Sports News: Spring 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007

MORAVIAN'S NEIL CANIGA NAMED COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior Neil Caniga (Hampton, NJ/Voorhees HS) of the Moravian College men's tennis team has been named the Commonwealth Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week for his performance last week.

Caniga, who was also the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week on March 26th, posted an undefeated week in singles and doubles action for the Greyhounds while the team was 2-1 and clinched a berth in the Commonwealth Conference Team Tournament for the first time since 2002.

Caniga won all three of his singles matches in straight sets. He also won all three doubles matches with partner freshman Ian Box (Charlestown, MA/The Rivers School). Caniga is third all-time in singles victories in his career with a 43-24 mark, and he is second all-time in doubles wins with a career mark of 33-28. Caniga is 19-7 in Commonwealth Conference singles matches and 13-12 in conference doubles contests.

Moravian, which is 8-5 overall and 3-3 in Commonwealth Conference action this season, is scheduled to return to action on Wednesday, April 18th in a non-conference match at Marywood University beginning at 4:00 p.m.