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Sports Information Office Mark Fleming, Director 1200 Main Street MORAVIAN COLLEGE Bethlehem, PA 18018 Telephone: (610) 861-1472 SPORTS NEWS FAX: (610) 861-1581 Email: [email protected] MORAVIAN COLLEGE GREYHOUNDS 2-7 (2-5 Centennial Conference) Bye Week THE WEEK: Moravian has its scheduled bye week as the team prepares for its regular season finale About Moravian against rival Muhlenberg College in a Centennial Conference game at Scotty Wood Stadium and Frank Marino Field on Saturday, November 14th. Kickoff will be at 1:00 p.m. in Allentown. THE COACHES: Scot Dapp (West Chester ’73) is in his 23rd season at Moravian, with a career record Location .................................. Bethlehem, Pa. of 137-98-1 (.583), the winningest football coach in Moravian history. He entered the season in the top 50 Founded .................................................. 1742 in winning percentage among NCAA Division III active coaches. Dapp, who served as the president of Enrollment ............................................. 1,557 the American Football Coaches Association in 2005, has earned Coach-of-the-Year honors from the MAC Nickname ..................................... Greyhounds three times including Co-Coach of the Year in 1997 and has led the ’Hounds to two appearances in the Colors............................. Navy Blue and Grey NCAA playoffs, the ECAC Southeast Bowl game in 2002, the ECAC Southwest Bowl game in 2004, Conference ..................................... Centennial 2005 and 2008, winning the title in 2005. Stadium ................ Rocco Calvo Field (2,000) Surface .................. Sportexe Momentum Turf CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE HONORS: Junior wide receiver Shawn Sylvainus (Nazareth, Athletic Director ...................... Paul R. Moyer PA/Nazareth HS), sophomore kicker Ian Heck (Easton, PA/Easton HS) and sophomore defensive back Athletics Phone ..................... (610) 861-1534 David Wacker (Parkton, MD/Hereford HS) of Moravian have been named to the Centennial 2008 Record ........................ 8-3, 6-2 T-2nd CC Conference Weekly Honor Roll for their performances in the Greyhounds’ 20-19 upset win over Ursinus Offensive Set ................................... Multiple College Saturday afternoon. Sylvainus caught three passes for 80 yards including a go-ahead 16-yard Defensive Set .................................... Multiple touchdown pass to help Moravian earn the victory. Sylvainus’ first catch of the game, a 21 yard reception th Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............... 54/45 to set up the Greyhounds’ first field goal made Sylvainus the 18 player in school history to reach 1,000 Starters Returning ........... 13 (6 O, 7 D, 0 KS) career receiving yards. Heck made a pair of field goals including the game-winner and a pair of extra- Head Coach ................................... Scot Dapp points. Heck started the scoring for the Greyhounds with a 19-yard field goal with 16 seconds left in the Alma Mater, Year ........... West Chester, 1973 first half. He then made two extra-points to help Moravian take a 17-16 lead, and between the Overall record ................. 137-98-1, 23rd year touchdowns, Heck kicked a perfect pooch kickoff to the Ursinus 29-yard line that Moravian recovered. Phone ..................................... (610) 861-1533 He finished the game with a 22-yard field goal with 7:33 to play for the winning points. Heck had four Email [email protected] kickoffs in the game, not including the onside kick, for an average of 53.8 yards. Wacker helped the SID ........................................... Mark Fleming Moravian defense limit Ursinus to 313 yards of offense including just 88 yards in the second half as Phone ..................................... (610) 861-1472 Moravian rallied from a 13-point deficit. Wacker had five tackles in the game, all solo stops, and a ten- Hotline ................................... (610) 625-7865 yard sack with just over two minutes to play on a fourth-and-13 from the Moravian 30-yard line on the Email ...................... [email protected] drive after Moravian had kicked the go-ahead field goal. Wacker also stopped the Bears’ first drive of the game with his first career interception in the red zone at the Moravian nine-yard line. 2009 Moravian College Schedule (2-7) Sept. 5 at Susquehanna .......................... L 24-0 GREYHOUNDS IN THE CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE: Moravian joined the Centennial Sept. 12 vs. McDaniel* ........................ W 21-16 Conference as an associate member in the sport of football in 2007. The Greyhounds were selected fourth Sept. 19 vs. Lebanon Valley .................. L 32-3 in the Centennial Conference preseason coaches and sports information directors poll. Sept. 26 at Johns Hopkins* ...................... L 27-0 Oct. 3 vs. Dickinson* .......................... L 21-3 WEEKLY CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE COACHES WEB CHAT: Head Football Coach Scot Oct. 10 vs. Gettysburg* ....................... L 34-3 Dapp will be participating in the weekly Centennial Conference football chats every Tuesday beginning at Oct. 17 at Franklin & Marshall* ........... L 29-13 10:00 a.m. Coach Dapp is scheduled to be on-line beginning at 10:49 a.m. each week as all nine Oct. 24 vs. Juniata* .............................. L 10-3 Centennial Conference head coaches will be available. Oct. 31 at Ursinus* .............................. W 20-19 Nov. 7 BYE ON THE AIRWAVES: For the 13th straight year, the Greyhounds' games will be on the radio. Nov. 14 at Muhlenberg* ..................... 1:00 p.m. Moravian's games will be aired on WSAN 1470 AM The Fox for the fifth straight year. Phil May calls *Centennial Conference game the play-by-play call with color commentary from Craig Barnes and technical assistance from John Elliott. The broadcast kicks off at 12:00 p.m. with an hour pregame show. MILESTONE WATCH: The Greyhounds have four players closing in on receiver Shawn Sylvainus became the 18th player in school history with milestones for his career. Senior running back Ryan Rempe (Dickson City, 1,000 career receiving yards against Ursinus College. Sylvainus has 1.062 PA/Mid-Valley HS) became the 20th player in school history to rush for yards, 17th in the record books, on 70 career catches, which ranks 17th in 1,000 career yards against Dickinson College. Rempe, who came to Moravian’s record books. Freshman kick returner/defensive back Travis Moravian as a quarterback, has 1,495 career yards on 405 carries with eight King (Wilmington, DE/Concord HS) has 588 yards on 25 kickoff returns touchdowns in 34 games. Rempe, who tied the school record with 51 this fall, which rank second and tied for first, respectively. King needs 97 attempts at Juniata College last season, had 727 of those yards on 178 yards and one kickoff returns to set the single season school records in each carries last season with 165 carries in the last four games of the 2008 season. category. King is also moving up the record book in punt returns. He has Rempe did not play in Moravian’s loss versus Lebanon Valley College, and 14 punt returns for 125 yards, which is 12th in a single season. The school he only played one play in the victory over McDaniel College. Rempe season records for punt returns are 32 returns and 326 yards. Junior punter needs 305 yards to crack into the top ten. His 495 carries rank sixth in Eric Dziengelski (Coatesville, PA/Chestnut Hill Academy) is tied for school history, and he needs 53 carries to move into fifth. Junior wide sixth in a single season with 58 punts for 1,964 yards, which is 11th. THE CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE STATISTICAL RANKINGS: added 16 catches for 230 yards while senior tight end Brian Dencker The Greyhounds are seventh in the Centennial Conference in total defense, (Boonton, NJ/Boonton HS) has 13 receptions for 145 yards. Dencker also allowing 357.2 yards per game. The squad is fifth in passing defense at has a two-point conversion reception. Sophomore tight end Mike Zanoni 189.0 yards per game, and the defense is seventh in rushing yards allowed at (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom HS) has 14 receptions for 119 yards while senior 168.2 per game. The Greyhounds are sixth in points allowed at 23.6 per running back Ryan Rempe has eight catches for 29 yards. Freshman wide game, and the squad is eighth in points scored per game at 7.3. Offensively, receiver Albie Moran (Phillipsburg, NJ/Phillipsburg HS) has grabbed Moravian is eighth in the Centennial Conference at 203.6 yards per game. five passes for 50 yards and a touchdown while sophomore running back The Greyhounds are ranked seventh in rushing offense at 85.8 yards per Phillip Redline has four catches for 52 yards. Junior wide receiver Eric game and ninth in passing offense at 117.8 yards per game. Moravian is Woodruff (Brodheadsville, PA/Pius X HS) has three receptions for 41 eighth in turnover margin with a -1.11 per game average as the Greyhounds yards while. Sophomore wide receiver Max Coveleski (Lewes, DE/Cape have committed 22 turnovers while forcing 12 turnovers. Moravian leads Henlopen HS) has added three receptions for 20 yards while senior running the Centennial Conference in fewest penalties with just 34 penalties for an back Anthony Falco has added two catches for 23 yards. average of 32.4 yards per game, and the Greyhounds are first in kickoff returns at 23.4 yards a return. Individually, senior running back Ryan OFFENSIVE LINE: Senior Andrew Grando (Whiting, NJ/Manchester Rempe is fourth in the conference in rushing at 89.5 yards per game, and he Township HS) and junior Daniel Cancelliere (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury is tenth in total offense at 89.5 yards per contest and ninth in all-purpose HS) are back on the offensive line with Grando as the only returning All- yardage at 93.1 yards per game. Sophomore quarterback Steve Panasuk Conference player for the Greyhounds. Sophomore Nicholas Marzuoli (Yorktown, VA/New Egypt HS) is ninth in the conference in pass (Easton, PA/Easton HS), who has missed the last two games with an efficiency with a 95.5 rating, and he is eighth in passing yardage at 75.8 injury, and junior Matthew Washer (Ogdensburg, NJ/Pope John XXIII yards per game.