MORAVIAN’S MORRISSEY & RECKENBEIL NAMED CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE
DEFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Morgan deRouen Named to Offensive Honor Roll

LANCASTER, PA --- Junior linebacker Andrew Morrissey (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus HS) of the Moravian College football team has been named the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week and junior kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS) was honored as the Special Teams Player of the Week while junior fullback Morgan deRouen (West Milford, NJ/West Milford HS) earned on the Offensive Honor Roll for their performances in the Greyhounds’ 43-14 victory versus McDaniel College Saturday afternoon in Moravian’s first-ever Centennial Conference game.

The victory was also the 123rd for head coach Scot Dapp to become the winningest coach in school history.

Morrissey, pictured at right, led the Greyhound defense with a game high ten tackles, including nine solo stops, to go along with two tackles for loss and two forced fumbles. The second of the forced fumbles was returned 72 yards for a touchdown by junior defensive back Eric Brinkerhoff to give the Greyhounds a 43-0 lead with 12:45 remaining in the game. Morrissey and the rest of the starters were pulled from the game at that point.

Reckenbeil, pictured at left, tied the school record with 11 points versus McDaniel. This marked the third time Reckenbeil, who never played organized football until arriving at Moravian in 2005, has scored 11 points in a game. Reckenbeil opened the scoring with a 28-yard field goal attempt in the first quarter, his first field goal of the season, and then he connected on a 37-yard attempt to give the Greyhounds a 6-0 lead. The second field goal gave Reckenbeil 102 points for his career making him just the third kicker in school history to reach 100 career points. Reckenbeil then added five extra-points to move to 107 career points. He is tied for second all-time with 19 field goals and is now fourth with 50 career extra points. Reckenbeil also averaged 60.4 yards per kickoff (eight for 483 yards) with one touchback.

deRouen, pictured at bottom right, carried the ball just six times in the game but had 56 yards including a 22-yard run. He also caught three passes for 46 yards including a 30-yard touchdown.

Moravian returns to action in a non-conference game on Saturday, September 15th versus Lebanon Valley College with kickoff slated for 1:00 p.m. at Rocco Calvo Field in Bethlehem.