Thursday, June 17, 2004

CASTAGNA NAMED TO CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA
COLLEGE DIVISION AT-LARGE SECOND TEAM

WALTHAM, MA --- Senior Lauren Castagna (Mt. Bethel, PA/Bangor HS) from the Moravian College women’s tennis team has been named to the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-America College Division At-Large Second Team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

The At-Large program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo for men and women, crew and field hockey for women and volleyball and wrestling for men.

To be eligible for CoSIDA Academic All-America® honors, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 grade-point average, be a sophomore, junior or senior and be a starter or significant reserve. The College Division is made up of all the NCAA Division II and III Schools in the nation as well as all NAIA schools. Student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools are named to the University Division Teams. District II is made up of schools from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Castagna helped Moravian win its fourth consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference Championship last fall and post a 15-1 record. She was 14-4 at third singles with an 8-3 mark in MAC competition. Castagna won 2003 MAC Doubles Championship with partner junior Becky Deringer (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS), and the duo was 16-3 at first doubles. Castagna was named to Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team in October.

Over the last four years, Castagna has helped Moravian to four MAC titles and a 58-3 record. She posted a career singles record of 37-7 and a 26-7 mark in doubles action. Castagna was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete in 2002, and she was a member of MAC All-Academic Team three times.

Castagna is now the 28th CoSIDA Academic All-American in Moravian history and the 23rd in the last 11 years.