Wednesday, December 11, 2002

CUPPLES, PENCE & ZAGORSKI EARN ALL-ECAC HONORS

CENTERVILLE, MA --- Seniors John Cupples (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS), Jarrod Pence (Livingston, NJ/Livingston HS) and Josh Zagorski (Morris Plains, NJ/Parsippany Hills HS) of the Moravian College football team have been earned spots on the 2002 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southeast All-Star First Team.

The trio helped the Greyhounds to their best season since 1997 this past fall as Moravian posted a 7-4 overall record, recorded a 7-2 mark in the Middle Atlantic Conference, which placed the team third, and made the 2002 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southeast Championship game, Moravian’s first-ever appearance in the ECAC Championships.

Cupples, a linebacker, led the Greyhounds in tackles this season with 105 tackles and five forced fumbles, which was third in the country. Cupples, who was on the All-Middle Atlantic Conference First Team selection, also had 12 tackles for loss, two sacks, five pass break-ups, an interception and a fumble recovery this season.

Pence, a defensive back that was an ECAC Southeast Honorable Mention athlete a year ago, made 55 tackles for the Greyhounds this season. He added 18 pass break-ups, three interceptions with 88 return yards, four tackles for loss, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery he returned 53 yards for a touchdown. Pence, who was a 2002 All-Middle Atlantic Conference First Team honoree, also returned one of his interceptions 57 yards for a score. Pence will be participating in the 2002 Aztec Bowl this Saturday, December 14th as one of 42 NCAA Division III players from the United States that will be playing the Mexican All-Star Team in Torreon, Mexico. Pence also played in the 2nd Annual East Coast Bowl back on November 30th in an All-Star game that featured mainly NCAA Division II players.

Zagorski, Moravian’s center and anchor of the offensive line, was an All-Middle Atlantic Conference First Team honoree. Zagorski helped the Moravian offense average 288.8 yards per game this season including 150.6 yards per contest on the ground. The Moravian offensive line only allowed 22 sacks in 11 games this fall and paved the way for over 200 yards of rushing offense in four games.