Wednesday, April 19, 2006

THREE GREYHOUNDS & MORAVIAN SOFTBALL SQUAD RANKED IN SECOND NCAA
STATISTICS RELEASE OF 2006 SEASON

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College softball team is ranked nationally in six statistical categories and three different Greyhound players are ranked in six categories in the second NCAA Division III statistics ranking of the season for games through April 16th released late Tuesday.

Senior pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS) (pictured at right) is ranked in four categories. Hennessy is third in earned run average at 0.99, tied for second in saves with four, tied for 12th in victories with 14 and 21st in strikeouts per seven innings with an average of 9.0.

Sophomore second baseman Beth Paly (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) (pictured at left) is second in the nation in toughest to strikeout, striking out just once in 99 at-bats while freshman outfielder Erica Klepeisz (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS) (pictured below, right) is 35th in hit by pitch per game at 0.18.

Moravian is ninth in the country in won-loss percentage at 1.06, tied for 14th in winning percentage at .857 (24-4), tied for 33rd in home runs per game at 0.64, 35th in batting average at .340, 34th in fielding percentage at .963 and 43rd in slugging percentage at .469.

The Greyhounds, who are now 24-4 overall, are slated to return to action on Thursday, April 20th in a non-conference doubleheader versus William Paterson (NJ) University at Blue & Grey Field beginning at 3:00 p.m. The doubleheader will feature two of the top teams in the country as William Paterson is currently ranked 18th by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association while Moravian is tied for 21st in the current Top 25 poll.