FOR
MORE INFORMATION
2008-09 – Week 8 Contact:
Mark Fleming (610) 861-1472, (610) 390-7545 or (610) 758-8721
Men’s Cross Country 0-0 0-0
Women’s Cross Country 0-0 0-0
Field Hockey 6-8 1-2
Football 5-2 3-2
Golf 2-0 0-0
Men’s Soccer 4-7-1 0-2-1
Women’s
Soccer 9-5-2 1-1-1
Men’s Tennis 1-1 0-0
Women’s
Tennis 4-2 0-0
Women’s
Volleyball 12-13 3-3
Female – Caitlin
Corrigan (Sr., Perkasie, PA/Pennridge)
Male – Louis Dollarton(Sr., Barrington, NJ/Haddon Heights)
Brad Bodine (Jr., Mt. Bethel, PA/Bangor)
UPCOMING HOME EVENTS:
Monday, October 20th
– Field Hockey vs. Immaculata University, 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 21st
– Men’s Soccer vs. The University of Scranton*, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 22nd
– Women’s Soccer vs. The University of Scranton*, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 25th – Men’s
Soccer vs. Catholic University*, 3:00 p.m.; Women’s Soccer vs. Catholic University*,
12:30 p.m.; Volleyball in
Moravian Quad Match: Elizabethtown College, 1:00 p.m.; Messiah College, 4:00
p.m.
*Conference opponent
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DAILY UPDATES OF MORAVIAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS,
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Greyhound Weekly Update, October 20, 2008 (-2222-)
Football – 5-2 (Centennial
Conference 3-2)
Senior quarterback Mark Braxmeier (Center Valley, PA/Allentown
Central Catholic) ran for an eight-yard touchdown run to help lead the
Moravian College football team to a 23-20 come-from-behind Centennial
Conference win over Franklin & Marshall College on Moravian’s Homecoming at
Rocco Calvo Field Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds snap a two-game losing
streak with the victory and improve to 5-2 overall and back into a tie for
second place in the Centennial Conference at 3-2. The Diplomats dropped
their third road game of the season to fall to 3-3 overall and 2-2 in
conference action.
For
the second straight week, Moravian fell behind in the first 18 seconds of the
game. The Greyhounds’, who won the toss for the seventh straight time
this season, kickoff off only to see Diplomat junior wide receiver George Eager
return the kick 53 yards to the Moravian 30-yard line. Greyhound senior
kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg,
NJ/Somerville) was able to force Eager out of bounds so Moravian did not
give up a kickoff return for a touchdown for the second straight week.
However, Eager would score on F&M’s first play, a 30-yard touchdown pass
from freshman quarterback John Harrison. Senior defensive back/kicker
Paul Sousa was wide on the extra-point attempt, leaving the Diplomats with a
6-0 lead just 18 second into the game.
Moravian
would pick up one first down on its initial drive of the game before a sack of
Braxmeier by F&M senior defensive lineman Alex Pastore
forced a fourth-and-16 for the Greyhounds and a punt. Senior punter Michael Voskian (Brielle, NJ/Manasquan)
had a 50-yard punt as the F&M offense would begin at its own 21-yard line. Voskian would punt three times in the
game for an average of 45.7 yards per punt.
The
Diplomats put together a 14-play drive that included a six-yard pass from
Harrison to sophomore wide receiver Jay Ridinger on a
fourth-and-two play in the red zone. Facing a second-and-nine from the
Moravian 12-yard line, Harrison was throwing to the right side but Greyhound
senior defensive back Erik Brinkerhoff
(Boonton, NJ/Boonton) intercepted the pass at the one-yard line and
returned it four yards to give the ball back to Moravian. The interception was Brinkerhoffs’ second of the season.
The
Greyhounds were able to get just one first down again before Voskian came on to punt for the second
time in the game. Voskian
would get off another good punt, this one for 48 yards; however, Diplomat
freshman wide receiver Jarrell Diggs would return the ball 34 yards to the
Moravian 35-yard line. On the fifth play of the drive and the first play
of the second quarter, Harrison found Ridinger for a
12-yard touchdown pass. Sousa added the extra-point for a 13-0 F&M
lead with 14:54 to go in the first half. This marked the second straight
week that Moravian had trailed 13-0.
Greyhound
senior tailback (Northampton,
PA/Allentown Central Catholic) Tyler
McCambridge ran for 29 yards on the first play of Moravian’s next
drive. Moravian would pick up another first down on the drive before
turning the ball over on downs in the red zone at the F&M 19-yard line. The
Moravian defense stepped up and with a penalty on the Diplomat offense, F&M
actually lost four yards on the drive before sophomore Jeff Hogan came on to
punt for the first time in the game. Greyhound sophomore wide receiver Alex Hersch (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) returned the punt 15 yards to the F&M
31-yard line.
On
the first play of the drive, McCambridge
ran off the left side for 24 yards and a first-and-goal from the seven-yard
line. With the 24 yards, McCambridge
became the ninth player in Moravian history to surpass 2,000 yards in a
career. McCambridge would then
take the next two handoffs, the first for four yards and the second for a
three-yard touchdown to get the Greyhounds on the scoreboard. Reckenbeil made his 58th straight
extra-point to pull Moravian within 13-7 with 6:48 remaining in the second
quarter. The touchdown was McCambridge’s ninth rushing touchdown of the season, and his
tenth overall touchdown.
The
Diplomats were unable to pick up a first down on their next drive, punting
after three plays; however, the Greyhounds did the same. F&M started from
its own 49-yard line with 3:16 remaining in the second quarter. The
Diplomats ran a wide receiver sweep with Diggs on the second play. Diggs
was hit by Greyhound senior linebacker Andrew
Morrissey, who forced a fumble that was recovered by Moravian senior linebacker
Kevin McGorry at the Moravian
49-yard line. The Greyhounds picked up four first downs, one by penalty and
another on a fourth-and-one run by McCambridge
to move the ball into the red zone. With just seven seconds remaining in
the half, Braxmeier rolled to his
right and eventually scrambled out-of-bounds at the three-yard line.
However, the clock ran out before he stepped out of bounds, ending the first
half with Moravian still trailing 13-7.
Moravian
received the opening kickoff of the second half, and with a 27 yard return by
freshman wide receiver Jesse Phillips, the Greyhounds began at their own
48-yard line. The Greyhounds put together an eight play drive including
five rushes by McCambridge to move
into the red zone. Facing a fourth-and-five at the 14-yard line, Reckenbeil made a 32-yard field goal
with 10:53 remaining in the third quarter to pull the Greyhounds within
13-10. The field goal gave Reckenbeil
201 points for his career, making him the second player in school history to
reach 200 career points. The other is all-time leading rusher Chris Jacoubs, who has 216 career points. The Diplomats ran just three plays on their
first drive of the second half before calling on Hogan to punt. A short
punt would set the Greyhound offense up at the Moravian 33-yard line.
The
Greyhounds would run nine plays on this drive, again with the drive stalling in
the red zone. On fourth-and-seven at the F&M 15-yard line, Reckenbeil drilled another 32-yard
field goal to tie the score at 13-13 with 4:30 to go in the third
quarter. McCambridge had five
carries on the drive and finished with a season high 168 yards on a career high
34 carries. McCambridge
also moved into eighth in school history in career rushing, now with 2,094
yards on 439 attempts. F&M’s offense struggles would continue on the next
Diplomat drive. On the second play, Harrison was high on a pass attempt
and Moravian junior defensive back Brad
Bodine (Mt. Bethel, PA/Bangor) intercepted the pass at the Moravian 48-yard
line and returned it to the F&M 19-yard line.
The
Greyhounds would get four yards from McCambridge
on first down before a pair of incompletions forced a fourth-and-six from the
15-yard line. Reckenbeil would
come on to connect on his third straight 32-yard field goal, giving Moravian
its first lead of the game at 16-13 with 2:48 to play in the third
quarter. The field goal was Reckenbeil’s 11th of the season, tying his own school mark
set last season. It was also the fourth time in his career that Reckenbeil had made at least three
field goals, and he finished with 11 points in the game for the second straight
week and the seventh time in his career.
The
Diplomats would get things going on the kickoff return with Eager
returning the ball 60 yards to the Moravian 25-yard line. F&M moved
the ball to the one-yard line on a two-yard run by junior running back Ryan
Murray. The Greyhound defense would stop the Diplomats on two shots from
the goal line before Diggs ran a wide receiver sweep and scored off the right
side of the line to put F&M right back in the lead. Sousa’s
extra-point gave the Diplomats a 23-20 lead with just 16 seconds left in the
third quarter.
Moravian
responded with a 13-play, 67-yard drive on the ground and through the
air. The Greyhounds faced a fourth-and-ten on the ninth play of the drive
at the F&M 32-yard line when Braxmeier
found senior wide receiver Tyler
Williams (Coplay, PA/Whitehall) for a 12-yard reception and a first down at
the 20-yard line. Four plays later, Braxmeier scampered out of the pocket, unable to find an open receiver
and dashed to the left side for his eight-yard touchdown run, his second of the
season. Reckenbeil added his
second extra-point of the game to extend his streak to 59 straight makes and
his Centennial Conference record to 50 consecutive extra-points, giving the
Greyhounds a 23-20 lead with 10:31 remaining in the contest.
The
Diplomats would start driving on the ensuing possession with Harrison
connecting on a five-yard pass to Eager on a fourth-and three play. The first down was the 12th fourth-down
conversion in 17 attempts against the Moravian defense this season. Four
plays later, F&M faced another fourth-and-three at the Moravian 31-yard
line. This time Harrison’s pass intended for Diggs was incomplete, giving
the ball back to Moravian. The Greyhounds would pick up a pair of first downs
on the drive, both on personal fouls penalties against F&M to move the ball
to the Diplomat 29-yard line. Braxmeier,
who was 13 of 29 for 133 yards in the game, was intercepted F&M 24-yard
line by Diplomat junior quarterback Barry Lovett. F&M quickly picked up a pair of first
downs to move the ball over midfield before the Moravian defense stiffened
again. The Greyhounds allowed a short two-yard completion on first down
before forcing Harrison into three straight incompletions, giving the ball back
to Moravian at the Greyhound 42-yard line with just 1:28 to
play.
McCambridge and junior tailback Ryan Rempe (Dickson City, PA/Mid-Valley) each had 12 yard runs for
the Greyhounds, and another personal foul penalty on the Diplomats moved the
ball into the red zone at the F&M 19-yard line. Braxmeier would kneel down twice to run out the clock. Moravian
finished the game with 324 yards on 79 plays while controlling the ball for
33:11. Moravian had 191 yards on the ground on 48 attempts led by McCambridge’s
168 yards. Rempe finished with
13 yards on two carries while senior fullback Morgan deRouen (West Milford, NJ/West Milford) had 11 yards on five
attempts. Braxmeier had just
two yards on five carries after being sacked twice in the game.
Senior wide receiver Tyler Hersch (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) led
the Greyhound receivers with four receptions for 46 yards while McCambridge caught three passes for 11
yards. Sophomore wide receiver Shawn
Sylvainus (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) caught his first two passes for the
season for Moravian for 31 yards after missing the first five games with an
injury while Williams added two
catches for 30 yards. F&M had 276 yards on 58 plays in the game but just 112 yards in the second half. Freshman running
back John Kaschak had 29 yards to led
the Diplomat rushing attack while Murray added 21 yards. Diggs and
freshman running back Alan Williams each had 19 yards in the contest. Harrison
was 24 for 35 in the game with 188 yards, two touchdowns and two
interceptions. Eager caught nine of those passes for 77 yards and a score
while Ridinger had seven catches for 37 yards and a
touchdown. Kaschak, Murray and Williams all had
two receptions in the game.
Morrissey
led the Moravian defense with ten tackles and a forced fumble while Bodine and sophomore linebacker Anthony Carney (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem
Catholic) each added eight tackles. Bodine had a pass break-up to go with his interception while Carney had a half a tackle for
loss. Senior defensive back Carl
Robinson (Boothwyn, PA/Garnet Valley) and McGorry each added seven tackles with Robinson breaking up one pass.
Greyhound Weekly Update, October
20, 2008 (-4444-)
Women’s Volleyball – 12-13 (Landmark
Conference 3-3)
Sophomore middle hitter Mary King (Paramus, NJ/Paramus) had 11
of her match high 18 kills in the final three games to help rally Moravian to a
17-25, 25-27, 27-25, 25-14, 15-12 non-conference victory over rival Muhlenberg
College in Johnston Hall. The Mules won the first set easily, 25-17, with
Moravian having a negative hitting percentage. The Greyhounds would hold
a lead in the second set only to see the Mules eventually prevail, 27-25.
Moravian took the third set by the same score, forcing a fourth set.
Midway through the fourth set, the Greyhounds expanded a 12-10 lead to 21-10
and eventually won 25-14. The fifth and final set went back-and-forth
with neither team leading by more than two points until Moravian won 15-12. King added seven digs, two blocks and a
service ace to her 18 kills while Greyhound freshman outside hitter Katie Moquete (Midland
Park, NJ/Midland Park) added 15 kills, including the match-winning kill off
of a block attempt, 11 digs, three blocks and a pair of service aces.
Senior outside hitter Stephanie Struble
(Hampton, NJ/Voorhees) and sophomore middle hitter Christine Reeser (Telford,
PA/Christopher Dock) each had eight kills for Moravian with Struble adding nine digs, three service
aces and two blocks while Reeser had
four blocks. Sophomore right side hitter Molly DuVall (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township)
added five kills and seven digs while freshman setter Kristin Hannings (Levittown, PA/Pennsbury) contributed 29 assists and 14 digs.
Freshman libero Ashley Schmidt (Bethlehem,
PA/Liberty) also had 14 assists to go with two service aces while sophomore
setter Christine Poole (Long Valley,
NJ/West Morris Central) had 20 assists and three service aces for the
Greyhounds.
The
Greyhounds had a two-match winning streak snapped in a 25-12, 25-15, 25-12 loss
to Lebanon Valley College in non-conference action. Sophomore middle hitter Christine Reeser and right side hitter Molly DuVall
each had six kills to lead Moravian with Reeser
adding five blocks and DuVall
contributed ten digs and three blocks. Freshman outside hitter Katie Moquete
had three kills and two blocks for Moravian while senior outside hitter Stephanie Struble had nine digs, two
kills and two assists. Freshman setter Kristin
Hannings led the Greyhounds with 14 assists to go
along with five digs and a pair of service aces while freshman libero Ashley Schmidt added six digs.
Sophomore Christine Poole had four
digs for the Greyhounds.
Greyhound Weekly Update, October 20, 2008 (-5555-)
Men’s Cross Country – 0-0 (Landmark
Conference 0-0)
The men’s cross country team
did not compete last week but will return to action on Saturday, October 25th
when they are set to compete at the Pete Nevins Invitational at East
Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg, PA.
Men’s Tennis – 1-1 (Landmark
Conference 0-0)
The men’s tennis team
have completed their fall season and will return to action on Saturday,
March 14th when they take on rival Muhlenberg College.
Greyhound Weekly Update, October 20, 2008 (-6666-)
Women’s Soccer – 9-5-2 (Landmark
Conference 1-1-1)
Junior forward Alessandra
Valdetara (Butler, NJ/Butler) scored on a loose
ball after a corner kick in the 76th minute to rally Moravian to a 2-1
non-conference victory over Cabrini College in the HUB Quad. The
come-from-behind victory was the first for the Greyhounds since November 12,
2005 when Moravian rallied from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Washington & Lee
University, 2-1 in overtime, in the program’s first-ever NCAA Division III
Tournament game. The Cavaliers would jump out to a 1-0 lead when freshman
midfielder Kara Hinkelmon netted her fourth goal of
the season in the 47th minute when she pushed a loose ball after a save by
Moravian senior goalie Caitlin Corrigan
(Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) just inside the left
post from right on the goal line. Moravian would tie the match when senior
forward Tracy Fitzpatrick (Wantage, NJ/High Point Regional) scored her team
leading eighth goal of the season in the 70th minute from eight yards out on a
loose ball after a shot by Valdetara was saved by Cabrini sophomore goalie Giana Poretta. The goal was
the 30th of Fitzpatrick’s career,
which is third in school history, and improved her career point total to 77
points, which also ranks third in the Moravian record books. Valdetara would
net her fourth goal of the year and her second game-winning goal from almost
the same spot on the field as Fitzpatrick
scored. The Greyhounds had a 24-8 advantage in shots with Fitzpatrick taking 11 shots in the contest while Moravian had an
11-5 edge in corner kicks. Corrigan
made six saves for the 46th win of her career while Porretta
had nine saves. Cabrini also registered a team save early in the match.
Freshman midfielder/defender Eliazbeth Brundage (Clarks
Summut, PA/Abington Heights) scored an unassisted
goal in the 77th minute to help Moravian play to a 1-1, double-overtime tie
with Susquehanna University in Landmark Conference action on the HUB Quad. The
Crusaders had taken a 1-0 lead in the 66th minute when junior forward Abby
Montgomery scored off of a pass from sophomore defender Colleen Kelly. Brundage
answered with her first collegiate goal on a shot from five yards away from the
net. The Greyhounds had a 17-10 advantage in shots and an 8-4 edge in corner
kicks. Senior Greyhound goalie Caitlin
Corrigan had four saves while senior keeper Meredith Tompeck
had 11 saves for Susquehanna.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 20, 2008 (-7777-)
Men’s Soccer – 5-7-2 (Landmark
Conference 0-2-2)
Moravian snapped a two-match losing streak with a 5-0
non-conference win at Penn State University-Abington. The Greyhounds took a 1-0
lead in the 17th minute when the Lions ended up putting the ball in their own
net on a clearing attempt. Moravian extended its lead to 2-0 in the 32nd minute
when freshman midfielder Mark Casagrande (Spring Lake Heights, NJ/Saint Rose) scored
his first collegiate goal off of a pass from senior midfielder Ruben Concepcion (Blenheim, NJ/Triton
Regional). Concepcion gave the
Greyhounds a 3-0 lead in the 51st minute with his first goal of the season off
of an assist by senior forward Louis
Dollarton (Lansdale, PA/Christopher Dock). Freshman defender Mike Dobbins (Randolph, NJ/Randolph)
would get his first goal of the year in the 70th minute off of lead pass from
sophomore midfielder Matthew Levine (Island
Park, NY/West Hempstead). Dollarton
finished off the scoring in the 73rd minute with his fourth goal of the season
set up by sophomore defender Brian Hunscher (Ann Arbor, MI/Ann Arbor).
Freshman defender Mike Dobbins netted his second goal of
the season to help Moravian play to a 2-2, double-overtime draw with Susquehanna
University in Landmark Conference action on the HUB Quad. The match took nearly
three hours to play after a 30-minute delay with just over a minute remaining
in regulation when a Susquehanna player was injured on a bicycle kick attempt
by one of his teammates. The Crusaders would score first in the match; needing
just 25 seconds to get on the scoreboard with sophomore forward Rhyan Nelson netting his seventh goal of the season off of
a pass from senior defender Matt Campbell. The Greyhounds tied the
contest in the ninth minute when senior forward Louis Dollarton scored off of a one-touch pass from freshman
forward Taylor Molinaro
(Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) after a long punt by senior
goalie Chris Nederostek. The
goal was Dollarton’s
fifth of the season. Susquehanna would retake a one-goal lead in the 50th
minute when sophomore midfielder Jim Robertiello
scored off of a pass for Nelson ten yards out. Dobbins tied the match with his second goal of the week when he
scored on a free kick in the 79th minute. Susquehanna had a 19-8 advantage in
shots and a 6-2 edge in corner kicks. Nederostek
finished with 11 saves while freshman goalie Jed Lemon had five saves for the
Crusaders.
Women’s Tennis – 4-2
(Landmark Conference 0-0)
The women’s tennis team has completed its fall season and will return to action in early March when they will take their spring break trip.
Greyhound Weekly Update, October 20, 2008 (-8888-)
Field Hockey – 6-8 (Landmark
Conference 1-2)
Sophomore goalie Maura Acox (Old Bridge, NJ/St. John Vianney) made five of her six saves in the final ten
minutes of the match to preserve a 2-0 shutout for Moravian in non-conference
action with Immaculata University at Betty Prince Field. The Greyhounds would
get all the offense they needed in the 25th minute sophomore forward Vita Ranella (Clarks
Green, PA/Abington Heights) knocked in a crossing pass from sophomore
forward Maureen Helfers
(Westbury, NY/W.T. Clarke) for Ranella’s fifth goal of the season. Moravian would
score again in the 45th minute when junior forward Jillian Pagliei (Ivyland,
PA/Council Rock North) netted her second goal of the season off of a
centering feed from junior forward Kayla
Carson (Leesport, PA/Wyomissing). Moravian had a 13-10 advantage in shots
and a 16-10 edge in penalty corners. The shutout was the second of the season
for Acox.
Women’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Landmark Conference 0-0)
The women’s cross country
team did not compete last week but will return to action on Saturday, October
25th when they are set to compete at the Pete Nevins Invitational at
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg, PA.
Greyhound Weekly Update, October 20, 2008 (-9999-)
Golf – 2-0 (Landmark
Conference 0-0)
The golf team did not compete this
week but return to action on Sunday, October 19th for the two day
Invitational Tournament hosted by Muhlenberg College at Lehigh Country Club.