Tuesday, March 23, 2004

MORAVIAN’S NEIL CANIGA NAMED MAC COMMONWEALTH MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ANNVILLE, PA --- Sophomore Neil Caniga (Hampton, NJ/Voorhees HS) of the Moravian College men’s tennis team has been named the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for his performance last week.

Caniga, who is in his first season for Moravian, earned the Greyhounds only point in a 6-1 loss to rival Muhlenberg College last week. Caniga, who has a 5-1 singles mark this season, had a straight sets victory at second singles against the Mules. Caniga is also part of Moravian’s top doubles team with junior Mike Helmuth (Bethlehem, PA/Harrisonburg {VA} HS).

The Greyhounds are 3-1 this season and return to action on Saturday, March 27th in the team’s first MAC Commonwealth match of the year, a home contest versus Susquehanna University beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Hoffman Courts.