May 9, 2000

MORAVIAN CAPTURES MATTE AWARD

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Moravian College continued its hold of the Matte Award, the all-sports trophy given annually to the winner of the Moravian-Muhlenberg rivalry. The Greyhounds have not lost the trophy since it was first awarded in 1988.

The Greyhounds posted an 8-6 record this season against the Mules, winning in women’s soccer, women’s tennis, volleyball, women’s cross country, men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s track & field. Muhlenberg captured field hockey football, men’s soccer, men’s cross country, men’s tennis and golf. The two schools did not compete in baseball or softball this season as both contests were postponed then cancelled due to weather.

The ‘Hounds have won the trophy outright 11 times: from 1989 to 1994 and the past five years. Muhlenberg won the first award in 1987-88 and the schools tied in 1994-95.

The late Aaron Matte, a 1970 Muhlenberg graduate, donated the trophy to help promote interest in the rivalry between the two NCAA Division III schools.