Sports News: Fall 2002

Tuesday, October 15, 2002

SIX GREYHOUND PLAYERS & MORAVIAN DEFENSE RANKED NATIONALLY

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College football team has six players ranked and the Greyhounds’ defense is ranked in the top 40 in the fifth release of the NCAA Division III football statistics for the 2002 season.

Moravian’s highest ranked individual is senior defensive lineman Tom Blackledge (Sellersville, PA/Pennridge HS) who is tied for sixth in the country this week in tackles for loss with an average of 2.8 per game. Senior defensive back Jarrod Pence (Livingston, NJ/Livingston HS) is tied for 14th in the nation in passes defended at 2.0 per game while junior defensive back Nate Pogue (Bethlehem, PA/ Liberty HS) is tied for 32nd at 1.8 per game.

Moravian’s other three players are ranked in special teams categories with freshman kicker Nate Strohl (Coplay, PA/Whitehall HS) tied for tenth in field goals per game with an average of 1.2, junior punter John McLain (Belvidere, NJ/Belvidere HS) 19th in the country in punting with an average of 39.7 yards per punt, and sophomore wide receiver Jed Warsager (Andover, NJ/Newton HS) ranked 20th in the nation in kickoff returns with an average of 29.2 yards per return.

The Greyhounds, who are 3-2 on the year, are tied for 20th in the country in rushing defense, only allowing 79.2 yards per contest on the ground.

Moravian will return to action on Saturday, October 19th when the Greyhounds travel to Delaware Valley College for a Middle Atlantic Conference game beginning at 1:00 p.m.