Monday, November 15, 2004

MORAVIAN FOOTBALL TEAM EARNS A BERTH IN THE 2004 ECAC CHAMPIONHIPS

CAPE COD, MA - Twelve teams, including the Moravian College football team, have been selected to participate in the six ECAC Division III Football Championship games to be played on Saturday, November 20.

In the South Region, Moravian (7-3) will travel to Sponaugle-Williamson Field to play Franklin & Marshall College (7-3) for the ECAC Southwest Championship in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at 12:30 p.m. while Johns Hopkins University (8-2) in Baltimore, Maryland will host Waynesburg College (7-3) in the ECAC Southeast Championship game. McDaniel College (6-3) will face Albright College (7-3) in the ECAC South Atlantic Championship game in Westminster, Maryland.

In the ECAC Northwest Championship, Ithaca College (8-2) will host the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (7-3). Also in the north region, Alfred College (7-3) will host Norwich University (7-3) in the ECAC Northeast Championship game. In the ECAC North Atlantic Championship, Springfield College (7-2) will host Fitchburg State College (8-3) in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Moravian will be making its second appearance in the ECAC Football Championships in the last three years. The Greyhounds fell to McDaniel, 21-7, in the 2002 ECAC Southeast Championship contest. The last time Moravian played Franklin & Marshall was back in 1992 with the Greyhounds earning a 14-7 victory. However, the Diplomats own a 15-3 advantage in the series which dates back to 1932.