Wolverines leave high marks
on CAC & 2014 softball season
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| Juli Greep Head Coach |
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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| Sarah Saunders |
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).
Among about 120 conference players or more, Wolverines stood out as individual leaders in stats, too.
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| Brook Creighton |
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| Lindsay Siok |
BATTING AVERAGE...
Sophomore #8 OF Steph Caracozza's (Melbourne Beach, Fla.) impressive ► .427 batting average ranked #6 in the conference. Sophomore #2 P/OF Sarah Saunders (Wayne, NJ) finished #15 in batting among CAC leaders.
Freshman #18 C/3B Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE) – team MVP (just glance over her power & speed stats that follow below!) – is #20 in the conference with her average, while co-captain sophomore #22 C/UT Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE) sits at #26, co-captain senior #16 3B Ashly Bendorovich (Levittown, PA) has the #28 position, and co-captain sophomore #32 C/3B Kayla Fromal (Middletown, DE) holds down #30.
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| Steph Caracozza |
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| Alora Wilson |
RUNS SCORED...
Steph's speed ensured ► 37 runs scored for a #6 CAC place (which also was ► #50 NCAA national D3 rank).
Nina ended up the CAC's #11 in runs scored, while Sarah was #19, sophomore #6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ) was #26 and Kayla was #32, freshman #12 P/MI Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE) was #38, and Morgan finished #41.
RBI...
Nina's notable ► 25 RBI ranked #12 among CAC leaders. Ashly picked up the CAC's #15 spot. Morgan grabbed #23, while junior #11 OF Brook Creighton (Rock Hall, MD) and Lindsay nailed down a #30 tie.
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| Casey Beall |
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| Whitney Dibb |
Nina's always thrilling ► 5 home runs ranked #10 in the conference. Kayla powered to the CAC's #17 spot, while Sarah is #27.
STOLEN BASES...
Nina's exciting ► 10 stolen bases ranked #5 in the league. Steph and Breanna raced into a #11 CAC tie, while freshman #99 OF Olivia DeGraba (Germantown, MD) and Morgan swiped their way into a #32 tie.
TRIPLES...
Nina's amazing ► 5 triples ranked #2 in the conference (which also was ► #23 NCAA national D3 rank). Steph holds the CAC's #3 position (which also was ►#56 NCAA national D3 rank) and Sarah was #4. Brook was #6 and freshman #42 P/1B Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA) as well as Ashly, Breanna, and Lindsay are in a #14 tie.
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| Breanna Hartman |
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| Morgan Seymour |
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| Devin Mackay |
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| Ashly Bendorovich |
Sophomore #25 1B Samantha Mahoski's (Schenectady, NY) splendid ► .981 fielding percentage at first base should be recognized as a conference leader amidst stats difficult to rank.
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| Lily Engel |
KEY SUPPORT...
Freshman #21 C/3B Whitney Dibb's (La Mesa, CA) ► 10 pitch-hits broke open games in almost every situation.
Freshman #5 C/1B Alora Wilson (Salisbury, MD) steadily delivered a ► trio of doubles to plate runs, while freshman #19 OF Casey Beall's (Severn, MD) ► base running could be counted on for added extra bases in many hard fought, close games.
PITCHING...
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.
Lily also ► tossed 3 shutouts to finish #3 across the conference in this category.
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| Nina Marcano |
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| Kayla Fromal |
Lindsay also ranked #5 in the CAC with ► 17 games started and ► 12 games completed. Lily pitched to ranks of #9 and #8 respectively in these categories.
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 ► #33 NCAA national D3 rank for least walks per seven innings.
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| Samantha Mahoski |
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| Olivia DeGraba |
There's always next year to continuously improve as they always do, year-to-year, for these feisty Wolverines who take so extraordinarily after their ferocious mascot at the plate, in the field, on the bases, and in the circle.
Watch out CAC, this is a young team, losing just one senior, adding more depth next year, who are posed to spring toward their best season yet!
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| Abby Cohen Assistant Coach |
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| Noemi Rodriguez Assistant Coach |
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| Allison Kraky INJ/ 2014 season |
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