TWO GREYHOUNDS & MORAVIAN SOFTBALL SQUAD RANKED IN FIFTH NCAA STATISTICS RELEASE OF 2006 SEASON

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College softball team is ranked nationally in three statistical categories and two different Greyhound players are ranked in five categories in the fifth NCAA Division III statistics ranking of the season for games through May 7th released late Tuesday.

Senior pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS) is ranked in four categories. Hennessy is third in earned run average at 0.45, tied for second in saves with five, tied for 10th in victories with 22 and 32nd in strikeouts per seven innings with an average of 8.3.

Sophomore second baseman Beth Paly (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) is 11th in the nation in toughest to strikeout, striking out just twice in 132 at-bats.

Moravian is second in the country in ERA at 0.86, tied for 19th in winning percentage at .825 (33-7), and tied for 22nd in fielding percentage at .965.

The Greyhounds, who are now 33-7 overall, are slated to return to action on Thursday, May 11th at the 2006 NCAA Division III Regional Tournament at Salisbury University. Moravian, the fourth seed, will play fifth seed King’s College in the first game of the tournament at 10:00 a.m.