Moravian College Athletics

Sports News: Fall 2001

Wednesday, October 24, 2001

MORAVIAN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RANKED 1^ST IN NATION
FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT WEEK

BETHLEHEM, PA --- The Moravian College women's cross country team remained the top team in the nation for the sixth consecutive week in the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll released Wednesday.

The Greyhounds, who have won five of six meets they have run in this season, took last week off in preparation for the upcoming 2001 Middle Atlantic Conference Championship where Moravian will try for its ninth straight title.

Moravian has placed three of its top five runners in the top 25 of each race this season and all five have been in the top 50 of each event. The four top finishers have all been seniors led by Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic, PA/Riverside HS), who won the Kutztown Invitational to open the season, the NYU Invitational and the DeSales Invitational. Kim Jaick (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) won the Lehigh Valley Championship and has been second for the Greyhounds in four of the other five races. The other seniors are Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin HS) and Erin Boyle (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth Academy HS), who was second for the squad at the DeSales Invitational. Moravian's other top finisher has been freshman Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS).

The Greyhounds will compete for the MAC title on Saturday, October 27^th at Messiah College.

NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll, Released October 24, 2001

Rank	Team (first place votes)	Region	Points	Last Week
1.	Moravian (PA) College (6)	Mideast	198	1
2.	Middlebury (VT) College (2)	Northeast	193	2
3.	Calvin (MI) College	Great Lakes	185	3
4.	University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse	Midwest	176	4
5.	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Midwest	165	5
6.	Wartburg (IA) College	Central	162	6
7.	Luther (IA) College	Central	153	7
8.	Williams (MA) College	Northeast	144	8
9.	Amherst (MA) College	Northeast	129	9
10.	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Central	118	10
T11.	Dickinson (PA) College	Mideast	113	T11
T11.	Claremont-Mudd Scripps Colleges	West	105	T11
13.	The College of New Jersey	Atlantic	104	14
14.	Baldwin Wallace (OH) College	Great Lakes	101	13
15.	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	Midwest	99	15
16.	SUNY-Geneseo	Atlantic	80	16
17.	Washington (MO) University	Midwest	73	17
18.	Ithaca (NY) College	Atlantic	66	18
19.	Haverford (PA) College	Northeast	61	19
20	Hamilton (NY) College	Atlantic	48	20
21.	Carleton (MN) College	Central	30	21
22.	Emory (GA) University	South	24	22
23.	Willamette (OR) University	West	23	23
24.	Trinity (CT) College	Northeast	19	T24
25.	SUNY-Cortland	Atlantic	12	NR

Others receiving votes: St. Olaf (MN) College (8); Allegheny (PA) College (7); Bowdoin (ME) College (2) University of Puget Sound (1); St. Lawrence (NY) University (1)