Sports News: Winter 2003-04

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

NINE GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO NFHCA DIVISION III NATIONAL ACADEMIC SQUAD;
MORAVIAN EARNS NATIONAL ACADEMIC TEAM AWARD

GLEN ALLEN, VA --- Nine members of the Moravian College field hockey team have been named to the 2003 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Academic Squad announced Tuesday by the NFHCA.

Moravian was also one of 68 NCAA Division III schools to earn the honor of being named an NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award winner for having a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The Greyhounds were joined on the list by Commonwealth Conference rivals Elizabethtown College, Juniata College and Susquehanna University and local rival Muhlenberg College.

Junior Kelly Boone (Reading, PA/Muhlenberg HS), sophomores Stephanie Beitler (Fogelsville, PA/Northwestern Lehigh HS) and Jill Brinckman (East Greenville, PA/ Upper Perkiomen HS) and freshmen Jenna Abramson (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS), Katie Custer (Pottstown, PA/St. Pius X HS), Rebecca DeJulio (Vineland, NJ/Sacred Heart HS), Elyse Jurgen (York, PA/Red Lion HS), Alyse Moyer (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg HS) and Caitlin Tozer (Norwood, PA/Friends Central HS) represented the Greyhounds on the squad which included over 700 NCAA Division III players from 113 teams. To be named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.30 grade-point average through the first semester of the 2003-04 academic year.

The group helped the Greyhounds post a 4-14 record in 2003 including a 1-6 mark in the Commonwealth Conference. Beitler was Moravian’s leading scorer with four goals and two assists for ten points while Jurgen contributed two goals and two assists for six points. Boone had four points on a goal and two assists while Moyer tallied one goal. Brinckman started all 18 matches for the Greyhounds while Abramson played in all 18 contests.