Greyhound
Weekly Update, May 1, 2006 (-2222-)
Softball – 30-6 (Commonwealth
Conference 13-1, MASCAC 19-1)
Last Week – Defeated *Elizabethtown
College, 9-0 (5 innings) & 2-0; Defeated
*Albright College,
2-0 & 7-1; Defeated *Messiah
College, 2-0 & 2-0. *Commonwealth Conference game
This Week – Fri. & Sat., May 5th-6th
at 2006 Commonwealth Conference Tournament at Susquehanna
University, Selinsgrove, PA
– Fri., May 5th vs. #4 Susquehanna University, 11:00 a.m.
Moravian swept its tenth doubleheader of the season,
defeating Elizabethtown
College, 9-0 in five
innings and 2-0, in Commonwealth Conference action Tuesday afternoon to clinch
its 12th straight postseason appearance. In the first game, Greyhound senior pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold
Township HS) tossed her second no-hitter of the season and sixth of her
career. Hennessy did allow three
walks while striking out five batters for her 15th victory of the season. Hennessy moved into third all-time in
NCAA Division III history with her 46th career shutout. The Greyhounds would
give Hennessy all the offense she
needed in the top of the second inning with five runs. Senior designated player
Richelle McWilliams (Riegelsville,
PA/Easton
HS) led off with a single and Hennessy
pinch ran for her. Sophomore second baseman Beth Paly (Whitehall,
PA/Whitehall
HS) singled, and freshman first baseman Sheri Bienick (Lumberton,
NJ/Rancocas
Valley HS) reached on
an infield bunt single to load the bases. Sophomore third baseman Kelly Santry
(Hatboro, PA/Upper Moreland HS) was hit by a pitch to score Hennessy, and junior catcher Danielle Carrione
(Bloomfield, NJ/Mt. St. Dominic HS) followed with a two-RBI single to score
Paly and Bienick.
Freshman outfielder Erica Klepeisz (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth
HS) hit an RBI single to score Santry, and Carrione would score the final run of the inning while Klepeisz stole
second base. Moravian extended its lead
to 6-0 in the top of the third inning on a solo home run by Paly, the first of her
collegiate career. The homer was also Moravian's 19th of the season, tying the
single season school record for the team.
The Greyhounds scored three more times in the top of the fifth inning to
institute the NCAA's eight-run rule. McWilliams hit a one-out double to get
this started, and Hennessy would run for her again. After a single by Paly, Bienick hit an
RBI single to score Hennessy. Santry finished
off the scoring when she pushed Paly and sophomore pinch runner Megan Ritchey (Boyertown,
PA/Boyertown HS) across the plate
with a two-RBI double. Moravian had 12 hits in the game with Paly going
3-for-3 and two hits each from McWilliams,
Bienick
and Santry. In the second game, freshman pitcher Kristie Pellicani
(Sparta, NJ/Sparta HS) improved
to 9-2 in the circle, allowing just one hit and a walk in five innings, and she
struck out four batters. Hennessy
earned her fifth save of the season, allowing a hit and two walks in two
innings of action, and Hennessy also
stuck out three batters. Moravian scored
the only run the duo would need in the top of the fifth inning when Santry singled
with two outs and scored on an RBI single by Klepeisz after an Elizabethtown error. The Greyhounds added another run in the top
of the sixth inning. Junior outfielder Justina Black (Orefield, PA/Parkland HS) doubled with one out and sophomore Keri Traficante
(Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS) came in to pinch run for her. Traficante would
eventually score on another Blue Jay error. Moravian was limited to just five
hits in the game with two by Klepeisz.
The Greyhounds swept their 11th
doubleheader of the season, defeating Albright College,
2-0 and 7-1, in a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader to clinch the top spot
in the Commonwealth Conference Tournament for the fifth straight season. Hennessy
tossed a one-hit shutout in the first game, her 11th shutout of the season,
allowing a walk and striking out six batters in the complete game. Hennessy
would get all of the offense she would need in the top of the third inning. Klepeisz doubled to lead off the inning and
moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by freshman shortstop Jordan Oplinger (Allentown,
PA/Parkland
HS). Paly
followed with an RBI sacrifice fly to score Klepeisz. Moravian's other run came in the top of the
sixth inning when McWilliams connected
on her sixth homer of the season and the 21st home run of her career to lead
off the inning. The Greyhounds had just six hits in the game with Klepeisz
collecting two of them. Hennessy earned her second win of the
day in the circle, allowing a run on five hits and two walks while striking out
nine batters. The victory was also Hennessy's
17th of the season. Hennessy's first strikeout in the bottom of the seventh inning was
the 800th of her career, just the seventh pitcher in NCAA Division III history
to reach that plateau, and she moved into tenth all-time with 741.0 career
innings pitched. The Greyhounds would
give Hennessy all the offense she
would need in the top of the first inning with a pair of runs. Klepeisz led off
the game with a single and would score on an RBI double by Oplinger. The throw home to try
and get Klepeisz
out at the plate allowed Oplinger to move to third base. Paly followed with an RBI
sacrifice fly to score Oplinger.
The Lions would cut the lead in half in
the bottom of the second inning on a bases loaded walk. In the top of the third inning, Paly would draw
a two-out walk for Moravian. Bienick followed
with her fourth home run of the season to give the Greyhounds a 4-1 lead. Moravian would score three times in the top of
the fourth inning to take control of the game. Junior outfielder Lauren Homa
(Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS) reached on an error to lead off the
inning and another error would allow Homa to score on a ball hit by Ritchey. Carrione followed with an RBI double to score Ritchey and Carrione would cross the plate
on an RBI single by Klepeisz.
The Greyhounds had eight hits in the game including two each by Klepeisz and Oplinger. During the bottom of the seventh inning, on
the same strikeout that was Hennessy's
800th career strikeout, Carrione
became Moravian's all-time leader in putouts with 723. Carrione would pick up one more
putout in the game when Hennessy
struck out the next batter.
Moravian swept its 12th doubleheader of
the year in its regular season finale, defeating Messiah College,
2-0 & 2-0, in a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader at Blue & Grey
Field. The second victory of the day was
the 400th in the career of head coach John Byrne, who now has a 400-131 mark in 13 seasons at Moravian. Byrne
is Moravian’s first head coach to win 400 contests in a single sport. The victory was also the Greyhounds’ 30th
of the 2006 season, the fifth straight year Moravian has won at least 30 games. Hennessy
tossed a two-hit shutout for the Greyhounds, her 12th of the season. She
did not allow any walks. Hennessy would get all of the offense
she would need in the bottom of the first inning when Oplinger reached on an error and scored on an RBI single by Paly. Moravian added its other run in the bottom of
the fourth inning. McWilliams led
off with a single and Hennessy came
on to run for McWilliams. After a
sacrifice bunt by Homa and a single by Bienick, Hennessy would score on an RBI sacrifice fly by Santry. The Greyhounds were
limited to six hits in the game with two by Bienick. Hennessy
tossed her second two-hit shutout of the day in the second game, allowing two
walks and striking out eight batters in her 12th shutout and 19th victory of
the season. Hennessy is now tied for
second in NCAA Division III history with Lacey Lister of Salisbury (MD)
University with 50 career shutouts. Hennessy
has also moved into a tie for eighth in career victories with 86, and she is
seventh in career strikeouts 818, tied for ninth in career ERA at 0.86, ninth
in innings pitched with 755 and tied for 11th in complete games with 96. Hennessy
would get all the offense she would need when she scored a run in the bottom of
the second inning. McWilliams led
off the inning with a double and Hennessy
came into pinch run as the flex player. After a pair of outs, Ritchey singled to move Hennessy to third. Hennessy then crossed the plate on an RBI single by Carrione. The Greyhounds scored their other run in the
bottom of the fourth inning when McWilliams
connected on a one-out, solo home run to dead centerfield. The homer was McWilliams’ team-leading seventh of the
season. McWilliams is second in
school history with 22 career homers, and Moravian has hit a school record 22
home runs this spring as a team. The Greyhounds finished the game with eight
hits including two each by McWilliams,
Homa and Oplinger, who
hit a pair of doubles.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, May 1, 2006 (-3333-)
Men’s Lacrosse – 4-12
(MASCAC 2-8)
Last Week – Lost to *Widener
University, 18-6; Lost to *Elizabethtown College, 10-6. *Middle Atlantic Conference match
Season Complete
The Greyhounds dropped their final road match of the
season, falling to Widener
University, 18-6, in
Middle Atlantic Conference action. The Pioneers had a 39-20 advantage in shots,
a 31-28 edge in ground balls and won 17 of 27 face-offs. Freshman attack Jason Tosches
(West Windsor, NJ/West Windsor-South Plainsboro HS) scored a pair of goals
for Moravian while freshman attack Keith
Danner (Laurys Station,
PA/Parkland HS) and freshman midfielder Bradley McVaugh (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge
HS) each had a goal and an assist. Junior midfielder T.J. Hirsch (Putnum Valley, NY/Walter
Panas HS) and sophomore midfielder Aaron
Satterfield (Mt. Arlington, NJ/Pope John XXIII HS) each found the back of the
cage once while junior midfielder Ken
Blom (Rochelle Park, NJ/Bergen Catholic HS) had one assist. Hirsch led the Greyhounds with six
ground balls, and he won ten of 20 face-offs. Freshman goalie Benjamin Larson (Dover,
DE/Dover
HS) had six saves and three ground balls in the first half of the match
while sophomore keeper Peter Coutros (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS) had eight
saves and three ground balls in the second half for Moravian.
Moravian closed out its 2006 season with a 10-6 loss
to Elizabethtown
College in an MAC match at Rocco Calvo
Field. The contest was Moravian's first of the season at Rocco Calvo Field,
which had been unusable due to construction. The Greyhounds had a pair of
leads early in the match, up 2-1 early in the second quarter and 3-2 late
in the second quarter; however, the Blue Jays would half a 4-3 lead at the
intermission and control the contest from there. Elizabethtown had a 44-26 advantage on shots,
a 32-31 edge in ground balls, and won 16 of 19 face-offs while scoring four
man-up goals. Hirsch, freshman
midfielder Brian Cleaver (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) and Tosches each scored a pair of goals
with Hirsch scoring one of his
with a man advantage. Blom added
two assists while Danner and McVaugh each had
one assist. Sophomore defender David
Poppe (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury HS) led the Greyhounds with
nine ground balls while Hirsch
added five ground balls and won three face-offs. Larson had 18 saves to go with five ground balls.
Women’s Lacrosse – 2-14 (MASCAC
0-10)
Last Week – Lost to *FDU-Florham, 18-6; Defeated Centenary
(NJ) College, 11-7; Lost to #King’s College, 16-9. *Middle Atlantic Conference match
Season Complete
The Greyhounds fell to FDU-Florham, 18-6, in a Middle
Atlantic Conference match on the HUB Quad.
The Devils held a 36-15 advantage in shots and a 37-23 edge in ground
balls while Moravian won 14 of 25 draw controls in the match. For Moravian, junior midfielder Lindsey Lustrino (Spring Lake, NJ/Manasquan
HS) and freshman midfielder Georgia Castellano
(Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West HS) each netted two goals while sophomore
attack Jessica Bodine
(Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown HS) and freshman defender Rachel Feinstein (North Salem, NY/Worcester School {MS}) each found
the back of the cage once. Lustrino's first goal of the match, which pulled the
Greyhounds within 4-2 at the 15:39 mark of the first half, was the 100th goal
of her career, making her the second player in school history to score 100
goals. Bodine, senior defender Kristin Schol (West Chester, PA/Henderson HS) and junior defender Jenna Abramson (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS) each had
three ground balls for Moravian while sophomore defender Mauri Dallago (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown
HS) had three caused turnovers. Sophomore
goalie Laura Schantz
(Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) made nine
saves in the cage for the Greyhounds.
Moravian won its final non-conference match and its
last road contest of the 2006 season, defeating Centenary (NJ) College, 11-7. The Greyhounds jumped out to a 3-0 lead but
saw the Cyclones tie the match at 3-3. Moravian scored the final two goals of
the first half and the first two of the second half to take control. The
Greyhounds had a 32-23 advantage in shots and a 32-18 edge in ground balls
while Centenary had a 9-8 advantage in draw controls. Lustrino
led the Greyhounds, tying the school record for points in match with eight
for the second time this season. Lustrino
had seven goals and an assist, and she also led the team with nine ground balls
and four draw controls. Lustrino
broke the school records for goals in a season with 47 and points in a season
with 51. Senior midfielder Jessica Cordani (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro HS), sophomore
attack Casey Simpson (Laporte, PA/Sullivan County HS), sophomore midfielder Robyn Klem
(Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) and freshman midfielder Sarah Naumes
(Idaho Falls, ID/Skyline HS) each found the back of the cage once for the
Greyhounds with Cordani and senior
midfielder Kindal Estes (New Providence,
NJ/New Providence HS) adding assists. Cordani
also added three ground balls and two draw controls while Klem had three ground balls. Schantz made ten
saves and added three ground balls in her second win of the season.
The Greyhounds closed out the 2006 season with a 16-9
loss to King's College in a Middle Atlantic Conference match on the HUB Quad.
The Monarchs, who clinched a playoff berth with the win and Elizabethtown College's
victory, had a 32-19 advantage in shots and an 11-10 edge in draw controls
while Moravian had a 23-22 edge in ground balls. Lustrino netted five goals for the Greyhounds, becoming the first
player in the history of the program to score more than 50 goals in a season as
she finished 2006 with 52 goals. Castellano,
Cordani, Klem and Simpson each found the back of the cage once for Moravian. Klem scooped up
a team high five ground balls while Estes
won five draw controls. Abramson
added four ground balls and two draw controls for the Greyhounds. Schantz had 13
saves and three ground balls in the match for Moravian.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, May 1, 2006 (-4444-)
Baseball – 5-32
(Commonwealth Conference 1-20, MASCAC 2-24)
Last Week – Lost to *Messiah
College, 11-1 & 4-3; Lost to Arcadia University,
15-6; Lost to #DeSales University, 2-1; Lost to *Elizabethtown College,
13-8, 7-0 & 4-3. *Commonwealth
Conference game, #MASCAC game
Season Complete
Moravian lost the first game of a Commonwealth
Conference doubleheader at Messiah
College, falling 11-1 to
the Falcons. Messiah jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning
and would extend the lead to 7-0 after two innings. The Falcons scored another
run in the bottom of the third inning. The Greyhounds scored their lone run of
the game in the top of the sixth inning when sophomore second baseman John Bisco
(Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) drew a two-out walk and came all the way around
to cross the plate on an RBI double by junior shortstop Pete Moore (Bogota, NJ/Bogota HS). Messiah would add three more
runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning to finish off the scoring. Moravian
had just three hits in the game, Moore's
double and singles by freshman outfielder Joseph
Durso (Middletown, NJ/Christian Brother Academy HS) and
freshman designated hitter Christopher
Rue (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel HS). The Falcons finished the game with 13 hits.
Sophomore Matthew Swartz (Dunmore,
PA/Dunmore HS) went the distance on the mound for the Greyhounds, allowing
11 runs, ten of them earned, on 13 hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
The Greyhounds fell to Messiah College,
4-3, in the second game of a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader and the final
game of a three-game Commonwealth series. The Falcons jumped out to a 1-0 lead
in the bottom of the first inning, and Messiah extended the lead to 2-0 in the
third inning and 4-0 in the fourth inning. Moravian cut the lead in half in the
top of the fifth inning with a pair of runs. Durso and freshman catcher Thomas Czarnecki (Columbia, NJ/North Warren HS) led off the stanza with back-to-back
singles. After an out, sophomore third baseman Brett Stout (Easton, PA/Easton HS) hit an RBI
single to score Durso.
After another out, sophomore outfielder Josh
Baltz (Easton, PA/Easton HS) hit an RBI
single to score Czarnecki.
Moravian pulled within a run in the top of the sixth inning when Rue hit a two-out, bases loaded RBI single
to score Bisco,
who had led off the inning with a walk. The Greyhounds had eight hits in the
game including two each by senior first baseman Richie Cline (Union Beach,
NJ/Keyport HS) and Durso while Messiah
had seven hits. Freshman Brian Davis
(Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS) made his first career start on the mound
for Moravian, allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks and a strikeout
in five innings of action. Baltz
tossed the final inning for the Greyhounds.
Moravian lost its final non-conference home game of
the season, falling to Arcadia
University, 15-6, in a
game shortened to eight innings due to darkness at Gillespie Field. The Knights jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the
top of the first inning. Moravian would
get one run back in the bottom half of the first. Baltz led off the inning with a single and moved to second on a
walk by Bisco.
After a ground out by Moore, Cline hit an RBI single to score Baltz.
Arcadia added two runs in the top of the second inning, two more in the
top of the third and one in the top of the fourth inning to build a 13-1
lead. Moravian scored again in the
bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI single by freshman shortstop Kevin Gambrino
(Brick, NJ/Monsignor Donovan HS) that scored Rue. The Greyhounds would
score another run in the bottom of the sixth inning on another RBI single by Gambrino,
pushing Rue across the plate
again. Arcadia would tack on two runs in the top of
the seventh inning to make the lead 15-3.
Moravian scored once in the bottom of the seventh when freshman third
baseman Matthew McCarthy (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) hit into a double play
with the bases loaded that allowed Moore to
score. The Greyhounds finished off the
scoring with a two-RBI single by Cline
in the bottom of the eighth inning that scored Gambrino and junior catcher Colin Welles (Belvidere, NJ/Belvidere HS).
Moravian had 13 hits in the game with Moore and Cline, who have each reached the 100
career hit plateau this season, each collecting three hits. Baltz and Gambrino each had two hits for
the Greyhounds. Cline took the loss on the mound for the Greyhounds, allowing ten
runs on 11 hits and two walks in two innings of action. Junior Josh Hunter (Palmerton, PA/Palmerton
HS) tossed five innings, allowing five runs on 11 hits with two walks and
one strikeout. Sophomore Matt Kosensky (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central HS) pitched
the final inning for Moravian, allowing two walks and striking out one batter.
The Greyhounds lost their final non-conference game
of the 2006 season, falling to local rival DeSales University,
2-1, in a game televised live from Limeport Stadium
by Service Electric TV-2 Sports. Moravian took a 1-0 lead in the top of the
third inning. Baltz reached on a
one-out walk, and moved to third on a DeSales error. Baltz would score on an
infield RBI single by Moore. The
Bulldogs tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning, and DeSales scored
the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Bulldogs had nine hits
in the game while the Greyhounds had six hits with two each by Baltz and Durso. Sophomore Trevor Lawrence (Lansford, PA/Marian
Catholic HS) went the distance on the mound for the Greyhounds, allowing
two runs on nine hits and two walks with five strikeouts.
Moravian lost its final road game of the 2006 season
as the team opened a three-game Commonwealth Conference series with Elizabethtown College, falling 13-8. The Blue Jays
jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. The Greyhounds
would cut the lead to 6-2 in the top of the sixth inning. Moore
led off the inning with a single and Cline
drew walk. After a sacrifice bunt by Durso, McCarthy
hit an RBI single to score Moore. Later
in the inning, senior designated hitter John
Howarth (Livingston,
NJ/Livingston HS) delivered
an RBI single to score Cline.
However, Elizabethtown
scored three runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning to take a 9-2 lead.
Moravian would get two runs back in the top of the seventh inning with two
outs. Moore started the innings by reaching on
an error with two outs. Cline
followed with an infield single before Durso hit a two-RBI double. The Greyhounds cut the Elizabethtown lead to 9-6
with two more runs in the top of the eighth inning. Howarth led off the inning with
a single and Bisco
drew a walk to put runners at first and second. Baltz followed with an RBI single to score Howarth but Bisco was thrown out at third
base on the play. Cline would
eventually hit an RBI single to score Moore with the
second run of the inning. Elizabethtown
answered in the bottom half of the eighth inning with four runs to seal the
victory. Moravian would score twice more in the top of the ninth. McCarthy drew a walk to lead off the
inning and Welles doubled to put runners
in scoring position. Howarth
would reach on an error that allowed McCarthy
to score, and Stout followed with an
RBI ground out to score Welles.
Moravian had 12 hits in the game with three by Howarth
and two each by Baltz and Cline. Swartz started on the mound for the Greyhounds and took the loss. Swartz allowed six runs, just one
earned, on three hits and two walks with one strikeout in 4 2/3 innings. Howarth pitched
2 1/3 innings, giving up seven runs on nine hits and a walk with three
strikeouts. Moore finished off the game for the
Greyhounds, allowing one hit and striking out a batter.
The Greyhounds lost the first game of a Commonwealth
Conference doubleheader versus Elizabethtown
College, 7-0, at
Gillespie Field. Moravian had five hits in the game including two each off the
bats of Baltz and Moore. Bisco went the distance on the
mound for Moravian, allowing seven runs, just three of them earned, on seven
hits and six walks with two strikeouts.
Moravian dropped its final game of the 2006 season,
falling to Elizabethtown
College, 4-3, in the
second game of a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader at Gillespie Field. The
Blue Jays jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, and Elizabethtown led 4-0
after three more runs in the top of the fifth inning. The Greyhounds would get
on the score board with a run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Baltz drew a walk with two outs and
scored on an RBI double by Bisco. Moravian added two runs in the bottom of the sixth
inning. Cline led off the inning
with a solo home run in what proved to be his final collegiate at-bat. The
homer was Cline's sixth of the
season and the 15th of his career, which is second in the Moravian record
books. Later in the inning, freshman pinch hitter Eric Shea (Madison, NJ/Morristown Beard HS)
reached on a fielder's choice and would eventually score on an RBI single by Howarth in his
final collegiate at-bat. Moravian finished with six hits in the game with two
by junior shortstop Pete Moore. Stout suffered the loss on the mound
for Moravian, allowing four runs on seven hits and five walks with two
strikeouts in a complete game.
Greyhound Weekly Update, May 1, 2006 (-5555-)
Golf – 2-0 (Commonwealth
Conference 0-0, MASCAC 1-0)
Last Week – 4th
of 11 at Glenmaura National Collegiate Invitational;
1st of 7 at 2006 Commonwealth Conference Championship.
Season Complete
Moravian finished fourth of 11
schools at the two-day Glenmaura National Collegiate
Invitational hosted by the University
of Scranton at the Glenmaura National Golf Course. The Greyhounds had a
36-hole team score of 620 after a second day total of 302 while York College of
Pennsylvania won with a score of 613. Individually for Moravian, senior Dustin McCormick (East Stroudsburg,
PA/East Stroudsburg
HS) shot a second round 75 for a two-day total of 154 on the par 72 course,
placing eighth. Junior Brian Bergstol (Mt. Bethel, PA/Bangor HS) was ninth of 58 golfers with a 36-hole
total of 154 after a second round 76 while sophomore Eric Whitman (Blairstown,
NJ/Notre Dame East Stroudsburg
{PA} HS) also had a two-day total of 154 with a 77 for the second straight
day. Sophomore Matt Hegarty (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown
HS) shot a team low of 74 on the second day of the invitational to finish
in 19th place with a score of 158 while sophomore Bryan Ott (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) was
disqualified during his first round.
Moravian was in first place of seven schools after
the first 27 holes of the 2006 Commonwealth Conference Championships being
played at the Shawnee Country Club. Moravian had a team score of 453 after the
first day, seven strokes ahead of Albright
College and ten strokes in front of Susquehanna University. Individually for Moravian, Bergstol was first of the 34 golfers
with a 27-hole total of 104 on the par 72 course. McCormick was sixth with a 114 while Ott was tied for ninth at 117. Whitman
fired a 118 over 27 holes and is tied for 12th while Hegarty had a total of 121 and is tied for 22nd.
The Greyhounds captured the 2006 Commonwealth Conference
Championship with a 54-hole total score of 902. Susquehanna University
was second at 923. The title is Moravian's fourth golf conference championship,
and head coach John Makuvek
was named the Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year. Bergstol earned medalist honors with a four-under
212 over the 54-hole tournament on the par 72 course at Shawnee Country Club.
Bergstol was seven stokes ahead of runner-up
Mike Heller of Albright
College to earn Commonwealth
Conference Player of the Year honors. McCormick finished third of 34 golfers with a score of 221 to earn
Commonwealth All-Conference First Team honors with Bergstol. Whitman finished
tenth in the tournament with a total of 234, and he was named to the Commonwealth
All-Conference Second Team. Ott
was tied for 11th with a 54-hole score of 235 while Hegarty fired a 242 for the tournament which was tied for 18th.
Men’s Tennis – 5-10
(Commonwealth Conference 2-4, MASCAC 4-8)
Last Week – Lost to #King’s College, 6-1; Defeated
#DeSales University, 6-1; Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic
Corporation Individual Tournament.
#MASCAC match
Season Complete
Moravian had all six of its singles players and its
three doubles teams knocked out in the first two rounds of the 2006 Middle
Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Individual Tournament being
played at Lehigh University
and co-hosted by Drew University and Messiah College.
The Greyhounds did have five singles players and two doubles teams reach the
quarterfinals.
In singles action, junior Scott Shelbo (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS)
defeated Todd Adams of Susquehanna University in the first round before falling
to top seed Nathan Ipsen of Messiah College in the
quarterfinals in the second singles bracket. Senior Sean Lynch (West Chester, PA/Henderson
HS) was seeded sixth and received a first round bye in the third singles
bracket. He fell to third seeded Arvin Narula of
Wilkes University in the quarterfinals. Freshmen Keith Feinman (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield
HS), Lee Gustin
(Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) and Jeremiah
Reinhart (Effort, PA/Pleasant Valley HS) each had straight set singles wins
in the first round in the fourth, fifth and sixth singles flights before
falling to seeded players in the quarterfinals. Feinman defeated Jon Kindred of
DeSales University but lost to top seed Jonathan Sieman
of Messiah in the fourth singles bracket while Gustin defeated Tom Miller of
Wilkes before falling to fourth seeded Ryan Navarro of Juniata College
in the fifth singles flight. In the sixth singles bracket, Reinhart earned a win over Colin Baker of Lycoming
College with a tiebreaker in the first
set before losing to second seeded Jonathan Cohen of Juniata College.
In doubles action, Shelbo and Gustin combined for the first
round win in a tiebreaker before falling in the quarterfinals while Feinman and
Reinhart won their first round match before dropping out with a loss in the
quarterfinals as well. Shelbo
and Gustin
defeated Mike Clark and Matt Silva from the University
of Scranton in the second singles
bracket before falling to Shawn Becker and Erick Vargo
for Lebanon Valley College.
Feinman
and Reinhart defeated Miller and
Chris Noll from Wilkes in the first round of the third singles bracket before
falling to Matthew Bucher and Samuel Shorts of Messiah in the quarterfinals.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, May 1, 2006 (-6666-)
Men’s Outdoor Track &
Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Last Week – No Team Scores at 112th Penn
Relays; 7th of 8 at Lehigh University Games, Bethlehem,
PA; No Team Scores at 23rd Annual
Lions Invitational at The College
of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
This Week – Thurs.-Sat., May 4th-6th
at 2006 Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Championships hosted by Widener
University, Chester, PA
The Greyhounds had two competitors at the 112th Penn
Relays Carnival. Sophomore Nathaniel Dutile (Plymouth, ME/Nokomis HS) placed 27th of 30
competitors in the college men shot put Eastern event with a toss of 14.26
meters (46 feet, 9 1/2 inches). Senior Michael
El Kazzaz (Easton, PA/Easton
HS) participated in the college men pole vault Eastern event but failed to
clear a height cleanly.
Moravian sent two competitors to the 23rd Annual
Lions Invitational hosted by the College
of New Jersey. Sophomore Nathaniel Tussey
(Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown HS) won the 110-meter high hurdles in an NCAA
Division III provisional qualifying time of 14.55 seconds, his best time of the
season and a new Moravian record. Sophomore Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth-Whitemarsh
HS) was fourth in the race in 14.96 seconds, and Brown also placed third in the long jump with a leap of 6.59 meters
(21 feet, 7 1/2 inches).
The Greyhounds placed seventh of eight teams at the
2006 Lehigh University games with a team score of 31
points. The host Mountain Hawks were first with 152.5
points. The meet was Moravian's final tune-up before the conference
championship meet. Moravian had a pair of third place finishes with El Kazzaz
taking third in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.35 meters (14 feet, 3
1/4 inches) and junior Michael Ossont (Archbald, PA/Valley View
HS) finishing third in the javelin throw with a toss of 50,88 meters (166
feet, 11 1/2 inches).
Freshman John Muhlen (Attleboro, MA/Attleboro HS) was
seventh in the javelin at 46.08 meters (151 feet, 2 1/2 inches) while freshman Justin Starcher (Greentown, PA/Wallenpaupack HS) placed eighth at 45.27 meters (148
feet, 6 1/2 inches). In the pole vault, sophomore Allan Fatzinger (Catasauqa, PA/Catasauqua
HS) was 12th, clearing a height of 3.90 meters (12 feet, 9 1/2 inches).
Senior Robert Kilmurray
(Wall, NJ/Wall HS) placed fifth in the discus throw with a toss of 41.43
meters (135 feet, 11 1/4 inches) while Dutile was sixth at 40.92 meters (134 feet, 3 1/4 inches),
junior Steve Kondorossy
(Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery HS) placed tenth at 39.20 meters (128 feet, 7
1/2 inches) and freshman Jeff Berland (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock HS) took 14th at 31.73
meters (104 feet, 1 1/2 inches). In the hammer throw, junior Patrick Callahan (Matawan, NJ/Matawan HS)
was sixth at 39.54 meters (129 feet, nine inches) while Kondorossy placed eighth at
38.89 meters (127 feet, 7 1/4 inches), sophomore John Wagner (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley HS) took 11th with a toss of
34.75 meters (114 feet, 1/2 inch) and freshman Blair Maginnis (Asbury, NJ/Warren Hills
Regional HS) finished 12th at 29.81 meters (97 feet, ten inches). Maginnis did
place seventh in the shot put with a toss of 13.00 meters (42 feet, eight
inches).
In track events, Berland had the Greyhounds top
finish with a sixth place finish in the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.64
seconds. Freshman Jared Henrie (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley HS) placed eighth in the 400-meter hurdles
in a time of 1:00.51 while freshman Stephen
Mulchay (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall
HS) was ninth at 1:03.42. Sophomore Vince
Pagano (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin HS) placed ninth in
the 200-meter dash in 24.93 seconds, and he took 13th place in the 100-meter
dash in a time of 12.10 seconds. Sophomore Timothy
Murphy (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS)
was 11th in the 800-meter run in 1:59.60 while senior Greg Rarick (Drums, PA/Hazleton HS) finished 11th in the
1,500-meter run in a time of 4:12.15.
Women’s Outdoor Track &
Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Last Week – 7th of 7 at Lehigh University
Games, Bethlehem, PA;
No Team Scores at 23rd Annual Lions Invitational at The College of New Jersey, Ewing,
NJ
This Week – Thurs.-Sat., May 4th-6th
at 2006 Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Championships hosted by Widener
University, Chester, PA
The Greyhounds had one competitor at the 23rd Annual
Lions Invitational hosted by The College of New Jersey with junior Erin Recker (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS)
placing third in the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.67 seconds.
Moravian placed seventh of seven
teams at the Lehigh University Games in the team's final tune up for the before
the conference championship meet. The Greyhounds had a team score of 14
points while NCAA Division II Kutztown University of Pennsylvania won the
invitational with 154.5 points. Moravian's top individual performance was by
junior Kelly Applegate (Easton,
PA/Wilson HS), who placed second in the shot put with a toss of 12.73
meters (41 feet, 9 1/4 inches). Junior Tammy
Balliet (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) took ninth
in the shot put at 9.72 meters (31 feet, 10 3/4 inches), and she was eighth in
the hammer throw with a toss of 38.08 meters (124 feet, 11 1/2 inches).
In track events, senior Alexis Vergalla (Glen Gardner, NJ/Voorhes HS)
placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 12:34.67. Freshman Rachelle Elneus
(Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) was tenth in the 400-meter dash in a time of
1:02.47 while classmate Katarina Birle (Westwood,
MA/Westwood HS) was 16th in the 200-meter dash in 28.40 seconds. Freshman Naomie Kachel (Shillington, PA/Governor
Mifflin HS) took 24th in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 5:28.93.
