Wesley College “Great Things Await” @ Dover, Delaware. KEY LINKS: SOFTBALL HOMEPAGE ● FACEBOOK ● TWITTER ● INSTAGRAM ● coaches ● DuPont field ● admissions (plan a visit) ► softball news ► roster ► schedule ► team stats ► lineup stats ► CAC standings / leaders) ► winter camp/details. To contact the team, write Head Coach Juli Greep at Juli.Greep@wesley.edu; contact this blog via WesleySoftball@gmail.com. Other than being a parent of a past player, this blog has no association with Wesley College. This blog designed to be best viewed in a Chrome browser.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

EARLY STATS

After just 3 games…
Wolverines off to good start
among early conference leaders

It’s far too early to check stats – and everything can change this early in the season with a performance of any kind from anyone on any team in a SINGLE game.

So, stats mean very little at this point.

Still, just for fun, check out the conference leaders at this instant in time (i.e., Wednesday evening). Again, everyone’s position and numbers can be radically scrambled as the games played begin to mount. Excepting Penn State- Harrisburg, the Wolverines also have played less games to date than their rivals.

The Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) leaders are at http://www.cacsports.com/sports/sball/2017-18/leaders.

► HOME RUNS: Sophomore #7 OF/C Brandi Dalious (Harrington, DE) leads the conference with 2 home runs.

► STOLEN BASES: Senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE) is tied for the lead in stolen bases with 3 swipes.

► SAVES: Freshman #4 P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD) has the only save in the league so far.

► STRIKEOUTS: Freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA) is tied for the lead in wins with 2 and sits at fifth in strikeouts with 10 Ks.

► BATTING AVERAGE: Brandi and freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ) are tied for fourth place in hitting with each holding a .500 average. Junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA) is tied for 10th with her .455 average.

► FIELDING FPCT: The Wesley Wolverines lead all teams with a .981 fielding percentage. (Click here for team stats.)

Wesley Wolverine freshman #4 P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD).

GIVING DAY 2-28

Dear Wesley Softball Alumni, family and friends,

The Wesley College Softball Program is partnering with “Wesley Giving Day” on February 28th to raise funds for a new outdoor batting cage. We would like to raise enough money to have a permanent cage with concrete and turf flooring with enough room for two tunnels. This will allow our players to have the opportunity to do individual outside of practice skill work if they so choose, as well as increase our ability to have high quality practices.
Coach Greep

 We are very excited about our opportunity to compete in the newly developed Atlantic East Conference starting in the 2018-2019 season. Our goal which we believe is realistic and achievable is to win the first AEC Softball Title. Only one team gets to forever hang that banner, and we want to proudly display it at DuPont Field. We know that winning this title has as much to do with our current team members as the ones who have come before us, and we want to thank each of you for the your diligent efforts throughout the years. Our success is a part of your legacy!

We ask that you please consider making a donation of any size to the continued growth and development of our program. We hope to see you out at the field for a game this spring.

Below is the link to make your donation:

 https://securelb.imodules.com/s/351/index.aspx...

Wolverine Softball - Wesley Giving Day 2018

Thank you all!

It’s A Great Day To Be A Wolverine, and GO WESLEY

~Coach Greep

CLICK HERE FOR THE WESLEY COLLEGE GIVING FORM
From top, Wesley Wolverines
freshman #9 OF/C Miranda Kinney (Bethlehem PA),
freshman #5 UT Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
sophomore #23 MI Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD),
freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

CLICK HERE FOR THE WESLEY COLLEGE GIVING FORM

GALLAUDET STORY + PHOTOS

CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY 
+BOX SCORE @ WESLEY'S
CLICK HERE FOR 120
FASTPITCH ACTION PHOTOS,
From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ),
junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
freshman #12 C/INF Mykayla Bird-Clahar 
(Egg Harbor City, NJ),
senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE),
sophomore #7 OF/C Brandi Dalious (Harrington, DE),
freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos 
(Chambersburg, PA),
freshman #4 P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD),
junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

CLICK HERE FOR 120 MORE PHOTOS.

Monday, February 26, 2018

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL 2-26

WESLEY WOLVERINE SOPHOMORE #7
(HARRINGTON, DE)

CAC’S NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE: 

 Wesley freshman Dori Loukopoulos earned her first collegiate win in a complete-game effort against Swarthmore. 

 In her first action in a Wesley uniform, Brandi Dalious went 3-for-6 with a home run and a double. Dalious slugged 1.167 and reached base at a .625 clip. 

 CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.  

FIRST DINGER!

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #7
OF/C Brandi Dalious (Harrington, DE).

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Wesley Wolverine freshman #5 UT Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD).

GALLAUDET RESCHEDULED

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #23 
MI Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD). 

 IF YOU GO: Gallaudet University, 
800 Florida Ave NE, Washington, DC. 
CLICK HERE for Gallaudet softball homepage. 
CLICK HERE for information on the turf field. 
CLICK HERE for an aerial view of the softball field. 
CLICK HERE for DC weather report. 

 IF YOU DON’T GO: LIVE VIDEO from Gallaudet softball page. Check for broadcast, often LINKED from SCHEDULE on game day. CLICK HERE for full story.

Sunday, February 25, 2018

WOLVERINES @ "GREEN SCREEN"

168 "outtake" photos
Wolverines pose on green screen,
promoting countdown to the opener

If you have been watching the photo countdown to opening day at the Wesley College Softball Facebook and Instagram pages, you’ll notice that the players have all been superimposed on many different graphics backgrounds.

This series of photographs was made possible by shooting the Wolverine players under professional lighting against a green screen, a device by which the photo’s background can be easily replaced digitally by another photo or graphic of scenery.

Our Wolverines were arranged in a variety of poses by Head Coach Juli Greep who also created the final digital photographs with the new backgrounds that were posted online. Coach Greep holds the secret to safely setting a softball on fire.

The actual photography for the day and the setup of special lighting was handled by Wesley’s Director of Sports information Cyrill Parham.
CLICK HERE for 168  
SEPARATE PHOTOS  
(outtakes, of a sort) shot from the sidelines while Coach Greep and Mr. Parham spent an evening last January with the players before "the green screen".


ABOVE, SAMPLES OF THE FINAL "COUNTDOWN PHOTOS" 

sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL), 
freshman #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA), 
junior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE). 

CLICK HERE FOR 168 PHOTOS 

Saturday, February 24, 2018

OPENING DAY PHOTOS

CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY
BOX SCORES @ WESLEY'S
SOFTBALL HOMEPAGE
CLICK HERE FOR 128 
ACTION PHOTOS, OPENING DAY, 

Click here for 128 more photos.
Pictured above, from top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL),
junior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE),
junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA),
freshman #5 UT Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
sophomore #6 P/UT Allison Mills (Leonardtown, MD),
freshman #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA),
senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE),
sophomore #23 MI Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD),
freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

GAME DAY

Wesley Wolverine senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE).

Friday, February 23, 2018

TIME CHANGE!

IMPORTANT TIME CHANGE
THIS WEEKEND

As of now, both Wesley fastpitch doubleheaders 
this weekend will start at 11 a.m. 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 
NEW START TIME 11:00 AM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 
NEW START TIME 11:00 AM

DuPont Softball Field, 
GPS: 500 Mary Street, Dover, DE

2018 SEASON PREVIEW

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY @ 
Wesley Wolverine junior #8
OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

OPENING DAY TEAM

From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE), 
freshman #9 OF/C Miranda Kinney (Bethlehem PA), 
freshman #17 P/ 1B Juli Neel (Haddon Township, NJ), 
freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA), 
freshman #12 C/INF Mykayla Bird-Clahar (Egg Harbor City, NJ), 
freshman #4 P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD), 
freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ), 
freshman #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA), 
freshman #5 UT Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD).
From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
CAC All-Conference,
junior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE),
CAC All-Conference, NFCA All-Atlantic
junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
sophomore #6 P/UT Allison Mills (Leonardtown, MD),
sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL),
sophomore #7 OF/C Brandi Dalious (Harrington, DE),
sophomore #23 MI Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD).

1 DAY

Wesley Wolverine freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

Thursday, February 22, 2018

SWARTHMORE PREVIEW

Visiting this Saturday...
Swarthmore Garnet building
on last season's improvement

This Saturday, February 24, marks the home doubleheader season opener for the Wesley Wolverine fastpitch team. The games are scheduled to be played at 12:00 noon and 2:00 PM on the DuPont Softball Field, GPS: 500 Mary Street, Dover, DE.

Here's a thumbnail look at the opening day visiting team, Swarthmore Garnet, picked up from the Centennial Conference's 2018 softball preview...

"KEY RETURNEES: (CATCHER/INFIELDER #12) Kennedy Kings, So... 1st Team All-CC, 2017 CC Rookie of the Year, .368-1 HR-18 RBI; (CATCHER/OUTFIELDER #24) Emilie Morse, So... HM Team All-CC, .306-1 HR-19 RBI; (INFIELDER #11) Elizabeth Curcio, Jr... .275-11 RBI;(PITCHER/OUTFIELDER #10) Marisa Mancini, So... .279-16 RBI; (INFIELDER #21) Kalli Segel, So... .327-2 HR-10 RBI; (PITCHER/INFIELDER #20) Emily Bowman, Sr... 7-6, 74 K. 
"OUTLOOK: Swarthmore was improved last season and hopes to continue to climb the Conference rankings in 2018. Kings, the 2017 CC Rookie of the Year, returns for her sophomore campaign and is joined by Morse and Segel, all of which hit over .300 last season. In the circle, Bowman returns to lead the Garnet. If Swarthmore is able to adjust to the new system under (new Head Coach Melissa) Finley, the Garnet should be improved this season."

 The Wolverines will play a second doubleheader on the following day, Sunday, February 25, versus the Gallaudet Bison, also at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM on DuPont Field.

Wesley Wolverine freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA).

WOLVERINE ACTION


From top, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL), 
freshman #4 P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD), 
senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE).

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

2 DAYS

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).

CONFERENCE BOOKMARKS

Stats & more
Conference pages to bookmark
for this 2018 fastpitch season

This is the last season that the Wesley Wolverines will play in the highly competitive Capital Athletic Conference (CAC). 

 A new, equally challenging NCAA league is being formed for the 2019 season which will include Wesley, Neumann, Cabrini, Immaculata, Marywood, Marymount (no softball team), Gwenned Mercy, and Arcadia. (Wesley football will remain in the NJAC.)

For this current 2018 season, the CAC softball teams consist of... 

 ■ Southern Virginia (800 undergrads), 
■ Wesley College (1,384 undergrads), 
■ Penn State Harrisburg (4,200 undergrads), 
■ York (PA) (4,537 undergrads), 
■ Mary Washington (4,726 undergrads), 
■ Frostburg State (4,884 undergrads), 
■ Christopher Newport (4,930 undergrads), 
■ Salisbury (7,861 Undergrads).
Wesley Wolverine junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

You can find Wolverine game coverage, box scores, player and team stats and more at the ► Wesley College softball homepage.

The links below may be helpful in following the Wolverines team and individual players stats throughout the season. The stats are collected for both conference AND non-conference games.

► Click here for CAC SOFTBALL HOMEPAGE.

► Click here for both OVERALL AND CONFERENCE STANDINGS. (You’ll see that a few teams have already begun play!)

► Click here for CONFERENCE TEAMS’ STATS (hitting, extended hitting, pitching & fielding).

► Click here for CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (avg., HRs, RBI, SB, ERA, Ks, etc.) Once Wesley starts to play this weekend, the team almost certainly will soon have some Wolverines listed here.

SOFTBALL LESSONS

Wesley Wolverine freshman #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA).

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

3 DAYS

Wesley Wolverine freshman #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA).

SCRIMMAGE 2-20

SCRIMMAGE
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

CLICK HERE FOR 33
INTERSQUAD GAME
From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
freshman #5 UT Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
sophomore #23 MI Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD),
junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
sophomore #7 OF/C Brandi Dalious (Harrington, DE).

4 DAYS

Wesley Wolverine freshman #4 P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD).

Monday, February 19, 2018

VALUE OF 1ST PITCH STRIKES?

From left, Wesley Wolverines
freshman #17 P/ 1B Juli Neel (Haddon Township, NJ),
freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA), 
sophomore #23 MI Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD).
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.

HAPPY PRESIDENTS' DAY

From left, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL),
freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

5 DAYS

Wesley Wolverine freshman #5 UT Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD).

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)