#6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ).
Congratulations!
Click here for the CAC's weekly honor role list.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
BRE HARTMAN HONOR ROLL
#6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ).
Congratulations!
Click here for the CAC's weekly honor role list.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
FIREFLY & BIG BARREL
Just 50 days away
Wolverines will work fund raising
at two music festivals this summer
Lucky Wesley Wolverines. They all have at least one summer job!
That is, guaranteed hours, albeit long shifts, for seven days over two weeks early this summer.
It is team fund raising at the Firefly Music Festival, Thursday-Sunday, June 18-21 and Big Barrel Country Music Festival, Friday-Sunday, June 26-28, in Dover, DE.
This year the Firefly Music Festival should be bigger than ever with the arrival of Paul McCartney, 139 nationally known musical acts, road trips, dance parties, crowd sing-a-longs, encores, silently discoing, hanging out in hammocks, crowd surfing, and, what the event boasts is “the best weekend of the summer.”
It all happens in the 105-acre Woodlands of Dover International Speedway, just a mile or so from the Wesley College campus.
Then, four days later, Dover welcomes three days of 38 country music top performers at the first annual Big Barrel Country Music Festival, Friday-Sunday, June 26-28.
So Wolverines mark the dates on your calendar – 6/18-21 & 6/26-28 – to serve as festival workers where, if past years are a guide, you will be serving an assortment of tacos, sweets and sodas amid hungry crowds and loud music.
Arrangements are made for teammates from out of town to typically bunk with local players.
Wolverines will work fund raising
at two music festivals this summer
Lucky Wesley Wolverines. They all have at least one summer job!
That is, guaranteed hours, albeit long shifts, for seven days over two weeks early this summer.
This year the Firefly Music Festival should be bigger than ever with the arrival of Paul McCartney, 139 nationally known musical acts, road trips, dance parties, crowd sing-a-longs, encores, silently discoing, hanging out in hammocks, crowd surfing, and, what the event boasts is “the best weekend of the summer.”
It all happens in the 105-acre Woodlands of Dover International Speedway, just a mile or so from the Wesley College campus.
Then, four days later, Dover welcomes three days of 38 country music top performers at the first annual Big Barrel Country Music Festival, Friday-Sunday, June 26-28.
So Wolverines mark the dates on your calendar – 6/18-21 & 6/26-28 – to serve as festival workers where, if past years are a guide, you will be serving an assortment of tacos, sweets and sodas amid hungry crowds and loud music.
Arrangements are made for teammates from out of town to typically bunk with local players.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
MVP & SENIOR AWARDS
MVP & SENIOR AWARDS 4/28/2015
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: junior #6 MI Breanna Hartman
(Red Bank, NJ).
SENIOR AWARD: #11 OF Brook Creighton (Rock Hall, MD)
and #25 1B Samantha Mahoski (Schenectady, NY).
Click here to download any or all of the photos in the slideshow below.
Monday, April 27, 2015
99 JUNIATA PHOTOS
Posted below is a slideshow of 99 photos by Jose Marcano from the Wesley Wolverines versus the Juniata Eagles doubleheader, Sunday, April 26, 2015.
Click here to download any or all of the pictures.
NEW CO-CAPTAINS
Over the weekend, four new co-captains were named for Wesley Field Hockey's 2015 fall season.
For Wesley Softball fans, two of them, both multi-sport athletes, are familiar names.
Softball junior #22 C/UT Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE) and softball junior #32 C/3B Kayla Fromal (Middletown, DE) will now team up with their field hockey teammates junior #21 F Renee Schneider (New Castle, DE) and junior #1 F Meghan Groom (Bear, DE) as team leaders next season on the Scott D. Miller Stadium artificial turf.
Morgan and Kayla, of course, also are co-captains of the softball team.
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| Left-to-right, Morgan Seymour and Kayla Fromal after yesterday's softball game. Inset: field hockey teammates Renee Schneider and Meghan Groom. |
Sunday, April 26, 2015
JUNIATA PHOTOS & COOKOUT!
Click here for the official recap and box scores of the Wesley Wolverines doubleheader sweep of the Juniata Eagles on Sunday, 4-26-2015.
Click here to download any or all of the 28 photos in the slideshow below.
WOLVERINE COOKOUT
Many thanks to Mark and Tina Hoffman, parents of freshman #99 P/OF Lauren Hoffman (Middletown, DE), for hosting this surprise cookout after the Juniata games.
Wolverine players, coaches and families dined on hamburgers, hot dogs, ribs, corn on the cob, macaroni and cheese, salads, soda, and more!
Beautiful weather, two great games, and a terrific meal – a perfect Sunday before Wesley College finals begin in the morning!
Saturday, April 25, 2015
WOLVERINE SENIORS
WOLVERINES PLAYING FINAL GAMES
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| Samantha and Brook |
Wesley's Senior Day was held Friday, April 10, with a presentation before the day's doubleheader and a picnic/ cookout after the games.
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| Samantha and Brook with their proud families. |
Friday, April 24, 2015
ALL-CONFERENCE
A year of many firsts for Wesley
Lindsay and Kayla named
to 2015 all-conference teams
In a year of “firsts” for the Wesley Wolverines – 21 season wins, 11 straight victories, 5 consecutive shutouts won – it's time to add two more!
A tip of the cap to two individual players who were instrumental in the records set and now share their own “first” for being the first two Wolverines being named together in the same year to the Capital Athletic Conference's (CAC's) softball All-Conference teams.
► LINDSAY SIOK #12 P/MI, a sophomore and Exercise Science major from Milford, DE, has been named 2nd team, ALL-CAC TEAM AS A PITCHER.
► KAYLA FROMAL #32 C/3B, a junior and Exercise Science major from Middletown, DE, has been named 2nd team, ALL-CAC TEAM AS A DESIGNATED HITTER.
LINDSAY SIOK
Lindsay dazzled batters all year by hitting spots and changing speeds. For nine days over 5 games (3/17-3/25) she pitched 20 consecutive shutout innings. It took the #2 nationally ranked Salisbury Sea Gulls to finally score on her.
Lindsay leads Wesley pitchers with 10 wins on the season, 103 innings pitched, 73 strikeouts and a 3.06 ERA. Across the entire conference, she is currently tied for 4th place in Ks and holds 8th place for ERA.
KAYLA FROMAL
Kayla may be the Wolverines secret weapon in an arsenal of potent bats. An athletic third base player who instinctively snatches line drives belted above her head and dives for hard hit shots down the line, Kayla is most intimidating at the plate where she walloped 18 RBI for a .435 on-base-percentage and a .423 slugging percentage.
Often a designated hitter for which she has earned all-conference recognition, Kayla performed the difficult task of staying loose and warm between at-bats to consistently make that important difference in key situations when she stepped to the plate.
Congratulations Lindsay and Kayla for your all-conference selection. Your contributions to the team's successful, winning year have been huge!
Click here for the official CAC story.
Lindsay and Kayla named
to 2015 all-conference teams
In a year of “firsts” for the Wesley Wolverines – 21 season wins, 11 straight victories, 5 consecutive shutouts won – it's time to add two more!
A tip of the cap to two individual players who were instrumental in the records set and now share their own “first” for being the first two Wolverines being named together in the same year to the Capital Athletic Conference's (CAC's) softball All-Conference teams.
► LINDSAY SIOK #12 P/MI, a sophomore and Exercise Science major from Milford, DE, has been named 2nd team, ALL-CAC TEAM AS A PITCHER.
► KAYLA FROMAL #32 C/3B, a junior and Exercise Science major from Middletown, DE, has been named 2nd team, ALL-CAC TEAM AS A DESIGNATED HITTER.
LINDSAY SIOK
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| Lindsay Siok |
Lindsay leads Wesley pitchers with 10 wins on the season, 103 innings pitched, 73 strikeouts and a 3.06 ERA. Across the entire conference, she is currently tied for 4th place in Ks and holds 8th place for ERA.
KAYLA FROMAL
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| Kayla Fromal |
Often a designated hitter for which she has earned all-conference recognition, Kayla performed the difficult task of staying loose and warm between at-bats to consistently make that important difference in key situations when she stepped to the plate.
Congratulations Lindsay and Kayla for your all-conference selection. Your contributions to the team's successful, winning year have been huge!
Click here for the official CAC story.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
DECLARED ECAC TEAMS
17 now on list
Colleges “declaring” interest for
ECAC championship is growing
Two more colleges have joined the “South Declared Teams” showing interest in the 2015 ECAC Division III Softball Championships, May 6, 9 & 10, 2015. The Wesley Wolverines sit at the top of the list online, which does not signal any kind of an advantage.
The newcomers are the Marywood Pacers and the Misericordia Cougars. That brings the total under consideration to 17 of which 8 will be chosen for tournament play.
There's still 24 hours left for schools to “declare” and join this increasingly crowded field of teams seeking entry to the 3-day playoff.
The committee making the selections, which will be based on each team's record and strength of schedule, plan to announce the colleges they have paired off for the championship competition on Monday, May 4.
Click here to keep an eye on any new teams that may still be added before tomorrow's Friday, April 24 deadline.
Colleges “declaring” interest for
ECAC championship is growing
Two more colleges have joined the “South Declared Teams” showing interest in the 2015 ECAC Division III Softball Championships, May 6, 9 & 10, 2015. The Wesley Wolverines sit at the top of the list online, which does not signal any kind of an advantage.
The newcomers are the Marywood Pacers and the Misericordia Cougars. That brings the total under consideration to 17 of which 8 will be chosen for tournament play.
There's still 24 hours left for schools to “declare” and join this increasingly crowded field of teams seeking entry to the 3-day playoff.
The committee making the selections, which will be based on each team's record and strength of schedule, plan to announce the colleges they have paired off for the championship competition on Monday, May 4.
Click here to keep an eye on any new teams that may still be added before tomorrow's Friday, April 24 deadline.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
DOANE WALK-OFF
The Doane Tigers (D2/ Crete, Nebraska) celebrated their first conference title in the college's softball history yesterday, April 21, 2015, in a come-from-behind win against the Hastings Broncos.
It happened via a walk-off bunt single!
RACHEL JOHNSON TWEET
THE TWEET BELOW WAS SENT OUT TODAY by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (@NFCAorg) about one of the Wolverines' ranked competitors.
Our congratulations to Rachel Johnson who, along with the Salisbury Sea Gulls, has always provided the Wolverines with one of the most anticipated and exciting games of the year.
Posed below are Wolverines who also are sharing the spotlight with Cat, if just in a photo appearance. From the top, l-to-r, Cat Osterman (“@catosterman”), sophomore #18 C/3B Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), junior #22 C/UT Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE), junior #8 OF Steph Caracozza (Melbourne Beach, FL) and sophomore #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE).
JUNIATA PREVIEW
Evenly matched teams?
Juniata, a tough competitor for
Wesley Wolverines on weekend
The Juniata Eagles (8-12) will be in town this Sunday, April 26, to take on the Wesley Wolverines (21-12) at 1:00 & 3:00 PM at the Reynolds DuPont softball field, 511 Mary Street, Dover, DE.
Despite a difference in win/loss records, the games are shaping up to be competitive contests between two teams that appear fairly evenly matched when comparing performances against a common opponent.
Juniata, just yesterday, April 21, split an away doubleheader in Middletown, PA, played against Capitol Athletic Conference (CAC) member, the Penn State Harrisburg Lions.
The Eagles dropped the first game 9-3, but rallied in the nightcap by scoring 10 runs in the last three innings to grab an 11-8 victory over the Lions.
The Wolverines tried the same come-from-behind trick against Penn State Harrisburg on the Lions' home field last March 30th by driving home 5 runs in the last two innings, but fell short in a 7-6 loss before dropping the second game 6-3.
A comparison of the Wesley and Juniata stats against Penn State Harrisbury are displayed in the graphic below.
Click here for the Wesley vs Penn State recap and box scores.
Click here for the Juniata vs Penn State recap and box scores.
Juniata, a tough competitor for
Wesley Wolverines on weekend
The Juniata Eagles (8-12) will be in town this Sunday, April 26, to take on the Wesley Wolverines (21-12) at 1:00 & 3:00 PM at the Reynolds DuPont softball field, 511 Mary Street, Dover, DE.
Despite a difference in win/loss records, the games are shaping up to be competitive contests between two teams that appear fairly evenly matched when comparing performances against a common opponent.
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Wesley
Wolverines versus Juniata
Eagles this weekend. Pictured are bats from the Penn State Harrisburg Lions games. Top-to-bottom, left-to-right: freshman #1 3B Tiarra Maddox (Bridgeville, DE), sophomore #18 C/3B Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), junior #22 C/UT Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE) and junior #8 OF Steph Caracozza (Melbourne Beach, FL). |
The Eagles dropped the first game 9-3, but rallied in the nightcap by scoring 10 runs in the last three innings to grab an 11-8 victory over the Lions.
The Wolverines tried the same come-from-behind trick against Penn State Harrisburg on the Lions' home field last March 30th by driving home 5 runs in the last two innings, but fell short in a 7-6 loss before dropping the second game 6-3.
A comparison of the Wesley and Juniata stats against Penn State Harrisbury are displayed in the graphic below.
Click here for the Wesley vs Penn State recap and box scores.
Click here for the Juniata vs Penn State recap and box scores.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
ECAC TOURNEY SELECTION
Selected teams announced May 4
Six new teams considered for
ECAC Championship tourney
Selection to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship tournament, May 6 – 10, is getting more competitive.
Eight squads will be selected from a list of “declared” teams, which stood at just 9 colleges late last week.
Now a half dozen more teams have declared their interest. The NEW colleges seeking selection are: ■ Geneva College ■ Muhlenberg College ■ Bethany College ■ Grove City College ■ Penn State Behrend ■ Cabrini College.
That raises the total to 15 teams – again, only 8 will make the cut – including the earlier schools to declare: ■ Wesley College, ■ Penn State Harrisburg, ■ Geneva College, ■ McDaniel College, ■ Albright College, ■ Arcadia University, ■ Stevenson University, ■ Neumann University, and ■ Wilson College.
More colleges may join the list. The final date to seek consideration for selection to the tournament is this Friday, April 24.
Criteria used to pick the eight chosen teams will be based on a 6-point analysis of the declared team's record and strength of schedule. Click here to read the blog entry about the selection process.
Tournament participants and schedule will be announced the week after next, Monday, May 4.
Six new teams considered for
ECAC Championship tourney
Selection to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship tournament, May 6 – 10, is getting more competitive.
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| www.ecacsports.com/sports/sball/index |
Now a half dozen more teams have declared their interest. The NEW colleges seeking selection are: ■ Geneva College ■ Muhlenberg College ■ Bethany College ■ Grove City College ■ Penn State Behrend ■ Cabrini College.
That raises the total to 15 teams – again, only 8 will make the cut – including the earlier schools to declare: ■ Wesley College, ■ Penn State Harrisburg, ■ Geneva College, ■ McDaniel College, ■ Albright College, ■ Arcadia University, ■ Stevenson University, ■ Neumann University, and ■ Wilson College.
More colleges may join the list. The final date to seek consideration for selection to the tournament is this Friday, April 24.
Criteria used to pick the eight chosen teams will be based on a 6-point analysis of the declared team's record and strength of schedule. Click here to read the blog entry about the selection process.
Tournament participants and schedule will be announced the week after next, Monday, May 4.
Monday, April 20, 2015
LAUREN REA
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| Nicole Thomas |
Nicole also has worked closely with Delaware pitcher Lauren Rea, a young lady diagnosed with Guillian-Barre Syndrome.
Please do read the whole story about Lauren's "can-do" attitude titled “SHE MADE NO EXCUSES” by Denny Tincher at http://tincherpitching.com/she-made-no-excuses/#more-1532
It ends with Lauren hurling 16 strikeouts in 7 innings of work!
#MotivationMonday Lauren Rae is a 12-year-old with Guillian-Barre Syndrome. After long months of speech and occupational therapy and watching softball from the sidelines her family began looking for other ways to help overcome physical deficits. Lauren began to make a slow transition back to softball, starting lessons with Nicole Thomas and later transitioning to Shelly Farris, both Tincher Pitching Certified Instructors. Lauren’s doctor said the pitching lessons were doing more for her than physical therapy or anything else that he, as a neurologist, could suggest.#NoExcuses Read the full story on Lauren's journey here:
http://tincherpitching.com/she-made-no-excuses/#more-1532
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| Delaware pitcher Lauren Rea with Denny Tincher on left. |
HS SOFTBALL
Plenty of fastpitch nearby
Dover area hosts multiple
HS softball games this week
The college softball season is nearing an end,
but high school fastpitch is in the middle of their season. You can catch several games this week not far from the Wesley College campus.
Near & around Dover:
high school softball games this week...
► Monday, April 20
3:45 PM St. Georges Tech Hawks (6-1) at Appoquinimink Jaguars (6-0), field: 1080 Bunker Hill Road, Middletown.
►Tuesday, April 21
3:45 PM Glasgow Dragons (0-7) at Appoquinimink Jaguars, field: 1080 Bunker Hill Road, Middletown.
4:15 PM Indian River Indians (3-3) at Caesar Rodney Riders (3-3), 239 Old North Road, Camden.
4:15 PM Dover Senators (1-6) at Smyrna Eagles (3-3), field: 500 Duck Creek Parkway, Smyrna.
4:15 PM Polytech Panthers (5-0) at Milford Buccaneers (2-3), field: 1019 North Walnut Street, Milford.
► Friday, April 24
4:15 PM Milford Buccaneers at Dover Senators, field: One Dover High Drive, Dover.
► Saturday, April 25
12:00 PM Caesar Rodney Riders at Middletown Cavaliers (5-2), field: 120 Silver Lake Road, Middletown.
There's also a D1 college contest right in the heart of Dover when the Howard Bison take on the Delaware State Hornets at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM, Saturday, April 25, at The Hornets Nest, 1200 N Dupont Highway, Dover.
Double check official schedules for rain or other cancellations and changes.
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| Morgan Seymour, Smyrna grad |
HS softball games this week
The college softball season is nearing an end,
but high school fastpitch is in the middle of their season. You can catch several games this week not far from the Wesley College campus.
Near & around Dover:
high school softball games this week...
► Monday, April 20
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| Lauren Hoffman, Appoquinimink grad |
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| Nina Marcano, Middletown grad |
3:45 PM St. Georges Tech Hawks (6-1) at Appoquinimink Jaguars (6-0), field: 1080 Bunker Hill Road, Middletown.
►Tuesday, April 21
3:45 PM Glasgow Dragons (0-7) at Appoquinimink Jaguars, field: 1080 Bunker Hill Road, Middletown.
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| Kayla Fromal, Appoquinimink grad |
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| Lindsay Siok, Milford grad |
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| Lily Engel, Polytech grad |
4:15 PM Dover Senators (1-6) at Smyrna Eagles (3-3), field: 500 Duck Creek Parkway, Smyrna.
4:15 PM Polytech Panthers (5-0) at Milford Buccaneers (2-3), field: 1019 North Walnut Street, Milford.
► Friday, April 24
4:15 PM Milford Buccaneers at Dover Senators, field: One Dover High Drive, Dover.
► Saturday, April 25
12:00 PM Caesar Rodney Riders at Middletown Cavaliers (5-2), field: 120 Silver Lake Road, Middletown.
There's also a D1 college contest right in the heart of Dover when the Howard Bison take on the Delaware State Hornets at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM, Saturday, April 25, at The Hornets Nest, 1200 N Dupont Highway, Dover.
Double check official schedules for rain or other cancellations and changes.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
STANDFORD VS OREGON
The Stanford Cardinals gave the top ranked (NFCA now #3) Oregon Ducks “all they could handle” this weekend as Stanford battled to a 5-4 loss on Saturday and dropped Sunday's game 12-8 against Oregon, while recording 15 hits and 2 home runs (one a grand slam) along the way!
Watch the Cardinals hit in the video highlights below…
Saturday, April 18, 2015
BEHIND BACK THROW
From earlier this evening
Florida's Kelsey Stewart gets runner
with a BEHIND-THE-BACK THROW
Click on arrow below for video
CAC CHAMPIONS
Click here for the Capital Athletic Conference recap. Click here for the Salisbury recap and box score. Click here for the Christopher Newport recap and box score.
Click here for the Daily Press story with short video of game.
Friday, April 17, 2015
JUNIATA EAGLES
However, the Juniata College Eagles will take on our Wesley Wolverines in a doubleheader, Sunday, April 26, at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM on the Reynolds DuPont softball field, 511 Mary Street, Dover, DE
Click here for weather conditions.
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