Philly Women's Summer League: Quarterfinals Begin - Your Complete Guru Guide

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

HATBORO, Pa. – It is hard to believe how fast the summer has rolled through late June and July but here we are, the 11-night regular season has concluded in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s NCAA-Certified Summer Basketball Leagu, and the playoffs are about to begin with quarterfinal action Thursday night at 7 and 8:15 on Courts 1 and 2 at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades.

Winners will return Tuesday for the semifinals with the highest surviving seed meeting the lowest surviving seed in one game while the other two will meet in the second game, all on Court 1.

And then Thursday will feature the championship, when the commissioner gets a chance to turn on the P.A. and announce the title round, which also will be played on Court 1.

Since the only stats formally kept across the summer are points, it is not possible to set up a preview as one is used to prior to conference and NCAA tournament action at the collegiate level or in the WNBA.

Still, there’s enough information to produce some kind of profile to give as sense of the action about to occur and provide tools you can print out and take to the venue at 2950 Turnpike Drive, which is just off the intersection of Davisville and Byberry Roads, not far from the Willow Grove extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

The gym is located in Willow Grove Commons Business Park all the way down at the end of the road.

As is always the case, the mantra of longtime commissioner David Kessler in terms of the operation of the league are “1. People can work on their game to take something back to their teams in the fall when they return to college, 2. Nobody get hurt, 3. And everyone have fun and a good time.”

Competition was pretty well balanced with multiple ties ongoing until the final standings featured three sets of ties with Maroon/USciences and Forest Green/West Chester tied for first and broken with Maroon earning the top seed off a thrilling double-overtime win against Forest Green on the schedule.

White, which struggled to a 1-3 start with a three-game losing streak after beating Maroon in the opener, snapped out of its untraditional early record to claim its next seven to take third without needing help anywhere else.

Royal Blue/Kutztown, Electric Green and Black/Thomas Jefferson U. (Formerly Philadelphia U.) finished in a tie for fourth and all were 1-1 against each other in the first tiebreak action to establish those seeds. 

So it was on to who had the best win of the three and that was Royal Blue, which on the next-to-last night on the schedule last Thursday upset Maroon, which earned Kutztown the fourth seed.

 Electric Green then fell into fifth with its head-to-head win during the season over Black, which then moved into the sixth seed.

Finally, in rounding out the eight-team field in the 12-team league, three teams were knotted for the final two slots, Sky Blue, which won on the last night Tuesday, Orange/Holy Family, and Sun/Ursinus.

In the three-way miniseries, Sky Blue catapulted off Tuesday’s win to the seventh seed, having swept the other two and then Orange with a head-to-head win over Sun, took the eighth and final seed.

That’s how they all punched their ticket Tuesday but of course the whole season mattered so off recapping the charts and Bob’s welcomed meat-and-potatoes account of each of the games for the recap game stories, here’s the skinny the rest of the way in this blog to give you an idea of all eight teams with rosters to prepare for viewing. 

Admission is free, in case you’re wondering. The gym thus get stuffy so dress comfortably and there is a reasonably priced snack bar if you’re coming out directly from work.

But before letting you go, be aware of the post under this big one, announcing our Womhoops Guru first 15-member All-Philly Summer League regular season team with White's Saint Joseph's senior Amanda Fioravanti named MVP.

Final Regular Season Standings

(Thru Wednesday, July 26)

Team,  W-L, Pct., G.B., PF, PA

$+-Maroon, 9-2, .818, -- ,  742 542

$+-Forest Green, 9-2, .818, -- , 741 646

$-White, 8-3, .727, 1.0,  709 603

$-&^%-Royal Blue, 7-4, .636, 2.0 , 591 538

$-Electric Green, 7-4, .636, 2.0, 728 654

$-Black, 7-4, .636, 2.0, 721 603

S-@-Sky Blue, 5-6, .455, 4.0, 650 667

$-!-Orange, 5-6, .455, 4.0 ,  617 659

X-^*-Sun, 5-6, .455, 4.0 615 596

X-!%-Red, 2-9, .182, 7.0, 505 580

X-Pink, 1-10, .091, 8.0, 517 830

X-@-Purple, 1-10, .091, 8.0 492 708

@-Includes forfeit wins of Sky Blue over Orange and Purple over Red.

!-Does include Orange forfeit loss to Sky Blue and Red forfeit loss to Purple.

^-Does include Royal Blue forfeit 2-0 loss to Sun.

*-Includes Sun 2-0 forfeit win over Royal Blue.

%-Does include Red forfeit loss to Royal Blue.

&-Includes Royal Blue forfeit win over Red.

$-Clinched playoffs

X-Eliminated from playoffs

QUARTERFINAL SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JULY 27

7 p.m.: 1-Maroon/USciences (9-2) vs. 8-Orange/Holy Family (5-6), Court 1

7 p.m.: 3-White (8-3) vs. 6-Black/Thomas Jefferson U. (7-4), Court 2

8:15 p.m.: 2-Forest Green/West Chester (9-2) vs. 7-Sky Blue (5-6), Court 1

8:15 p.m.: 4-Royal Blue/Kutztown (7-4) vs. Electric Green (7-4), Court 2

INDIVIDUAL GAMES SETUPS

SETUP #1

1-Maroon/USciences (9-2) vs. 8-Orange/Holy Family (5-6) – 7 P.M. Court 1

These teams are familiar to each other beyond the summer league since both are division rivals in the Division II Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference in the winter.

Under NCAA rules, Division II teams can play intact in the summer, which was helpful to a talented Maroon squad, which after an opening loss to White rolled until the upset by Royal Blue a week ago for the second loss, which resulted in the first-place tie.

Against the teams in the playoffs, Maroon went 5-2, the key win being one of the more exciting ones of the summer, beating Forest Green in double overtime, which ultimately resulted in the tiebreak at the top and No. 1 seed.

Maroon went into last year’s playoffs, also as the No. 1 seed.

Orange was up and down, lost early to Forest Green, then beat Royal Blue, but struggled the rest of the way and went 1-6 against the playoff field. Ultimately, a head-to-head win over Sun enabled Orange to slip into the eighth slot and make the playoffs.

During the regular season, the two quarterfinals opponents met on July 18, which was Night # 9 on the league schedule and Maroon was victorious with an easy 91-55 triumph.

Here’s Bob’s recap that week of the action.

Recap July 18th: Team Maroon 91, Team Orange 55

The winners moved closer to finishing first and became a playoff squad with a win headed by Colleen Walsh out of the Shipley School at USciences with 18 points, Alex Thomas scored 17, and Laura Trisch out of Archbishop Wood had 15 aided by three 3-balls, and Marissa Sylvester from Nazareth Academy scored 14.

Maroon continues to be the top defensive team in the summer league.

The loss knocked Orange (4-5) on the edge of playoff territory and should the Holy Family group land in a tie to send one to the post season with Red, the Chestnut Hill group are holding a forfeit win.

Meghan Pickell, an Ithaca junior out of Episcopal Academy, had 20 as mentioned above for Orange, while Meghan Hughes, an incoming Holy Family freshman, had 10 points.

ROSTERS, SEASONS RESULTS, TIEBREAK TRACKERS FOR MAROON AND ORANGE

ROSTERS

TEAM MAROON (USciences)

5    ALYX McKIERNAN 5’4  -- IMMAC. HEART ACAD/USCIENCES ‘19

10  MARISSA SYLVESTER 5’8 -- NAZERETH ACAD/USCIENCES ‘19

12  COLLEEN WALSH 5’10 -- SHIPLEY SCHOOL/USCIENCES ‘18

13  HALEY HELMS 5’7 -- USCIENCES ‘18

14  MIKAELA GIULIANI 6’1 -- NORTH PENN/USCIENCES ‘20

15  SHANNON MAY 5’4  -- ARCH WOOD/USCIENCES ‘21

22  LAURA TRISCH 5’10 -- ARCH WOOD/USCIENCE’18

25  ALEX THOMAS 5’9   -- ST. ELIZ HS/USCIENCES ‘21

30  IRISA YE 5’9  -- NORTH PENN/USCIENCES ’21 

32  JESS HUBER 5’9  -- NORTH PENN/USCIENCES ‘21

 

TEAM ORANGE (Holy Family)

4    MACKENZIE McCRACKEN 5’8 --  HOLY FAMILY ‘21

5    JADA SMITH 5’11 -- MERION MERCY ACAD/HOLY FAM ‘21

10  PAYTON SPADACCINO 5’5  -- COUNCIL ROCK S/BLOOMSBURG ‘21

12  ASIA TURNER 5’7 --  ABINGTON FRIENDS/LONG ISLAND U. POST ‘20

14  MEGHAN PICKELL 5’8 -- EPISCOPAL ACAD/ITHACA ‘19

15  KATIE O’HARE 5’11 -- BAYARD RUSTIN/HOLY FAM ‘19

20  COURTNEY TREUDE 5’6  -- WASH. TWSHP HS/LYCOMING ‘20

23  CASEY THOMAS 6’ -- CEDAR CREEK HS/HOLY FAM ‘19

32  LIZ RADLEY 6’1   -- BISH EUSTACE/HOLY FAM ‘20

35  MEGAN HUGHES 5’10 -- PT. PLEASANT BOROUGH/HOLY FAM’21

40  HANNAH ZOLL  -- 5’10 LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL/HAVERFORD ‘20

SEASON RESULTS

TEAM MAROON (USciences) (9-2) (Regular Season Co-Champion)

June 15: vs. White L: 50-56

June 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 42-33

June 22: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 80-36

June 27: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 74-50

June 29: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) W: 73-69 (2OT)

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Electric Green W: 62-51

July 11: vs. Sky Blue W: 65-46

July 13: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 83-35

July 18: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 91-55

July 20: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 54-57

July 25: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 68-54

July 27: 7 p.m. (Thurs) vs. Orange (Holy Family), Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 1

TEAM ORANGE (Holy Family) (5-6)

June 15: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 60-56

June 20: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 68-51

June 22: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 60-44

June 27: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 48-61

June 29: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 83-63

July 4:  No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sky Blue L: 0-2 forfeit

July 11: vs. White L: 47-71

July 13: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 55-79

July 18: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 55-91

July 20: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 84-63

July 25: vs. Electric Green L: 57-78

July 27: (Thurs) 7 p.m. vs. Maroon, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 1

TIEBREAK TRACKERS

Maroon (9-2): vs. Wh (L); vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. Blk (W); vs. FG (W-2OT); vs. EG (W); vs. SB (W); 

vs. Pk (W); vs. Or (W); vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (W)

Orange (5-6): vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. FG (L); vs. RB (W); vs. SB(F-L); vs. Wh (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. M (L); vs. Sun (W); vs. EG (L)

SETUP #2

3-White (8-3) vs. 6-Black/Thomas Jefferson U. (7-4) -  7 P.M., Court 2

Team White, which has no dominate school affiliation, has been one of the traditional powerhouses in recent league seasons but this time around the Keith Wood-coached contingent struggled out of the gate, beating Maroon in the opener and then losing the next three before finding their footing to surge with a seven-game win streak the rest of the way to the third seed.

Team Black, which started the summer known as it always was by school affiliation as Philadelphia U, had its name changed this month to Thomas Jefferson U.

The squad had a relatively solid summer fighting in the middle of the pack with wins over ultimate playoff teams Royal Blue, Orange and Sky Blue and losses to the other four.

When Thursday night’s opponents met on Night #5 on June 29, White began its surge, shaking off a three-game streak to romp over Black 61-45

Here’s Bob’s recap of that game that week.

Recap June 29: Team White 61, Team Black 45

Team White got back on the winning track after dropping three straight games with a 61-45 win over Team Black, also known as Philadelphia University and soon to be called Thomas Jefferson University. 

 

Black has now dropped three in a row after opening the season with two wins.  Both teams hold 2-3 records.   

 

St. Joseph’s senior Amanda Fiorvanti led all scorers in the game with 26 points for Team White, her fifth consecutive 20+ point game.  Mary Sheehan, an incoming St. Joe’s freshman out of Cardinal O’Hara HS added 12 points.

 

Senior Rachel Day led Team Black with 12 points while sophomore Caitlyn Cunningham chipped in 11.

 

Black jumped out to early 4-0 and 6-4 leads before white closed out the first quarter with a 9-4 flourish to take a 13-10 lead heading into the second quarter.

 

White dominated the second ten minutes of action, limiting black to just four points while outscoring their opponent 21-4 to take a 34-14 lead at the half.  Fiorvanti had ten second quarter points, including eight of Team White’s first 14.

 

A 9-6 run to open the third quarter gave White a 23-point lead at 43-20 before Black shaved the deficit back under 20 points, scoring the final five points of the quarter to trail 51-33 heading into the final period.

 

White opened the final stanza with a 9-6 flourish to lead 60-36 with six minutes remaining. Team Black then scored nine of the final ten points to make the final score 61-45.

ROSTERS, SEASONS RESULTS, TIEBREAK TRACKERS FOR WHITE AND BLACK

ROSTERS

TEAM BLACK (Thomas Jefferson U formerly Phila. University)

3    KELSEY JONES 5’6 -- MT.ST.JOS./PHILAU ‘18

4    RACHEL DAY 5’6 --     ARCH. WOOD/PHILAU ‘18

5    JESSICA KAMINSKI 5’8 --    ARCH. WOOD/PHILAU ‘18

10  BEVERLY KUM 5’10 --   ST. MARIA GORETTI/PHILAU ‘19

11  VALEZ JACKSON 5’5 --  MERION MERCY ACAD/PHILAU ‘19

12  ALYNNA WILLIAMS 5’4 -- PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH/PHILAU ‘20

14  SABRIA LYTES 6’ -- TRUMAN HS/PHILAU ‘21

15  CAITLYN CUNNINGHAM 5’6 -- MT. ST. JOS/PHILAU ‘20

20  CARLY KOVIN 6’ -- PENNSBURY/PHILAU ‘18

24  MADDISON MANIGLY-HANEY 5’11 -- SPRING-FORD/THOMAS JEFFERSON U ‘21

25  CAROLINE DUFFY 6’1 -- SEVERNA PARK HS/PHILAU ‘21

45  AYOOLA OGUNTUASE  6’ -- ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN HS/PHILAU ‘20

TEAM WHITE

 1   SHIRA NEWMAN 5’7 --  UPPER DUBLIN/MILLERSVILLE ‘13

 3   TUGA GOFF 5’4 --  UPPER DUBLIN/ROSEMONT

 5   STEPHANIE PETERY 5’9  -- POPE JOHN PAUL II/MERCYHURST ‘20

12 NIA HOLLAND 5’7 -- SHIPLEY SCHOOL/LAFAYETTE ‘19 

14 ASHLEY WOOD 5’6  --- SPRING-FORD/KUTZTOWN ‘13 

15 JASMINE ELUM 5’6 -- BODINE/BETHUNE-COOKMAN ‘12 

24  CAROLINE DePILLIS 5’7 -- HARRITON/LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ‘21 

30  MARY SHEEHAN 5’11  -- CARDINAL O’HARA/SAINT JOS. ‘21 

34  AMANDA FIORAVANTI 6’1  -- OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL/SAINT JOS. ‘17 

40 MICHELE McCAUGHERN 5’11  -- WEST CHESTER EAST/LaSALLE ‘12 

43  BRIANA WINSTON 5’10 -- HARRITON/KEAN COLLEGE ‘21  

SEASON RESULTS

TEAM BLACK (Thomas Jefferson University – formerly Philadelphia U.) (7-4)

June 15: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-42

June 20: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 89-42 

June 22: vs. Electric Green L: 57-59

June 27: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 50-74

June 29: vs. White L: 45-61

July 4:  No Game (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 70-62

July 11: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 63-35

July 13: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 79-55

July 18: vs. Sky Blue W: 68-62

July 20: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 69-70

July 25: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 61-41

July 27 (Thurs): 7 p.m. vs. White, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2

TEAM WHITE (8-3)

June 15: vs. Maroon (USciences) W: 56-50

June 20: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 51-57

June 22: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 64-65

June 27: vs. Sky Blue L: 70-77

June 29: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 61-45

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 68-47

July 11: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 71-47

July 13: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-56

July 18: vs. Electric Green W: 58-52

July 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 65-53

July 25: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 75-54

July 27: (Thurs)  7 p.m. vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.), Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2

TIEBREAK TRACKERS

White (8-3): vs. M (W); vs. FG (L); vs. RB (L); vs. SB (L); vs. Blk (W); vs. Pnk (W); vs. Or (W); 

vs. Sun (W); vs. EG (W); vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W)

Black (7-4): vs. Sun (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. EG (L); vs. M (L); vs. Wh (L); vs. RB (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. Or (W);

 vs. SB (W); vs. FG (L); vs. Red (W)

SETUP #3

2-Forest Green/West Chester (9-2) vs. 7-Sky Blue (5-6) - 8:15 P.M., Court 1

The Forest Green/West Chester group, also enjoying the benefit of being able to play the summer mostly in tact, earning a co-championship that might have been stand-alone, had not they lost to Maroon/USciences in double overtime.

The only other setback was an upset loss to Electric Green, which enabled the winners that night to start chasing the leaders and stay not too far behind in the middle of the pack and ultimately land the fifth seed out of the three-way tie for fourth.

Staying in the race at the top most of the way, they were one of the squads to put an early sting on White and against all seven teams in the playoff field they were 5-2, the same as Maroon.

Sky Blue, which was one of the few teams with no school affiliation, struggled most of the summer but gained three key wins, being one of the other two to upset White early, and beating Orange and Sun to make the field and land the seventh seed while helping to knock Sun out of the mix.

When the two quarterfinal opponents last met on opening night, Forest Green got its season thundering with a 74-59 win.

Here’s Bob’s recap of the game that week.

Recap June 15: Team Forest Green 74, Team Sky Blue 59

Team Forest Green (West Chester University) used a 22-5 spurt in the second quarter to take control of the game as they cruised to a 73-59 win over Team Sky Blue.  

Sky Blue led at the end of the first quarter 15-14 before Forest Green took control in the next period.  Mia Hopkins (team-high 17 points) scored nine of Forest Green’s 30 second quarter points as her team took a 44-26 lead at the break.  

Sky Blue shaved five points off the lead in the third quarter and pulled as close as ten in the final stanza before Forest Green pulled away in the final minutes.

Hopkins had three 3-pointers in the game for Forest Green, which also got 15 points from Jennifer Horvatinovic, a recent Tampa grad, and 14 from Gabby Troisi.

As mentioned, Penn’s Kendall  Grasela scored 27 for the top league’s performance of the night (other stats are not kept by the table for reasons too numerous to specify), playing for Sky Blue, shooting three 3-pointers and and 3-3 from the line, while Taylor Dunn, a Catholic U. Sophomore out of Central Bucks South, had 16 points, propelled by a pair of three-balls and shooting 4-4 from the line.

ROSTERS, SEASONS RESULTS, TIEBREAK TRACKERS FOR FOREST GREEN AND SKY BLUE

ROSTERS

TEAM FOREST GREEN (West Chester)

2   BRIDGET SCOTT 5’11  -- STRATH HAVEN/SWARTHMORE ’18 

4   GABRIELLE NOLAN 5’7 -- ABINGTON/WEST CHESTER U. ‘19

11 JEAN WILLIAMS 5’2 -- MASTERY NORTH/WM. PENN U. ‘19

12 KATIE FISHER 5’8  -- STRATH HAVEN/WCU ‘20

13 GABBY TROISI 5’7  -- POPE JOHN PAUL II/WCU ‘20

24 RYLEE POWER 5’8 -- MARPLE NEWTOWN/WCU ‘19

25 KATIE FEEHERY 6’1  -- CARD. O’HARA/U. SCRANTON ‘18

32 SIANI McNEIL 5’11  -- DELCO CHRISTIAN/WCU ‘20

33 CASEY WARLEY 5’11 -- BAYARD RUSTIN/WCU’19

34 MIA HOPKINS 5’10 -- PITTSTON AREA HS/WCU ‘18

35 JENNIFER HORVATINOVIC 5’11 -- RED LION HS/U. TAMPA ‘17

TEAM SKY BLUE

3    LAUREN KILLION 5’8  -- LOWER MORELAND/ALBRIGHT ‘20

4    REBECCA RHOADES 5’7  -- NAZARETH ACAD/CATHOLIC U ‘21

12  ERIN LINDAHL 5’9  -- GERMANTOWN ACAD/EMORY ‘20

15  KENDALL GRASELA 5’10  -- GERMANTOWN ACAD/U PA ‘20

20  MAURA RYAN 6’  -- SPRINGFIELD TWSHP/ALBRIGHT ‘20

24  KATIE CROWLEY 5’8  -- CENTRAL BUCKS E/U. ALABAMA ‘20

25  WHISPER FISHER 6’2  -- OWINGS MILLS/SAINT JOS. ‘19

30  LILY KUNTZ 6’1  -- EPISCOPAL ACAD/MIDDLEBURY ‘20

32  OLIVIA GORMAN 5’4  -- GERMANTOWN ACAD/WESLEYAN ‘19

34  KATIE JEKOT 5’9 -- CUMBERLAND VALLEY HS/SAINT JOS. ‘21

44  TAYLOR DUNN 5’10  -- CENTRAL BUCKS S/CATHOLIC U. ‘20

SEASON RESULTS

TEAM FOREST GREEN (West Chester) (9-2) (Regular Season Co-Champion)

June 15: vs. Sky Blue W: 74-59

June 20: vs. White W: 57-51

June 22: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 55-52

June 27: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 61-48

June 29: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 69-73 (2OT)

July 4 : No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-60

July 11: vs. Electric Green L: 60-68

July 13: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 77-66

July 18: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 75-42

July 20: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 70-69

July 25: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: Forest Green W: 73-58

July 27: 8:15 (Thurs) vs. Sky Blue, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 1

TEAM SKY BLUE (5-6)-#

June 15: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 59-74

June 20: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 65-76

June 22: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 51-46

June 27: vs. White W: 77-70

June 29: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill): L: 72-88

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 77-58 (originally scheduled July 20)

July 11: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 46-65

July 13: vs. Electric Green L: 66-81

July 18: vs. Black (Phila. U) L: 62-68

#-July 20: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 25: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 71-41

July 27: (Thurs) 8:15 p.m. vs. Forest Green (West Chester), Court 1

TIEBREAK TRACKERS

For Grn (9-2): vs. SB (W); vs. Wh (W); vs. Red (W); vs. Or (W); vs. M (L-2OT) ; vs. Sun (W); vs. EG (L); 

vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. Blk (W); vs. RB (W)

#Sky Blue (5-6): vs. FG (L); vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (W); vs. Wh (W); vs. Red (L); vs. Or(#W-F); vs. M (L);

 vs. EG (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W)

SETUP #4

4-Royal Blue (7-4) vs. 5-Electric Green (7-4) - 8:15 P.M. Court 2

Of the four games on Thursday’s slate in the quarterfinals, though there were some surprises during the season against the top contingents by heavy underdogs on nights, this one could be considered the most competitive ahead of time because both played a strong middle-of-the-pack pursuit of the leaders and of the four on Thursday’s card, this is the one that was the closest in the earlier meetings.

Royal Blue went 3-4 against the other teams in the playoff field but the Kutztown group upset Maroon, took down White, and made the honor of the fourth seed.

Electric Green, a team also unaffiliated with a school name, which went 4-3 against the playoff field, bolted into a headliner when it upset Forest Green.

When the two also met opening night besides the already referenced reprise of Forest Green and Sky Blue from the June 15th slate, the winner was Royal Blue 56-47.

Here’s Bob’s Recap from that week.

Recap June 15: Team Royal Blue 56, Team Electric Green 47

Team Royal Blue (Kutztown University) outscored Team Electric Green 22-15 in the third quarter, erasing a five point halftime deficit while not looking back as they cruised to a 56-47 win.  

 Electric Green led by four at the end of one quarter and took a 23-18 lead as the buzzer sounded at the end of the second quarter. 

Steady play from the Royal Blue squad in the third quarter kept the game close with the eventual winners taking the lead for the first time at 39-36 with three minutes to go in the period. 

A late bucket by Electric Green cut the lead to two 40-38 entering the final quarter.  

 Royal Blue opened the quarter with an 11-2 spurt to take their biggest lead of the game at 51-40 before settling in for the nine-point win, 56-47. 

Karen Lapkiewicz led the victors with 17 points while Taylor Thames, a North Penn product, scored 12.  

As mentioned, Chelsea Woods turned in 25 for the Electric Green team, which also got 10 points from Sammy Stipa, a Lafayette senior out of Spring-Ford.

ROSTERS, SEASONS RESULTS, TIEBREAK TRACKERS FOR ELECTRIC GREEN AND ROYAL BLUE

ROSTERS

TEAM ELECTRIC GREEN

12  CAILIN O’HARA 5’7 -- CENTRAL BUCKS/CENTENARY U ‘20

15  EMILY WALLS 5’8  -- BAYARD RUSTIN HS/MORAVIAN ‘19

20  HANNAH FOX 5’7 -- PENN CHARTER/AMHERST ‘20

22  JESSICA GERBER 5’4 -- COUNCIL ROCK N./KENYON ‘19

24  SARAH O’HARA 5’7  -- CENTRAL BUCKS/WILKES’18

25  SAMANTHA STIPA 5’6  -- SPRING-FORD/LAFAYETTE ‘18

30  MORGAN MATURANI 6’  -- REED/HENDERSON/SALISBURY ‘19

31  JARYN GARNER 5’9  -- GERMANTOWN ACAD/SAINT JOS. ‘18

32  CHELSEA WOODS 5’11 -- FREIRE CHARTER/SAINT JOS. ‘18

34  RACHEL RYAN 6’   -- ACAD NOTRE DAME/SALISBURY ‘20

40  CARLEY HAMILTON 6’2 -- MARPLE NEWTOWN/MUHLENBERG ‘19

TEAM ROYAL BLUE (Kutztown)

11  KAREN LAPKIEWICZ 5’10 -- SAINT BASIL/KUTZTOWN ‘20

12  TAYLOR THAMES 5’7  -- NORTH PENN/KUTZTOWN ‘19

14  KEIFONNA FERGUSON 5’8 -- NORRISTOWN AREA HS/KUTZTOWN ‘19

15  ABBEY BEYER 5’8 -- SPRING-FORD/ELIZABETHTOWN ‘19

20  SIERRA TAYLOR 5’6 -- CAMDEN CATHOLIC/KUTZTOWN ‘20

21  ALEX LEADER 5’10 -- LOWER DAUPHIN HS/KUTZTOWN ‘20

22  GABBI WRIGHT 5’11 -- CHELTENHAM HS/KUTZTOWN ‘20

24  VERONICA CHRIST 5’9 -- DELA VALLEY REGIONAL/ELIZABETHTOWN ‘21

31  JENNA WIDDICOMBE 6’1  -- POPE JOHN PAUL II/KUTZTOWN ‘19

34  GABRIELLE HEINSINGER 5’8 -- MERION MERCY/NYU ‘20

35 MICHAELA CLAY 6’ -- ROLAND PARK COUNTRY/SAINT JOS. ‘19

SEASON RESULTS

TEAM ELECTRIC GREEN (7-4)

June 15: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 47-56

June 20: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 46-73

June 22: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 59-57

June 27: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 77-63

June 29: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 74-55

July 4: No Game (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 51-62

July 11: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) W: 68-60

July 13: vs. Sky Blue W: 81-66

July 18: vs. White L: 52-58

July 20: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 95-47

July 25: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 73-58

July 27: 8:15 (Thurs): vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown), Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2 

TEAM ROYAL BLUE (Kutztown) (7-4)

June 15: vs. Electric Green W: 56-47

June 20: vs. Sky Blue W: 76-65

June 22: vs. White W: 65-64

June 27: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 83-47

June 29: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 63-83 

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 60-70

July 11: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 0-2 forfeit

July 13: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 18: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 69-33

July 20: vs. Maroon (USciences) W: 57-54

July 25: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 58-73

July 27: (Thurs) 8:15 p.m. vs. Electric Green, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2

TIEBREAK TRACKERS

Roy Blue (7-4); vs. EG (W); vs. SB (W); vs. Wh (W); vs. Pk (W) ; vs. Or (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. Sun (L-F); vs. Red (W-F); vs. Pu (W); M (W); vs. FG (L)

Elec Grn (7-4): vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (L); vs. Blk (W); vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. M (L); vs. FG (W); vs. SB (W); vs. Wh (L); vs. Pk (W); vs. Or (W)