Monday, December 10, 2001

ANNVILLE, PA --- Junior Tara Wozniak (Roseland, NJ/West Essex Regional HS) from the women's basketball team and freshman Brandon Zaleski (Hackettstown, NJ/Hackettstown HS) and from the men's basketball team have been honored by the Middle Atlantic Conference for their performances last week.  Wozniak was named the Commonwealth Conference Women's Player of the Week while Zaleski was named to the MAC Men's Honor Roll.

Wozniak, a guard, led the Greyhounds to a 3-0 record last week including two victories to open the 2001-02 Commonwealth Conference season.  Wozniak, who averaged 17.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game last week, had 12 points and seven rebounds in a 72-62 victory at Albright College to start the week.  She was the only Moravian player in double figures in a 48-38 win at Ursinus College with 16 points.  She added eight rebounds and a career high five blocked shots in the victory.  Wozniak finished the week with her best outing of the season, hitting for 25 points in a 77-66 victory over Lebanon Valley College.  Wozniak added five rebounds, four steals and two blocks in the win, which gave Moravian a 6-3 overall record and a 2-0 Commonwealth Conference mark heading into the holiday break.

Zaleski, a forward, led the men's team to a 2-1 record last week including a 1-1 mark in the first Commonwealth Conference action of the week.  Zaleski averaged 21.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game last week while shooting 45.7 from the floor (21 of 46), 50 percent behind the three-point line (2 of 4) and 86.4 percent from the foul line (19 of 22).  Zaleski led the Greyhounds to a 74-68 victory over rival Muhlenberg College with 24 points and seven rebounds.  He added 19 points and tied his career high with 11 rebounds in an 83-80 victory at Albright College.  Zaleski, who played all 45 minutes in a 67-66 overtime loss to Lebanon Valley College due to injuries to three other Moravian players, had 20 points, nine rebounds and a career best six steals in the loss.  Moravian is 6-3 overall and 1-1 in the Commonwealth Conference heading into the holiday break.