Moravian Slides Past Chestnut Hill

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Moravian won its second home match of the season and moved over .500 five matches into the season for the first time in the brief six-year history of the program with a 20-16 non-conference win over NCAA Division II Chestnut Hill College on the HUB Quad. The three victories also equal the most in a single season for the Greyhound program in the six years the sport has had varsity status. The 20 goals are also the most Moravian has scored in a single match since the program began.

Moravian jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 1:11 in the contest on a goal by sophomore attack Jillian Pagliei. The match would remain close with the Griffins tying the score twice at 1-1 and 3-3. Moravian would take the lead for good, 4-3, on a goal by sophomore midfielder Lynda Kauffman at the 10:21 mark. The Greyhounds largest lead of the game was 11-6 late in the first half, and Moravian headed to the intermission with a 12-8 advantage. In the second half, the closest Chestnut Hill would get was two goals at 17-15 with just under nine minutes remaining in the contest. Moravian had a 44-30 advantage in shots and a 31-17 edge in ground balls while both teams won 19 draw controls.

Kauffman led the Greyhounds with a career high nine points, just one shy of the single match record, with six goals and three assists, which tied the school mark. Senior midfielder Erica Spatz also netted six goals for Moravian to go with an assist, five ground balls, four draw controls and three caused turnovers. Kauffman had a team high five draw controls while Pagliei had two goals, four ground balls and three draw controls. Junior attack Georgia Castellano and senior midfielder Casey Simpson each found the back of the cage twice in the Greyhound victory while sophomore midfielder Paige Warbrick and freshman midfielder Sarah Carman each had goals. Freshman midfielder Maureen Helfers added an assist while Carman added five ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers. Sophomore goalie Courtney Rosenberg had seven saves in just over 42 minutes of action for Moravian while freshman keeper Angel Genther had two saves in the other 18 minutes.

Junior attack/midfielder Stephanie Carlyle had a team high six goals for Chestnut Hill to go with three draw controls and four ground balls while junior attack Katie Donovan found the back of the net four times. Junior midfielder Tiffanie Stanton had three goals for the Griffins while sophomore defender/midfielder Carley Glass had a goal, an assist, three ground balls and three draw controls. Junior defender/midfielder Sarah Possinger had a goal, four ground balls and four draw controls for Chestnut Hill while sophomore attack/midfielder Maryanne Glass added five draw controls, two ground balls and a goal. Griffin junior goalie Stephanie Jordan made 16 saves in the match.