October 5, 1999

LADY GREYHOUND CROSS COUNTRY RANKED 9^TH IN NATION

BETHELHEM, PA --- After a second place finish at the Frostburg State (MD) University Invitational this past Saturday, the Moravian College women’s cross country team dropped to ninth in the nation in the latest NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country National Rankings released on Tuesday. Moravian is the top ranked team in the Mideast Region.

The Lady Greyhounds, who opened the season with a sixth place finish at the Kutztown University Maroon & Gold Invitational and followed with a second place showing at the Lafayette Invitational and the championship of the Muhlenberg College Invitational, were ranked 19th in the preseason poll. Moravian then fell to 23rd in the first regular season poll of the year before jumping to eighth place for the last two weeks.

Leading the Lady Greyhounds this season are sophomore Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic/ Riverside HS) and Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown/Lower Dauphin HS). Wolfsberger won first place at the Lafayette Invitational while Shertzer won the Muhlenberg Invitational. Rounding out the top six for Moravian are junior Hannah Wood (Palm/Upper Perkiomen HS), senior Maria Grabowski (Churchville/Villa Joseph Marie HS) and sophomores Kim Jaick (Coopersburg/Southern Lehigh HS) and Erin Boyle (Philadelphia/ Nazareth Academy). Shertzer, Wolfsberger, Wood and Jaick all placed in the top 15 at the Frostburg State Invitational.

Moravian will return to action on Saturday, October 9th at the Dickinson College Invitational.

1999 NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country National Rankings (10/5/99)

Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Last Week

1. Calvin College (7) GL 199 1
2. Middlebury College (1) NE 193 2
3. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh MW 177 4
4. St. Olaf College C 175 3
5. College of New Jersey MA 162 5
6. Williams College NE 160 7
7. University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse MW 156 6
8. St. Thomas College C 132 9
9. Moravian College ME 131 8
10. Baldwin Wallace College GL 123 13
11. Brandeis (MA) University NE 112 11
12. Colorado College W 101 10
13. Wheaton (Ill.) College MW 93 14
14. UC-San Diego W 85 19
15. Luther College C 79 12
16. SUNY Cortland MA 68 15
17. Hamilton College MA 62 16
18. Augustana College MW 58 17
T19. Amherst College NE 55 T20
T19. SUNY-Geneseo MA 55 23
21. Wartburg College C 51 NR
T22. Carnegie Mellon University ME 32 18
T22. Emory University SSE 32 T20
24. SUNY Plattsburgh MA 30 24
25. Dickinson College MA 17 NR

Also Receiving Votes: Colby College, Macalester University, University of Chicago, Carleton College, North Central College, DePauw College, Ithaca College and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.