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2005-06 – Week 10 Contact:
Mark Fleming (610) 861-1472, (610) 390-7545 or (610) 758-8721
Men’s Cross Country 0-0 0-0 9th at 2005 MAC
Championships
Women’s Cross Country 0-0 0-0 6th at 2005 MAC
Championships
Field Hockey 5-13 0-7 4-8
Football 5-4 5-4
Golf 0-0 0-0
Men’s Soccer 5-12-2 2-5 3-8-1
Women’s
Soccer 15-5-1 5-1-1 9-3-1 Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up
Men’s Tennis 0-1 0-1
Women’s
Tennis 15-2 5-1 10-2 Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up
Women’s
Volleyball 21-10 4-3 9-4 Commonwealth Conference Semifinalist
Female – Alisha Davy (Jr.,
Caitlin Corrigan (Fr.,
Male – Marc Panepinto (Jr.,
Brian Reckenbeil (Fr.,
UPCOMING POSTSEASON & HOME EVENTS:
Saturday, November 12th – Women’s
Soccer vs.
Championship
Tournament First Round at
2005
NCAA Division III Mideast Regional hosted by
Sunday, November 13th – Women’s
Soccer in 2005 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament Second
Round
at
Tuesday, November 29th – Women’s
Basketball vs. *
College, 8:00 p.m.
*Conference opponent
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Greyhound Weekly Update, November 7, 2005 (-2222-)
Football – 5-4 (MAC 5-4)
Freshman kicker Brian
Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS) kicked a 19-yard field goal with
four seconds left, and Moravian College defeated Lebanon Valley College, 38-35,
in an offensively-dominated Middle Atlantic Conference football game at Rocco
Calvo Field. The Greyhounds finish their
2005 MAC season with a 5-4 record. The
two team’s combined for 805 yards of offense on 126 plays and all 11 scoring
drives were at least 54 yards long, including five over 70 yards.
Playing in place of starting junior running back Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair
Haven HS), junior backup Marc
Panepinto (
Moravian’s running game was in high gear early on.
After receiving the opening kickoff, the Greyhounds ran the ball 11 straight
times, with Venturino scoring on a
quarterback keeper. Reckenbeil, who former high school soccer player who had never kick
a football in a game situation until September of this season, made the first
of five extra-points in the game to remain perfect on the season at 25-of-25 on
point after attempts. Reckenbeil is now fourth in
extra-points in a season at Moravian.
After forcing the Dutchmen to go three-and-out,
Moravian went to the air just once on a 7-play, 77-yard touchdown drive, capped
by a Venturino 2-yard run. However,
the Greyhounds lone passing play was big one, with Venturino hitting junior wide receiver Shawn Martell (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) with a 43-yard
pass that gave the ’Hounds the ball at the LVC-26. The catch was the 50th
of Martell’s career, and he had
three receptions for 65 yards in the game.
Reckenbeil’s
second extra point made it 14-0 with 4:10 left in the first quarter.
The Dutchmen would score next to make it 14-6 with
10:04 left in the opening half. Moravian
threatened to score again on the ensuing possession, going 41 yards on eight
plays to the Dutchman-29, but the drive stalled when Venturino fell on a bad snap on a fourth-and-two.
A short kickoff gave Moravian the ball at the LVC-49.
The Dutchmen came up with a stop on third-and-one at its own 23, but LVC was
called for pass interference, the first penalty of the game. Two plays later, Venturino found Martell for a 10-yard touchdown pass, as the Greyhounds went ahead
21-14 with 1:02 on the clock.
After receiving the opening kickoff of the second
half,
Moravian answered with a five-play, 67-yard drive,
highlighted by a 36-yard pass from Venturino
to senior wide receiver Russ Demko
(Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS). Panepinto
capped the march with a 1-yard touchdown run, and Reckenbeil’s kick made it 28-28
with 3:32 left in the third quarter.
Moravian got a good return from freshman wide
receiver Rob Shaffer (
Moravian would force
The Greyhounds would take possession on their own
24-yard line with just 3:49 remaining in the game. Moravian would run eight straight running
plays to move the ball down to the
For Moravian, sophomore tight end Kris Bisci (
Freshman linebacker Andrew Morrissey (
Greyhound
Weekly Update, November 7, 2005 (-3333-)
Women’s Soccer – 15-5-1
(Commonwealth Conference 5-1-1, MASCAC 9-3-1)
Moravian won its first-ever Commonwealth Conference
Tournament match as the second seeded Greyhounds defeated third seed
Elizabethtown College, 1-0, in a Commonwealth Conference Semifinal on the HUB
Quad. The victory was the Greyhounds' 15th of the season, tying the school
record set back during the 2000 season.
Moravian scored the only goal of the match 56th minute when junior
midfielder Alisha Davy (Oaklyn,
NJ/Haddon Township HS) put her shot into the upper left-hand corner of the
net from 12 yards out off a crossing pass from freshman midfielder Tracy Fitzpatrick (Wantage,
NJ/High Point Regional HS). The goal was Davy's second of the season. The Greyhounds had three other chances
to score in the match, hitting the cross bar in the 33rd minute, hitting the
post in the 65th minute and missing an open net in the 90th minute. Moravian
had a 13-7 advantage in shots and an 8-5 edge in corner kicks. Freshman goalie Caitlin Corrigan (
The Greyhounds’ first-ever trip to the Commonwealth
Conference Tournament Championship match didn't turn out to be a good one as
second seeded Moravian fell to top seed Messiah College, 4-0. The Falcons,
undefeated and the top ranked team in the nation, scored two goals in each half
to claim their sixth straight Commonwealth Conference Championship. Messiah got
on the scoreboard in the 24th minute. Messiah had a 20-8 advantage in shots and
a 10-1 edge in corner kicks. Corrigan made
four saves and Moravian had one team save.
Senior forward Megan
Collins (Rehoboth Beach, DE/Caesar Rodney HS) of the Moravian College
women’s soccer team has been named the 2005 Commonwealth Conference Player of
the Year, and she was one of four Greyhounds to earn spots on the Commonwealth
All-Conference Teams announced last Tuesday. Collins and freshman midfielder Tracy Fitzpatrick (
Women’s Volleyball – 21-10
(Commonwealth Conference 4-3, MASCAC 9-4)
Fourth seeded Moravian was knocked out of the 2005
Commonwealth Conference Tournament in a 30-13, 30-15, 30-19 loss to top seed
and nationally-ranked
Senior middle hitter Lindsey Siracusa (Yardley,
PA/Pennsbury HS) of the Moravian College women’s volleyball team has
been named to the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team announced last Wednesday
while junior outside hitter Kelly Bauer
(Hellertown, PA/Notre Dame HS) earned a spot on the All-Conference Second
Team.
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
Greyhound
Weekly Update, November 7, 2005 (-4444-)
Men’s Soccer – 5-12-2
(Commonwealth Conference 2-5, MASCAC 3-8-1)
Junior midfielder Neil
Unternahrer (East
Field Hockey – 5-13
(Commonwealth Conference 0-7, MASCAC 4-8)
Senior forward Stacee
Cupples (
Women’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
The Greyhounds had a week off as the team prepares for
the 2005 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional that will
be hosted by
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
NCAA Division III Mideast Regional that will be
hosted by
Women’s Tennis – 15-2
(Commonwealth Conference 5-1, MASCAC 10-1)
Senior Nicole Gruber (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon HS) of
the Moravian College women’s tennis team has been named to the 2005
Commonwealth All-Conference First Team while senior Katie Cooke (Milford,
PA/Delaware Valley HS) and sophomore Brittany Popaca (Lavallette,
NJ/Point Pleasant Beach HS) was named to the All-Conference Second Team
announced by the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation.
Golf – 0-0 (MASCAC 0-0)