Monday, February 29, 2016

FLORIDA TEAM DINNER

Parents asked to contribute dishes
Florida Wolverine team-family dinner
planned after games on Monday evening

For those traveling to Florida: Rest on Sunday. 

Because starting Monday it gets busy!
 
“Magnificent Seven” is the name of the home shared
by Fromal, Marcano, Beall, Hoffman and Engel families
while at The Spring Games, Clermont, Florida. The
Wolverines are staying at a similar house nearby.
Monday morning, March 7, at 10:00 AM is team picture taking. Then there are games at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM followed by a team-family dinner at the Wolverines team house. The rest of the week is game day everyday.

Ivelisse Marcano is organizing Monday's team-family dinner. Parents are asked to contribute dishes, main meals, sides or desserts. There are plenty of paper products on hand, so no need to bring plates, cups, etc.

“So far we have on the menu: linguine, shrimp & salad, baked or grilled chicken & Spanish rice” says Ivelisse. But additional food items are needed.

If you are traveling with the team to Florida, please plan to bring a dish and join the Wolverines for dinner on Monday evening.
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ALBRIGHT (MARCANO PHOTOS)

JOSE MARCANO PHOTOGRAPHS

Wesley Wolverines vs. Albright Lions,
Saturday, February 27, 2016

Wesley Wolverine freshman #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA) was a familiar figure in center field this weekend. Behind her (albeit on the other side of the fence) was Jose Marcano, father of junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE). Of course, Jose was not looking to catch anything EXCEPT literally hundreds of action photos taken through both Saturday's and Sunday's doubleheaders. In the slideshow below are 136 shots culled from many megabits of his pictures snapped during Saturday’s games. (A sampling of his Sunday work will be posted later this week.) 

Click on the slideshow below
to view Albright games' photos.
Click here to download any one or all of the photos.

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PIG ON POND FESTIVAL


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FLORIDA PHOTO SHOOT

Event @ 10 AM, Monday, March 7
Florida team photo shoot open to
Wolverine friends, family and fans

If your traveling to Florida for The Spring Games, there's a photo opportunity on Monday morning, March 7, at 10:00 AM at the club house where the team will be staying. Parents, friends, fans are invited to snap a shot of a player or players as well as the entire team.

If the past is any indication, the Wesley Wolverines will pose together in several team formations before breaking out into different groups, most especially seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen posed together for their own team class picture. Then, photos of individual players with family and friends can be taken, too. (The first game on Monday is not played until 1:00 PM.)

Click here for a slideshow of last year's team photos taken at Myrtle Beach.

Left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines sophomore #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Middletown, DE), junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), freshman
#13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA)

THE SPRING GAMES by the numbers…

► TEAMS: Wesley College Wolverines VERSUS ■ Millsaps College Majors ■ Muhlenberg College Mules (MONDAY/ 1 & 3 PM) ■ Waynesburg Yellow Jackets (TUESDAY/ 3 PM) ■ Meredith College Angels ■ Penn State Brandywine Lions (WEDNESDAY/ 5 & 7 PM) ■ Newbury College Nighhawks (THURSDAY/ 3 PM) ■ Misericordia University Cougars ■ Lakeland College Muskies (FRIDAY/ 11 AM & 1 PM)

► # OF UNDERGRADUATES: ■ THREE schools (Penn State Brandywine/ 1,488 undergrads, Waynesburg /1,528 Meredith/ 1,645) are about the same size as Wesley, ■ TWO (Millsaps/ 768 & Newbury/ 874) are about half the size of Wesley, while the remaining ■ THREE (Muhlenberg/ 2,440, Misericordia/ 2,465 & Lakeland/ 3,138) are considerably larger.

► GEOGRAPHY: ■ ONE school is traveling from the Midwest (Lakeland/ Plymouth, Wisconsin), while another ■ ONE hails from New England (Newbury/ Brookline MA). ■ TWO come from the South (Meredith/ Raleigh NC & Millsaps/ Jackson MS), and ■ FOUR are from Pennsylvania (Muhlenberg/ Allentown PA, Waynesburg/ Waynesburg PA, Penn State Brandywine/ Media PA, Misericordia/ Dallas PA).

► TYPE: All are 4-year, private not-for-profit schools except Penn State Brandywine, which is a public institution.

► FIELDS: Hancock Park (ALL GAMES except Thursday) and Foundation Academy/ Winter Garden, FL (THURSDAY).
 
► ONLINE VIDEO STREAMING: Watch Wolverine games live or much later, after they are aired, at https://suffragettesoftball.com. (Enter team code for portion of purchase to be allocated to the Wesley College Wolverines.)

► WEATHER: Popular sites ■ AccuWeather ■ Weather Channel ■ Weather Network ■ Weather Underground
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

SWARTHMORE GAMES

http://athletics.wesley.edu/sports/sball/index
CLICK HERE to continue reading the official recap of the games. 

Pictured above, Wesley Wolverine junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE)


Click on the slideshow below
for 62 photos of Sunday's doubleheader


Click here to download any or all of the pictures. (There are MANY more photos from this 2/28 doubleheader still to be posted later this week.)
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ALBRIGHT GAMES

http://athletics.wesley.edu/sports/sball/index
CLICK HERE to continue reading the official recap of the games. 

Pictured above, Wesley Wolverine freshman #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA)


Click on the slideshow below 
for 90 photos of Saturday's doubleheader


Click here to download any or all of the pictures. (By the way, there are MANY more photos from this 2/27 doubleheader still to be posted later this week.)
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SENIOR SOFTBALL CLASS


SOFTBALL SENIORS: #22 C/INF Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE), #32 INF
Kayla Fromal (Middletown, DE), #6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ)
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

20 THRUTHS

CLICK HERE to read the full 
in depth article on the 20 truths!

Wesley Wolverine freshman #2 OF Kateri Peters (Havre DeGrace, MD)

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1 WK TO SPRING GAMES!

Wesley Wolverine junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE).
The Spring Games ■ Click here for online streaming of the games!

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Friday, February 26, 2016

GAME-CHANGER


Click here for GameChanger updates…  
Click here for GameChanger pricing.
 
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FIRST OF FORTY

 
Wesley Wolverine senior #6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ) turns a double play at Reynolds DuPont Softball Field, GPS: 500 Mary Street, Dover, DE.
Wesley Wolverine junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE)

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CAN & WILL


Wesley Wolverine sophomore #4 MI/OF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE)
 
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REPOST: CO-CAPTAINS


First posted at the blog on Sunday, August 30, 2015

Left-to-right, TOP: Wesley Wolverines senior #32 C/3B KaylaFromal (Middletown, DE), senior #6 MI BreannaHartman (Red Bank, NJ),
BOTTOM: junior #18 C/3B NinaMarcano (Middletown, DE), senior #22 C/UT MorganSeymour(Smyrna, DE),
CENTER: junior #12 P/MI Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE).





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REPOST: THREE ASSISTANT COACHES

■ CLICK HERE for Coach Greep's Wolverine bio. 


First posted at the blog on Monday, September 14, 2015

Head Coach Juli Greep
Three accomplished talents
Wolverine assistant coaches boast impressive player stats
 
Behind Head Coach Juli Greep this year are three assistant coaches who are not far removed from their own playing days. 

Any one of the trio can pretty much state “been there, done that” – and handled it well, actually, just in the last few years – to anything the Wesley Wolverines may encounter this season.

Meet the new assistant coaches... 

Assistant Coach Brooke Donovan
► BROOKE DONOVAN was a four year starter from 2011-2014, roaming the outfield for the DI Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers where she contributed 34 doubles, 10 HR, 65 RBI, and scored a career 100 runs, while playing in a school-record 234 games! 

She was named to the 2012 Big South All - Tournament Team after helping guide Coastal to its sixth Big South tournament championship. 

Her hometown is Bear, DE, and she attended Hodgson Vocational Technical High School.
 
■ CLICK HERE for her Chanticleer bio. 


Assistant Coach Nicole Rodi
► NICOLE RODI hails from the Allegheny College Gators squad where she was a four-year starter at the infield corners from 2010- 2013 and named to the NCAC Championship All-Conference team. 

As a freshman, she totaled a team-best 233 putouts over 33 games. In 109 career games, she belted 18 doubles, 8 HR and 58 RBI. 

As a team captain in her final season with the Gators, Coach Rodi helped lead the team back to the NCAA DIII Tournament for the first time since 1996. 

Her hometown is Chalfont, PA, and she attended Central Bucks South High School.

■ CLICK HERE for her Eagle bio.
 

Assistant Coach Ashlyn Booth-Hare
► ASHLYN BOOTH-HARE is a former 2011-2012 stand out on the Wesley Wolverines softball team. 

Coach Hare was a 2x All CAC selection, NFCA All -Region and ECAC selection. In her two Wesley seasons as a junior and senior, she played 63 games compiling a .385 batting average with 16 doubles, 11 HR and 55 RBI. 

Prior to Wesley, Coach Booth played at Delaware Tech where her team won Regional Championship and participated in the NJCAA World Series. She was named Regional Tournament MVP and Second Team All-Region catcher. 

Her hometown is Laurel, DE, and she attended Laurel High School.

■ CLICK HERE for a bio of Coach Booth's playing days
through her junior year. (Click here for her outstanding senior stats.)
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

WOLVERINE SOFTBALL PREVIEW

http://athletics.wesley.edu/sports/sball/index

Click here to read the full story

Continue reading at http://athletics.wesley.edu/sports/sball/index
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WEEKEND GAMES

Home games, Saturday & Sunday
Weekend promises four exciting
contests to launch the 2016 season

Ready for Wesley Wolverine fastpitch?

Four games, three teams, two doubleheaders, and one exciting fastpitch weekend rolls out Saturday at 1:00 PM on the Reynolds DuPont Softball Field, Dover, DE. The teams keep playing well into Sunday evening!

Ticket price: FREE, but the best seats go fast!

Weather forecast is promising with a mix of both nippy and warm temperatures combined with some clouds, but also bright skies, as well. Bring a coat that you may or may not need at all.
Please download the graphic below promoting the weekend contests and post it on social media so news of the weekend's opening 2016 season games are shared with as many fans as possible.
Here's a preview of what to expect on the diamond this Saturday and Sunday…

■ THE ALBRIGHT COLLEGE LIONS are coming off their first winning season since 2005, finishing last season with a 19-16 record. Albright returns nine letter winners from last year's team including All-MAC Commonwealth performers P/1B #16 Sammi O'Connor and C/1B #22 Armida Roman.

■ THE SWARTHMORE GARNET have brought back its entire pitching staff in the sophomore trio of #23 P Frankie Ponziani, #15 P Mary Olesnavich, and #20 P Emily Bowman. Key returners on offense include #9 OF Sarah Planthaber, who batted .403 with 25 hits last season, and #7 P Christen Boas Hayes, who led team with 17 RBIs.

■ THE WESLEY WOLVERINES feature talent across the field with 2015 all-conference #32 INF Kayla Fromal and #12 P Lindsay Siok. Three previous team MVPs wearing the navy and white are Fromal, #6 MI Breanna Hartman and #18 C Nina Marcano, the latter holding the conference's all-time triples record. Stalwart defense returners with hot bats are #22 C/INF Morgan Seymour, #42 INF Devin Mackay, #17 OF Casey Beall and #99 OF Lauren Hoffman. There is a four arm pitching squad ready for the circle in Siok, #9 P/OF Lily Engel, #23 P Destiny Davis, and #21 P Sydney Botsch. Plus, the Wolverines bring UMass transfer #4 MI/OF Samantha Burns and four exciting new freshmen touting impressive high school accolades: Botsch, #2 OF Kateri Peters, #8 OF Megan DiRubbio and #13 Utility Ashley Royer.

Come early on Saturday ready to cheer on our Wolverines from warmups right through to Sunday's final inning!

CLICK HERE FOR WEATHER FORECAST
CLICK HERE FOR OFFICIAL GAME TIMES & DATES

Pictured above: senior #22 C/INF Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE).
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2 DAYS


Wesley Wolverine freshman #2 OF Kateri Peters (Havre DeGrace, MD) and freshman #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA)
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MARCANO PHOTOGRAPHY

Providing hundreds of game shots
Jose Marcano is a man with a camera 
chronicling Wolverines' softball season

There will be plenty of softball action on the field this weekend and a great deal of it will be captured in photos by the talented Wesley Wolverine fan Jose Marcano, father of junior #18 catcher Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE).

Many, if not most, of the game pictures posted at this blog are shot by him.
 
Jose Marcano
You will find Jose on the edge of the field, often behind the dead centerfield fence, with digital camera set on a monopod, while taking aim anywhere the ball might fly. Then, he doesn't take “a” photo, he has his finger pressed on burst mode for a string of continuous shots. It is not unusual for Jose to deliver 200 or 300, sometimes 400 or even more photos from a single day's doubleheader.

The best of his work has been shared with fellow fans at this blog for the past three years now. It is free of any copyrights and can be downloaded by parents, friends and fans. You will find fresh shots of the upcoming 2016 season from Jose posted here in the week's ahead.

Jose has attended almost every home game, most road games, as well as the Myrtle Beach tournaments for the past two seasons. He plans to travel this year to the Clermont, FL, contests, too.
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10 REASONS

Please read the full article which deals with the “10 reasons” in-depth at Amanda Scarborough's blog @ http://amanda-scarborough.com/10-reasons-softball-can-change-your-life

Pictured left-to-right, top-to-bottom, Wesley Wolverines junior #9 P/OF
Lily Engel (Dover, DE),  junior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE), senior #32 INF Kayla Fromal (Middletown, DE),  #12 P Lindsay Siok a second time, #12 P
Lindsay Siok a third time and junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE).
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

GREAT PLAYERS INSPIRE



Wesley Wolverine freshman #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA)
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SPRING GAMES UPDATES


CLICK HERE to ENLARGE “Planning Ahead” graphic above.
 
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

CAC 2016 PRESEASON POLL

Video interview included
CAC releases preseason poll,
Wolverines picked for 6th place

The Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) has released it's 2016 softball preseason poll with the Wesley Wolverines slotted for a sixth place finish. Be assured, the team has MUCH higher aspirations. 

#1: Chris Newport over Salisbury

Christopher Newport picks up a predicted first place, while Salisbury is projected to settle for the standing's second position. That is exactly how the CAC ended up last season (2015) despite Salisbury being ranked higher nationally -- often #1 -- all season long and even going on to compete in the final DIII national championship game for the third consecutive year in a row. 

CLICK HERE for more on the battle last year between these two Universities plus the CAC's 2016 preview for ALL teams in the league.

The focus on Wesley: 
"drive and tenacity to turn heads"

The poll notes the following about the Wolverines: 
“WESLEY enters the 2016 campaign with hopes to build on last year's season. The squad finished with a program-record 23 wins and won their most conference games since the 2009 season. Fifth-year head coach Juli Greep has high hopes that this season will include a CAC Tournament appearance for the Wolverines. Wesley returns four of their top six hitters and their two best arms from last season and have the drive and tenacity to turn heads in the conference.”

Video interviews

The CAC also conducted video interviews with each team's head coach and a player from the squad. Representing Wesley was Head Coach Juli Greep and senior #22 C/INF Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE).

Below is a shortened video excerpted from the CAC interviews. It covers JUST WESLEY'S PARTICIPATION. 

For the full CAC preseason webcast, CLICK HERE to view the longer video featuring ALL EIGHT teams in the conference.

Note: The video below credits Morgan as being a junior, but she actually is playing this season in her final year as a senior. Morgan also talks in the video about team goals built around an idea (“a word”) that may serve as a Wolverine softball tradition. That word reportedly is “DESIRE”!

Wesley's video 2016 season preview... 

This embedded video also found at https://youtu.be/_B5ffRwxyUE
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