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ASHLEY ROYER/ HONOR ROLL 3-28-16

For the Week of March 28, 2016. CLICK HERE for the full story.

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

The Capital Athletic Conference report cites: “Wesley's Ashley Royer continued the hot start to her college career with a 4-for-7 performance in a doubleheader split against Mary Washington on Saturday. The freshman went 3-for-4 in game one with three RBIs, including a walk-off RBI triple that brought home Nina Marcano in the bottom of the seventh for the 5-4 win.”

CAC LEADERS 3-28-2016

WOLVERINES STAND OUTS:
BATTING, RBI, STEALS…

CLICK HERE for the latest  
Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) leader stats

NOTE: Rankings below as of Monday, March 28. Does not include Monday's Christopher Newport afternoon games.

Pictured top to bottom: Wesley Wolverines junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), sophomore #4 MI/OF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE), freshman #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

MARY WASHINGTON/ MARCANO PHOTOS

Jose Marcano's Images from Centerfield! 

Mary Washington Eagles vs Wesley Wolverines,
March 26, 2016, Reynolds Dupont Field, Dover, DE

Click on arrow below
for a slideshow of 156 photos

MARY WASHINGTON PHOTOS

Click here for the full story
at the Wesley Wolverines homepage.

Click on the arrow below
for 92 photos from the doubleheader.

FACULTY APPRECIATION

Wolverines pay tribute to those who have provided 
special support in the player's undergraduate pursuits.

Click on the arrow below for a photo slideshow of the Wesley Wolverines' Faculty/ Staff Appreciation Day before a doubleheader, Saturday, 
March 26, 2016, on the DuPont Softball Field.

HAPPY EASTER

LIFE'S HARD!

All About Fastpitch Facebook page

Pictured below: Wesley Wolverine senior 

#32 INF Kayla Fromal (Middletown, DE).

 

NAH… MAYBE NOT REALLY TRUE? But the stresses, highs, knocks, wins & losses in softball – so intense in the moment, not so important in the long run -- seem such an exceptional training ground for life's many major challenges and responsibilities in the future, both personal and financial.

 

EASTER WEEKEND GAME

Pictured: Wesley Wolverine freshman #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE)

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

The column featured below by Amanda Scarborough may be more appropriate for the younger softball pitcher than the collegiate hurler, but there still is a lot of wisdom in it. CLICK HERE for the full article.

Amanda Scarborough Facebook page

...CLICK HERE for the full article.

 

Clockwise from top, Wesley Wolverines sophomore #23 P Destiny Davis (Salisbury, MD),  junior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE),  freshman #21 P Sydney Botsch (Smyrna, DE),  junior #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE).

AVG LEADERS

FIRST CAC GAMES

Eight teams play
Conference contests start
this Saturday, March 26

The Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) launches league play this Saturday, March 26, with all eight softball members battling each other in early afternoon doubleheaders. All games start at 1:00 PM, except for the Chris.Newport venue, where the first pitch will be thrown at 1:30 PM. 

The Wesley game also features Faculty/ Staff Appreciation Day with a pre-game 12:30 PM ceremony on DuPont Softball Field. 

The eight CAC schools taking the field on Saturday are...


■ MARY WASHINGTON EAGLES
VS WESLEY WOLVERINES!

■ PENN STATE 
HARRISBURG LIONS
VS FROSTBURG STATE BOBCATS

■ YORK SPARTANS
VS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA KNIGHTS

■ SALISBURY SEA GULLS
VS CHRISTOPHER 
NEWPORT CAPTAINS
 

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

PRESIDENT INAUGURATION

Wesley College Softball Facebook page

NFCA RANKINGS

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UPDATE
Salisbury slips to #9 in
latest NFCA national ranking.
Click here for the March 23, 2016 poll.

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CAC teams national update
Christopher Newport #3,
while Salisbury ranked #8 

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) have tossed the Wesley Wolverines' opponents – the Salisbury Sea Gulls and Christopher Newport Captains – up and down the list of top 25 teams in the early weeks of the new 2016 season. 

As of last week's rankings, Wednesday, March 16, the NFCA rewarded the Captains current 16-1 strong start with a #3 rank in the nation, while the Sea Gulls' 14-3 record through this week have them not far behind in the #8 spot. CLICK HERE for the DIII national rankings or CLICK HERE for the NCAA report.

Christopher Newport and Salisbury are, of course, like Wesley, both Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) members, where they are #1 and #2 respectively in the conference standings. Wesley sits in the #6 place.

The Christopher Newport Captains have only been beaten by the Texas-Tyler Patriots who are ranked #1 nationally. The Salisbury Sea Gulls have lost to the Virginia Wesleyan Marlins, ranked #11, the powerhouse Rowan Profs and an unyielding outing from the Roanoke Maroons.

The Wesley Wolverines will play Salisbury at home on Wednesday, April 13, and travel to Newport News, VA, for the Christopher Newport games on Saturday, April 16.     

EARLY PITCHING STATS

Pictured: Wesley Wolverine junior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE)

STAT LEADERS

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

NOTE: Inadvertently left out “3B” where, of course, junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE) already has slammed two triples this season, leading the team and adding to her all-time school and CAC record!

STOLEN BASES

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #4 MI/OF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE)

FACULTY APPRECIATION GAME

Pregame recognition
Faculty Appreciation
celebrated on Saturday
 

Wesley Wolverine freshman #21 P
Sydney Botsch (Smyrna, DE)

Come a half hour early this Saturday, March 26, for Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day at 12:30 PM, where each player will recognize a Wesley College associate who has made an impact on her education.

The Wesley Wolverines versus Mary Washington Eagles doubleheader times are 1:00 and 3:00 PM for these games played on DuPont Softball Field.

For the pregame ceremonies, each player will escort an admired college official down the third base line, arriving at home plate for an eventual group photo of all the participants.

Wesley Wolverines, left-to-right, sophomore #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Middletown, DE), freshman #2 OF Kateri Peters (Havre DeGrace, MD), sophomore #4 MI/OF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE).

MARCANO PLAYER OF WEEK

Wesley College Softball Facebook page

Beyond CAC “honor roll”, Wesley Wolverine junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE) snags top award – Conference Player of the Week!

CLICK HERE for the official Wesley softball story.
CLICK HERE for the full conference announcement.

CAC highlights: “Wesley junior Nina Marcano was tabbed as the CAC Player of the Week after blasting a pair of three-run home runs in a doubleheader sweep of Keystone, including a walk-off blast in game two. Tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the seventh inning of game two, Marcano delivered a walk-off three-run bomb to give the Wolverines the twinbill sweep. She finished the week with four hits, seven RBIs, three runs scored and a 2.333 slugging percentage.”

AWAY GAMES NEXT WEEK

UPDATE 

JUNIATA EAGLES GAME 

REMOVED FROM SCHEDULE

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Looking ahead – away games
THREE venues NEXT WEEK, all at a distance,
THREE states, TWO conference doubleheaders

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MARCH 29, TUESDAY, 3:00 & 5:00 PM

► Juniata Eagles (Huntingdon, Pennsylvania)
VS Wesley Wolverines

West End Field (scroll to bottom of its homepage) located
near 1500 Warm Springs Avenue, Huntingdon, PA.

West End Field's beautiful surroundings are located behind Knox Stadium. The GPS coordinates for West End Field are 40° 29' 51.08" N and 78° 00' 47.20" W.

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APRIL 1, FRIDAY, 5:00 & 7:00 PM

► Southern Virginia Knights (Buena Vista, Virginia)
VS Wesley Wolverines

Harvey-Dryden Field is slightly off campus. Entrance is
near E. 29th & Ridge Avenue, Buena Vista, Virginia,
next to the University's Turf Field.

* These are CONFERENCE (CAC) GAMES. The lighted Harvey-Dryden Field is nestled in the famed Shenandoah Valley mountains, which overlook the complex. This team draws largely from the far western states; do check out the hometowns of the softball squad!

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APRIL 2, SATURDAY, 3:00 & 5:00 PM

► Frostburg State Bobcats (Frostburg, Maryland)
VS Wesley Wolverines

Bobcat Field is located off of Midlothian Road,
near 1 University Drive, Frostburg, MD.

* These are CONFERENCE (CAC) GAMES. The Bobcats always pose a challenging contest for the Wolverines. Last year, at home, Wesley Wolverine junior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE) started from the circle in both ends of a doubleheader, winning the first game 2-1, while losing in a razor-thin margin 1-0 in the nightcap.

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NEW PHOTO WEB PAGE

2000+ pics & more to come!
Wolverine game photos
now available at website

It can be hard to catch every exciting moment of every inning of Wesley Wolverines softball. 

Many obstacles get in the way.

It can be cold and windy at DuPont Field (e.g., Keystone games). Three outs, at times, can stretch to hours (e.g., Swarthmore games). Distant away games can make it impossible for many fans to attend (e.g., Christopher Newport upcoming games, VA).

You can review, however, the Wolverine's past performances almost anywhere at any time in the comfort of home via Wesley game coverage photography. Not that the camera catches all the action; actually, much is missed, but to-date there are …

● 23 photo albums ● 2,191 photos recording the early 2016 season & growing every week!

These albums and photos are now all together on a single web page that will chronicle as many games as possible (possibly all of them!) through the spring semester at https://sites.google.com/site/2016wolverinephotos. 

New web page collects Wolverine 2016 photo albums and slideshows

These photos and albums always appear first right here on this page at this blog. At the new ancillary website, they are arranged to easily find a favorites game or team activity, allowing visitors to quickly flip through photos of daughters, grandchildren, nieces, favorite players, etc!

Bookmark the page or always find its link on the left-hand column of this blog.  

NOTE: The photos are perfectly sharp and clear online, but they are of a resolution that may not (or may) be suitable for printing or enlarging to any great extent. These slideshows also are part of a free service from Google where major format changes are happening that may make adding new albums after May 1, 2016 not easily doable.

KEYSTONE GAMES 2/19/2016

Wesley College Softball Facebook page
Wesley College Softball homepage

CLICK HERE for the full story about
Saturday's Keystone College doubleheader

Keystone games photos 


Jose Marcano's Images from Centerfield! 

 

FROMAL CAC INTERVIEW

From the Capitol Athletic Conference (CAC) homepage...

“… I love sports. If we aren’t practicing then I’m normally in the gym kicking a soccer ball around or shooting hoops. I love working out and staying in great shape. I also enjoy kayaking, hiking and rock climbing in my free time. Through the summers, I work at the YMCA summer camps and I enjoy being a counselor and a role model for kids.” – Wesley Wolverine senior #32 INF Kayla Fromal (Middletown, DE).

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY

 

SPRING GAMES PHOTOS, PART #9

Last of the Florida photos...

PART NINE

 Wesley Wolverine photos from March 6-11, The Spring Games, Clermont, FL,
 posted as a nine part series at this blog over the past week.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD  LATEST POST OF 125 SPRING GAMES SHOTS.

Once you access these new photos online, you can click on any picture to enlarge it and turn the whole album into a slide-show.

WOLVERINE SPRING GAMES  ACTION PHOTOS, PART NINE...  

AT THE SPRING GAMES: Wesley Wolverines sophomore #4 MI/OF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE), freshman #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA), junior #42 INF Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA), junior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE),  junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE).

SPRING GAMES PHOTOS, PART #8

PART EIGHT

Jose Marcano's Images from Centerfield!

Watch for more Wesley Wolverine photos from March 6-11, The Spring Games, Clermont, FL, posted as a series at this blog over the next few weeks.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD  LATEST POST OF 82 SPRING GAMES SHOTS.

Once you access these new photos online, you can click on any picture to enlarge it and turn the whole album into a slide-show.

WOLVERINE SPRING GAMES  ACTION PHOTOS, PART EIGHT...  

AT THE SPRING GAMES: Wesley Wolverine sophomore #4 MI/OF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE), senior #6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ),  freshman #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

SPRING GAMES PHOTOS, PART #7

PART SEVEN

Jose Marcano's Images from Centerfield!

Watch for more Wesley Wolverine photos from March 6-11, The Spring Games, Clermont, FL, posted as a series at this blog over the next few weeks.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD  LATEST POST OF 55 SPRING GAMES SHOTS.

Once you access these new photos online, you can click on any picture to enlarge it and turn the whole album into a slide-show.

WOLVERINE SPRING GAMES  ACTION PHOTOS, PART SEVEN...  

AT THE SPRING GAMES: Wesley Wolverines junior #17 OF Casey Beall (Severn, MD), sophomore #4 MI/OF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE), senior #6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ), sophomore #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Middletown, DE).

SPRING GAMES PHOTOS, PART #6

PART SIX

Jose Marcano's Images from Centerfield!

Watch for more Wesley Wolverine photos from March 6-11, The Spring Games, Clermont, FL, posted as a series at this blog over the next few weeks.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD  LATEST POST OF 80 SPRING GAMES SHOTS.

Once you access these new photos online, you can click on any picture to enlarge it and turn the whole album into a slide-show.

WOLVERINE SPRING GAMES ACTION PHOTOS, PART SIX...  

AT THE SPRING GAMES: Wesley Wolverines senior #22 C/INF Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE), senior #6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ), junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), junior #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE), junior #42 INF Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA).