Tuesday, October 5, 2004

FOUR GREYHOUNDS & TEAM RANKED IN FOURTH NCAA FOOTBALL
STATISTICS RELEASE OF 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Four different players from the Moravian College football team are ranked in seven categories in the fourth NCAA III Division football statistical ranking released Tuesday. The Greyhounds are also listed in three team categories in the statistics through games of October 2nd.

Sophomore tailback Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven Regional HS) is second in the nation in rushing with an average of 174.0 yards per game, and he is tied for tenth in scoring at 13.5 points per game and seventh in all purpose yards per game at 183.8. Jacoubs also has the third highest (257 yards) single game rushing yardage and sixth-best (273) all-purpose single game yardage this season among all NCAA Division III players. Junior defensive back Tyler Chomik (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) is tied for tenth in passes defended with an average of 2.0 per game, and he is tied for 28th in interceptions with an average of 0.8 interceptions per game. Senior wide receiver Jed Warsager (Andover, NJ/Newton HS) is sixth in the nation in kickoff returns with an average return of 31.2 yards while senior linebacker Bill Carasia (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) is tied for the lead in the country in forced fumbles with 1.0 per contest.

As a team, Moravian is 11th in rushing offense at 299.5 yards per game, tied for 28th in turnover margin with a +1.50 per game and tied for 18th in scoring defense allowing just 12.8 points per game.

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