Sports News: Fall 2001

Thursday, November 8, 2001

MORAVIAN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY REMAINS 3RD IN NATION

BETHLEHEM, PA --- The Moravian College women's cross country team remained the #3 in the nation in the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll released Wednesday.

The Greyhounds, who spent six weeks as the number one team in the nation prior to dropping to third last week, have won six of seven meets this season but did not compete last week in preparation for this weekend's NCAA Division III Mideast Regional at Lehigh University.

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, the DeSales Invitational and her third straight MAC Individual title.  Kim Jaick (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) won the Lehigh Valley Championship and has been second for the Greyhounds in four of the other seven 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 have been freshmen Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS) and Alison Stoyko (Reading, PA/Governor Mifflin HS).

The Greyhounds will try to defend their NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship at Lehigh University on November 10th.

NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll, Released November 7, 2001

Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Last Week

1.

Middlebury (VT) College (5)

Northeast

199

1

2.

Calvin (MI) College (1)

Great Lakes

189

2

3.

Moravian (PA) College (2)

Mideast

188

3

4.

University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

Midwest

176

4

5.

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Midwest

162

5

6.

Wartburg (IA) College

Central

161

6

7.

Williams (MA) College

Northeast

154

8

8.

Luther (IA) College

Central

144

7

9.

Amherst (MA) College

Northeast

136

9

10.

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Central

123

10

11.

Dickinson (PA) College

Mideast

117

11

12.

Claremont-Mudd Scripps Colleges

West

107

12

13.

Haverford (PA) College

Northeast

97

13

14.

Ithaca (NY) College

Atlantic

96

18

15.

The College of New Jersey

Atlantic

90

15

16.

Baldwin Wallace (OH) College

Great Lakes

87

14

17.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Midwest

74

17

18.

SUNY-Geneseo

Atlantic

65

16

19

Hamilton (NY) College

Atlantic

56

19

20.

Emory (GA) University

South

50

21

21.

Washington (MO) University

Midwest

34

20

22.

St. Olaf (MN) College

Central

31

22

23.

Brandeis (MA) University

Northeast

28

23

24.

University of Puget Sound (WA)

West

17

24

25.

SUNY-Cortland

Atlantic

15

25

Others receiving votes: Trinity (CT) College (2); Carleton (MN) College (1); Willamette (OR) University (1)