BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Moravian University is continuing its look back at its 2022-23 athletic campaign. The fourth entry in our second countdown of the summer – the Top 10 Stories of the Year selected by the athletic administration – is our No. 7 highlight – the field hockey squad reaching the conference championship match for the first time in program history.
The Greyhounds entered the postseason as the fourth seed and headed to top seed The University of Scranton for a Landmark Conference Semifinal match on Wednesday, November 2. That contest would remain scoreless until the final 1:49 when senior midfielder Maddie Call put a shot into the cage that gave the Hounds' a 1-0 win and a berth in the conference finals. The Blue & Grey had not been to the Landmark Conference Tournament until 2021, and the program was making just its fifth-ever postseason appearance in 2022 with the other three berths in 1984, 1985 and 1987.
Read the original story for the semifinals at https://www.moraviansports.com/sports/fh/2022-23/releases/20221102vvkptu with links to stats and video.
On Saturday, November 5, Moravian headed to third seed The Catholic University of America for the Landmark Conference Championship and the chance to play for an NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. The Cardinals scored twice in the opening quarter and once early in the second for a 3-0 lead in the finals. The Greyhounds countered with goals from freshman forward Brooke Sodl and junior defender Jenna Segrave late in the second to cut the deficit to 3-2. However, Catholic scored the only goal of the second half to defeat the Hounds' 4-2.
Read the original story for the championship at https://www.moraviansports.com/sports/fh/2022-23/releases/20221105rb3e4i with links to stats and video.
The number six story in the countdown will be released on Wednesday, July 19.