Sports News: Fall 2001

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

PENCE, CUPPLES, ZAGORSKI NAMED MAC FOOTBALL ALL-STARS

ANNVILLE, PA --- Moravian College junior cornerback Jarrod Pence (Livingston, NJ/Livingston HS) has been named to the Middle Atlantic Conference Football All-Star First Team while junior linebacker John Cupples (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) and junior offensive lineman Josh Zagorski (Morris Plains, NJ/Parsippany Hills HS) were both named to the MAC All-Star Second Teams announced Tuesday.

Moravian currently has a record of 4-5 on the season and will play its final game of the year this Saturday, November 17th at FDU-Madison in Madison, New Jersey.  The game was originally scheduled for September 15th but was postponed by FDU-Madison on September 14th.

Pence, who moved to cornerback this season after two years at safety, was one of four defensive backs on the first team.  Pence leads Moravian and the MAC with 34 pass break-ups this season with a team high five interceptions.  Pence has also added 50 tackles with 32 solo stops, two tackles for loss and one forced fumble.  Pence, who was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Week this week, is coming off one of the best games of his career with seven tackles, a forced fumble and a school record tying three interceptions in Moravian's 17-7 victory over rival Muhlenberg College.

Cupples, one of Moravian's co-captains and a starter at inside linebacker, leads Moravian with 77 tackles and he is eighth in the MAC with 8.6 tackles per game.  Cupples has made 37 solo stops this fall with 17 tackles for loss, four sacks, one interception which he returned 46 yards, five pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.

Zagorski, a starter at center, has helped the Greyhound offense average 347.8 yards per game including 175.0 yards per contest on the ground.  Zagorski and the rest of the Moravian front have allowed the Moravian quarterbacks to be sacked just 16 times this season and three different running backs to gain over 100-yards in a game this season.

Pence, Cupples and Zagorski are all being honored by the MAC for the first time in their careers.