Sports News: Spring 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007

TWO MORAVIAN COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYERS RANKED IN FINAL 2007 NCAA DIVISION III BASEBALL STATISTICS

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College baseball team has two players ranked in the final 2007 NCAA Division III baseball statistical ranking released Wednesday.

Senior shortstop Pete Moore (Bogota, NJ/Bogota HS) was ranked 47th in the nation in slugging percentage with a .672 slugging percentage this spring. Moore, who hit .396 with a single season school record of 53 hits in 134 at-bats, had 11 doubles, four triples and six home runs for 90 total bases in 36 games this season. Moore, pictured at right, completed his career as the school record holder in games played (145), at-bats (502), hits (171), doubles (34) and total bases (261) while being second in school history with a .340 career batting average, in runs (108) and RBIs (86). Moore was also third all-time at Moravian triples (10) and assists (290), and he ranks fourth in career home runs (12) and tied for fifth in stolen bases (28).

Sophomore outfielder Joseph Durso (Middletown, NJ/Christian Brother Academy) was tied for 50th in the country in doubles per game with an average of 0.42. Durso, pictured at left, set the school record with 15 doubles this past season in 36 games, and he hit .320 with 40 hits, 26 RBIs, three home runs and 14 runs for the Greyhounds.

Moravian was 16-20 on the season and 9-12 in Commonwealth Conference action under the direction of first-year head coach Paul Engelhardt.