Sports News: Fall 2004

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

EIGHT GREYHOUNDS EARN ALL-MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORS

ANNVILLE, PA --- Eight members of the Moravian College football team has been named the 2004 All-Middle Atlantic Conference Teams announced Tuesday by the MAC. The Greyhounds have five First Team selections including sophomore running back Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS), junior offensive lineman Salvatore DeWalt (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS), senior return specialist Jed Warsager (Andover, NJ/Newton HS), junior defensive back Tyler Chomik (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) and senior punter John McLain (Belvidere, NJ/Belvidere HS) while senior defensive linemen Richie Cline (Union Beach, NJ/Keyport HS) and Kevin McLaughlin (Philadelphia, PA/Northeast Catholic HS) and sophomore linebacker Cliff Garr (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) were named to the Second Team.

Moravian has posted a 7-3 record so far this season with a 7-2 record in the MAC, which was good enough for second place after the Greyhounds were selected seventh in the MAC preseason poll. Moravian began the year with a school record 7-0 start and will be playing in the 2004 ECAC Southwest Championship game at Franklin & Marshall College on Saturday, November 20th at 12:30 p.m.

In just his second season, Jacoubs has rewritten the Moravian record books. He has set school records this season with 1,619 yards on 317 carries with 15 rushing touchdowns. He also has set school marks with 18 total touchdowns and 108 points. Jacoubs, who became the eighth player in school history to reach 2,000 rushing yards in a career and the only player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons against FDU-Florham, has 2,670 yards in just 20 career games with 11 100-plus yard games in 16 starts, including four games over 200 yards with three this season. Jacoubs, who was the MAC Rookie of the Year last season, is second all-time and needs just 81 yards in Saturday’s game at Franklin & Marshall to tie Jim Joseph's career record.

DeWalt, Moravian’s starting center, helped anchor the Greyhounds’ offensive line, which returned all of its starters this year. DeWalt has helped the Moravian offense average 404.6 yards per game, including 239.8 yards per contest on the ground, which currently ranks 27th in the nation. DeWalt and the rest of the offense line have allowed just 12 sacks this season.

Warsager, who is also a wide receiver for the Greyhounds, leads the MAC and is fifth in the country in kickoff returns with an average of 30.7 yards per return this fall. Warsager, who has two kickoff returns for touchdowns this season, has set the school record with 645 kickoff return yards this season. Warsager has 1,201 career kickoff return yards and three touchdowns on 44 returns in just two seasons at Moravian, and he needs just 30 yards to set the school career record for kickoff return yardage. Warsager has also caught 16 passes this season for 204 yards and two touchdowns.

Chomik leads the Greyhounds and is tied for the lead in the MAC with six interceptions this season. He has added a total of 14 passes defended, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery while leading the Moravian defensive backs with 54 tackles. Chomik has also returned kicks for the Greyhounds with a punt return average of 6.7 yards on 19 returns and a kickoff return average of 19.7 yards on ten returns.

McLain, who was on the All-MAC Second Team as a punter in 2002, leads the Greyhounds and the conference with an average of 38.7 yards per punt. McLain has been called on just 37 times this season and has placed 13 punts inside the 20-yard line with one fair caught and just four touchbacks. McLain, who has had just one punt blocked this season, is third all-time at Moravian with 5,566 yards on 147 punts (fourth all-time) for a school record average of 37.9 yards per punt.

Cline, who moved from linebacker to starting defensive end this season, has made 26 tackles this season with three and a half tackles for loss, one and a half sacks, one pass defended and one fumble recovery. Cline, who has 127 career tackles in three seasons, has helped the Moravian defense allow just 138.6 yards per game rushing by its opponents.

McLaughlin, who was also on the All-MAC Second Team a year ago, has made 20 tackles with half a sack and one pass defended this season. McLaughlin has made 66 tackles in his career including 59 in the last two seasons as a starter for the Greyhounds.

Garr, in his first season as a starter, currently leads the Moravian defense with 82 tackles this season. He has contributed eight and a half tackles for loss, a team high three and a half sacks, an interception, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries this season.