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Monday, January 22, 2018

WE ARE A TEAM

From left, Wesley Wolverines
junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
junior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE),
freshman #5 UT Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD).

Sunday, January 21, 2018

PITCHERS & CATCHERS

CLICK HERE FOR THE 
WESLEY WOLVERINES 
85+ shots from today, Sunday, January 21.

From top, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #7 OF Brandi Dalious (Harrington, DE),
freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA),
freshman #12 C/INF Mykayla Bird-Clahar (Egg Harbor City, NJ),
freshman #17 P/ 1B Juli Neel (Haddon Township, NJ),
freshman #5 UT Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
freshman #4 P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD),
freshman #9 OF/C Miranda Kinney (Bethlehem PA).

PUTTING ON THE GLOVES

REACHING FOR THEIR
GLOVES TOMORROW

This coming 2018 softball season, the Wesley Wolverines are scheduled to play 40 (regular season) games over 59 days versus 24 colleges. There will be 20 contests at home with 20 on road (including 8 at North Myrtle Beach). There are 14 always important conference games and also 10 weekend doubleheaders of which 7 are played at home, including the first 8 games, February 24 through March 4!

Saturday, January 20, 2018

2018 SEASON KICK OFF

2018 SEASON BEGINS...
SUNDAY: PITCHERS & CATCHERS  
MONDAY: FIRST TEAM PRACTICE 
Click here for the Wesley softball Instagram page

Guess who’s got balls and gloves tomorrow... our pitchers and catchers kick off the 2018 season at 3pm #gameon #wereback

Wesley Wolverine freshman #17 P/ 1B Juli Neel (Haddon Township, NJ).

 Who’s ready for softball season?!?!
We are!!! Fitness test #1 in the books, bats, and balls come out Monday

From left, Wesley Wolverines
junior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE),
senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE).

Together and one day better! #eyeontheprize

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

LAST LINE OF DEFENSE

From left, Wesley Wolverines
senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE),
freshman #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA).
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From the top, a composite of two 
entirely different 2017 fall-ball plays: 
batting, Wesley Wolverine freshman 
#5 UT Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD) and 
sliding, freshman #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA).

EXCITING ARMS/ NORTH MYRTLE

CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH!
THE EXCITING ARMS OF 2018,
from top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
freshman #17 P/ 1B Juli Neel (Haddon Township, NJ),
freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA),
freshman #4 P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD),
sophomore #6 P/UT Allison Mills (Leonardtown, MD).
Photos from fall-ball & 2017 season.

Friday, January 19, 2018

GET DIRTY!

Wesley Wolverine freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA) during 2017 fall-ball practice.

TOP SOFTBALL PLAYS

It's almost time for Softball again! Let's look back at the top plays of the 2017 College World Series.
Photos from 2017 fall-ball practice,
from top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
freshman #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA),
junior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE),
senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE),
sophomore #23 MI Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD),
freshman #4 P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD),
 junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).

Thursday, January 18, 2018

LIFTING 1-18

Thursday evening, January 18


CONDITIONING 1-18

Wesley Wolverines @ conditioning, 
Thursday evening, January 18


GREATEST COMPETITOR

WEEKLY BLOG: THE GREATEST COMPETITOR

How much of your success is physical? How much is mental? The reality is this. It is all mental, directly or indirectly. You cannot control your size, natural gifts like speed, or health issues, but the desire to overcome is a powerful potion that allows us to claim our unfair share of opportunities, regardless of circumstance.

If we want something badly enough... Click here to continue reading.
Fall-ball 2017, from left, Wesley Wolverine freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ), freshman #17 P/ 1B Juli Neel (Haddon Township, NJ).

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

USA SOFTBALL APP

To download mobile app, go to
www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/media/mobile-apps
At 3B during the 2017 fall-ball game,
Wesley Wolverine sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).

NEVER NOT MY JOB

junior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE), 
freshman #25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA), 
junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA), 
freshman #17 P/ 1B Juli Neel (Haddon Township, NJ).

LIFTING SLIDESHOW

Link to video slideshow below are the fastpitch Wolverines working out in Wesley’s Peter Bielfield Weight Room, Dover, DE. 
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

CLICK HERE FOR THE WOLVERINE LIFTING SLIDESHOW 

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

CONDITIONING 1-16

The fastpitch Wolverines are back to conditioning for another semester at Wesley West Fieldhouse!

SUCCESS

Wesley Wolverine freshman #12 C/INF Mykayla Bird-Clahar (Egg Harbor City, NJ).

YOU MATTER!

From left, foreground, Wesley Wolverines freshman
#25 P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA), sophomore
#23 MI Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD), background,
junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).
Photo from a team scrimmage during 2017 fall-ball practice.

Monday, January 15, 2018

TOURNAMENT PHOTO-VIDEO

PHOTO-VIDEO FROM LAST SEASON’S 2017 FASTPITCH DREAMS SPRING CLASSIC featuring this year's returning players, Wesley Wolverines... 
senior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Bear, DE), 
junior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE), 
junior #13 UT Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA), 
sophomore #6 P/UT Allison Mills (Leonardtown, MD), 
sophomore #23 MI Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD), 
sophomore #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).

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

AUBURN HOP

Based on science
The "Auburn hop", a leap toward
more effective, efficient fielding?

The Auburn Tigers started it, which is why it’s now dubbed the “Auburn hop”.

It’s a way of getting set to make a play on the ball. It is a short jump, a small leap, a hop straight up into the air by an infielder before every pitch.

Among the Wesley Wolverines, it is practiced by freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ) on every fastpitch hurled.

Advocates say it’s based on science.

Dr. Wendi Meimar, Auburn’s director of the sports biomechanics laboratory, claims the “Auburn hop” takes out slack in the muscle.

“So that when the muscle fires for them (i.e., defensive players) to move in a more aggressive, purposeful ballistic motion, it is more effective,” she says.

The videos below explore this unique approach to fastpitch fielding.

CLICK HERE FOR THE 
WHAT IS THE HOP?  VIDEO
CLICK HERE FOR THE 
HOW TO HOP VIDEO
Wesley Wolverine freshman #1 MI Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

Sunday, January 14, 2018

MLK JR. DAY

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

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