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Monday, February 20, 2017

OLD FENCE TORN DOWN

Field closer to fans in stands!
DuPont softball field
gets a new look for 2017

New fence is 6 feet tall compared to last season's 4 foot height. The field dimensions are now: Left field 192 ft. (last year 224 ft.)/ center field 220 ft. (last year 229 ft.)/ right field remains the same at 192 ft.


Pitchers and fielders will miss the old fence, while power hitters will embrace the new look! Pictured lower right Assistant Coach Brooke Donovan.



5 DAYS!

SALUTE TO SENIORS, 5 DAYS
TO THEIR "GOODBYE" SEASON


B&W photo above, from left, Wesley Wolverines 
senior #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE), 
senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), 
senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE), 
senior #42 P/1B Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA), 
senior #17 OF Casey Beall (Severn, MD).

Sunday, February 19, 2017

PRESIDENTS' DAY

From left, Wesley Wolverine senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE), senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), senior #42 P/1B Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA).

FUNDRAISER TOMORROW!


Must present flyer to earn donation for the Wesley team

SC PARK CAMERAS!

Wesley @ tourney March 6-10
Park cameras record softball
games at North Myrtle Beach

Are you a Wesley Wolverine fan who can't make the trip to the North Myrtle Beach, SC, Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic in two weeks?

If so, it appears you will not necessarily have to miss most of the action.

► Watch live online!

CLICK HERE FOR A LINK THAT'S PROMOTED AS "PARK CAMERAS – WATCH LIVE" at the North Myrtle Beach Park and Sports Complex where the Wolverines will play most, if not all, of their games.

CLICK HERE FOR THE WOLVERINE'S GAME DATES AND TIMES. 

The site promises "Free streaming provided courtesy of the City of North Myrtle Beach"!

► All six fields covered!

The City's page has a live camera set up at each of the park's six softball fields. So, whether home or traveling south, bookmark the page for cell phone, tablet or computer viewing!

There are 90 other teams also playing on these fields this March, too.

From left, Wesley Wolverine freshman #23 UT Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD), senior #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE) and junior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Middletown, DE).

Saturday, February 18, 2017

6 DAYS!!


From top, Wesley Wolverine freshman #6 P/UT Allison Mills (Leonardtown, MD) and Assistant Coach (who WAS #6 last season as a player) Breanna Hartman.

NEW FENCES FOR SOFTBALL


New fence, new dimensions
Wolverine season may bring
more dingers at DuPont Field

A border may or may not need a wall, but softball fields definitely need a fence!

► New fence for softball field

Softball fences come in all sizes, shapes, designs and distances from home plate, often dictating game strategy for coaches and players alike.

Some chain link makes it difficult for a ball to leave the park, while other boundaries, like what appears to be happening at Wesley College's DuPont Softball Field, may well watch many a softball soaring high and deep easily sail off as a fourbagger.

New scoreboard for 2017 season.
Late last year, the Wesley Wolverines receive a new scoreboard for the 2017 season.

Now a new outfield fence is being installed. It will remake how fly balls are run down and possibly set new goals for power hitters at the plate.

► New dimensions for the field

First, the new fence will be a full two feet higher than in the past, moving from four to six feet tall from right to left field.

Second, left field is the BIG change. Now it is a short porch set at just 192 feet from home. In past seasons, it has been a more distant and challenging 224 feet. The average outfield dimension on most women's collegiate fastpitch fields is 220 feet.

The new center field will extend to 220 feet, but that's nine feet shorter than the previous 229 feet. Right field remains the same as before at 192 feet.

A new windscreen covers and hides the metal construction.

"I’m predicting you’ll see a lot more homers this year on DuPont field!" said Head Coach Juli Greep.

GARNET PREVIEW

Below: a few quotes from a 2017 preseason review of the Swarthmore Garnet softball team in THE PHOENIX, Swarthmore's Independent Campus Newspaper. 

CLICK HERE for the full story.

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

PRESEASON WEBCASTS


SOFTBALL PRESEASON CONFERENCE WEBCASTS

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

Friday, February 17, 2017

WESLEY PICKED 6TH!


From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverine junior #4 IF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE), senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE) and senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE).

CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (CAC)
PRESEASON POLL STORY.

Excerpt from the preseason poll about the Wesley Wolverines...

WESLEY was on the cusp of making the CAC Tournament in 2016 and is looking for its first postseason appearance in the program’s tenure in the CAC. 
The Wolverines return two 
All-CAC players in senior catcher NINA MARCANO and sophomore infielder SAMANTHA BURNS. Marcano led the Wolverines last season in extra-base hits, recording five doubles, four triples, and four home runs along with hitting for a .382 average. Burns shined during her freshman campaign, tallying the second-best on-base percentage in the CAC (.545) along with a .446 batting average to rank third in 2016. Burns notched a team-high 45 hits and 27 runs scored. 

 Senior LINDSAY SIOK will pace the Wolverine pitchers after collecting seven wins and a save in 2016.  

7 DAYS!


Wesley Wolverine senior #17 OF Casey Beall (Severn, MD).

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