Greyhounds Finish Abbreviated 2020 Season Ranked No. 21 in Final NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll
LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- The Moravian College softball squad has finished the 2020 season ranked No. 21 in the final 2020 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- The Moravian College softball squad has finished the 2020 season ranked No. 21 in the final 2020 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll.
Moravian was 9-1 on the year when COVID-19 cancelled the remainder of the season. All ten of the Greyhounds' contests this spring were part of the Spring Games at the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida during the first week of March. Moravian had moved into the poll's list of teams receiving votes after the trip.
The Hounds had been slated to return to action on March 12 at Gwynedd Mercy University on the afternoon that the NCAA cancelled all remaining winter and spring championships. The Landmark Conference and Moravian suspended the season until at least April 6 the same day before formally cancelling the remainder of the spring on March 18.
Moravian had outscored its opponents 77-32 while in Florida with the lone setback coming to Eastern Nazarene (Mass.) College. The Hounds had a .358 batting average for the year with 21 of 106 hits for extra bases including seven home runs. The Greyhounds' pitching staff had recorded a 2.30 ERA with one shutout and an opponents' batting average of .265.
The program finished ranked in the top 25 for the 11th 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 three other times since 2002.
To view the full NFCA Division III Top 25 poll to end the 2020 season, visit https://nfca.org/divnews/ncaa3/east-texas-baptist-finishes-no-1-in-nfca-division-iii-top-25.
