Tuesday, October 12, 2004

THREE GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO COMMONWEALTH TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE
TEAMS; DERINGER HONORED AS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior Becky Deringer (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) of the Moravian College women’s tennis team has been named to the 2004 Commonwealth All-Conference First Team and the 2004 Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year while senior Marion Berry (Avon, NJ/St. Rose HS) also made the All-Conference First Team and junior Nicole Gruber (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon HS) was named to the All-Conference Second Team announced by the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Tuesday afternoon.

The trio helped the Greyhounds to an 11-3 record this season, including the team’s 11th consecutive appearnace in the conference championship match. Moravian, which fell to Elizabethtown College 5-4 in the Commonwealth Conference Championship contest last Saturday, has won seven conference titles in the last nine years under the direction of head coach Dawn Benner.

Deringer, the Greyhounds’ number top singles player, has a 9-4 singles mark this fall, and she combined with senior Jillian Iacovelli (Randolph, NJ/Randolph HS) for Moravian’s top doubles tandem and a record of 11-2. Deringer, who has a career singles record of 51-13, was the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year in 2001 and on the All-Conference First Team in 2002 & 2003.

Berry, Moravian’s number two singles player, has a 9-3 singles action this season, and she was 1-3 is doubles action. Berry has a 34-5 singles slate since transferring to Moravian two years ago and she was on the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team a year ago.

Gruber has Moravian’s top singles mark with a 12-2 record this fall while playing third singles. Gruber, who has a 33-14 career singles record, also has posted an 8-2 doubles record with a 7-1 mark with freshman Leah Bradshaw (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) and a 1-1 mark with Berry.

Moravian is scheduled to return to action on Wednesday, October 13th in a non-conference match with DeSales University beginning at Hoffman Courts in Bethlehem at 3:30 p.m. The Greyhounds will compete at the 2004 MAC Individual Tournament hosted by Drew University on Saturday and Sunday October 16th and 17th.