian then defeated second seeded Elizabethtown College, 2-0, to advance to the
championship game. In the game against
Messiah, the Falcons took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning without a
hit. Moravian sophomore pitcher Maria
DeBonis (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) allowed two walks and
a pair of fielder's choices before hitting a Messiah player with a pitch while
the bases were loaded. The Greyhounds
didn't wait long to tie the score as senior first baseman Lauren Homa (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS) connected on her
first home run of the season, a solo shot down the left field line. Moravian
would strand a runner at second in the third inning and runners at second and
third in the fourth inning while Messiah put a runner on second in the second
inning. The Greyhounds would score twice
in the bottom of the fifth inning with two outs. Homa drew a walk to bring junior shortstop Beth Paly (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) to the
plate. Paly then connected on a
two-run home run to left field, her fifth homer of the season, to give the
Greyhounds a 3-1 lead. Messiah got one
run back in the top of the sixth inning on a solo homer. Moravian had seven
hits in the contest by seven different players. DeBonis
improved to 16-2 in the circle, allowing two runs on two hits, four walks and
two hit batters. She did strikeout six batters in the game.
In Moravian’s second game, Greyhound sophomore pitcher Kristie Pellicani (Sparta, NJ/Sparta HS)
tossed a one-hit shutout against the Blue Jays, allowing just a lead-off hit to
Elizabethtown in the top of the first inning. Pellicani did walk five batters while striking out six Blue Jays. Moravian would score its first run in the
bottom of the third inning. Sophomore outfielder Jordan Oplinger (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) led
off the inning with an infield single. Sophomore outfielder Erica Klepeisz (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS)
then attempted to lay down a sacrifice bunt to move Oplinger to second base but the throw to first base by
Elizabethtown's first baseman sailed into right field, allowing Oplinger to come all the way around to
score. The Greyhounds added an insurance
run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Junior third baseman Kelly Santry (Hatboro, PA/Upper Moreland
HS) led of the inning with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt
by sophomore catcher Deanna Mangieri
(Pleasantville, NY/Byram Hills HS). After another
out, sophomore second baseman Katie
Agnew (Doylestown, PA/Lansdale Catholic HS) hit an RBI single down the left
field line to score Santry. Moravian
had six hits in the game including two by Paly.
Moravian won its seventh straight Commonwealth Conference
Tournament Championship, defeating fourth seed Messiah
College, 5-0, in the title game at Lebanon Valley College.
The Greyhounds, ranked tenth in the
nation, earn their tenth consecutive trip to the NCAA Division III National
Championship Tournament with the win. Pellicani was named the tournament's
Most Valuable Player after tossing a four-hit shutout, her seventh shutout of
the season and second of the Commonwealth Tournament. Pellicani allowed just one walk and stuck out five batters to
improve to 16-3 on the season in the circle. The Greyhounds would give Pellicani all the offense she needed in the bottom of the third
inning. Sophomore second baseman Katie
Agnew (Doylestown, PA/Lansdale Catholic HS) led off the inning with a
single to right field. Oplinger then
laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Agnew
over to second base. However, the throw to first base sailed wide and after a
collision between Oplinger and the
Messiah second baseman covering first base, the ball ended up down in the right
field bullpen with Agnew coming all
the way around to score. Moravian extended its lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the
fourth inning on a one-out, solo home run by Mangieri. The homer was Mangieri's second of the season. The Greyhounds added another run in the bottom
of the fifth inning. Oplinger led
off with a walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. Klepeisz then hit an RBI single down the right field line. Moravian finished off the scoring in the
bottom of the sixth inning on a two-run, pinch hit home run by sophomore Sheri Bieniek (Lumberton, NJ/Rancocas
Valley HS) that scored Mangieri,
who had doubled. The homer was Bieniek's fourth of the season and Moravian's 14th in its
last nine games. The Greyhounds finished with six hits including two by Mangieri.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, May 7, 2007 (-3333-)
Men’s Track & Field –
0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Last Week – 2nd of 9 at 2007 Middle
Atlantic Conference Championships hosted by Elizabethtown College
This Week – off
Moravian had just one competitor on the first day of
the 2007 Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Championships with freshman Michael Blenk (Inwood, NY/Lawrence HS) competing in the first day of
the decathlon. Blenk
is currently in third place with a score of 3,068 points. He opened the day
with a time of 12.10 seconds in the 100-meter dash to earn 631 points, before Blenk had his
best event of the day, finishing first of the ten competitors in the long jump
with a leap of 6.78 meters (22 feet, three inches) to garner 762 points. Blenk had a toss
of 8.55 meters (28 feet, 3/4 inch) in the shot put for 399 points before a
height of 1.82 meters (five feet, 11 1/2 inches) in the high jump worth 644
points. Blenk
finished the first day of competition with a time of 54.18 in the 400-meter
dash to earn 632 points.
The Greyhounds were in second place of nine teams
that had scored points after the second day of the MAC Outdoor Championships.
Moravian had 42 points in the first two days, trailing Messiah College
by ten points. The Greyhounds had two runner-up finishes during the day's
events with junior Ozzie Brown (Plymouth
Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS) placing
second in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.93 meters (six feet, four
inches) while sophomore Blair Maginnis (Asbury,
NJ/Warren Hills Regional HS) was second in the shot put with a toss of
14.59 meters (47 feet, 10 1/2 inches). Both runner-up finishes earned the
Greyhounds eight points. Moravian also
had a trio of third place finishes to earn another 18 points. Junior Nathaniel Dutile
(Plymouth, ME/Nokomis HS) was third in the shot put at 14.18 meters (46
feet, 6 1/4 inches) and third in the discus with a toss of 43.40 meters (142
feet, five inches) while Blenk placed third in the decathlon with a score of 5,567
points. Blenk
earned 656 points for a time of 16.70 in the 110-meter high hurdles and another
425 points for a toss of 27.99 meters (91 feet, ten inches) in the discus. Blenk cleared
3.39 meters (11 feet, 1 1/2 inches) in the pole vault for 454 points, and he
earned 490 points for a toss of 43.29 meters (142 feet) in the javelin. Blenk finished
the decathlon by earning 474 points in the 1,500-meter run with a time of
5:15.49. Blenk was also fifth in the
triple jump with a leap of 12.97 meters ( 42 feet, 6 3/4 inches) to earn
Moravian four points in the team score, and he garnered another four points
with a sixth place finish in the high jump, clearing 1.83 meters (six feet).
Senior Steve Kondorossy
(Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery HS) took tenth in the discus with a toss of
33.55 meters (110 feet, one inch) while senior Anthony Sarno (Forked River, NJ/Lacey
Township HS) was 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of
10:47.57.
The Greyhounds dominated some of the preliminary
events run on the second day of the meet. Brown
was first in the 100-meter dash preliminaries with a school record time of
10.81 seconds while sophomore Robert
Shaffer (Pottsville, PA/Pottsville HS) won
his heat and is second overall in 10.97 seconds. Junior James Bell (Mohnton,
PA/Governor Mifflin HS)
posted a time of 11.73 seconds to place ninth in the preliminaries, just one
spot out of qualifying for the finals. Brown
also had the top qualifying time in the 200-meter dash in 22.28 seconds while
senior Josh Kline (Reading,
PA/Exeter
HS) won his heat and is second overall at 22.45 seconds. Shaffer also made the finals with a
time of 22.67 seconds in the preliminaries, which was the fourth fastest time
of the day. Moravian's 4x100-meter relay squad of Brown, Bell, Kline and Shaffer won their heat and qualified second overall in 43.26
seconds. Brown would set another school record , a
meet record and also automatically qualify for the NCAA Division III National
Championships with a preliminary time of 14.38 seconds in the 110-meter high
hurdles. Brown's time also set the
MAC meet record. Junior Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville,
PA/Boyertown HS) was fourth
in the 110-meter qualifying with a time of 15.29 seconds while Blenk was tenth
at 16.38 seconds. Tussey
won his heat of the 400-meter hurdles and qualified second overall in the
400-meter hurdles in 55.53 seconds while freshman Nick Shubert (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East HS) was ninth in
59.18 seconds, just missing the finals. Kline qualified for the championship
race in the 400-meter dash in a time of 50.27 seconds while sophomore Tim Murphy (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem
Catholic HS) placed 15th in qualifying at 52.86 seconds and junior Khizer Tariq
(Bethlehem, PA/Saucon Valley HS) was 22nd in 54.36 seconds. Freshman Steve Parisi (Kunkletown, PA/Pleasant Valley HS) was 11th in the 800-meter
run qualifying with a time of 1:59.10.
Moravian finished second of nine schools scoring
points at the three-day MAC Outdoor Championships. The Greyhounds scored 142
points, trailing Elizabethtown,
who won the championship with 174.5 points. Brown was named the Male Outstanding Athlete of the Meet while Blenk earned
Rookie of the Year honors. Brown,
who was celebrating his birthday, won the 100-meter dash in a school record,
MAC meet record and NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 10.60
seconds, the 200-meter dash in a school record and NCAA Division III
provisional qualifying time of 21.37 seconds, the 110-meter high hurdles in an
NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 14.51 seconds and the long
jump with an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying leap of 7.11 meters (23
feet, four inches). Blenk
was fifth in the long jump at 6.41 meters (21 feet, 1/2 inch) on the final day
of the meet.
The Greyhounds had one other individual champion on
the final day of the MAC Championships with Tussey capturing the 400-meter
hurdles in a time of 54.26 seconds. Tussey was fourth in the 110-meter high hurdles in an NCAA
Division III provisional qualifying time of 14.84 seconds. Shaffer was the runner-up in the 100-meter dash in 10.85 seconds,
and he placed fifth in the 200-meter dash in 22.58 seconds. Kline was fourth in the 400-meter dash
in 49.92 seconds and third in the 200-meter dash in 22.26 seconds in his final
MAC meet. Freshman Steven DeFazio (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville
HS) was 16th in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:28.42. Maginnis
was fourth in the hammer throw with a toss of 41.88 meters (137 feet, five
inches) while Kondorossy
took sixth at 40.00 meters (131 feet, three inches) and freshman Ronald Draina
(Metuchen, NJ/Metuchen HS) took 14th at 32.98 meters (108 feet, 2 3/4
inches). Junior Allan Fatzinger (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua
HS) and sophomore Alan Woods (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cedar
Cliff HS) tied for fourth in the pole vault, both clearing a height of 3.96
meters (12 feet, 11 3/4 inches). Senior Michael
Ossont (Archbald, PA/Valley
View HS) placed eighth in the javelin with a throw of 53.38 meters (175
feet, 1 3/4 inches).
Greyhound
Weekly Update, May 7, 2007 (-4444-)
Women’s Track & Field –
0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0) – MAC Indoor Champions
Last Week – 2nd of 10 at 2007 Middle
Atlantic Conference Championships hosted by Elizabethtown College
This Week – off
Moravian had two competitors on the first day of the
2007 Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Championships hosted by Elizabethtown College. Sophomore Kelly Williams (Tafton, PA/Wallenpaupack HS) placed
18th in the 10,000-meter run in a time of 43:26.91 while freshman Cassidy Thomas (Arnold, MD/Broadneck HS) was in eighth place with 1652 points after
the first day of competition in the heptathlon. Thomas earned 377 points for a time of 19.14 in the 100-meter
hurdles, and she garnered 455 points for a distance of 8.86 meters (29 feet,
one inch) in the shot put. Thomas
amassed 239 points for clearing a height of 1.12 meters (three feet, one inch)
in the high jump. Thomas' top event
was the 200-meter dash where she earned 581 points of a time of 28.64 seconds.
The Greyhounds were in fourth place of ten schools
that had scored points through the second day of the MAC Championships.
Moravian had 31.5 points while Messiah
College was in first with
82 points. The Greyhounds had one runner-up finish on the day with sophomore Thea Kennerknecht (Central
Valley, NY/Monroe-Woodbury HS) placing second in the pole vault, clearing a
height of 3.05 meters (ten feet) to earn eight points. Freshman Jessica
Posimo (Philadelphia, PA/St. Basil Academy) earned
five points for Moravian with a fourth place finish in the triple jump after a
distance of 10.93 meters (35 feet, 10 1/2 inches) and another 4.5 points for
tying for fourth place in the high jump at 1.53 meters (five feet, 1/4 inch).
Freshman Rebeka Woolley (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant
Boro HS) took fifth in the shot put with a toss of 10.82 meters (35 feet,
six inches) to earn four team points while freshman Flora Robertson (Hawley, PA/East Stroudsburg North HS) also earned
four points for the Greyhounds with a fifth place finish in the discus with a
distance of 32.36 meters (106 feet, two inches). Moravian's final six points of
the day came from three individuals in the triple jump with senior Kathleen McCarron
(Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS) earning three points for a sixth place finish at
10.79 meters (35 feet, five inches), freshman Queenie Tang (Bedminster, NJ/Chatham HS) garnering two points for a
seventh place showing at 10.49 meters (34 feet, five inches) and freshman Rachel Riggs (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg HS)
earning one point for finishing eighth after a leap of 10.39 meters (34
feet, 1 1/4 inches). In other final
events on the second day of the MAC meet, Thomas
finished ninth in the heptathlon with 2,844 points. Thomas earned 376 points for a jump of 4.29 meters (14 feet, one
inch) in the long jump and another 336 points for a toss of 22.55 meters (74
feet) in the javelin. Thomas
finished the competition with a time of 2:48.41 in the 800-meter run to earn
480 points. Sophomore Naomie Kachel (Shillington, PA/Governor
Mifflin HS) was 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 13:28.27.
Moravian dominated the sprint preliminaries with five
Greyhounds qualifying for the finals in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes
including the top four times in each race. Senior Erin Recker (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS) broke her own school record with a
top qualifying time of 12.25 seconds in the 100-meter dash while freshman Dana Haslett (Sellersville, PA/Pennridge
HS) won her heat and was second overall in 12.54 seconds. Senior Amy Reehil (Roselle, NJ/Roselle Catholic HS) qualified third in 12.62 seconds
while freshman Rachel Beck (Churchville, PA/Council
Rock South HS) was fourth in 12.83 seconds and senior Suzanne Tamlyn (Wappingers Falls, NY/Wallkill HS) finished eighth in 12.97
seconds to advance to the finals. Tang
was tenth in the 100-meter qualifying in 13.03 seconds while McCarron was
11th at 13.11 seconds and Posimo was 12th at 13.29 seconds, all missing the finals. In
the 200-meter dash preliminaries, three Greyhounds won their heats. Haslett was first overall in 25.24
seconds while Recker is second in
25.61 seconds and Reehil
was third in 25.91 seconds to win heats. Beck
took fourth in the preliminaries in 26.45 seconds while Tamlyn was eighth at 29.96
seconds. Tang just missed the
finals, finishing ninth in 26.97 seconds while freshman Kaitlyn Boyer (Oley, PA/Oley
Valley HS) took 12th
in 27.22 seconds. In other qualifying
races, Reehil
qualified with the top time in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.01 while freshman Anna Heim (Moorestown,
NJ/Moorestown
HS) was fifth in 1:02.07 and Boyer
finished sixth in 1:02.12 to move into the finals. Posimo won her heat and was
third overall in the preliminaries of the 100-meter hurdles in 15.61 seconds to
move to the championship race while Heim
took fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:06.36 to advance to the finals. Freshman Katelyn Chando (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) finished tenth in the 400-meter
hurdle preliminaries in a time of 1:10.13 while Kachel placed 16th in 1:18.06.
Moravian finished second of ten teams scoring points
at the three-day MAC Championships. The Greyhounds scored 166.5 points while
Messiah won the title with 200 points. Moravian had four individual champions
and one relay first place finish on the final day of the meet. Recker won the 100-meter dash in a
school record and NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 12.17
seconds and the 200-meter dash in an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying
time of 25.13 seconds. Reehil
was first in the 400-meter dash in 59.09 seconds while Robertson won the hammer throw with a toss of 40.98 meters (134
feet, 5 3/4 inches). Recker and Reehil teamed up
with Haslett and Beck to win the 4x100-meter relay in a
meet record and NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 48.20 seconds.
Haslett
was second in the 100-meter dash in 12.38 seconds and second in the 200-meter
dash in a time of 25.31 seconds while Beck
took third in the 100-meter dash in 12.73 seconds and fourth in the 200-meters
dash in 26.19 seconds. Reehil
was fourth in the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.80 seconds and third in the
200-meter dash in 25.78 seconds while Tamlyn placed seven in both the 100-meter dash in 13.05
seconds and the 200-meter dash in 26.94 seconds. Posimo finished third in the
100-meter hurdles in 15.66 seconds while Heim
took fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:07.60. Moravian final running
competitor were junior Katie Pulizzano (Allentown, PA/William Allen HS) with a 15th
place finish in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 19:57.76 and Williams with a 16th place showing in
the 1,500-meter run in 5:21.60.
Woolley
was second in the javelin throw with a toss of 38.28 meters (125 feet, 7 1/4
inches) while Robertson finished
tenth at 33.08 meters (108 feet, 6 3/4 inches) and freshman Aliina Ross (Paoli, PA/Conestoga HS) took 12th with a distance of 30.18
meters (99 feet, 1/2 inch). Senior Tammy
Balliet (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall
HS) was tenth in the hammer throw with a toss of 34.28 meters (112 feet,
six inches). Posimo was second in the long
jump with a leap of 5.16 meters (16 feet, 11 1/4 inches) while McCarron jumped
the same distance but was third due to the number of jumps. Riggs was eighth in the long jump at
4.96 meters (16 feet, 3 1/4 inches) while Heim
placed 15th at 4.72 meters (15 feet, six inches) and Thomas was 20th with a leap of 4.22 meters (13 feet, 10 1/4
inches).
Greyhound
Weekly Update, May 7, 2007 (-5555-)
Women’s Tennis – 14-3
(Commonwealth Conference 5-1, MASCAC 9-2) – Commonwealth Conference Champions
Last Week – Lost to ^Johns Hopkins
University, 5-0. ^NCAA Division III Tournament Regional at Washington & Lee University,
Lexington, Virginia
Season Complete
The Greyhounds completed their 2006-07 season with a 5-0
loss to 14th-ranked Johns Hopkins University in the first round of the NCAA
Division III National Championship Tournament in a regional being played at
Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. The match was called
after the Blue Jays earned the required five points for the victory, and the
contest was played indoors. Two of the singles matches were not finished and
two were not started.
Baseball – 16-20 (Commonwealth Conference 9-12, MASCAC
12-13)
Season
Complete
Golf – 1-0 (Commonwealth
Conference 0-0, MASCAC 1-0)
Season Complete
Men’s Lacrosse – 2-14 (MAC 2-8)
Season Complete
Women’s Lacrosse – 2-13 (MAC
1-9)
Season Complete
Men’s Tennis – 9-6
(Commonwealth Conference 3-3, MASCAC 6-5)
Season Complete