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Sports News: Fall 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

MORAVIAN HAS 36 STUDENT-ATHLETES NAMED TO THE LANDMARK CONFERENCE FALL ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

MADISON, NJ --- The Landmark Conference has recognized 273 student-athletes including 36 from Moravian College by selecting them for the 2010 Fall Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll. The honorees were selected from all eight Landmark Conference institutions.

The Landmark Academic Honor Roll recognizes all fall student athletes of sophomore standing or older with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. The student-athletes must complete the fall season in good standing with their team. All eight Landmark Conference institutions placed at least 11 athletes on the Academic Honor Roll and all six fall Landmark sports were represented on the team.

The Landmark Fall All-Academic Team, which features two male and two female student-athletes from each Landmark institution will be released later this fall. In addition a Senior Scholar Athlete will be chosen for each Landmark sport.

Along with the Landmark Academic Honor Roll, six fall sport athletes earned spots on ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Teams, three in men’s soccer, two in women’s soccer and one in volleyball.

The Landmark Conference is in its fourth season of competition and includes eight institutions covering the Mid-Atlantic region. The Landmark crowned six team championships this fall, and sent nine programs to either the NCAA or ECAC postseason as well as four individuals to the NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Moravian had student-athletes selected from all six of its fall teams that compete in the conference with the women’s soccer team leading the way with nine honorees.  The field hockey program had seven honorees while the women’s cross country placed six student-athletes on the Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll.  The men’s cross country and women’s volleyball teams each had five student-athletes named to the Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll while the men’s soccer team had four student-athletes honored.

The women’s soccer program posted an overall record of 5-13-2 and earned a berth in the 2010 Landmark Conference Tournament, with four seniors on the Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll, midfielder Tara Alberse (New Providence, NJ/New Providence HS), defender Mallory Goggins (Wilmington, DE/Wilmington Friends HS), goalie Sarah Halpin (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown West HS), and forward Shannon McEvoy (Lafayette, NJ/High Point Regional HS).

Also making the Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll from the women’s soccer team were juniors Diana Feldmann (York, PA/Central York HS), Kimberly Gogel (Whippany, NJ/Whippany Park HS) and Jenna Stickle (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough HS) along with sophomores Eileen Black (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS) and Tori Korona (Easton, PA/Easton HS)Black was on the Landmark Women’s Soccer All-Conference First Team while Feldmann and Gogel earned spots on the Second Team.

The field hockey team, which was 5-13 this season, had three seniors make the Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll including defenders Maura Acox (Old Bridge, NJ/St. John Vianney HS), Lizzette Arias (Arlington, VA/Wakefield HS) and Alexandra Lopez (Manasquan, NJ/Manasquan HS).

Other team members on the Fall Academic Honor Roll for the field hockey team were junior midfielders Selena Agnor (Franklin, NJ/Wallkill Valley HS) and Erica Cernobyl (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) and sophomore goalies Catherine Gottlieb (Blackwood, NJ/Paul VI HS) and Kirsten Gehm (Phillipsburg, NJ/Phillipsburg HS).

Leading the honorees for the women’s cross country squad was junior Catherine Rockwell (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson West Lawn HS), who was third in the Landmark Conference Championships and earned All-Region honors with a 17th place finish along with a trip to the NCAA Division III National Championships where she placed 136th of 279 runners.

Also making the Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll from the women’s cross country team were seniors Tara Chiarella (Hallstead, PA/Montrose Area HS) and Kaleen Holden (Scranton, PA/Bishop Hannan HS), juniors Holly Fleming (Bloomsbury, NJ/Delaware Valley Regional HS) and Kristina Ruggiero (Cedar Grove, NJ/Cedar Grove HS) and sophomore Emma Pacheco (Drescher, PA/Mount St. Joseph Academy)Ruggiero was also on the All-Conference Second Team.

The Greyhound men’s cross country team’s honorees included junior Matthew Lutcza (Dingmans Ferry, PA/Delaware Valley HS), who was won the Landmark Conference Championships to earn Landmark Conference Runner of the Year honors, and he earned All-Region honors with a 21st place finish along with a trip to the NCAA Division III National Championships where he placed 209th of 279 runners..

Also making the Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll from the men’s cross country team were seniors Jesse Miller (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg HS) and Jacob Tazik (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing HS), junior Zach Rivenbark (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) and sophomore Jake Donchez (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS).

Three juniors and two sophomores comprise the selections from the Moravian women’s volleyball team, which finished the year 22-12 overall with berths in the 2010 Landmark Conference and ECAC Division III South Championship Tournaments.  Honorees include seniors, defensive specialist Katie Kercher (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS), middle hitter Mary King (Paramus, NJ/Paramus HS) and middle hitter Christine Reeser (Telford, PA/Christopher Dock HS) as well as sophomores outside hitter JeanAnne Carey (Bucks County, PA/Pennsbury HS) and right side hitter Samantha Savite (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central HS)Savite earned a spot on the Landmark All-Conference Second Team this fall.

The men’s soccer team finished out its season with an overall record of 5-12-1, with the help of two seniors midfielder Brian Hunscher (Ypsilanti, MI/Ann Arbor Pioneer HS) and forward Christopher Walsh (Dunmore, PA/Dunmore HS), who were named to the Academic Honor Roll.  Joining the seniors on the squad were sophomores forward Nick Desiderio (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood HS) and midfielder Nick Hurff (Sewell, NJ/St. Augustine Prep HS).