Greyhound Weekly Update, November 3, 2008 (-2222-)
Football – 7-2 (Centennial
Conference 5-2)
Last Week – Defeated Ursinus College*, 17-7.
*Centennial Conference Game.
This Week – Bye Week.
Junior quarterback Patrick Weiss (Gilbertsville, PA/St. Pius
X) threw his first touchdown pass as of a member of the Moravian College
football team to help lead the Greyhounds to an emotional 17-7 Centennial
Conference victory over Ursinus College at Rocco Calvo Field Saturday
afternoon.
The
Greyhounds improve to 7-2 overall and 5-2 in Centennial Conference action as
the team heads into its bye week while the Bears fall to 3-5 overall and 2-4 in
conference action.
Weiss was seeing his most extensive action of the season for Moravian after
Greyhound starting quarterback senior Marc
Braxmeier (Center Valley, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) was carted off the
field in an ambulance in the second quarter, two plays before Moravian scored
the first points of the game. Braxmeier
did return from the hospital and was on the field after the game.
The
contest also saw the teams combined for 16 penalties for 162 yards with Ursinus
being called for 12 penalties and Moravian earning five of its 20 first downs
by penalty. There were seven personal foul penalties including roughing
the passer on the play that knocked Braxmeier
out of the game, and another two that were offsetting calls.
Moravian
received the opening kickoff of the game after not winning the coin toss for
the first time this season. The Greyhounds would put together a nine-play
drive, helped by three penalties on the Bears including a pass interference
call on a third-and-nine play. On the seventh play of the drive, senior
tailback Tyler McCambridge (Northampton,
PA/Allentown Central Catholic) ran the ball to the Ursinus one-yard line
but was injured on the play and did not return. Junior tailback Ryan Rempe (Dickson City, PA/Mid-Valley)
came into the game and was stuffed at the goal line, and Braxmeier was stopped on fourth down as Moravian turned the ball
over on downs.
The
Bears would get a first down on their first possession of the game; however,
facing a third-and-eight from their own 12-yard line, Ursinus senior
quarterback Nicholas Dye never controlled a snap in a shotgun formation.
Moravian sophomore defensive end Allen Petros covered the ball for the
Greyhounds at the Ursinus eight-yard line.
Moravian
was unable to score again as Braxmeier
was intercepted in the end zone on second down by Ursinus freshman defensive
back Joe Kost as Braxmeier tried to find senior wide
receiver Tyler Hersch (Macungie,
PA/Emmaus) across the back of the end zone. Ursinus moved the ball down to
the Moravian 40-yard line but a rush for no gain and back-to-back sacks by Petros and senior defensive linemen Doug Bocchino (Madison, NJ/Madison) and
Don Maxwell (Berkley Heights,
NJ/Governor Livingston) forced the Bears back to their own 41-yard line and
the first punt of the game. Bear senior quarterback Nicholas Dye was
injured on the second sack and would not return to the contest.
The
Greyhounds would begin at their own 19-yard line after the punt and put
together a 12-play drive to the end zone. Braxmeier threw a 14-yard pass to Rempe for a first down, and then Braxmeier connected on a 15-yard pass to sophomore wide receiver Shawn Sylvainus (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth)
for another first down on the first play of the second quarter. Rempe ran for 12 yards and another
first down to put the Greyhounds on the Ursinus 29-yard line.
Facing
a third-and-seven, Braxmeier rolled
to his left towards the Moravian sideline and tossed a ten-yard completion to
sophomore wide receiver Alex Hersch
(Macungie, PA/Emmaus) for a first down. The completion was the 500th
of Braxmeier’s career. On the play, Braxmeier was hit in the head going out
of bounds and would be immobilized by the training staff as the ambulance was
immediately on the field. After about a ten minute delay, the Greyhounds
had a first and goal at the Ursinus eight-yard line after the penalty for the
late hit on Braxmeier.
Rempe would run for two yards on first down before senior fullback Morgan deRouen (West Milford, NJ/West
Milford) scampered six yards into the end zone with the first points of the
game on deRouen’s
first rushing touchdown of the season. Senior kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville) made his 62nd straight
extra-point to give Moravian a 7-0 lead with 12:25 to play in the second
quarter.
The
Bears would come right back down the field with junior quarterback Justin Decristofaro leading the offense. Ursinus put
together a 12 play drive of its own capped off by a one-yard touchdown run
freshman tailback Kahill Pittman. Senior Greg
Zara added the extra-point to tie the contest at 7-7 with 6:26 before the
intermission. During the drive, the Greyhounds were called for a personal
foul on the first play while Moravian sophomore defensive back Daniel Burley (Easton, PA/Easton) hit Decristofaro on a quarterback keeper on the second play,
forcing a fumble in Moravian territory; however, junior tight end Carl Scholl
covered the ball for the Bears at the Moravian 40-yard line to keep the Ursinus
drive alive.
Rempe ran for 14-yards on the first play of the next drive for a first down,
but Moravian was unable to move the ball past midfield bringing senior punter
Michael Voskian in for his first punt of the game.
Ursinus
would get one first down on its next possession before punting
the ball back to Moravian. A personal foul penalty on the Bears during
the punt set the Moravian offense up at the Ursinus 49-yard line with 1:07 to
play. However, Voskian would punt after three plays with the ball rolling
into the end zone for a touch back.
The
Bears would take over with 30 second until the intermission. On the first
play, Decristofaro was sacked by Bocchino and fumbled
the ball. However, an inadvertent whistle while the ball was rolling
loose on the field and ruled that the play would be done over. Ursinus
would then take a knee to run out the clock and head to the locker room tied 7-7.
Ursinus
received the opening kickoff of the second half, but another personal foul
pushed the Bears to their own 25-yard line to start the drive. Freshman
running back Kory Kapinos, who started for injured
starter junior Mark Jaskowski for the Bears, was
dropped for a one-yard loss on first down. On second down, Bocchino
pushed the offensive lineman blocking him into Decristofaro
and knocking the ball loose. Bocchino fell on the ball to set the
Moravian offense up at the Ursinus 20-yard line.
The
Greyhounds would run the ball twice and Weiss
was incomplete on a pass attempt bringing up a fourth-and-five from the Bears’
15-yard line. Reckenbeil would
come on and drill a 32-yard field goal to give the Greyhounds the lead back,
10-7, with 12:37 to play in the third quarter. On the field goal, Reckenbeil’s
school record 13th of the season, he became the school’s all-time leading
scorer with 217 points, passing former running back Chris Jacoubs’
mark of 216 points.
Ursinus
picked up two first downs on its next possession with a 19-yard pass from Decristofaro to freshman wide receiver Al Desiderio and a Moravian personal foul. However, the
Bears would face a fourth-and-12 from the Moravian 26-yard line and Decristofaro’s pass to Kapinos
was good for just five yards, turning the ball back over to the Greyhounds on
downs. The stop for the Moravian defense was just the ninth in 22 fourth
down attempts by its opponents this season.
Taking
over on their own 21-yard line, the Greyhounds would get a first down on a Rempe run and a personal foul by
Ursinus to move the ball to the Moravian 49-yard line. Weiss then hit Sylvainus with a 16-yard completion on third-and-three to put the
ball on the Ursinus 28-yard line. After a Rempe rush for a first down to put the ball in the red zone, deRouen would run for 14-yards to move
the Greyhound offense to the three-yard line. Two plays later, Weiss found Alex Hersch in the left front corner of the end zone for a
four-yard touchdown pass. Reckenbeil’s extra-point pushed the Greyhound lead to 17-7
with 3:09 remaining in the third quarter.
The
Bears would get a first down on a 16-yard pass from DeCristofaro
to freshman wide receiver Blaze Wasserleben on the
first play of the possession. However, DeCristofaro
was hit by Moravian senior defensive back Erik Brinkerhoff on a quarterback
keeper on the next play and fumbled. Burley grabbed the ball for the
Greyhounds, setting the Moravian offense up at its own 42-yard line.
The
Greyhounds would actually lose a yard on three plays. On fourth down, Voskian connected on a career long punt
of 56 yards that was downed at the Ursinus three-yard line, There were
offsetting personal fouls on the play, forcing the Bears to begin at their own
three-yard line with just 48 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
On
Ursinus’ first play, Pittman was tackled in the end zone by Petros; however, the officials ruled he
had made forward progress out of the end zone, placing the ball at the one-yard
line. The Bears’ would only reach the six yard line before punting on the
second play of the fourth quarter.
Moravian
began at its own 44-yard line and was moving the ball into Ursinus territory
when a holding call moved the Greyhounds back to the Ursinus 40 yard
line. On a second-and-21 play, Weiss
through a pass towards the Ursinus sideline that bounced off of his intended
receivers hands and was intercepted by Bear sophomore linebacker Joe Galie at the Ursinus 27-yard line.
The
Bears would get just three plays in, all incomplete passes before bringing Zara
onto the field to punt for the fourth time in the game. The Greyhounds
would also run just three plays before having Voskian punt for the fourth time
in the contest.
Ursinus
began its final drive at its own 35-yard line. Two Decristofaro
passes, including a 20-yard completion to junior wide receiver Jessie Ordonio, moved the ball to the Moravian 40-yard line.
That would be as far as the Bears would get with Decristofaro
being sacked by Bocchino, a false start penalty and a sack by Petros moved the
ball all the way back to the Ursinus 39-yard line and forcing a
third-and-31. After an incomplete pass, Zara would punt the ball back to
the Greyhounds.
Moravian
took over at its own 26-yard line and had Rempe run for 12 yards on first
down. Rempe would add five
yards on the next play to go over the 100-yard mark for the second straight
week. Moravian would not pick up another first down, bringing Voskian in to punt on fourth-and-three.
Voskian’s
punt would be downed at the Ursinus nine-yard line; however, a running into the
kicker penalty gave Moravian the yardage it needed for a first down at
midfield. Rempe ran for six
yards on first down while deRouen
added three yards on second down. The Bears would use their final
timeout. When play resumed, Weiss
faked a handoff to Rempe and rolled
to his right on a quarterback keeper that gained nine yards and the final first
down of the game. Weiss would
kneel down once to run out the clock.
The
Moravian offense finished with 269 yards on 69 plays in the game with Rempe running for 107 yards on 32
carries after tying the school record a week ago with 51 carries at Juniata
College. McCambridge had 38
yards on five carries to move into seventh in school history with 2,132 yards
before leaving with an injury while deRouen
added 29 yards on nine attempts. Weiss
had 15 yard on three carries, and he completed five of his nine passes for 43
yards with a touchdown and an interception.
Braxmeier was three-for-six for 39 yards with an interception
before his injury while Rempe, who
came to Moravian as a quarterback and even started five games at the position
as a freshman, was 0-for-2 on pass attempts. Tyler Hersch caught three passes for 23 yards while Sylvainus had
two catches for 31 yards. Alex
Hersch added two catches for 14 yards.
The
Bears’ offense was limited to just 204 yards on 56 plays with Decristofaro completing 11 of 19 passes for 130 yards, but
he was sacked four times and had just 15 yards on nine carries. Kapinos had 35 yards on 12 rushing attempts while Pittman
added 26 yards and his touchdown run on seven carries. Wasserleben was Ursinus’ leading receiver with four catches
for 52 yards while Desiderio had two receptions for
25 yards and Ordonio had two catches for 23 yards.
Voskian averaged 42.8 yards on four punts while Zara had a
47.0 yard average on five punts. Zara entered the game first in the
Centennial Conference in punting while Voskian
was second. Bocchino and Petros led the Moravian defense as the
Greyhound defensive line had a big game. Bocchino had eight tackles, six of them solo stops, with two and a
half sacks, three and a half tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble
recovery while Petros had eight
tackles, two and a half sacks, four tackles for loss and a fumble
recovery. Maxwell added seven
tackles with half a sack, two tackles for loss and a pass break-up at the line
of scrimmage while sophomore defensive lineman Michael McClarin added four
tackles.
Brinkerhoff made six tackles to go with this forced fumble for
Moravian while senior linebacker Kevin
McGorry (Whitehall, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) added six tackles and a
half a sack. Senior linebacker Andrew
Morrissey (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus) and sophomore linebacker Anthony Carney (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic) each added five
tackles and a tackle for loss. The five tackles gave Morrissey 309 for his career, moving him into ninth in school
history.
Greyhound Weekly Update, November 3, 2008 (-5555-)
Women’s Volleyball – 13-18 (Landmark
Conference 3-3)
Last Week
– Lost to Widener University, 3-2; Lost to SUNY Geneseo,
3-0; Defeated Baruch (NY) College, 3-0; Lost to Brandeis University, 3-0.
This
Week – Wed., Nov. 5th vs. #5 The Catholic
University of America*, 7:00 p.m. *Landmark Conference First Round.
Widener University rallied and won
the final two sets to earn a 26-28, 25-18, 20-25, 25-19, 15-5 non-conference
victory over Moravian in the Greyhounds final home match of the 2008 regular
season in Johnston Hall. Moravian turned deficits in the first and third games
into victories with eight-point runs in the middle of each set. Freshman
outside/middle hitter Katie Moquete (Midland Park, NJ/Midland Park) and sophomore
right side/outside hitter Molly DuVall (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) each had 14
kills to lead the Greyhounds with DuVall adding 13 digs and a block. Senior outside
hitter Stephanie Struble (Hampton,
NJ/Voorhees) had 12 kills, five digs, three service aces and three assists
on senior night while freshman setter Kristin
Hannings (Levittown, PA/Pennsbury)
added 18 assists, 12 digs, six kills and four service aces for the
Greyhounds. Sophomore setter/right side hitter Christine Poole (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) had a team
high 24 assists to go with nine digs, five kills and three service aces for Moravian
while freshman libero Ashley Schmidt (Bethlehem,
PA/Liberty) had a team high 19 assists. Sophomore middle hitter Christine Reeser (Telford, PA/Christopher
Dock) added two assists and a block for the Greyhounds.
Moravian
dropped a 25-16, 25-21, 25-22 match to SUNY Geneseo
in the opening round of the Judges' Classic hosted by Brandeis University. The
loss was the fifth straight for the Greyhounds. Sophomore right side
hitter/outside hitter Molly DuVall led Moravian with ten kills and 13 digs while sophomore
middle hitter Christine Reeser added
eight kills and a block. Sophomore setter/hitter Christine Poole had five kills and nine digs while senior outside
hitter Stephanie Struble had two
kills, two assists and a team high 20 digs. Freshman stter
Kristin Hannings
had nine assists and seven digs for the Greyhounds while freshman defensive
specialist Ashley Schmidt had nine
assists and ten digs. Sophomore defensive specialist/libero Katie Kercher (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall)
had 13 digs and a service ace.
The
Greyhounds snapped a five-match losing streak with a 25-14, 25-18, 25-23
victory over Baruch College to begin the second day of the Judges' Classic
hosted by Brandeis University. Freshman outside hitter Katie Moquete led Moravian with 14 kills
while sophomore middle hitter Christine
Reeser and senior outside hitter Stephanie
Struble each had seven kills. Struble
also had six digs and a block while sophomore right side hitter Molly DuVall
had ten digs and five kills. Freshman setter Kristin Hannings contributed 17 assists,
eight digs and two service aces for Moravian while sophomore setter/hitter Christine Poole had 15 assists, six
digs and three blocks. Freshman defensive specialist Ashley Schmidt had eight digs in the contest.
Moravian
dropped its final match of the 2008 regular season, falling to host Brandeis
University 25-18, 25-15, 25-13, in the final round of
the Judges' Classic. Freshman outside hitter Katie Moquete had eight kills to lead the
Greyhounds while sophomore right side hitter Molly DuVall had six kills and six digs.
Sophomore middle hitter Christine Reeser
contributed four kills while senior outside hitter Stephanie Struble, who was named to the All-Tournament Team, had
eight digs, three kills and a service aces for Moravian. Freshman setter Kristin Hannings
had ten assists, three digs and a service aces in the match while sophomore
setter/hitter Christine Poole had
three service aces and a pair of digs. Freshman defensive specialist Ashley Schmidt added a team high nine
digs for the Greyhounds.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, November 3, 2008 (-6666-)
Men’s Cross Country – 0-0 (Landmark
Conference 0-0)
Last
Week – 3rd out of 8 at the Landmark Conference Championships at Ft. Roberdeau Historic Site hosted by Juniata College, Altoona,
PA
This
Week – Do Not Compete
The Greyhounds placed third of eight
schools at the 2008 Landmark Conference Championships hosted by Juniata College
at the Fort Roberdeau Historic Site in Altoona.
Moravian had a team score of 87 points while Susquehanna won the conference
title with 41 points and the host Eagles were second with 47 points. The
Greyhounds had two All-Conference runners with sophomore Connor Skutches (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) earning Landmark All-Conference First Team honors with a seventh
place finish of 82 runners on the 8,000-meter course in a time of 27:39.4.
Senior Jeremiah Reinhart (Effort,
PA/Pleasant Valley) was just four seconds behind Skutches at 27:43.6 to place eighth and earn a spot on the Landmark
All-Conference Second Team. Rounding out Moravian's top five runners were
freshman Matthew Lutcza
(Dingmans Ferry, PA/Delaware Valley) in 16th place in a time fo 28:13.2, freshman Peter Rovtar (Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge)
in 31st position in 29:13.1 and junior Steve
DeFazio (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville) in 34th place at 29:22.2. The
Greyhounds had five other runners compete in the meet with freshman Zach Rivenbark (Center
Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh) finished 36th in a time of 29:36.3, junior Timothy Betz (Havertown, PA/Haverford)
at 49th in 30:20.6, sophomore Jessie
Miller (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg) taking 50th in 30:22.9, sophomore Jacob Tazik (Wyomissing,
PA/Wyomissing) in 64th place in a time of 31:08.8 and freshman Jonathan Gutierrez (Allentown, PA/Dieruff) finishing 74th at 32:54.7.
Men’s Tennis – 1-1 (Landmark
Conference 0-0)
Last
Week – Did Not Compete
This
Week – Do Not Compete.
The men’s tennis team has completed
their fall season and will return to action on Saturday, March 14th
when they take on rival Muhlenberg College.
Greyhound Weekly Update, Nov ember 3, 2008 (-7777-)
Women’s Soccer – 12-5-2 (Landmark
Conference 4-1-1)
Last
Week – Defeated *Drew University, 2-0. *Landmark Conference Match.
This Week –Wed., Nov. 5th vs. * #4 Juniata
College, 2:00 p.m. *Landmark Conference Semifinals.
Sophomore
forward Jenelle Mirro (Bath,
PA/Notre Dame) scored in the 55th minute to snap a scoreless tie and lead
Moravian to a 2-0 shutout of Drew University in Landmark Conference action on
the final day of the regular season. With the victory, the Greyhounds clinched
the top seed in the 2008 Landmark Conference Tournament and will host fourth
seeded Juniata College in a semifinal match on Wednesday, November 5th on the
HUB Quad at 2:30 p.m. The win also extended Moravian's unbeaten streak to seven
matches as the Greyhounds improved to 5-0-2 in their last seven matches with
the team's third straight win. Mirro’s goal, her sixth of the season, was a tap-in of a
crossing pass from senior forward Tracy
Fitzpatrick (Wantage, NJ/High Point Regional) in
the 55th minute. Freshman defender Diana
Feldman (York, PA/Central York) started the play with a lead pass to Fitzpatrick which she one-touched over
to Mirro.
Moravian would add an insurance goal in the 84th minute when junior forward Alessandra Valdetara
(Butler, NJ/Butler) miss struck a crossing pass and ended up lobbing the
ball into the goal for her fifth tally of the season. Drew actually had a 12-8
advantage in shots in the match while both squads attempted three corner
kicks. Moravian senior goalie Caitlin
Corrigan (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) had three saves
for her sixth shutout of the season. The victory was the 49th for Corrigan, and it was also her 32nd
career shutout, both school records.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, November 3, 2008 (-8888-)
Men’s Soccer – 6-9-2 (Landmark
Conference 1-4-2)
Last
Week – Lost to *Drew University, 3-0.
Season
Complete
Greg Zizik scored a goal and an
assist to lead the Drew University men’s soccer team to a 3-0 victory over
Moravian College in the regular season finale Saturday afternoon. Anthony Pisani would give the Rangers all of the offense they
needed in the sixth minute when he netted an unassisted goal. Zizik would score in the 56th minute off of a pass from
Vincent Costa while Shahryar Shroff
added a goal set up by Zizik in the 62nd minute. Drew
had a 24-2 advantage in shots in the match and a 6-2 edge in corner
kicks. Moravian senior goalie Chris
Nederostek (Lansdale, PA/Christopher Dock) had nine saves in his final
collegiate match while Jeff Rogers stopped the only two shots he saw for the
Rangers.
Women’s Tennis – 4-2
(Landmark Conference 0-0)
Last
Week – Did Not Compete
This
Week – Do Not Compete.
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.
Golf – 2-0 (Landmark
Conference 0-0)
Last Week – Did
Not Compete
This
Week – Do Not Compete
The Moravian golf team has completed
their fall season and will return to the links in April of 2009 when they begin
their spring season.
Greyhound Weekly Update, November 3, 2008 (-9999-)
Field Hockey – 7-11 (Landmark
Conference 1-5)
Last
Week – Defeated Richard Stockton College, 4-2; Lost to DrewUniversity*,
2-1. *Landmark Conference Match.
Season
Complete
Junior
forward Julie Bisci scored a pair of
goals while junior midfielder Damara Varney
(Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) and sophomore forward Becky Renaldo (Allentown, PA/Allentown
Central Catholic) each added a goal and an assist to lead the Moravian
College field hockey team from a 2-0 deficit with 23 minutes to play to a 4-2
non-conference victory over Richard Stockton College of New Jersey at Betty
Prince Field. The match was Moravian's final non-conference contest of the
season. The Ospreys scored first with junior defender Alexandra Speakman putting a loose ball in the back of the cage after
a save on a penalty corner in the 32nd minute. Speakman’s
goal was her third of the season and gave Richard Stockton a 1-0 halftime lead
as the Ospreys outshot the Greyhounds, 6-2 in the first 35 minutes of the
match. Richard Stockon would take a 2-0 lead in the
47th minute when junior forward Gabrielle Palermo netted an unassisted goal,
her fourth of the season, on a break by the Ospreys. Varney would get the Greyhounds on the board just 30 seconds later
on her first goal of the season off of a pass from sophomore forward Vita Ranella
(Clarks Green, PA/Abington Heights). Varney’s
goal, which was into an almost empty net, was Moravian’s first shot of the
second half. Bisci tied the contest
in the 52nd minute when she tapped in a pass from junior forward Kayla Carson (Leesport, PA/Wyomissing)
on a penalty corner started by Ranella. Carson’s
pass went across the front of the cage to an open Bisci on the left side of the goal. Renaldo gave the Greyhounds their first lead of the match in the
64th minute from almost the same spot on the field as Bisci’s goal after taking a long lead pass from Varney that Carson had let pass to an open Renaldo.
The goal was the fourth of the year for Renaldo.
Bisci would finish off the scoring
with just 23 seconds to play on a penalty corner. Renaldo tapped a short pass to Bisci
on the left side of the circle. Bisci
lifted the ball high in the air and it dropped into the far right side over the
head of Osprey freshman goalie Christine Harvey. The goal was Bisci’s fifth of the season. Both teams
attempted 11 shots in the match with Moravian taking all nine of its second
half shots in the final 23:31 of the contest. Moravian had a 10-6
advantage in penalty corners with eight of those penalty corners coming in the
final 20:18. Greyhound junior goalie Aliina Ross (Paoli,
PA/Conestoga) played the second half of the contest, making two saves in 35
minutes of action to earn her first collegiate win. Moravian sophomore
keeper Maura Acox
(Old Bridge, NJ/St. John Vianney) made two saves
in the first half for the Greyhounds. Junior defender Stephanie Dellaquilla
also had a defensive save for Moravian. Sophomore goalie Debi O’Kane played the first 51:18 for Richard Stockton,
allowing two goals while Harvey had four saves in the remainder of the contest
for the Ospreys.
The Drew University field
hockey team overcame a quick one goal deficit to post a 2-1 victory over
Moravian in Landmark Conference action at Betty Prince Field in the season
finale for both schools. The Greyhounds rededicated Betty Prince Field
after the match for the 20th anniversary of the field. Moravian jumped out to a
1-0 lead in just the fourth minute when junior forward Jillian Pagliei (Ivyland,
PA/Council Rock North) put in a pass from junior forward Julie Bisci for Pagliei’s third goal of the
season. The Rangers would answer with the game-tying goal five minutes later
when freshman midfielder Meghan Howlett knocked in
her fourth goal of the season on a pass from junior midfielder Nicole DiBattista. Drew needed just five more minutes to take the
lead in the 14th minute when junior forward Elizabeth Law scored her 12th goal
of the year off of a DiBattista pass. Drew had a 12-8
advantage in shots and an 8-5 edge in penalty corners
in the match. Ranger junior goalie Stef Rutkowski made two saves in the first 35 minutes while
freshman goalie Lauren Fasano has two saves in the
second half of the match for Drew. Moravian sophomore keeper Maura Acox had
six saves for the Greyhounds while junior defender Patty Eck (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua) added a defensive save for
Moravian. DiBattista also had a defensive save for
Drew.
Women’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Landmark Conference 0-0)
Last Week – 5th out of 8 at the Landmark Conference Championships at Ft. Roberdeau Historic Site hosted by Juniata College, Altoona,
PA
This
Week – Do Not Compete
The Greyhounds placed fifth of eight
schools at the 2008 Landmark Conference Championships hosted by Juniata College
at the Fort Roberdeau Historic Site in Altoona.
Moravian had a team score of 88 points while Susquehanna won the conference
title with 40 points and the host Eagles were second with 61 points. The
Greyhounds had three All-Conference runners with freshman Hailey Neff (Lehighton, PA/Lehighton) earning Landmark
All-Conference First Team honors with a sixth place finish of 77 runners on the
6,000-meter course in a time of 24:22.6. Senior Kelly Williams (Tafton, PA/Wallenpaupack)
placed 11th in a time of 24:45.6 while freshman Kristina Ruggiero (Cedar Grove, NJ/Cedar Grove) was eight seconds
back at 24:53.3 to finish 12th as the duo earned Landmark All-Conference Second
Team accolades. Moravian's top five runners also included freshman Megan Hallowell (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty)
in 29th place with a time of 26:22.5 and senior Naomie Kachel (Shillington, PA/Governor Mifflin) at
32nd overall in 26:57.5 The Greyhounds had five other runners compete in the
meet with freshman Cadee Rockwell (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson West
Lawn) finishing 42nd in a time of 27:52.0, freshman Katie Engwall (Columbia, NJ/North Warren)
taking 45th in 28:11.9, sophomore Kaleen Holden at 47th place in a time of
28:21.7, senior Stephanie Miller
(Easton, PA/Easton) in 66th position in 30:25.9 and freshman Katie Pritchett (Pottsville, PA/Pottsville)
at 75th in 32:12.0.
