Wednesday, February 16, 2005

MORAVIAN MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM PICKED 11TH IN MIDDLE ATLANTIC
CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL

ANNVILLE, PA --- The Moravian College men’s lacrosse team has been picked to finish 11th in the Middle Atlantic Conference in a preseason poll of the conference’s coaches released Wednesday.

The Greyhounds received 12 points. Messiah College was selected first with 98 points and received eight first-place votes while FDU-Florham was picked second with 90 points and two first-place votes. Widener University received the final first-place vote and was third with 83 points. The remainder of the poll included Elizabethtown College, Lycoming College, Drew University, Susquehanna University, King’s College, the University of Scranton, DeSales University and Moravian.

Moravian looks to continue to build the program in just its second year as a varsity sport in 2005. The Greyhounds return 12 letterwinners and nine starters from last year’s inaugural team that was 3-13 overall. Head coach Fran Meagher expects the team to be even more competitive and improve.

Sophomore attack Clint Quedenfeld (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS) will lead Moravian on the offensive end of the field after leading the Greyhounds in assists and points with 54 and 81, respectively to go along with 27 goals last year. Through most of the 2004 season, Quedenfeld was ranked in the top five in the nation in assists and points per game.

Leading the team in goals last spring was sophomore attack Daniel Larson (Dover, DE/Dover HS) with 38 to go along with six assists for 44 points while classmate midfielder T.J. Hirsch (Lake Peekskill, NY/Walter Panas HS) added 21 goals and 11 assists for 32 points. Hirsch also had team highs of 117 face-offs won and six man-up goals while Larson won 37 face-offs. Sophomore attack Nick Cacciutti (Media, PA/Haverford School) contributed 23 goals and two assists for 25 points, and he scored four man-up goals.

Sophomore attack Jay Dantinne (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor HS) added 16 goals and four assists for 20 points while classmate midfielder Ken Blom (Rochelle Park, NJ/Bergen Catholic HS) had three goals and four points for seven points and 33 face-off wins before ending his season early due to an injury. Sophomore midfielder Tristan Flis (Harleysville, PA/North Penn HS) contributed four goals and one assist, while classmate midfielder A.J. Herold (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough HS) added three goals and one assist for the Hounds.

Junior defender Greg Hawzen (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough HS) had 51 ground balls, while classmate defender Rocco DiPoalo (Keyport, NJ/Academy of Marine Science) had 37 ground balls. Sophomore defender Tim Guider (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham-Wading River HS) had 19 ground balls. Junior midfielder Peter Coldwell (Bound Brook, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan HS) added eight ground balls for the Greyhounds.

Moravian will look to freshmen Peter Coutros (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS), Keith Paradiso (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central HS) and Peter Scheneman (Carlisel, PA/Carlisle HS) in goal this season.

The Greyhounds will begin their 2005 season on Saturday, February 26th in a non-conference game at Wesley College in Delaware beginning at 2:00 p.m.

2005 Middle Atlantic Conference Men’s Lacrosse Preseason Poll