FOR
MORE INFORMATION
2005-06 – Week 13 Contact:
Mark Fleming (610) 861-1472, (610) 390-7545 or (610) 758-8721
Men’s Basketball 1-2 0-0 0-1 3rd
at
Women’s Basketball 3-0 0-0 1-0 1st
at Dickinson/Days Inn Tip-Off Tournament
Football 7-4 5-4 ECAC Southwest Bowl Champions
Women’s
Soccer 16-6-1 5-1-1 9-3-1 Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up;
NCAA Division III Tournament Second Round
Men’s Track
& Field 0-0 0-0
Women’s
Track & Field 0-0 0-0
Female – Kelly Applegate (Jr.,
Male – None
UPCOMING HOME EVENTS:
Tuesday, November 29th – Women’s
Basketball vs. *
College, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 1st
– Men’s Basketball vs.
Wednesday, December 7th
– Women’s Basketball vs. the
Saturday, December 10th
– Men’s Basketball vs. the
Tuesday, January 3rd
– Men’s Basketball vs.
Wednesday, January 4th
– Women’s Basketball vs.
*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, November 28, 2005 (-2222-)
Women’s Basketball – 3-0
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 1-0)
Moravian rallied from a 14-point deficit to snap an
eight-game losing streak to local rival
After the break, Moravian slowly cut into DeSales' lead. The Greyhounds would close within five
points at 52-47 with 14:05 remaining before the Bulldogs pushed the lead back
to nine. After a 30-second timeout trailing 60-51 with 10:39 to play, Moravian
went on a 14-4 run to take a 65-54 lead with 5:53 remaining in the contest. The
Bulldogs tied the game at 71-71 with 3:26 left; however, the Greyhounds
finished the contest on a 12-6 run for the victory, their first against DeSales since November 24, 1998. In the second half,
Moravian committed just eight turnovers while shooting 45.2 percent (14 of 31)
from the floor. The Greyhounds connected on 17 of 21 second half three throw
attempts (81 percent) and tossed in another three three-pointers. DeSales struggled shooting the ball after the break, making
just six of 19 field goals (31.6 percent) and just 14 of 21 free throws (66.7
percent). Moravian also forced the Bulldogs into 15 second half turnovers while
Moravian had a 39-33 advantage on the boards.
The Greyhounds had three players score in double figures
including a career game from junior forward Kelly Applegate (
Men’s Indoor Track &
Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Moravian will begin its 2005-06 indoor track & field
season at the Lafayette College Leopard Invitational on Friday, December 2nd
at Kirby Fieldhouse in
Women’s Indoor Track &
Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)
Moravian will begin its 2005-06 indoor track & field
season at the Lafayette College Leopard Invitational on Friday, December 2nd
at Kirby Fieldhouse in
Greyhound Weekly Update, November 28, 2005 (-3333-)
Football – 7-4 (MAC 5-4)
Eight members of the
Moravian posted a 7-4 record this
season with a 5-4 record in the MAC, which was good enough to tie for fourth
place after the Greyhounds were selected second in the MAC preseason poll. Moravian won the 2005 ECAC Southwest Bowl
game at Frostburg State (MD) University with a 14-7 victory.
In his third season, Jacoubs has rewritten the Moravian record books. Jacoubs led Moravian with 1,014 yards and ten
touchdowns on 228 carries this season. Jacoubs has 3,854 yards (first all-time at Moravian)
in just 31 career games with 17 100-plus yard games in 26 starts, including
four games over 200 yards. Jacoubs became the first player in school history to
reach 3,000 rushing yards in a career against Susquehanna University and the
only player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back-to-back
seasons in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He is
also first all-time with 216 points, 36 career touchdowns, and 786 career
rushing attempts. Jacoubs was the MAC Rookie of the Year in 2003 and on the All-Conference
First Team a year ago.
Lukich
had his most productive season for the Greyhounds this fall with 311 yards and
two touchdowns on just 53 carries. The
two touchdowns this fall are the only two of Lukich’s career and include a
career long of 63 yards versus Susquehanna back in September. Lukich, who missed the second half of the 2004 season with a
knee injury, ran for 710 yards in his career on just 142 carries.
DeWalt,
Moravian’s starting left guard, and Runne, the starting left tackle, helped anchor the
Greyhounds’ offensive line, which returned four starters this year. The
duo helped the Moravian offense average 357.9 yards per game, including 197.5
yards per contest on the ground. DeWalt, Runne and the
rest of the offense line have allowed just 13 sacks this season. DeWalt was on the All-Conference First Team in 2004 as well.
Chomik, who was on the All-Conference First Team
last fall, contributed 43 tackles with one for loss, an
interception returned 42 yards for a touchdown against
Cline led the Greyhound
defensive lineman with 37 tackles, and he added eight and a half for loss,
three and a half sacks and two passes defended.
Cline, who made 97 career
tackles, helped the Moravian defense allow just 146.6 yards per game rushing
but its opponents. His three and a half
sacks tied for second on the team, which had 24 sacks this year.
Reckenbeil, who was a soccer player his entire life until coming to Moravian this
fall, was nine-for-13 on field goal attempts with a long of 38 yards versus
DiFelice, who was named the Most Valuable Player of
Moravian’s ECAC Southwest Bowl game victory, led the Moravian defense with 97 tackles including 13
tackles for loss, six and a half sacks, four pass break-ups, an interception
with a six yard return versus
Greyhound Weekly Update, November 28, 2005
(-4444-)
Men’s Basketball – 1-2
(Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-1)
Moravian dropped a 94-67 at local rival
Women’s Soccer – 16-6-1
(Commonwealth Conference 5-1-1, MASCAC 9-3-1)
Senior defender Erin
Gonda (Bethlehem, PA/Salisbury HS) has been named
to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-America College Division Women’s Soccer Second Team selected by
the College Sports Information Directors of America. Gonda helped the
Greyhounds to their best season ever with the program’s first-ever NCAA
Division III Tournament appearance and a 16-6-1 record on the season including
an opening round win in the NCAA Tournament.
Moravian had a 5-1-1 mark during the Commonwealth Conference regular
season and made the program’s fourth appearance in the Commonwealth Conference
Tournament, playing for the conference championship for the first time in
school history. Gonda scored
three goals and an assist for seven points, and she was named to the
Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team for the third straight year. Gonda has also been on the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate
Athletic Corporation Academic Honor Roll three times. Gonda
had five goals and five assists for 15 points in 57 career matches. Gonda is the 31st ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in
Moravian history and the 26th in the last 13 years.
The Academic All-America® Teams program honors 816 male and female
student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the
playing field and in the classroom. Individuals
are selected through voting by CoSIDA, the College
Sports Information Directors of America; a 2,000-member organization consisted
of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the