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.
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