Greyhound Weekly Update, October 18, 2004 (-2222-)
Last Week – Defeated *FDU-Florham, 35-27. *MAC game
This Week – Sat., Oct. 23rd
at *Lycoming College, 1:00 p.m. *MAC game
Sophomore tailback Chris
Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) ran for 159 yards and two
touchdowns including the winning score early in the fourth quarter on 25
carries to help Moravian celebrate its annual homecoming by improving to 6-0
for just the second time in school history with a 35-27 victory over
FDU-Florham in Middle Atlantic Conference action at Steel Field Saturday
afternoon. The Greyhounds, who are now
6-0 overall and in the MAC, have equaled the 1940 team, which was 6-0 before
finishing 6-1. The six straight wins
also ties the Moravian school record for single season winning streak, which
has been done four other times.
FDU scored the only points of the first quarter 2:12
remaining on a touchdown run. The
Greyhounds tied the game on the first play of the second quarter when Venturino found sophomore wide receiver
Ben Hawkins (Belmar, NJ/Manasquan
HS) with a 55-yard touchdown pass on a third-and-13 play. Hawkins
caught the ball at the line of scrimmage on a wide receiver screen play, made
two Devil defenders miss and then outran the rest of the defense down the left
side line for the score. Senior kicker Ken Macaulay (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge
HS) added the extra-point to tie the game at 7-7 with 14:48 remaining in
the second quarter. Hawkins caught four passes for 100 yards in the game while Venturino completed eight of 15 passes
for 157 yards while being sacked twice.
Both team’s would miss field goal attempts late
in the second quarter with Macaulay
missing from 40 yards.
Moravian opened the scoring in a wild third quarter that
saw four touchdowns scored in a span of 4:45.
On FDU’s first drive of the second half,
Greyhound junior defensive lineman Mike
Hurden (Spring Lake, NJ/Wall HS) sacked the Devil’s
quarterback at the FDU 38-yard line and forced a fumble. Moravian junior linebacker Chad DiFelice (Pen Aryl, PA/Pen
Argyl HS) picked up the ball at the FDU 40-yard line and raced down the
left side line for a touchdown. Macaulay added the extra-point for a
14-7 Moravian lead with 11:55 to play in the third quarter.
On FDU’s ensuing drive, the
Devils scored on a third-and-ten play with a 60-yard touchdown pass. The extra-point and tied the game at 14-14
with 9:52 remaining in the third stanza.
On the ensuing kickoff, Moravian senior wide receiver Jed Warsager (Andover,
NJ/Newton
HS) received the ball at the Moravian 15-yard line and raced up the right
hash marks, untouched for an 85-yard touchdown return. The return was Warsager’s second touchdown
return of the season and the third of his career. Macaulay’s
extra-point attempt failed, setting the score at 20-14 Moravian with 9:41
remaining in the third quarter.
The Greyhounds forced FDU to punt on the next possession,
taking over at their own 26-yard line. Jacoubs ran for four-yards up the
middle on the first play before bouncing the second play to the left sideline
and outrunning the FDU defense for a 70-yard touchdown. On the play, Jacoubs became just the eighth player in school history to reach
2,000 rushing yards in a career and the first-ever player to reach that
milestone as a sophomore. The Greyhounds
went for a two-point conversion to build a two-touchdown lead. Jacoubs
took the handoff from Venturino
and sprinted towards the left sideline before finding senior tight end Chad Opdyke (Bath, PA/Northampton HS) in the back of the end
zone with a pass to set the score at 28-14 Moravian with 7:10 remaining in the
third quarter.
After each team fumbled the ball, FDU scored another
rushing touchdown to cut Moravian’s lead to 28-21 with 2:25 remaining in the
third quarter. Moravian would put the
game away on its next drive when Jacoubs
capped a ten-play, 61-yard drive with five-yard touchdown run. During the drive, Jacoubs became the first player in school history with back-to-back
1,000-yard seasons. Jacoubs, who has gone over 100 yards in eight of 12 career starts,
is now seventh all-time with 2,070 yards with 1,019 yards this season. Jacoubs
also tied the school record for points in a season with 78 this fall after the
touchdown. Macaulay added the extra-point for a 35-21 Moravian lead with 13:38
left in the game.
FDU scored again on its next drive but missed the
extra-point giving the Greyhounds a 35-27 lead with 10:10 led in the game. After forcing Moravian to punt, the Devils
took over on their own eight-yard line and put together a drive inside the Moravian
five-yard line. The Greyhound defense
stopped a pair of rushing plays for one-yard losses, and after an incomplete
pass, the Devils attempted a reverse on fourth-and-goal from the five-yard
line. However, the play was stopped at
the seven-yard line by DiFelice and
senior defensive end Richie Cline (Union Beach, NJ/Keyport
HS) to turn the ball over to the Greyhounds on downs.
The Moravian offense, which led the MAC in time of
possession coming into the game, was limited to 52 plays for 322 yards while
handling the ball for just 23:11 of the game.
The Greyhound defense, which was
nationally ranked in turnover margin coming into the game, forced three
turnovers. Senior linebacker Bill Carasia (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair
Haven HS) led the squad with 14 tackles including four for loss while
junior defensive back Gerald Weiss (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) added 12 tackles and a forced
fumble. DiFelice had ten stops with four tackles for loss, a forced fumble
and two fumble recoveries including the one for a touchdown while freshman
linebacker Mike Prata
(Little Ferry, NJ/Paramas Catholic HS) added nine
tackles with four for loss.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 18, 2004 (-3333-)
Women’s Tennis – 12-3
(Commonwealth Conference 6-1, MASCAC 9-3)
Last Week – Defeated #DeSales University,
7-2; LaSalle University
match postponed until spring; MAC Individual Tournament at Drew University. #MASCAC match
This Week – Mon., Oct. 18th at #King’s
University, 3:30 p.m..
#MASCAC match
Moravian won its final home match of the 2004 season, defeating
DeSales University, 7-2, in non-conference
action at Hoffman Courts. Moravian swept
the doubles action with victories by the duos of seniors Becky Deringer (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) and Jillian Iacovelli (Randolph, NJ/Randolph HS), senior Julie Anderson (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) and
junior Katie Cooke (Milford,
PA/Delaware
Valley HS) and sophomores Courtney Hall (Denver,
PA/Cocalico HS) and Margo Kokolus (Orefield, PA/Parkland HS). The Greyhounds also earned four straight sets
wins in singles action with victories by senior Marion Berry (Avon, NJ/St. Rose HS) and freshmen Leah Bradshaw (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS),
Brittany Popaca (Lavallette, NJ/Point
Pleasant Beach HS) and Jennel Yelito
(Tamaqua, PA/Tamaqua HS).
Moravian's make-up non-conference match versus NCAA
Division I LaSalle University was postponed until the spring non-traditional
season.
Moravian had four singles players and two doubles team
reach the semifinals of the 2004 Middle Atlantic Corporation Individual
Tournament hosted by Drew
University. This year marks the first time the tournament
has been flighted for all six singles positions and
all three doubles flights. In past years, there was just one singles tournament
and one doubles tournament. At first
singles, Deringer was seeded fourth
and defeated Molly Coursey of Juniata
College, 6-1, 6-0 in the first round,
and Josemar Castillo of Lycoming College,
6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals. Gruber was seeded third in the third
singles bracket and received a first round bye before defeating Sarah Boynton
from Susquehanna University, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 10-7 in the quarterfinals. In fourth singles, Iacovelli defeated Kristin Kile of Wilkes
University, 6-1, 6-1 before losing to top seeded Lisa Abel of Elizabethtown
College 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
At fifth singles, Bradshaw
was seeded third and had a first round bye before defeating Kate Ottinger of DeSales
University, 7-5, 6-2 in
the quarterfinals. In sixth singles, Popaca was awarded the top seed and a
first round bye before she defeated Kristen Sabastian
of King's College, 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. Moravian did not have a
competitor at second singles.
In first doubles action, the Greyhound team of Deringer and Iacovelli was seeded second and defeated Maggie Lezarder
and Jessica Coty from the University
of Scranton, 8-3, in the
first round and the duo of Castillo and Lauren Paich
of Lycoming, 8-4, in the quarterfinals. At
second doubles, Anderson and Cooke was
knocked out in the first round with a loss to Danielle Dormer and Boynton of
Susquehanna. There was no score
available. At third doubles, Gruber and junior Sara Weller (Gladstone, NJ/Bernards HS) defeated Coursey and Megan Carpenter of Juniata, 8-3, in the first
round and the team of Sadie Summer and Meredith Spegel
from Messiah College, 8-5, in the quarterfinals.
The Greyhounds had one individual champion at the 2004
Middle Atlantic Corporation Individual Tournament hosted by Drew University
with Popaca claiming the MAC title
at sixth singles. Moravian entered the
second day of the tournament with four singles player and two doubles team in
the semifinals but Popaca was the
only champion. Popaca, who was the top seed, defeated fourth seeded Jenny Larson
of Lebanon Valley
College, 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals
before knocking off second seeded Kristy Trimbey of Elizabethtown College, 6-4, 6-3
for the title. At first singles, fourth
seeded Deringer fell to top seed and
eventual champion Erin Burke of Drew, 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinals. In third singles, third seed Gruber was knocked out of the
tournament by second seeded Melanie Parenteo of Elizabethtown College, 2-6, 6-3, 10-6.
At fifth singles, third seeded Bradshaw fell to second seeded Fiona
Burns of Drew in the semifinals, 7-5, 6-3.
At first doubles, second seeded Deringer and Iacovelli
defeated fourth seeded Maggie Grzelak and Caitlin Wyble of FDU, 8-3, in the semifinals before falling to top
seeded Stacy Shapiro and Kristy Trimbey of
Elizabethtown, 9-8 (4), in the championship match. In the third doubles flight, Gruber and Weller fell to second seeded and eventual champion Fiona Burns and Dragana Trivic, 8-5, in the
semifinals.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 18, 2004 (-4444-)
Women’s Soccer – 7-5-1
(Commonwealth Conference 0-4, MASCAC 3-4)
Last Week – Defeated #Delaware Valley College,
4-1. #MASCAC match
This Week – Wed., Oct. 20th
at *Elizabethtown College, 4:00 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 23rd at *Albright College, 1:00 p.m. *Commonwealth Conference match
Moravian won its final non-conference home match of the season,
defeating Delaware
Valley College,
4-1, on the HUB Quad. The Greyhounds
jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute when senior forward Brianne DeVries (Stockton,
NJ/Delaware
Valley HS) netted her fifth goal
of the season off a pass from sophomore midfielder Alisha Davy (Oaklyn, NJ/Haddon Township
HS). The Aggies would tie the
contest in the 42nd minute. The
Greyhounds would score three unanswered goals in the second half for the
victory with DeVries putting home a
loose ball in the 54th minute for her sixth goal of the season and the
game-winner. Freshman midfielder Anndrea Yetter (Saylorsburg,
PA/Pleasant
Valley HS) found the
back of the net in the 56th minute off a crossing pass from Davy while sophomore forward Kristina Adams (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery
HS) finished off the scoring with a goal set up by Yetter in the 67th minute. Moravian
had a 25-4 advantage in shots and a 7-2 edge in corner kicks. Moravian senior goalie Jill Vaccaro (South Salem,
NY/John Jay HS) made two
saves in the victory.
Men’s Soccer – 7-6-1
(Commonwealth Conference 1-3, MASCAC 5-4)
Last Week – Defeated College
Misericordia, 2-0.
This Week – Tues., Oct. 19th
at Eastern University, 4:00 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 23rd at *Elizabethtown College, 4:30 p.m. *Commonwealth Conference match
Moravian snapped a two-match losing streak with a 2-0
victory at College Misericordia in non-conference action. The Greyhounds jumped out to a 1-0 lead in
the 54th minute when senior midfielder Nick
Tarquinio (Point Pleasant, NJ//Point Pleasant Boro HS) scored an unassisted goal,
his eighth goal of the season. Sophomore
forward Neil Untenahrer (East Stroudsburg, PA/Pocono Mountain
HS) added an unassisted goal in the 62nd minute, Untenahrer's third goal of the
year, to give Moravian the 2-0 lead. The
Greyhounds had a 10-9 advantage in shots while the Cougars had a 4-1 edge in
corner kicks. Greyhound sophomore goalie
Kyle Keller (Coopersburg,
PA/Southern Lehigh
HS) made four saves for his fourth shutout of the season.
Last Week – 1st
of 11 at Muhlenberg College Fall Invitational; 1st of 10 at East Stroudsburg
University Fall
Invitational.
Fall Season Complete
The Greyhounds fired a team score of 315 to win the
Muhlenberg College Fall Invitational played at the Lehigh Country Club by 15
strokes over the runner-up and host Mules. Sophomore Thad
Miller (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus
HS) paced the Greyhounds with a round of 76 on the par-70 course, which was
fourth after a tiebreaker on the 18th hole, while freshman Bryan Ott (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) had an
18-hole total of 78 to place fifth. Sophomore
Brian Bergstol (Mt.
Bethel, PA/Bangor
HS) finished sixth with a score of 79 while sophomore John Gilbert (Allentown,
PA/ Freedom HS) had a round
of 82 to tie for eighth among the 54 golfers in the tournament. Junior Dustin
McCormick (East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg HS) rounded out the Moravian golfers
with an 18-hole total of 85, which tied for 13th.
Moravian closed out the fall portion of its schedule with
a first place finish at the ten-team East Stroudsburg University Fall
Invitational played at the Shawnee Country Club. The Greyhounds had a team score of 305, five
strokes ahead of runner-up Rutgers University-Camden. Bergstol
earned medalist honors with a round of 73 on the par 71 course. McCormick
tied for sixth of the 48 golfers with an 18-hole total of 75 while senior Todd Solecitto (Washington, NJ/Warren Hills
Regional HS) had a round of 78 for the Greyhounds in his first outing of
the year. Ott fired a 79 to place 13th while freshman Brian Scofield (Washington, NJ/Warren Hills
Regional HS) rounded out the Moravian competitors with a round of 87, which
tied for 33rd.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 18, 2004 (-5555-)
Field Hockey – 7-6
(Commonwealth Conference 1-4, MASCAC 4-4)
Last Week – Lost to Alvernia College, 2-1.
This Week – Mon., Oct. 18th at #DeSales University,
4:00 p.m.; Tues., Oct. 19th at Ramapo
College of New Jersey, 4:00 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 23rd
vs. *Elizabethtown College, 1:00 p.m.
*Commonwealth Conference match, #MASCAC ,match
Moravian team dropped a non-conference match to Alvernia College, 2-1, at Betty Prince Field. The loss was the fourth straight for Moravian
after a four-match winning streak. The
Greyhounds fell behind 1-0 in the first half and Alvernia took a 2-0 early in
the second half. Moravian would cut the
score in half in the 63rd minute when junior forward Stacee Cupples (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) found
the back of the cage for tenth goal of the season off an assist from freshman
forward Savannah Bayer (Newton,
NJ/Newton HS). The Greyhounds had a
13-10 advantage in shots and a 10-7 edge in penalty corners. Moravian sophomore goalie Amanda Gaun (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham
HS) had five saves.
Women’s Volleyball – 12-16
(Commonwealth Conference 1-4, MASCAC 3-7)
Last Week – Lost to *Lebanon
Valley College,
3-1; Lost to York (PA) College, 3-1; Lost to Frostburg State
(MD) University, 3-0.
This Week – Wed., Oct. 20th
vs. *Elizabethtown
College, 7:00 p.m. *Commonwealth Conference match
Moravian dropped a Commonwealth Conference match to Lebanon Valley College,
24-30, 30-28, 22-30, 27-30 in Johnston Hall that will keep the Greyhounds out
of the postseason for the first time since 1995. Moravian, which falls to 12-14 overall and
1-4 in Commonwealth Conference action, had played Juniata College
for the conference title in each of the last eight seasons. Junior middle hitter Lindsey Siracusa (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury HS) led Moravian with 16
kills while sophomore outside hitter Kelly
Bauer (Hellertown, PA/Notre Dame HS) contributed 15 kills and nine
digs. Senior outside hitter Christina Wallace (Bethlehem,
PA/Bethlehem
Catholic HS) added 12 kills and ten digs while freshman middle hitter Jenna Wallace (Bethlehem,
PA/Bethlehem
Catholic HS) had 12 kills, two blocks and two service aces. Freshman outside hitter Rachel Radocha (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS)
finished the match with seven digs, four kills and three service aces while
freshman libero Elise Martin (Emmaus, PA/
Emmaus HS) had nine digs. Freshman setter/outside hitter Katherine
Perkins (Lehighton, PA/
Lehighton HS) helped run the Moravian defense with 36 assists while
sophomore setter/defensive specialist Ashley
Hugo (Bath, PA/Northampton HS) added
14 assists and three digs for the Greyhounds.
The Greyhounds fell to York College of Pennsylvania,
26-30, 16-30, 30-25, 17-30, in the first contest of a tri-match at Frostburg State
University in Maryland. Christina
Wallace led Moravian with 14 kills and six digs while Siracusa had 11 kills and five blocks. Bauer
added ten kills and 11 digs while Radocha
added seven kills, ten digs, three assists and two service aces. Jenna
Wallace had six kills, two service aces and two blocks in the match while Hugo had 19 assists. Perkins
also had 19 assists while Martin had
six digs.
Moravian suffered a 27-30, 23-30, 20-30
loss to host Frostburg State (MD) University in a tri-match. Christina
Wallace had ten kills for the Greyhounds while Siracusa had nine kills and five blocks. Bauer
contributed seven kills and five digs while Radocha had four kills and three assists. Jenna
Wallace had three kills while Hugo
had 13 assists and three digs. Perkins
contributed seven assists and five blocks.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 18, 2004 (-6666-)
Men’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MAC 0-0)
Last Week – 15th of
28 at DeSales University Invitational.
This Week – off
Moravian finished
15th of 28 schools at the DeSales University Invitational in the team's final tune-up
before the 2004 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships. Senior Patrick
Grogan (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) paced the Greyhounds with a 43rd place
finish on the 8,000-meter course in a time of 28:16.43 while junior Greg Rarick (Drums, PA/Hazleton HS) was
59th of the 199 runners with a time of 28:36.59. Junior Will
Shimer (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) placed 71st in 28:57.40 while sophomore
Jared Casciole (Easton, PA/Notre Dame
HS) was 115th with a time of 29:51.18. Junior Russell
Zaleski (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough
HS) placed 122nd win 30:11.11 while freshman Tim Pagano (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West HS) was
129th in 30:20.73.
In the junior varsity race,
sophomore Eric Kratz (Parsippany,
NJ/Parsippany Hills HS) placed 83rd of 92 runners in the junior varsity
race with a time of 34:48.58 while senior Aditya
Khanna (Mumbai, India) was 87th in 37:56.15.
Women’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MAC 0-0)
Last Week – 3rd
of 27 at DeSales University Invitational.
This Week – off
Moravian placed
third of 27 schools at the DeSales University Invitational in the team's final
tune-up prior to the 2004 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships. The Greyhounds, ranked 25th in the nation this
week, had a team score of 94 points, 20 points behind winner Dickinson College.
Senior Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS) led Moravian on the
6,000-meter course with a seventh place finish in a time of 23:42.43. Senior Heather
McGarvie (Medford,
NJ/Shawnee HS)
was 11th of 191 runners in 24:22.03 while junior Ellen Hansen (Alburtis, PA/Brandywine
Heights HS) placed
14th at 24:29.28. Freshman Krystyn Fenon (Palmerton, PA/Lehighton HS) took 30th in 25:27.23 while
classmate Christina Maiale (Emmaus, PA/Allentown Central Catholic
HS) was 32nd in 25:31.62. Rounding
out the Moravian runners were junior Lauren
Bahnatka (West Chester, PA/Henderson HS) in 45th
at 26:04.96 and junior Alexis Vergalla
(Glen Gardner, PA/Voorhees HS) at 48th in a time of 26:13.86.
The Greyhounds also placed fourth of
six teams in the junior varsity race with a score of 86 points. Senior Alison
Stoyko (Reading, PA/Governor
Mifflin HS) was ninth of 68 runners on the 6,000-meter course in 26:35.81
while senior Kim Bushner (Allentown, PA/Dieruff
HS) placed 21st in 27:12.88. Freshman
Theresa Zataveski (Quakertown, PA/ Gwynedd
Mercy Academy) had a time of 27:42.10 to place 25th while senior Kellie Smith (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS)
was 30th at 28:09.02. Also competing for
the Greyhounds were freshman Emily Graney (Palisades, NY/Tappan Zee HS) in 32nd at
28:13.30, senior Julie Leiby (Lehighton, PA/Lehighton HS) at 36th in 28:43.29,
sophomore Ashley McCuen
(Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham HS) in 38th in 28:53.18, sophomore Jennifer Connelly (Manchester, NH/ Manchester
West HS), who was 53rd in a time of 30:56.43, senior Alicia Hernandez (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS) at 62nd in
32:25.41, and sophomore Ivy Walker
(Aberdeen, MD/Aberdeen HS) in 65th at 34:07.41
