Third Seeded Greyhounds to Host Lycoming College in Landmark Conference Men’s Soccer First Round on November 1
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University men’s soccer squad has earned the third seed in the 2025 Landmark Conference Tournament and will host sixth seed Lycoming College in a first round match on Saturday, November 1 at 4:00 p.m. on John Makuvek Field in Bethlehem.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University men's soccer squad has earned the third seed in the 2025 Landmark Conference Tournament and will host sixth seed Lycoming College in a first round match on Saturday, November 1 at 4:00 p.m. on John Makuvek Field in Bethlehem.
Admission to Saturday's match is $10 for adults and $5 for minors ages 10-17. Children ages nine and under are admitted free of charge, as are all Landmark Conference students, faculty and staff with their school ID.
Tickets can be purchased via Hometown Ticketing at https://landmarkconference.org/sports/2022/4/25/championships-tickets.aspx?path=champs.
For the third straight year, the Landmark Conference Tournament features six teams with the top two seeds earning first round byes. The winner of the Moravian/Lycoming match will travel to second seed The Catholic University of America for a semifinal match on Wednesday, November 5 at 6:00 p.m. Saturday's other first round contest has fourth seed Goucher College hosting fifth seed Drew University at 2:00 p.m., and the winner of that match will head to top seed The University of Scranton for the other semifinal contest on November 4. The 2025 Landmark Conference Championship match is set for Saturday, November 8 at the highest remaining seed for the conference title and a berth to the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament.
he Greyhounds, who are 9-5-4 overall and were 5-1-3 in the Landmark Conference regular season, are under the direction of eighth-year Head Coach Bob Wilkinson, who has guided Moravian to the postseason for the third straight fall and for the fifth time since his tenure began in 2018.
After not playing a home postseason match in nearly 20 years, the Blue & Grey are home on John Makuvek Field for the second straight season in the Landmark Conference Tournament First Round. Prior to 2024, Moravian had not had a home conference playoff match since a 3-1 victory over Swarthmore College in the Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Final on November 2, 1983. The Greyhounds' last home victory in the postseason was a 3-2 overtime win over Widener University in the ECAC Division III Mid-Atlantic Championships on November 13, 2002. Moravian has played just six home postseason matches with one in the Landmark Conference Tournament, two in the MAC Tournament and three ECAC contests.
Sophomore forward Enzo Petruzzelli, this week's Landmark Conference Offensive Athlete of the Week, leads the Greyhounds with six goals and two assists while sophomore midfielder Logan Moore has five goals and an assist. Sophomore forward Joey Roth and junior midfielder Colin Woehlcke have both added three goals and two assists while senior midfielder Tyler King has netted three goals to go with one assist. Junior midfielder Rafi Sanjuan has two goals and two assists while junior defender Max Teneza has a goal and four assists.
Sophomore defender Evan Hubert has two goals and an assist while freshman forward Anthony Bice has netted two goals and junior midfielder Giuseppe Propato has a goal and two assists. Junior defender Ryan Latchford and junior midfielder Sean Kirwin both have a goal and an assist while sophomore forward Colin Moyer has four assists and junior defender Aidan Costa, sophomore midfielder Nick Marino and sophomore defender Owen Carey each have one assist.
Senior goalie Casey Prajzner is 9-4-4 in goal with six shutouts, 76 saves and a 0.88 goals-against average in 1,530 minutes of action while graduate student goalie Aidan Niggeman has two saves, a 2.00 goals-against average and an 0-1 mark in 90 minutes this season.
Junior defender Aidan McMillan and sophomore midfielder/defender Ryan Mullin have helped the Moravian defense allow just 0.94 goals against per match with six shutouts this fall. Junior forward Sean Rieber, sophomore defender Jake Fiore and sophomore midfielder Gavin Murray have all seen action in ten or more contests this year with Rieber making three starts.
Moravian defeated the Warriors, 2-1, when the squads met during the regular season on October 11 in Williamsport.
