Monday, September 12, 2005

MORAVIAN FRESHMEN TRACY FITZPATRICK & CAITLIN CORRIGAN SWEEP COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE WOMEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY AWARDS

ANNVILLE, PA --- Freshman midfielder/forward Tracy Fitzpatrick (Wantage, NJ/High Point Regional HS) of the Moravian College women’s soccer team has been named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week while freshman goalie Caitlin Corrigan (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) has been named the Commonwealth Conference Goalie/Defender of the Week for their performances last week.

The duo helped Moravian win three matches last week while the team improved to 4-0, its best start since 2001. The Greyhounds defeated Wesley (DE) College, 3-0, before traveling to Fredericksburg, Virginia to defeated McDaniel College, 5-1, and the University of Mary Washington, 2-0, to capture first place at the Mary Washington Soccer Classic.

Fitzpatrick was held scoreless in Moravian’s victory over Wesley. She had a goal and an assist in the Greyhounds’ 5-1 victory over McDaniel. Fitzpatrick finished the week with the game-winning goal and an assist in a shutout of regionally ranked Mary Washington.

Corrigan, who was named the Commonwealth Conference Goalie/Defender for the second straight week, allowed just one goal while posting a 3-0 record for the Greyhounds last week with one solo shutout and one combined shutout. Corrigan began the week with 84:15 of shutout action in a win versus Wesley in which she did not face a shot. Corrigan then allowed one goal and made one save in a victory over McDaniel. Corrigan finished the week with her first collegiate shutout, making three saves in a victory at Mary Washington. For the week, Corrigan had a 0.34 goals-against average with four saves in 264:15 minutes of action.

The Greyhounds, who are 4-0 on the year, are slated to return to action on Wednesday, September 14th in a non-conference home match versus the University of Scranton beginning at 4:00 p.m. on the HUB Quad.