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MORE INFORMATION
2005-06 – Week 8 Contact:
Mark Fleming (610) 861-1472, (610) 390-7545 or (610) 758-8721
Men’s Cross Country 0-0 0-0
Women’s Cross Country 0-0 0-0
Field Hockey 5-11 0-5 4-6
Football 4-3 4-3
Golf 0-0 0-0
Men’s Soccer 5-9-2 2-3 3-5-1
Women’s
Soccer 12-3-1 4-1-1 7-2-1 1st at Mary Washington
Soccer Classic
Men’s Tennis 0-1 0-1
Women’s
Tennis 15-2 5-1 10-2 Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up
Women’s
Volleyball 20-8 4-2 9-2
Female – Caitlin Corrigan (Fr.,
MaryKate Kelly (Fr.,
Beach Haven, NJ/Southern Regional HS), tennis
Male – Andrew Morrissey (Fr.,
UPCOMING HOME EVENTS:
Monday, October 24th
– Men’s Soccer vs. *
Tuesday, October 25th – Women’s
Soccer vs.
College, 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 27th
– Women’s Soccer vs. York College of Pennsylvania, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 29th – Women’s
Soccer vs. *
University,
3:00 p.m.; Field Hockey vs. *
College, 11:00 a.m. & vs. Rowan (NJ) University, 3:00 p.m.
*Conference opponent
FOR
DAILY UPDATES OF MORAVIAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS,
CALL
THE GREYHOUND SPORTSLINE AT (610) 625-7865 or VISIT THE MORAVIAN COLLEGE
WEBSITE AT WWW.MORAVIAN.EDU/ATHLETICS, UPDATED DAILY AT 8:00 A.M. AND 7:00 P.M.
Greyhound Weekly Update, October 24, 2005 (-2222-)
Football – 4-3 (MAC 4-3)
Moravian put together a second half rally but was unable
to pull out a Homecoming victory in a 27-17 loss to
The Greyhound defense held and forced a short punt. On a third-and-seven play
on the ensuing drive, Moravian senior quarterback Jerry Venturino (
Moravian would be forced to punt again on its next drive
after picking up one first down. The
Greyhounds would stop Wilkes’ next possession after five plays when junior
cornerback
Wilkes would run eight plays to go 47 yards and extend
their lead on another short run. The
extra-point was never attempted because of a bad snap, leaving the score at
13-0 Wilkes with 11:04 remaining in the second quarter. The next three drives all ended in punts with
two by the Greyhounds, the second of which pinned Wilkes on its own two-yard
line. The Colonels would drive the
entire length of the field in eight plays to score the third touchdown of the
first half with just 29 seconds left before the intermission. The Colonels held a 20-0 halftime lead. After halftime, Wilkes received the opening
kickoff. The Greyhound defense limited
the Colonels to minus-one yard on three plays and forced a punt.
Moravian began its first drive of the second half from
its own 40-yard line. The Greyhounds
drove down to the Wilkes 15-yard line on six rushing plays including a 22-yard
gain by senior fullback Kevin Lukich
(Ogdensburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley HS) and a total of 22 yards on two carries
by junior running back Chris Jacoubs
(Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS).
Moravian settled on a 32-yard field goal by freshman kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville
HS), his fifth field goal of the season, to put the Greyhounds on the board
and cut the Wilkes lead to 20-3 with 9:09 remaining in the third quarter. Jacoubs
was limited 76 yards on 24 carries while Lukich
had 30 yards on five attempts. Jacoubs did move past 700 career
rushing attempts in the game.
Wilkes was forced into its second straight three-and-out
on the following drive. Moravian took
over on its own 16-yard line after Devlin’s
punt and drove 84 yards in 14 plays for its first touchdown of the game. Venturino
capped off the drive with a one-yard touchdown run, his third of the
season. On the drive, Venturino had a run of 24 yards and he
completed two of three passes for 28 yards.
Reckenbeil added the
extra-point to cut Wilkes’ lead to 20-10 with 48 seconds remaining in the third
quarter.
The Greyhound defense stepped up again and forced the
Colonels into their third three-and-out of the second half. Moravian took over on its own 46-yard line and
needed nine plays two pull within three points.
Venturino completed both of
this passes on the drive, the second of which was a 20-yard touchdown to senior
wide receiver Ben Hawkins (
The Colonels finally put together their first drive of
the second half after taking over on their own 32-yard line after the kick
off. Wilkes used 15 plays to cover the
68-yards to the end zone, taking a 27-17 lead with just 4:02 to play.
Moravian would end up turning the ball over of downs on
its next possession; however, the Greyhounds forced the Colonels to punt with
1:20 left giving the Greyhound offense one more shot. After moving up to the Moravian 31-yard line,
Venturino kneeled down to run out
the clock on the game’s final play. The
Colonels had the advantage in total yards in the game 307 to 224 while the
Greyhounds held the ball for 32:37.
Freshman linebacker Andrew
Morrissey (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus HS) led the Moravian defense with eight
tackles with half a tackle for loss while senior defensive back Mario Bevilaqua (Scranton, PA/Scranton HS),
senior linebacker Chad DiFelice (Pen
Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl HS) and junior linebacker Cliff Garr (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) each had seven tackles. DiFelice
added one of the Greyhounds’ two sacks, and he also forced a fumble, his fifth
forced fumble of the season, while Garr
had a fumble recovery.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 24, 2005 (-3333-)
Women’s Volleyball – 20-8
(Commonwealth Conference 4-2, MASCAC 9-2)
Moravian won its 20th match of the season and moved a
victory closer to a postseason berth with a 30-18, 30-17, 30-27 victory over
Women’s Soccer – 12-3-1
(Commonwealth Conference 4-1-1, MASCAC 7-2-1)
Moravian earned its 12th victory of the
season, defeating Montclair State University of New Jersey, 1-0, in a
non-conference road match. The
Greyhounds scored the only goal of the match in the 22nd minute when
senior forward Megan Collins (
The Greyhounds played to a 0-0, double-overtime draw with
Women’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Moravian had a week off as the team prepares for the 2005
Middle Atlantic Conference Championships being hosted by
Golf – 0-0 (MASCAC 0-0)
The Greyhounds were off last week as
the team prepared for its final tournament of the fall season at the Muhlenberg
College Fall Invitational on Monday, October 24th.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 24, 2005 (-4444-)
Women’s Tennis – 15-2
(Commonwealth Conference 5-1, MASCAC 10-1)
Moravian closed out its 2005 dual match season with a 7-2
victory over
Moravian had four of six individuals move past the
quarterfinals and all three doubles teams move past the first round at the 2005
Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Individual Tournament
being hosted by
In the quarterfinals of the singles matches, top seeded Popaca defeated Jenny Larson of
Moravian had four individuals, the most-ever for the
Greyhounds, and a pair of doubles teams move into the championship round at the
2005 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Individual
Tournament being hosted by Lebanon Valley College at Lehigh University's
Goodman Campus. The Greyhounds did have one singles champion with top seeded Kelly capturing the Fourth Singles
Championship with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Mary Kate McElvaney
of
Moravian's other top seed in singles action was Popaca in the third singles flight. Popaca defeated Sara Ryder of
Moravian's two doubles teams have yet to play their title
matches due to a memorial service for teammate Sara Weller. Gruber and Bradshaw will play their championship match at Moravian on Tuesday,
October 25th at 4:00 p.m. in the second doubles bracket while third seeded Hall and Kokolus will travel to
Gruber and Bradshaw defeated Katie Zimmerman and
Amanda Handman of
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 24, 2005 (-5555-)
Men’s Soccer – 5-9-2
(Commonwealth Conference 2-3, MASCAC 3-5-1)
Moravian suffered its second straight loss in
Commonwealth Conference action, falling at
The Greyhounds celebrated Homecoming with a 3-1 victory
over the
Field Hockey – 5-11
(Commonwealth Conference 0-5, MASCAC 4-6)
Moravian fell to
The Greyhounds dropped its final road match of the 2005
season, falling to
Men’s Tennis – 0-1 (MASCAC
0-1)
The Greyhounds have completed the
fall portion of their schedule. Moravian will return to action during spring
break with a trip to
Men’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Moravian had a week off as the team prepares for the 2005
Middle Atlantic Conference Championships being hosted by