Monday, March 25, 2002
MOWREY & TOEDTER NAMED MORAVIAN STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Senior Rachel Mowrey (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS) from the
softball team and sophomore Jason Toedter (Easton, PA/Easton HS) from the men's
tennis squad have been named the Moravian College Student-Athletes of the Week for their
performances last week.
Mowrey tossed her second one-hitter of the season, allowing the leadoff batter
of the seventh inning an infield single, while shutting out Messiah College, 4-0, to open
the Commonwealth Conference season. Mowrey's< other no-hit bid this season
went 6 2/3 innings before allowing a single. She gave up just one walk in the contest
and she struck out one. Only three Messiah batters reached base in the game (one
on an error). With Moravian trailing 3-1 in the second game of the twinbill, Mowrey came
back on the mound and allowed just one hit and three base runners (two by errors) over
the final 2 2/3 innings. For the doubleheader, Mowrey< pitched 9 2/3 innings
with two hits and no runs allowed. Moravian is 11-3 overall and 1-1 in the Commonwealth
Conference this season and will host Ursinus College on Tuesday, March 26th in a non-conference
doubleheader beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Toedter helped the men's tennis team remain undefeated in the MAC Commonwealth
with a 7-0 victory over Widener University. For the week, the Greyhounds won one
of three matches while Toedter was 2-1 at first singles and 2-1 at first doubles
with partner freshman Tasch Tinsley (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS). Moravian is currently
3-5 overall and 2-0 in the MAC Commonwealth and the Greyhounds will return to action on
Monday, March 25th in a non-conference match at FDU-Madison beginning at 3:30 p.m.
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