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2007-08 – 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 7-6 2-3
Football 6-2 4-2
Golf 2-1 0-0 T8th of 15 at Muhlenberg; 1st of 9 at
Centenary
Men’s Soccer 6-10 3-3
Women’s
Soccer 13-3-1 4-1
Women’s
Tennis 2-4 0-0
Women’s
Volleyball 16-9 3-3
Female – Tracy Fitzpatrick (Jr., Wantage,
NJ/High Point Regional HS), soccer
Male – Steve Labiak (So., Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS), golf
Chris Nederostek (Jr., Lansdale, PA/Christopher Dock HS), soccer
UPCOMING HOME EVENTS:
Saturday, October 27th – Women’s
Soccer vs. *Drew University, 12:30 p.m.; Men’s Soccer vs. *Drew University,
3:00
p.m.
Saturday, December 1st
– Women’s Basketball vs. Elizabethtown College, 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 6th
– Men’s Basketball vs. Delaware Valley College, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 8th
– Women’s Basketball vs. Muhlenberg College, 2:00 p.m.
Monday, December 10th
– Men’s Basketball vs. Swarthmore College, 7:30 p.m.
*Conference opponent
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Greyhound Weekly Update, October 22, 2007 (-2222-)
Football – 6-2 (Centennial Conference 4-2)
Junior quarterback Marc Braxmeier (Center Valley, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS)
completed ten of 21 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns and added a
ten-yard touchdown run to lead Moravian to a 28-13 Centennial Conference
victory over Juniata College at Rocco Calvo
Field. The Greyhounds improve to 6-2
overall and 4-2 in Centennial Conference action with their second straight
win. The game was Moravian’s final home
contest for the 2007 season and the school’s annual Homecoming game.
Moravian received the opening kickoff and ran just
three plays before punting to Juniata.
The Eagles were able to pick up a pair of first downs on their first
possession of the game but would eventually punt the ball back to the
Greyhounds.
Moravian started from its own 20-yard line and would
need just eight plays to cover the 80 yards to the end zone. Junior tailback Tyler McCambridge (Northampton,
PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS), who returned to action after missing two
games with an injury, carried the ball four times for 19 yards on the drive
before Braxmeier found senior wide
receiver Sean Hill (West Reading,
PA/Wyomissing HS) for a 47-yard touchdown pass. Junior kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS) made the
extra-point to give the Greyhounds a 7-0 lead with 6:41 remaining in the first
quarter. Hill, who caught two passes for 69 yards, now has eight touchdown
receptions on the season, the most by a Greyhound since Jeff Roy set the school record with ten touchdown catches in 1994.
Juniata’s ensuing possession went nowhere and ended
in a second straight punt. The
Greyhounds would need ten plays to cover the 80 yards to the end zone this
time. With McCambridge running and Braxmeier
connecting on short passes, Moravian moved the ball to the Juniata ten-yard
line on the final play of the first quarter.
Braxmeier called his own
number on the first play of the second quarter and ran off of the right side
for the ten-yard score, his fourth rushing touchdown of the season. Reckenbeil’s extra-point gave Moravian a 14-0 lead with
14:53 left in the first half. McCambridge had 26 yards on four
carries in the drive to have 49 yards on nine carries; however, he we injured
again and would not play in the rest of the contest.
The Eagles had another three-and-out series on their
next drive. This time, the Greyhound
rush, which had nearly blocked the first two attempts, got through with
sophomore linebacker Derek Protasiewicz
(Whippany, NJ/Whippany Park HS) blocking the punt at the Juniata 21-yard
line. The Eagles recovered the block
after several Moravian players were unable to control the loose ball; however,
Moravian took over that Juniata ten-yard line.
The Greyhounds needed just one play with junior fullback Michael Cancelliere (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury
HS) scoring his first collegiate touchdown on a ten-yard run of the
middle. Reckenbeil would give Moravian a 21-0 lead with 13:09 remaining in
the second quarter.
Each team failed to move the ball on their next
possession, and Juniata would punt for a fifth time in the first half, giving
the ball to Moravian at its own 15-yard line.
The Greyhounds were driving and appeared to move into the red zone on a
pass from Braxmeier to Hill, but a penalty ended up forcing
Moravian to punt. On the first play of
the Juniata drive, Moravian junior defensive back Carl Robinson (Boothwyn, PA/Garnet Valley HS) intercepted a pass at
the Moravian 18-yard line and returned it 45 yards. The interception was Robinson’s fourth in the last three games.
The Greyhounds used just four plays to score again
with Braxmeier hitting freshman wide
receiver Shawn Sylvainus (Nazareth,
PA/Nazareth HS) with a 26-yard touchdown pass. Reckenbeil
made his 28th straight extra-point of the season and his 37th
in a row dating back to the 2006 season, to give the Greyhounds a 28-0 lead
with just 2:07 remaining in the first half.
The touchdown pass was Braxmeier’s
17th of the season, the second highest in school history for a
season, and the highest since Rob
Petrosky tossed 16 touchdown passes during the 1999 campaign. Reckenbeil
also moved into second in school history with his 69th career
extra-point, just five shy of the school record.
Juniata picked up a first down on its next drive but
would punt for the sixth time in the half.
Moravian freshman running back Ricky
Allen Pocono Summit, PA/Pocono Mountain West HS) ran twice to kill the
clock and send the Greyhounds to the locker room with a 28-0 halftime lead.
The Eagles received the opening kickoff of the second
half and out together their best possession of the game to that point, picking
up two first downs, although one was by penalty for roughing the punter. Juniata eventually turned the ball over on
downs. The Greyhounds picked up one
first down on their first drive of the second half punt would punt the ball
away. Juniata would run just three plays
before punting back to Moravian. The
Greyhounds drove into the red zone on the following drive but had to settle for
a 31-yard field goal attempt by Reckenbeil. Reckenbeil’s kick sailed just to the left of the uprights,
leaving the score at 28-0 with 3:13 remaining in the third quarter.
The teams traded punts on the next four
possessions. Moravian punter Michael Voskian (Brielle, NJ/Manasquan HS)
would punt for the seventh time in the game to give the Eagles possession at
their own 27-yard line with 7:22 remaining.
Juniata needed just one play to finally get the Eagles on the scoreboard
with a 73-yard touchdown pass to cut the score to 28-7 with 7:12 on the clock. The Eagles executed an onsides kick with
Juniata recovering the ball at its own 46-yard line; however, the Eagles turned
the ball over on downs.
Moravian took control and would move the ball down
into the red zone before giving possession back to the Eagles on the Juniata
11-yard line with 2:53 remaining.
Juniata scored again but the extra-point attempt was blocked by Moravian
freshman defensive back Eric Woodruff
(Brodheadsville, PA/Pius X HS), leaving the score at 28-13 with 1:32
remaining. The Eagles attempted another
onsides kick but the Greyhounds would cover the ball this time. Moravian ran four plays before turning the
ball over on downs with just four seconds remaining.
Braxmeier
ran for a total of 22 yards in the game and he completed eight of 15 passes in
the first half for 155 of his 168 yards through the air. Junior wide receiver Tyler Hersch (Macungie, PA/Emmaus HS) caught three passes for 31
yards while Sylvainus had three
receptions for 45 yards. Sophomore
tailback Anthony Falco (Succasunna,
NJ/Roxbury HS) led Moravian’s ground game with 69 yards on 12 carries while
Allen had 26 yards on 16
attempts. Cancelliere had 15 yards on four carries and also caught his first
career pass for 19 yards.
Junior linebacker
Andrew Morrissey (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus HS) led the Greyhound defense with ten
tackles while freshman defensive back Daniel
Burley (Easton, PA/Easton HS) had seven tackles and a pair of pass
break-ups. Junior defensive end Douglas Bocchino (Madison, NJ/Madison HS)
had six tackles for Moravian with one of the team’s three sacks, a tackle and a
half for loss, a forced fumble on his sack and a pass break-up while freshman
defensive back Thomas Dailey (Easton,
PA/Notre Dame Green Pond HS) registered six tackles.
Greyhound Weekly Update, October 22, 2007 (-3333-)
Women’s Volleyball – 16-9 (Landmark
Conference 3-3)
The Greyhounds earned a 30-21, 22-30, 30-20, 30-17
victory over Gwynedd-Mercy College in non-conference
action in Johnston Hall. Senior outside hitter Jenna Wallace (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) led Moravian
with a match-high 23 kills to go with nine digs while senior outside hitter Rachel Radocha (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS)
added ten kills, ten digs and three service aces. Senior libero Elise Martin (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus HS) had
a match high 16 digs to go with a team high six service aces for the Greyhounds
while freshman setter Christine Poole (Long
Valley, NJ/West Morris Central HS) added 31 assists, five digs and three
service aces. Senior right side hitter Katherine
Perkins (Lehighton, PA/Lehighton HS) had six kills and six digs for Moravian
while freshman middle hitter Mary King
(Paramus, NJ/Paramus HS) had seven kills and three blocks in the victory.
Freshman middle hitter Christine Reeser (Telford,
PA/Christopher Dock HS) had five kills while junior setter Stephanie Struble (Hampton, NJ/Voorhees HS)
had 13 assists and eight digs for Moravian.
Moravian won its final home match of the season, sweeping
Lycoming College, 30-13, 30-7, 30-17 in non-conference action in Johnston Hall.
Radocha led the Greyhounds with a
match high 14 kills to go with four digs and three blocks in her final career
home contest while Wallace moved
into fifth in school history in kills with nine in the match pushing Wallace's career total to 1,122. Wallace also had five digs in the
contest. King contributed nine kills
and three blocks for the Greyhounds while Perkins
had seven service aces and four kills in her final home match. Martin registered a match high 12 digs
to become just the fifth player in school history to record at least 400 digs
in a season with 404, and Martin had
three service aces. Struble had 21
assists and two blocks while Poole
contributed eight assists for the Greyhounds. Reeser led Moravian with four blocks to go with two kills.
Women’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Landmark Conference 0-0)
The Greyhounds had last week off to prepare for the
inaugural Landmark Conference Championships to be hosted by Goucher College on
October 27th.
Men’s Cross Country – 0-0
(Landmark Conference 0-0)
The Greyhounds had last week off to prepare for the
inaugural Landmark Conference Championships to be hosted by Goucher College on
October 27th.
Women’s Tennis – 2-4
(Landmark Conference 0-0)
Moravian has completed the fall portion of its 2007-08 schedule.
Men’s Tennis – 0-0 (Landmark
Conference 0-0)
Moravian has completed the fall
portion of its 2007-08 season.
Greyhound Weekly Update, October 22 2007 (-4444-)
Women’s Soccer – 13-3-1 (Landmark
Conference 4-1)
The Greyhounds had their unbeaten streak snapped at eight
matches and Moravian fell out of first place in the Landmark Conference with a
2-0 loss at The University of Scranton in Landmark Conference action. The
Royals netted a pair of goals in the final 14 minutes for all of the scoring in
the contest. The Royals had a 14-9 advantage in shots while both teams took two
corner kicks. Moravian junior goalie Caitlin
Corrigan (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) had her
scoreless streak snapped at 334 minutes, and she had four saves in the contest.
Moravian clinched one of the top two seeds and a home
match in the 2007 Landmark Conference Tournament with a 3-0 win at The Catholic
University of America in Landmark Conference action. Junior forward Tracy Fitzpatrick (Wantage,
NJ/High Point Regional HS) scored her 11th goal of the season and gave the
Greyhounds all of the offense they would need in the eighth minute when she
headed in a pass from junior defender Alexandra
Frascella (Chatham, NJ/Chatham HS) for Fitzpatrick's sixth game-winning goal
of the season. The goal also gave Fitzpatrick
51 career points, becoming just the seventh player in school history to reach
50 points. Fitzpatrick added an
unassisted goal in the 79th minute for her 12th tally of the season, and her
fourth two-goal match of the year. The goal was the 20th of Fitzpatrick's career, the seventh
player to reach to career goals, and moved her into a tie for fifth in career
scoring with 53 points. Freshman forward Shannon
McEvoy (Lafayette, NJ/High Point Regional HS)
would add another goal for the Greyhounds, her third of the season, off of a
pass from sophomore forward Alessandra Valdetara (Butler, NJ/Butler HS) in the 88th minute.
Catholic held a 16-8 advantage in shots and a 6-3 edge in corner kicks. Corrigan made nine saves for her ninth
shutout of the season, increasing her school record career shutout total to 24.
Golf – 2-1 (Landmark
Conference 0-0)
Moravian tied for eighth of 15 teams at the Muhlenberg
College Fall Invitational played at the Lehigh Country Club. The host Mules won
the tournament with a score of 311 while the Greyhounds had a team total of 339
to tie Cabrini College. Freshman Robert
McKay (Bethlehem, PA/Northampton HS) led Moravian with a round of 80 on the
par 70 course, which was tied for 14th of the 74 golfers. Sophomore Steve Labiak (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS)
carded an 83 to tie for 26th place while sophomore Alan Kliewer (Ephrata, PA/Ephrata HS) registered a round of 87 that
was tied for 36th. Sophomore Nicholas
Repko-Moschini (Easton, PA/Easton HS) placed 42nd with a round of 89 while
freshman Doug Miller (Leesport,
PA/Schuylkill Valley HS) tied for 47th with a 92.
The Greyhounds finished the fall portion of their 2007-08
season with a first place finish of nine teams at the
Centenary College Cyclone Invitational played at the Panther Valley Golf &
Country Club. Moravian posted a team score of 316, 26 strokes ahead of
runner-up Cabrini College. Labiak
and freshman Luke Smith (Wyomissing,
PA/Wyomissing HS) each fired rounds of 76 on the par 71 course to lead the
Greyhounds with Labiak earning
medalist honors on a match of cards and Smith taking second place. Kliewer carded a 78 to finish in a tie
for third of the 41 golfers. McKay
posted an 18-hole total of 86, which was tied for 11th, while senior Brian Scofield
(Washington, NJ/Warren Hills Regional HS) registered a 92 and tied for 24th
place.
Greyhound
Weekly Update, October 22, 2007 (-5555-)
Men’s Soccer – 6-10 (Landmark
Conference 3-3)
Moravian played its second straight overtime match in
Landmark Conference action, this time earning a 2-1 victory at The University
of Scranton on the second goal of the match by junior forward Louis Dollarton (Barrington, NJ/Haddon
Heights HS). The Royals jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 35th minute. The
lead would be short lived with Dollarton
tying the score just 50 seconds later with his team leading fifth goal of the
season on a 17-yard shot set up by freshman midfielder Brian Hunscher's (Ann Arbor, MI/Ann Arbor HS)
pass over the defense. The Greyhounds would have several chances in the second
half and early in overtime with Dollarton
just missing a header and having two point-blank shots saved. Senior midfielder
Ryan Hess (Harleysville, PA/Souderton
HS) hit the cross bar in the second half while senior defender Daniel Scavone
(East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg South HS) put a direct kick from
midfield on goal after halftime. Dollarton
finally finished off the game with his third game-winning goal of the season in
the 100th minute when Hess fought to
control the ball and send Dollarton
one-on-one with the goalie for his sixth goal of the year. Scranton had a 20-15
advantage in shots and a 9-5 edge in corner kicks. Moravian junior goalie Chris Nederostek (Lansdale, PA/Christopher
Dock HS) posted 11 saves for his third win of the season.
The Greyhounds won their second straight Landmark
Conference match, shutting out The Catholic University of America, 3-0. The
three goals were the most in a match for Moravian this season. Scavone gave the
Greyhounds all of the offense they would need in the 16th minute when he scored
his first collegiate goal by putting a free kick in the back of the net.
Sophomore midfielder Michael Tarulli (Bear Creek, PA/James Coughlin HS) added two
unassisted goals in the second half, one in the 67th minute and another in the
88th minute, to give him three goals for the season. Moravian had an 18-17
advantage in shots and a 7-6 edge in corner kicks. Nederostek made seven saves for his second shutout of the season.
Field Hockey – 7-6 (Landmark
Conference 1-3)
The Greyhounds non-conference match at Cedar Crest
College has been cancelled by the Falcons. The contest will not be rescheduled
this season.
The Greyhounds had their four-match home winning streak
snapped in a 3-1 loss to The Catholic University of America in Landmark
Conference action at Betty Prince Field. The Cardinals jumped out to a 1-0 lead
in the 29th minute. The Greyhounds would tie the match in the 32nd minute on
the first goal of the season by sophomore forward Lynda Kaufmann (Boothwyn, PA/Chichester HS),
who put a pass from senior forward Erica
Spatz (Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken HS) in the back
of the cage. Catholic would retake the lead again in the 48th minute and add an
insurance goal in the 67th minute. Catholic had a 17-12 advantage in shots and
an 8-7 edge in penalty corners. Moravian freshman goalie Maura Acox (Old Bridge, NJ/St. John Vianney HS) made eight saves in the cage for the
Greyhounds.