Wednesday
May 2, 2007
MORAVIAN SOFTBALL TEAM & THREE PLAYERS
RANKED IN LATEST NCAA STATISTICS RELEASE
INDIANAPOLIS,
IN --- The Moravian College softball team is ranked in four team
categories and has three players ranked in the fourth 2007 NCAA
Division III softball statistical ranking released Wednesday.
Sophomore pitcher Maria DeBonis (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame
HS), pictured at right, is 13th in the nation in strikeouts
per seven innings at 9.5, 11th in earned run average with a 0.81
ERA and tied for 35th in victories with 15. DeBonis
is now 15-2 with 11 shutouts, a no-hitter and 153 strikeouts in
112 1/3 innings.
Sophomore
pitcher Kristie Pellicani (Sparta, NJ/Sparta HS),
pictured at left, is 29th in the country in earned run average at
1.36, and she is tied for 50th in victories at 14. Pellicani
has a 14-3 mark in the circle this year.
Senior outfielder Lauren Homa (Chalfont, PA/Chalfont HS),
pictured at bottom right, is 14th in the nation in sacrifice hits
per game with an average of 0.39. Homa has 13 sacrifices in 33 games.
The
Greyhounds are fourth in the nation in fielding percentage at .974,
and the squad is fifth in earned run average with a 1.24 team ERA,
ninth in win-loss percentage at .853 and 47th in doubles per game
with 1.71. Moravian has 58 doubles in 34 games this season.
Moravian, currently ranked 12th in the nation, is 29-5 on the
season and 13-1 in Commonwealth Conference action. The Greyhounds
are scheduled to return to action on Friday, May 4th in the Commonwealth
Conference Tournament as top seeded Moravian will play fourth seed
Messiah College at 11:00 a.m. in the first game of the championships
at Lebanon Valley College in Annville.
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