LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- The Moravian College softball squad has been selected at No. 19 in the 2021 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Preseason Poll released Wednesday.
Moravian was 9-1 last year after the annual spring trip to Florida when COVID-19 cancelled the remainder of the season. Head Coach John Byrne enters his 28th season with an 863-249 record, and he has 16 returning players this spring.
The Hounds are still working on their 2021 schedule with the annual trip to the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida not happening this year as Moravian adjusted the spring semester due to COVID. The Greyhounds are slated to begin the 2021 Landmark Conference season on Saturday, March 20 at this time when Juniata College comes to Blue & Grey Field for a doubleheader.
In 2020, the Greyhounds' 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. Moravian spent several weeks as the No. 1 team in the nation during the 2004 season.
To view the full 2021 NFCA Division III Top 25 Preseason Poll, visit https://nfca.org/divnews/ncaa3/east-texas-baptist-starts-no-1-in-nfca-division-iii-top-25.