Wesley sports, softball
poised for exciting season
There's just a few weeks left of summer. Soon they are headed back to campus.
International students arrive Tuesday, August 19. Freshman check-in for the “Windows on Wesley” orientation period on Thursday, August 21. All other undergraduates living on campus move-in on Sunday, August 24 before the first day of classes for everyone on Monday, August 25.
CLICK HERE for the handy Wesley Calendar which lists all academic and sporting events on campus through the year.
■ WOLVERINE SOFTBALL
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| Softball's/ Field Hockey's Morgan Seymour |
On the horizon is Wesley Wolverine Fall softball. It is a time to sharpen skills, reestablish team camaraderie, and meet new recruits and teammates.
The Wesley Wolverines' ended the 2014 season with a 17-17 record, which is the team's most victories since the 2005 and the first .500 season since 2001.
Wesley, second smallest college in the Capitol Athletic Conference (CAC) – e.g., most school's are 2-1/2 to 5 times its size in undergraduate population – still found themselves under Head Coach Juli Greep among the leaders in many statistics.
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| Softball's Breanna Hartman |
Though the Wolverines played just 34 games (#5 among the conference's 8 teams), Wesley ► led the league with 18 triples (which also was #12 NCAA national D3 rank), finished ► #3 with 205 runs scored in the CAC (which also was #84 NCAA national D3 rank), again ► #3 with 297 hits, yet again ► #3 with a .403 batting average, and still again ► #3 with a .403 on-base percentage.
Wesley was 1 run short among conference teams for ► #3 in the RBI category, as well. The team ► slugged .449 for a CAC #4 place (which also was #92 NCAA national D3 rank).
Wesley Wolverine co-captains for the 2014- 2015 season are junior #22 C/UT Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE), junior #32 C/3B Kayla Fromal (Middletown, DE), junior #6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ)
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| Softball's/ Field Hockey's Kayla Fromal |
Among about 120 conference players or more, Wolverines stood out as individual leaders in stats, too.
Junior #8 OF Steph Caracozza's (Melbourne Beach, Fla.) impressive ► .427 batting average ranked #6 in the conference. Junior #2 P/OF Sarah Saunders (Wayne, NJ) finished #15 in batting among CAC leaders.
Steph's speed ensured ► 37 runs scored for a #7 CAC place (which also was ► #44 NCAA national D3 rank).
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| Softball's Steph Caracozza |
Nina's always thrilling ► 5 home runs ranked #11 in the conference, while her ► 10 stolen bases ranked #5 in the league. Steph and junior MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ) raced into a #13 CAC tie.
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| Softball's Sarah Saunders |
The pitching duo of freshman #12 P/MI Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE) and freshman #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE), accounted for all 17 Wolverine wins, ► ranked #7 and #9 in the CAC for individual games won.
Lindsay's superb ► .315 ERA awarded her the CAC's #7 ranking. Lily pitched to a CAC earned run #12 slot. Lindsay's tireless arm threw ► 106.2 innings for #6 in the league. Lily finished #10.
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| Softball's/ Field Hockey's Lindsay Siok |
Lily, catching the plate's corners with pitches, gave up just ► 10 walks issued, which captured the CAC's #1 post for the least BB allowed (among CAC pitchers throwing 40+ innings.) This also was the ► #23 NCAA national D3 rank for least walks per seven innings.
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW
There will be a single unofficial softball doubleheader this fall before the official season begins next February 2015.
But before that doubleheader, Wesley's sports fields and gymnasiums will launch new seasons and exciting contests in field hockey, football, volleyball, soccer, and basketball. It is not uncommon to find the softball players actually playing in other fall sports or gathered together in the stands cheering-on their fellow Wolverines!
■ FIELD HOCKEY
Wesley last season advanced to the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Semifinals where they took No. 3 Christopher Newport, a NCAA Semifinalist, into overtime. Softball players also on the hockey team are Morgan Seymour, Kayla Fromal, and Lindsay Siok. The team opens the 2014 season at home when they host the Lynchburg Hornets on Saturday, August 30 at 2:00 PM at Scott D. Miller Stadium, 400 Clara Street, Dover, Delaware. CLICK HERE for the full field hockey schedule.
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| Football's Sosthene Kapepula |
The Wolverines, who are ranked 5th nationally (DIII) in the D3football.com Preseason Poll, and #4 nationally in the USAToday rankings, open the 2014 season at home when they host No. 22 Thomas More on Saturday, September 6 at 1 pm. Five wolverines have been selected as 2014 Preseason All-American teams by different sports authorities. They are are Sosthene Kapepula with first team honors; Derrick Bender, Devin Filliben and Steve Koudossou with second team recognition; and, Kyle George awarded a Third Team pick. CLICK HERE for the full football schedule.
CLICK HERE for the blog post titled “Wesley Wolverine football ranked #4 nationally this fall”
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| Volleyball's Meghan Marshall |
The Volleyball Wolverines recorded a program-best 15-13 overall record. In her first collegiate season, Ashley Klein set school-records for assists (595) and service aces (74) in a single-season while Meghan Marshall's 477 digs is also a school-record. Arnelle Akakpo led the squad with 211 kills last year. The team opens the 2014 season at home when they host the Goucher, Tuesday, September 9, at 7:00 PM. CLICK HERE for the full volleyball schedule.
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| Soccer's Will Mileski |
The youngest team in the CAC, Wesley finished the year in the CAC Playoffs before being edged late in the tournament by Christopher Newport. Will Mileski was named last season's Capital Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Co-Rookie of the Year. The team opens the 2014 season at home when they host Moravian on Saturday, September 13 at 6:00 PM. CLICK HERE for the full men's soccer schedule.
■ WOMEN'S SOCCER
Women's soccer play their first home game against St. Elizabeth on Saturday, September 30 at 7:00 PM. Lead by the team's leading scorer the last two seasons, Chelsi Biener, whose total 21 goals are sixth all-time at Wesley while her 51 career points are seventh in school-history. CLICK HERE for the full women's schedule.
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| Soccer's Chelsi Biener |
■ MEN'S BASKETBALL
It was quite a year, last year, for men's hoops. After going a program-best 23-4 last season with a Capital Athletic Conference regular season title, a national ranking, and it's first-ever NCAA Tournament victory, Wesley opens the 2014-15 season on Saturday, November 15 when it hosts Ramapo at 2:00 PM. CLICK HERE for the full men's basketball schedule.
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| Basketball's Brionna Johnson |
■ WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
With one of the youngest rosters in the conference, Wesley College's Brionna Johnson was named the Capital Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Rookie of the Year last year. The team opens the 2014 season at home when they host Widener on Tuesday, November 25 at 6:00 PM. CLICK HERE for the full women's basketball schedule.
