Sports News: Spring 2007
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.