Sports News: Spring 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007

23 GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CORPORATION
WINTER ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

ANNVILLE, PA --- The Moravian College winter athletic teams had 23 members named to the 2006-2007 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Winter Academic Honor Roll announced Thursday with at least one member from each of the four winter sports.

The Honor Roll, which has a total of 387 student-athletes on it, comprises those student-athletes of sophomore class standing or higher who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 (4.00 scale) or higher and completed the playing season in good standing.

Both the women’s and men’s track and field teams had eight honorees, the women’s basketball team had five and the men’s basketball team had two members of their team on the MASCAC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

Leading the selections for the women’s track team, were seniors Erin Recker (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS) and Amy Reehil (Roselle, NJ/Roselle Catholic HS). Recker helped Moravian win its 11th title at the 2007 Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships with a win in the 55-meter dash having a time of 7.34 and placing 3rd in the 200-meter dash. Reehil had a time of 1:01.05 in the 400-meter dash and 26.59 seconds in the 200-meter dash, making her second in each event. Senior Tammy Balliet (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) competed in the shot put with a throw of 9.50 meters (31 feet, two inches) and the 20 pound weight throw, tossing 12.12 meters (39 feet, 9 1/4 inches).

Also earning spots on the MASCAC Winter Academic Honor Roll from the women’s track and field squad were seniors Suzanne Tamlyn (Wappingers Falls, NY/Wallkill HS) and Jennifer Connolly (Weare, NH/Manchester West HS), and sophomores Naomie Kachel (Shillington, PA/Governor Mifflin HS), Kayla Teeling (Milford, NJ/Phillipsburg HS) and Kelly Williams (Tafton, PA/Wallenpaupack Area HS).

Leading the men’s track and field team honorees was junior Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown Area HS), who competed in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.64 at the MAC Championships, placing second. Tussey also competed in the preliminaries of the event at the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships. Senior Anthony Sarno (Forked River, NJ/Lacey Township HS) and junior Timothy Pagano (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West HS) were also on the squad. Sarno had a time of 4:52.62 in the mile run, while Pagano had a time of 16:18.79 in the 5,000-meter run.

Also on the MASCAC Winter Academic Honor Roll from the men’s track and field team were juniors Alan Fatzinger (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS) and Vince Pagano (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East HS), and sophomores John McCullough (Levittown, PA/Conwell-Egan Catholic HS), Jared Henrie (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley HS) and Timothy Murphy (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS).

The women’s basketball team had an overall record of 19-11 and a Commonwealth Conference record of 9-5. They won the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III Southern Championships defeating King’s College 86-64. Leading the team is senior Kelly Applegate (Easton, PA/Wilson HS). Applegate has a career total of 1,529 points scored, making her fifth all time. This season, Applegate scored 454 points, grabbed 195 rebounds, had 45 assists and 50 steals, and had a free throw percentage of 81.2 percent.

Juniors Megan Kocon (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) contributed 15 points, six assists and 13 rebounds this season while Christina Moll (Kintersville, PA/Palisades HS) had nine points, two steals, and six rebounds. Sophomore Rachelle Elneus (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) added 23 points, six steals and 12 rebounds, and classmate Cody Fedorishen (Nazareth, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) had 64 points, 11 steals, 14 assists and 63 rebounds this season.

The men’s basketball team posted a record of 11-14 overall and a 4-10 Commonwealth Conference record. Leading the team is junior Steve Wenderfer (Chester, NJ/Mendham HS). He had 253 points this season to go with 24 steals, 22 assists and 145 rebounds. Also making the Academic Honor Roll was senior forward Matt Devlin (Sadsburyville, PA/Coatesville HS). This season, Devlin contributed 111 points, 17 steals, 17 assists, 20 blocked shots, and 76 rebounds.