Sunday, October 3, 2004

MORAVIAN’S JOHN MCLAIN NAMED MAC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK;
Carasia Earns Spot on MAC Weekly Honor Roll

ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior punter John McLain (Belvidere, NJ/Belvidere HS) of the Moravian College football team has been named the Middle Atlantic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in Moravian’s 21-18 come-from-behind victory over King’s College on Saturday. Senior linebacker Bill Carasia (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) earned a spot on the MAC Weekly Honor Roll for his performance in the game.

McLain helped the Greyhounds win the field position game in the victory to help Moravian move to 4-0 on the year. McLain was called on to punt seven times in the game, an he averaged 37.1 yards per punt with a long of 46 yards. More importantly, four of McLain’s seven punts were downed inside the 20-yard line. After those four kicks, the Greyhounds forced King’s to punt the ball away three times and the first half ended after the fourth downed punt.

Carasia, Moravian’s starting middle linebacker, led the Greyhounds with a season high 12 tackles in the win over King’s. Carasia had seven solo stops among his 12 tackles including half a tackle for loss. Carasia also forced two fumbles in the game.

Moravian is 4-0 overall and in the MAC for the first time since 1988. The Greyhounds are scheduled to return to action on Saturday, October 9th in an MAC game at Wilkes University kicking off at 1:00 p.m. at Ralston Field.