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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Moravian College men’s basketball team will be spending its holiday break with an international trip to Costa Rica from December 26th through 31st.
Moravian Head Coach Jim Walker has made international travel an integral part of the program in his 33 years as head coach, taking advantage of the NCAA rule allowing teams to travel overseas once every three years. The Moravian men haven taken summer trips to foreign destinations such as Italy, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and most recently London in 2009; however, this is the first time coach Walker has taken the international trip during the regular season.
The Greyhounds, who are currently 6-2 overall and 2-0 in Landmark Conference action, have three community service activities scheduled during their trip on December 26th after arriving, the 27th and the 30th. The squad will also be touring San Jose, Cano
Negro Wildlife Refuge, Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve and Arenal Sky Tram. On the 27th, Moravian will practice and play a controlled scrimmage against Coopenae
USJ Arba San Ramon, the 2012 Costa Rican National Champions.
The Greyhounds also have a practice and play a controlled scrimmage against the Costa Rican National Team on the evening of the 29th and on the afternoon of the 30th, Moravian will play an exhibition game versus the Costa Rican National Team in San Jose as they prepare for the Central American Championships in January.
Coach Walker and several of the Greyhounds will be contributing to a travel blog at http://mccostarica.blogspot.com with entries on each day’s events as well as photos.
After Moravian returns to campus early on New Year’s Day, the Greyhounds will have
roughly 36 hours before jumping back into their 2012-13 regular season as they
host Kean University in the first round of the 35th Annual Greyhound Classic in
Johnston Hall at 5:30 p.m. on January 2nd.
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