Moravian Ranked No. 15 in This Week’s NFCA Poll
LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- The Moravian University softball squad moved up one spot to No. 15 in this week’s 2022 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll after posting a 2-0 week.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- The Moravian University softball squad moved up one spot to No. 15 in this week's 2022 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll after posting a 2-0 week.
The Greyhounds traveled to Juniata College to open their 2022 Landmark Conference schedule and came away with a couple of victories, defeating the Eagles 7-4 in game one and then claimed game two 11-4 to improve to 12-0 on the season and 2-0 in conference play.
Moravian, which was unranked in the 2022 preseason poll announced in early February, was 31-3 last year after claiming their ninth Landmark Conference Championship and 17th total conference title and its 18th NCAA Tournament appearance. Head Coach John Byrne has begun his 29th season, now has a record of 906-252, earning his 900th career victory on Wednesday, March 2 with the Greyhounds 2-1 win over No. 11 Milwaukee School of Engineering, now No.17, at the PFX Games in Clermont, Florida.
The Hounds opened their 2022 campaign with ten games in the PFX Games played in Clermont and Leesburg, Florida, finishing a perfect 10-0 in their first week of competition to be ranked No. 22 in the first NFCA Poll. In that week, the Greyhounds also defeated Wartburg (Iowa) College, 8-7 in 10 innings, who is now ranked No. 22.
Moravian returns to action on Tuesday, March 23 when the squad travels to Lebanon Valley College for a non-conference twin bill beginning at 3:00 p.m. The Greyhounds are scheduled to play their first pair of home games on Blue & Grey Field against The University of Scranton in Landmark Conference action, beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 26.
In 2021, the Greyhounds' program finished ranked in the top 25 for the 12th time since 2002 including a high of second in the 2004 final poll after the Greyhounds played in the national championship round at the Division III World Series. The Hounds have also received votes in the final poll four other times since 2002. Moravian spent several weeks as the No. 1 team in the nation during the 2004 season.
To view the full 2022 NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll, visit: https://nfca.org/component/com_nfca/Itemid,230/list,1/pdiv,div3/top25,1/year,2022/
