The Camelot Personalities of Penn State Past Unite to Say Farewell at Memorial to Former Coach Rene Portland

By Mel Greenberg

BROOMALL, Pa. — A week after former longtime Penn State coach Rene Portland, one of the stars of the Immaculata championship era in the early 1970s, succumbed to cancer after a three-year battle against the disease, the sadness of her passing was reflected here Sunday afternoon among the family, friends, former teammates, and former players who attended her viewing at D’Anjollel Memorial Home of Broomall.

Many past coaching colleagues, who were coming off the recruiting trail, will likely be added to those groups Monday when the viewing opportunity continues nearby at Saint Anastasia Church of Newtown Square on West Chester Pike between 10 a.m. and 11:45, followed by a noon mass.

Among the mourners Sunday were Saint Joseph’s men’s coach Phil Martelli and his wife Judy (Marra), a former Mighty Macs teammate; Former Rutgers coach Theresa Grentz, another of the legendary Mighty Macs; Hall of Fame basketball writer Dick “Hoops” Weiss, who chronicled much of the Mighty Macs era; recent Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Rose Battaglia, Hall of Fame former Virginia coach Debbie Ryan, and longtime assistants Dan Durkin and former Lady Lion star Anne Troyan, as well as longtime PSU women’s broadcaster Jerry Fisher.

Former Mighty Macs teammate and Hall of Fame coach Marianne Stanley, now an assistant with the WNBA Washington Mystics, was absent, because having been hit hard with a double loss in recent weeks, was down in Norfolk, Va., to be at the Old Dominion tribute to all-time great Anne Donovan, who died suddenly last month.

Stanley coached the Monarchs great when ODU dominated the sport in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Portland is now the second Maureen (nee Muth) from the Macs champions to go deceased joining Maureen Mooney.

Meanwhile, back here what took place soon after the viewing, if such a thing would be spiritually possible, would bring one of those wide grins to Portland’s face when successes were achieved.

At nearby Barnaby’s of Havertown, if anyone who had been Lady Lions fans or media covering the different parts of the Portland era, it was a chance to relive the moments years later at what became a reunion here as the stanlouts of the past could all catch up with each other besides offer tales from memory lane in Happy Valley.

For example, that in the wake of the shocking upset in the NCAA second round at home to unranked James Madison after finishing first in the final Associated Press Poll, JMU was on the scoreboard at Portland’s practices the following season.

But all was positive Sunday.

For a few shining hours, the Camelot personalities of Penn State women’s basketball were packed into the popular Delaware County Sports Bar, which is experiencing a revival after suffering a devastating fire in May of a year ago.

Though with the exception of Jenn James, the primary administrator of the Lady Lions women’s basketball program who is also assistant athletic director of event management, the official Penn State delegation here was not part of the Portland era.

But it is a notable group in athletic director Sandy Barbour; deputy athletic director of administration Lynn Holleran, and women’s basketball coach Coquese Washington, a former Notre Dame star, who succeeded Portland in 2007.

Kathy (Phillips) Drysdale, a former star center, is marketing director for women’s basketball at her alma mater.

Now years later they were virtually all together at once.

“I think it’s 25 years since I’ve seen some of these people,” smiled Lisa Salters, who has been a sideline reporter for two of ESPN’s primary properties — NFL’s Monday Night Football and NBA games on ABC and ESPN.

In their present lives they have come as athletic directors (that would be Susan Robinson Fruchtl at Saint Francis, Pa.), as proud parents —center Bethany (Collins) Irwin’s daughter Kyla is a member of UConn’s powerhouse - head coaches (Terri Williams-Flournoy at Auburn, Mauren Walseth at North Dakota State), as well as owning WNBA pedigrees (Kelly Mazzante, Tanisha Wright, Helen Darling, Andrea Garner, to name a few).

There was enough representation that if each of Portland’s 691 wins were shouted, someone could raise their hand to be marked present on the roll call.

Statistically, most of the high number producers were on hand in treys and points in Kelly Mazzante (357 treys, 2,919 points), rebounds in Susan Robinson-Fruchtl (1,070), and assists in Suzie McConnell-Serio (1,307).

Soon after they arrived, they were Lady Lions back on activity duty.

Particular eras sat around within their time frames, but they also gathered together overall, posing for group pictures besides taking selfies of each other, shouting out “We Are Penn State” cheers, and raising glasses upwards to shout a toast to their coach.

And then they retreated to their respective homes, for those who live around here, and hotel rooms to run out of their virtual locker room to salute their coach one more time Monday morning.

Guru’s Musings: Reflecting on the Weekend Memorials for Rene Portland and Anne Donovan

By Mel Greenberg

PHILADELPHIA — It was the end of April, 2010, a Friday night in the Sports Department section of The Philadelphia Inquirer newsroom that the final hours of a more than 40 years of an active career of employment of your Guru were ticking to a close.

Of course, with economics dictating the move as much on this end, the Guru made it known to his followers the retirement was just from the paper and not to mow lawns, so to speak.

Though it was a work night on the desk on the schedule, nothing was being passed in this direction as opposed to the other times that tasks would come non-stop.

The paper had held its farewell in-house party the previous afternoon.

So with not much to do, a quick stroll was taken to chat with another colleague a bit.

Upon returning to the workstation, in that brief period a light on the phone became lit, indicating there was a voicemail recording.

So upon lifting the phone and pushing the retrieval button, came a vaguely familiar voice from a distant past.

“Hi Mel. This is a voice from your past. Rene Portland. I heard you are retiring and I just wanted to wish you well and remember all those late night calls we had with the poll and talking about the game in general and all you have done.

“I’m sure we will cross paths somewhere.”

Now this was a stunner because in the wake of her departure in 2007 from coaching  Penn State and soon thereafter move to the state of Indiana where her daughter Christine and son-in-law resided (he was an assistant WBB coach), very few people had heard from her — even some of the closest of the Immaculata family had gaps in communication and certainly no media member, no matter how close, either here or at Penn State was in the loop.

So it was amazing to receive that call, though your Guru eventually in a short time deduced how she got word.

Another few years went by and we finally did cross paths in Springfield, Mass., the year the Mighty Macs championship era squads were inducted to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

We chatted a bit and I explained the circumstances of my decision to depart.

Soon thereafter we met again at her alma mater when those teams were inducted to the first Immaculata Athletics Hall of Fame and when I mentioned I had tried to get hold of her to comment on an area person here leaving the game, she then offered an updated cell number.

By then she had moved back from the Midwest to a home up in the Poconos.

A year went by, however, but when Immaculata notified me that I. was to be part of their next class, I phoned her with the news and we had a nice chat during which it became obvious that she really had disconnected from the current state of women’s basketball affairs for the most part.

Not long after that came news of her first cancer diagnosis but battler that she was, Portland fought her way to remission and a year ago your Guru wrote her program bio for her induction in November to the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.

The Guru made it to the event and she looked relatively fine, made a nice acceptance speech, and we had a good time with everyone reconnecting.

A few weeks later, however, came word of the return of the disease, which ultimately claimed her last weekend leading to today’s (Sunday) viewing in suburban Broomall, her hometown, and tomorrow morning’s service.

Many Guru stories of being around her through her entire coaching career were woven into the obituary written last weekend for The Inquirer and the longer version at this site.

But there are other moments.

Everytime the Guru made the trip to Happy Valley or at Lady Lions road games — especially in the era competing in the Atlantic 10 against Rutgers and her teammate Theresa Grentz on the other sideline, as well as Saint Joseph’s and Temple, upon first sighting, whether it was pre-game or at the postgame presser, upon her sighting to me, she would call out “It’s Official.”

Many PSU players will come to town today and gather later at a nearby establishment in the same manner the Old Dominion group of yesteryear gathered in Norfolk, Va., Saturday night, to also re-connect and attend Sunday’s second memorial to honor the sudden passing last month of all-timer Anne Donovan.

It wasn’t always roses in the Guru-Portland relationship.

One year in the AIAW era, there was the famous “Drum” incident late in the season when the Lady Lions in Rec Hall were beating Maryland like one and Women’s Hall of Fame coach Chris Weller pulled the Terrapins, claiming the incessant musical drum of the Blue and White was being played in violation of the rules.

So, such as AIAW was in an on-the-fly operations in the home office due to a sparse staff, because the game was critical to the coming regional pairings at the top also involving Rutgers and Cheyney (then coached by Hall of Famer C. Vivian Stringer), does the Maryland count as a forfeit or no game?

No Game was the decision given to the Guru, who in those days was essentially the AP of women’s coverage.

However, when the pairings for the EAIAW-IB bracket for the games at Penn’s Palestra were announced, the elders flipped the prior decision, declaring the game a forfeit meaning PSU would see Cheyney sooner potentially then Rutgers.

When the Guru put the word out, his phone rang soon thereafter and Portland non-stop decided to complain to the messenger. You guessed it.

Well, at some point your Guru had enough, and when she uttered the phrase, “Look, this isn’t about us playing Cheyney, we’re not afraid to play Cheyney, we’re just as happy to play Cheyney.”

Well, since journalistically, the Guru needed a reaction anyhow to the change, and because no stipulation was made at the other end early in the call, the Guru decided this was no longer a personal call, this was the Penn State coach complaining to The Inquirer.

No, Stringer never took me to dinner on that occasion for providing locker room material.

Cheyney won but both teams advanced to national round and soon thereafter it was back to normalcy.

The Rutgers/Penn State battles were famous and competitors that they were it was hard to believe that the two coaches were once beloved teammates.

Then suddenly, after several years of these battles, Portland, suddenly, had nice things to say about the opposition, especially, her lifelong relationship with Grentz, “If she ever needed me for anything, I would be there in an instant, and I’m sure she would be there for me.”

That certain has been true of Grentz since Portland was first diagnosed.

It is ironic that observances for Portland and Donovan, who was coached by Portland’s Mighty Macs teammate Marianne Stanley and whose sister Mary played at Penn State, come this particular weekend that also saw a successful WNBA All-Star game held in Minneapolis.

Surely, the roots for Saturday’s celebration in the Midwest can be found among builders such as the two pioneer icons being remembered this weekend.

The confluence of all these happenings certainly live up to the theme at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn.: Honor the Past, Celebrate the Presence, and Promote the Future.

 

Philly WBB Summer League: No. 10 Upset by Lime over No. 7 Kelly Green Causes Re-Seeds for the Quarterfinals

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg

HATBORO, Pa. — Proving it was no fluke from the second night of the season, 10th-seeded Lime upset 7th seeded Kelly Green, also known as D2 Chestnut Hill, 90-68, Thursday night in one of two playoff openers in the Philadelphia/Suburban NCAA-Certified Women’s Basketball Summer League forcing a re-shuffle at the top of the pairings for Tuesday night’s quarterfinals action.

The second play-in game was much closer, remaining undecided into the last minute, until 8th-seeded Sky Blue, also known as D3 Arcadia, defeated ninth-seeded Orange, also known as D3 Penn State-Abington, 62-58, at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades.

As a result, the rules calling for the highest seed to play the lowest surviving seed now has No. 1 Black (9-0), also known as D2 Jefferson University, meeting Lime (1-8) on Court 1 at 7 p.m., while third seeded Red (7-2), also known as D2 Kutztown, will meet 6th seeded Purple (4-5) at the same time on Court.

Maroon (8-1), (also known as D2 USciences), at 8:15 p.m. on Court 1, now meets No. 8 Sky Blue (2-7), while at the same time on Court 2, No. 4 Royal (6-3) will meet No. 5 Golden Sun (5-4).

Had Kelly Green been the winner, they would have met Maroon, which finished second, losing only to Black, which finished the regular season in the 10-team league unbeaten and claiming the top spot in the final standings for the first time.

Two players in Tuesday’s games hit the playoff edition of the Guru’s special individual performance accolade of 20 points or more with Lydia Konstanzer scoring 32 for Lime.

The Ursinus junior out of Pennridge hit the magical milestone several times during the regular season.

In the other game, Jamie Manzo, an Arcadia junior out of South Jersey’s Cherokee High, scored 20 for Sky Blue, making it her first entry for special nightly distinction.

While the Lime upset may look stunning by seed, the outcome was similar to a 76-55 wipeout on the second night of the season in late June.

The four teams at the bottom of the final standings who played Tuesday were all close to each other with Kelly Green and Sky Blue finishing 2-7, one of which for Sky Blue was a forfeit over Lime, while Orange and Lime were 1-8.

All their wins were over each other in that bottom four.

Bob will have the complete recap of both games after we do a little look ahead.and repeat some of the notes from the nightly bulletin done by longtime commissioner David Kessler when the teams play.

Looking Ahead

Black takes the floor as top dog for the first time ever when the group opens play against Lime at 7 p.m. on Court 1.

The Jefferson group did not have a player hit the 20-point performance citation during the nine-game schedule but offered a very balanced and solid attack.

In their meeting during the season on June 26 to start the second week, Black routed Lime 91-52 as Beverly Kum scored 19 points, Erin Maher scored 17, Maddison Haney scored 12, and Ayoola Oguntuase scored 10.

Lime’s Kate Fisher and Gabby Trois each scored nine, while Konstanzer and Jessica McKenzie each scored seven points.

In the other game, at 7 p.m. on Court 2, No. 3 Red (7-2) meets No. 6 Purple (4-5).

During the season recently on July 19th, Red won 66-52, snapping a two-game losing streak, with five players scoring nine or more points, paced by Abby Beyer, an Elizabethtown senior, who had 12 points.

The D2 Holy Family duo of Jada Smith, a sophomore out of Merion Mercy, and Elizabeth Radley, a junior out of Bishop Eustace, scored 16 and 14, respectively.

In the 8:15 game on Court 1, Maroon, which has been raining three-pointers in contests of late, meets Sky Blue, which the USciences bunch stormed to an 80-33 win on opening night as Jess Huber sored 15 of her 17 points across the second and third quarters.

Kendall Keyes with 11 points and Taylor Hamm and Jordan Vitelli with 10 each also reached double figures for Maroon.

Sky Blue got team bests of eight points each from Joelle Bridges and Taylor Dunn.

In the other 8:15 p.m., played on Court 2, between No. 4 Royal (6-3) and No. 5 Golden Sun (5-4), in their previous scheduled meeting on July 10 after the week-long break for the July 4th holiday, Golden Sun committed the first of only two across the board forfeits this summer to be saddled with a 2-0 loss.

So this being a first-time rather than repeat matchup could be interesting, especially since the seeds of the two teams are right next to each other.

Noteworthy

Commissioner Kessler says this summer the roster had over 100 players from more than 40 collegiate programs,

The breakdown of former high school affiliations begin with 7 from North Penn, 6 from St. Basil, 4 each from Archbishop Wood,and Archbishop Ryan, 3 each from Spring-Ford, Central Bucks South, Central Bucks West, and 2 each from Villa Joseph Marie, Boyertown, Lansdale Catholic, Atlantic Christian, Shipley School, Merion Mercy Academy, Abington, Bishop Eustace, Cherokee, Life Center Academy, Cardinal Carroll, and Marple.

PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND RECAPS

#10 Team Lime Green 90   #7 Team Kelly Green 68

An 11-0 run by the tenth-seeded Team Lime was the impetus they needed as they pulled away and cruised to a 90-68 win over seventh seed Team Kelly Green in the opening game of the Philadelphia/Suburban NCAA women’s Basketball Summer League at Kelly Bolish Gym in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

Lime Green advances and will face the top seed Team Black, also known as Jefferson University on Tuesday, July 31 in the first of four quarterfinal matches.

Lydia Konstanzer (Ursinus College) turned in a career night with 32 points to pace the shorthanded Lime Green squad, who had only five players available for the game.  

Gabby Troisi and Katie Fisher, both juniors at West Chester University, had 18 points apiece while Rylee Power, a West Chester senior added 16 points.  Konstanzer’s Ursinus teammate Francesca Bogziatsis chipped in six points.

Kelly Green, also known as Chestnut Hill College, placed four players in double figures, led by Lauren Crim’s 19 points.  Kate Seeman added 14 while LIU-Post junior Asia Turner had 13. Rachel Millan rounded out the double figure scorers with 12.

After a back and forth first two quarters that saw eight lead changes and neither team leading by more than five points, it was Lime Green who held the slim 42-37 lead at the half.

Millan’s three-pointer closed the gap to 42-40 before Lime Green ran off 11 straight points, including six straight from Troisi to take a 53-40 lead.  

Crim’s three-ball cut Lime Green’s lead to ten at 53-43 with 4:38 left in the quarter.  Lime came back with a 10-2 run to push their lead to 18 63-45 before Kelly Green outscored Lime 7-5 to close out the quarter with Lime Green up by 16, 68-42.  

Lime Green opened the final stanza with a 15-2 uprising to put the game out of reach with Konstanzer scoring her final eight points of the night during the run.

Fisher’s three-pointer with about three minutes left gave Lime Green their biggest lead at 89-56 with about three minutes remaining.  Kelly Green closed out their summer league season on a high note however, finishing the game with a 12-1 run to make the final score 90-68.  

#8 Team Sky Blue  62 #9 Team Orange  58

The second game of the evening turned out to be a hard fought battle as the #8 seed, Team Sky Blue; also known as Division III Arcadia University held off a late rally from #9 seed Team Orange, also known as Penn State Abington to secure a 62-58 win a spot in the quarterfinal round.

Sky Blue will face the #2 seed Team Maroon, also known as USciences, in one of the two late game quarterfinal matchups next Tuesday.

Jamie Manzo led all scorers with 20 points to pace the Sky Blue offense while Taylor Dunn added 14 points. Taylor Fritz and Sami Falenecki had eight points apiece.
Gabby Heinsinger, an NYU junior, led team Orange with 17 points.  Shayna Rodriguez and Sydney Barrow had 15 points apiece while Danielle Skedzielewski, a Delaware Valley University senior chipped in seven.

Nine lead changes highlighted the first ten minutes of action as Orange held a slim two-point lead 18-16.  A basket by Fritz followed by a three-ball from Dunn gave Sky Blue a 25-22 lead midway through the second quarter.

Manzo’s two free throws pushed the Sky Blue lead to its largest point of the half 27-22 before Orange closed out the half with a 6-2 run capped by a Rodriguez trey to make the contest a one-point match29-28 in favor of Sky Blue at the half.

Sky Blue used a 7-2 run over a four minute stretch in the third quarter to take their biggest lead at 39-31.  Orange however came right back with a 10-3 spurt, highlighted by two Heinsinger three-balls and two Barrow breakaway layups following steals.  Heinsinger’s triple with 39 seconds left, capped the rally and pulled Orange within one 42-41.

Orange’s offense however went cold as the first quarter commenced as they did not score their first field goal until the 3:10 mark, leading to an 8-1 run by Sky Blue and a 50-42 lead.  

Rodriguez’s basket at the 3:10 mark broke the run and cut Sky Blue’s lead to six 50-44. After Manzo went 1-2 from the line, Orange got baskets from Skedzielewski and Barrow to pull within three 51-48 with 1:41 remaining.  Barrow’s triple with 40 seconds left closed the gap to two at 55-53. Sky Blue then sealed the win making seven of eight shots from the free throw line over the final 37 seconds to come away with the four point win.

SCOREBOARD

Standings (Regular Season Final)

Team, W-L, Pct., G.B., PF, PA

*-Black 9-0 1.000 — 611 469

Maroon 8-1 .889 1.0 705 433

Red 7-2 .778 2.0 615 453
Royal 6-3 .667 3.0 559 463
Golden Sun 5-4 .556 4.0 590 507
Purple 4-5 .445 5.0 616 594
X-Kelly Green 2-7 .222 7.0 486 677
Sky Blue 2-7 .222 7.0 388 603
X-Orange 1-8 .111 8.0 472 634

Lime 1-8 .111 8.0 472 636

*-Clinched Top Seed

X-eliminated in First Round

Royal has a forfeit win 2-0 over Golden Sun

Golden Sun has a forfeit loss 0-2 to Royal

Sky Blue has a forfeit win 2-0 over Lime

Lime has a forfeit loss 0-2 to Sky Blue

Individual Scoring 20 or More Points

39-Isis Young, Golden Sun, W, vs. Lime, June 19
34-Michelle Nicholls, Purple, W, vs. Orange, June 21
31-Isis Young, Golden Sun, L, vs. Maroon, June 21

30-Natalie Kucowski, Red, W, vs. Kelly Green, June 28

27-Michelle Nicholls, Purple, W, vs. Lime, July 12
26-Myonie Williamson, Golden Sun, W, vs. Kelly Green, July 24

26-Natalie Kucowski, Red, W, vs. Lime, July 10

26-Isis Young, Golden Sun, W, vs. Purple, June 28

26-Michelle Nicholls, Purple, L, vs. Golden Sun, June 28

26-Isis Young, Golden Sun, L, vs. Red, June 26
26-Hannah Fox, Royal, W, vs. Orange, June 26
25-Emily Dorshimer, Royal, W, vs. Sky Blue, June 28

24-Gabrielle Troisi, Lime, L, vs. Orange, July 19

24-Rachel Millan, Kelly Green, W, vs. Orange, July 17

24-Michelle Nichols, Purple, L, vs. Maroon, July 17

23-Gabrielle Troisi, Lime, L, vs. Purple, July 12

23-Deja King, W, Golden Sun, July 12

23-Becca Margolis, Red, W, vs. Lime, July 10

22-Hannah Fox, Royal, W, vs. Kelly Green, July 12

22-Natalie Kucowski, Red, W, vs. Orange, June 19

21-Shayna Rodriguez, Orange, W, vs. Lime, July 19

21-Jordan Jordan Vitelli, Maroon, W, Royal, July 19

21-Hannah Fox, Royal, W, Lime, July17

21-Kendall Keyes, Maroon, W, vs. Purple, July 17
21-Natalie Kucowski, Red, W, vs. Golden Sun, June 26
21-Emma Dorshimer, Royal, W, vs. Purple, June 19

20-Shannon Glenn, Kelly Green, W, vs. Sky Blue, July 19

20-Jess Huber, Maroon, W, vs. Royal, July 19

20-Deja King, W, vs. Sky Blue, July 17

20-Gabrielle Troisi, Lime, L, vs. Royal, July 17
20-Shannon Glenn, Kelly Green, L, vs. Royal Blue, July 12

20-Jada Smith, Royal, W, vs. Sky Blue, June 26
20-Lydia Konstanzer, Lime, W, vs. Kelly Green, June 21
20-Becca Margolis, Red, W, vs. Sky Blue, June 21
20-Shannon Glenn, Kelly Green, L, vs. Black, June 19

Playoff Scoring 20 or More Points

32-Lydia Konstanzer, Lime, W, vs. Kelly Green, Quarterfinals, July 26

20-Jamie Manzo, Sky Blue, W, vs. Orange, Quarterfinals, July 26

SEASON RESULTS/SCHEDULES

TUESDAY, JUNE 19

Maroon-US vs. Sky Blue-A — W-Maroon 80-33
Black-Jeff vs. Kelly Green-CH — W-Black 98-46
Red-K vs. Orange-PSUA — W-Red 68-34
Lime vs. Golden Sun — W-Golden Sun 83-57
Purple vs. Royal — W-Purple 81-68

THURSDAY, JUNE 21

Golden Sun vs. Maroon-US — W-Maroon 56-54
Orange-PSUA vs. Purple — W-Purple 70-59
Black-Jeff vs. Royal — W-Black 76-37
Sky Blue-A vs. Red-K —W-Red 95-51
Kelly Green-CH vs. Lime —W-Lime 76-55

TUESDAY, JUNE 26

Royal vs. Orange-PSUA  - W-Royal 80-58
Golden Sun vs. Red-K - W-Red-K 62-52
Black-Jeff vs. Lime - W-Black-Jeff 91-52
Maroon-US vs. Kelly Green-CH - W-Maroon-US 64-34
Purple vs. Sky Blue-A - W-Purple 70-36

THURSDAY, JUNE 28

Golden Sun vs. Purple - W - Golden Sun 92-61
Lime vs. Maroon-US - W - Maroon 110-36
Kelly Green-CH vs. Red-K - W - Red 82-45
Sky Blue-A vs. Royal - W - Royal 84-59
Black-Jeff vs. Orange-PSUA - W - Black 70-46

TUESDAY, JULY 3

No Games-Holiday

THURSDAY, JULY 5

No Games-Holiday

TUESDAY, JULY 10

Red-K vs. Lime - W - Red 80-56
Royal vs. Golden Sun - W - Royal 2-0, forfeit
Purple vs. Kelly Green-CH - W - Purple 77-26
Orange-PSUA  vs. Sky Blue-A - W - Sky Blue 58-45
Maroon-US vs. Black-Jeff - W - Black 77-72

THURSDAY, JULY 12

Black-Jeff vs. Sky Blue-A - W - Black 66-43
Kelly Green-CH vs. Royal  - W - Royal 80-66
Golden Sun vs. Orange-PSUA - W - Golden Sun 77-67
Lime vs. Purple - W - Purple - W - 73-61
Maroon-US vs. Red-K - W - Maroon 58-46

TUESDAY, JULY 17

Royal vs. Lime - W - Royal 69-67
Red-K vs. Black-Jeff- W - Black 49-42
Purple vs. Maroon-US - W - Maroon 89-71
Orange-PSUA vs. Kelly Green-CH- W - Kelly Green 62-58
Sky Blue-A vs. Golden Sun - W - Golden Sun 80-46

THURSDAY, JULY 19

Kelly Green-CH vs. Sky Blue-A -W-Kelly Green 83-60
Red-K vs. Purple-W-Red 66-52
Golden Sun vs. Black-Jeff-W-Black 87-70
Maroon-US vs. Royal-W-Maroon 95-40
Court 3: Lime vs. Orange-PSUA-W-Orange 72-68

TUESDAY, JULY 24

Orange-K vs. Maroon-US-W-Maroon 81-33
Purple vs. Black-Jeff-W-Black 97-61
Royal vs. Red-K-W-Red 74-56

Sky Blue-A vs. Lime-W-Sky Blue 2-0 forfeit
Golden Sun vs. Kelly Green-CH-W-Golden Sun 82-69

(Regular Season Ends)

PLAYOFFS

THURSDAY, JULY 26

PLAY-IN ROUNDS (Court 1)

Kelly Green-Chestnut Hill  (2-7) (7th Seed) vs. Lime (1-8) (10th Seed) W Lime 90-68
Sky Blue (2-7) (8th seed) vs. Orange-PSU-Ab. (1-8) (9th Seed) W SB-Arcadia 62-58

TUESDAY, JULY 31

QUARTERFINALS

Early Games (7 p.m.)

Court 1: Black-Jefferson (9-0) (1st Seed) vs. Lime (10th seed)

Court 2: Red (7-2) (3rd Seed) vs Purple (4-5) (6th Seed)

Late Games (8:15 p.m.)

Court 1: Maroon-USciences (8-1) (2nd Seed) vs. Sky Blue (8th seed7)

Court 2: Royal (6-3) (4th Seed) vs. Golden Sun (5-4) (5th Seed)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2

SEMIFINALS (Court 1)

7 p.m.: High Seed Survivor vs. Low Seed Survivor
8:15 p.m. Second Seed Survivor vs. Second Low Seed Survivor

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7

CHAMPIONSHIP (Court 1)

7 p.m. Semi Finals Winners

SCHEDULES BY TEAM

BLACK (Jefferson University) 9-0 No. 1 Seed - Quarterfinalist

June 19: vs. Kelly Green (Chestnut Hill) W-98-46
June 21: vs. Royal W-76-37
June 26: vs. Lime W-91-52
June 28: vs. Orange (PSU-Abington) W-70-46

July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs. Maroon (USciences) W-77-72
July 12: vs. Sky Blue (Arcadia) W-66-43
July 17: vs. Red (Kutztown), W - 49-42

July 19: vs.Golden Sun W-87-70
July 24: vs. Purple W-97-61

July 31: vs. Lime (10th seed, Quarterfinals 7 p.m.-Court 1

GOLDEN SUN 5-4 No. 5 Seed - Quarterfinalist

June 19: vs. Lime W-83-57
June 21: vs. Maroon (USciences) L-54-56
June 26: vs. Red (Kutztown)  L-52-62
June 28: vs. Purple W-92-61

July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs. Royal L 0-2, forfeit

July 12: vs. Orange (PSU-Abington) W-77-67

July 17: vs. Sky Blue (Arcadia) W-80-46
July 19: vs. Black (Jefferson University) L-70-87
July 24: vs. Kelly Green (Chestnut Hill) W-82-69

July 31: vs. Royal (5th Seed), Quarterfinals, 8:15 p.m., Court 2

KELLY GREEN (Chestnut Hill) 2-7 No. 7 Seed

June 19: vs. Black (Jefferson University) L-46-98
June 21: vs. Lime L-55-76
June 26: vs. Maroon (USciences) L-34-64
June 28: vs. Red (Kutztown) L-45-82
July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs. Purple L-26-77

July 12: vs. Royal L-66-80
July 17: vs. Orange (PSU-Abington) W-62-58

July 19: vs. Sky Blue (Arcadia) W-83-60
July 24: vs. Golden Sun L-69-82

July 26 vs. Lime (10th seed)  L-68-90, First Round

LIME 1-8 No. 10 Seed - Quarterfinalist

June 19: vs. Golden Sun L-57-83
June 21: vs. Kelly Green (Chestnut Hill) W-76-55
June 26: vs. Black (Jefferson University) L-51-92
June 28: vs. Maroon (USciences) L-36-110
July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs. Red (Kutztown) L-56-80
July 12: vs. Purple L-61-73
July 17: vs. Royal L-67-69
July 19: vs. Orange (PSU-Abington) L-68-72
July 24: vs. Sky Blue (Arcadia) L 0-2, Forfeit

July 26: vs. Kelly Green (7th seed) W-90-78, First Round

July 31: vs. Black (Jefferson) (1st seed),Quarterfinals, 7 p.m., Court 1

MAROON (USciences) 8-1 No. 2 Seed - Quarterfinalist

June 19: vs. Sky Blue (Arcadia) W-80-33
June 21: vs. Golden Sun W-56-54
June 26: vs. Kelly Green (Chestnut Hill)  W-64-34
June 28: vs. Lime W-110-36
July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs. Black (Jefferson University) L-72-77

July 12: vs. Red (Kutztown) W-58-46

July 17: vs. Purple W-89-71
July 19: vs. Royal W-95-40

July 24: vs. Orange (PSU-Abington) W-81-33

July 31: vs. Sky Blue (8th seed), Quarterfinals, 8:15 p.m., Court 1

ORANGE (PSU-Abington) 1-8 No. 9 Seed

June 19: vs. Red (Kutztown) L-34-68
June 21: vs. Purple L-59-70
June 26: vs. Royal  L-58-80
June 28: vs. Black (Jefferson University) L-46-70
July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs. Sky Blue (Arcadia) L-45-58
July 12: vs. Golden Sun L-67-77
July 17: vs. Kelly Green (Chestnut Hill) L-58-62

July 19: vs. Lime W-72-68
July 24: vs. Maroon (USciences) L-33-81

July 26: vs. Sky Blue (eighth seed) L-58-62, First Round

PURPLE 4-5 No. 6 Seed - Quarterfinalist

June 19: vs. Royal L-68-81
June 21: vs. Orange (PSU-Abington) W-70-59
June 26: vs. Sky Blue (Arcadia)  W-70-36
June 28: vs. Golden Sun L-61-92
July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs. Kelly Green (Chestnut Hill) W-77-26
July 12: vs. Lime W-73-61
July 17: vs. Maroon (USciences) L-71-89
July 19: vs. Red (Kutztown) L-52-66

July 24: vs. Black (Jefferson University) L-61-97

July 31: vs. vs. Red (third seed), Quarterfinals, Court 2, 7 p.m.

RED (Kutztown) 7-2 No. 3 Seed - Quarterfinalist

June 19: vs. Orange (PSU-Abington) W-68-34
June 21: vs. Sky Blue (Arcadia) W-95-51
June 26: vs. Golden Sun  W-62-52
June 28: vs. Kelly Green (Chestnut Hill) W-82-45
July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs.Lime W-80-56
July 12: vs. Maroon (USciences) L-46-58

July 17: vs. Black (Jefferson University) L-42-49
July 19: vs. Purple W-66-52

July 24: vs. Royal W-74-56

July 31: vs. Purple (sixth seed), Quarterfinals, Court 2, 7 p.m.

ROYAL 7-2 No. 4 Seed - Quarterfinalist

June 19: vs. vs. Purple W-81-68
June 21: vs. Black (Jefferson University) L-37-76
June 26: vs. Orange (PSU-Abington)  W-80-58
June 28: vs. Sky Blue (Arcadia) W-84-59

July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs. Golden Sun W 2-0, forfeit
July 12: vs. Kelly Green (Chestnut Hill) W-80-66

July 17: vs. Lime W-69-67
July 19: vs. Maroon (USciences) L-40-95

July 24: vs. Red (Kutztown) L-56-74

July 31: vs. Golden Sun (fifth seed), Quarterfinals, 8:15 p.m., Court 2

SKY BLUE (Arcadia) 2-7 No. 8 Seed - Quarterfinalist

June 19: vs. Maroon (USciences) L-33-80
June 21: vs. Red (Kutztown) L-51-95
June 26: vs. Purple L-36-70
June 28: vs. Royal L-59-84
July 3-5: Holiday
July 10: vs. Orange (PSU-Abington) W-58-45

July 12: vs. Black (Jefferson University) L-43-66
July 17: vs. Golden Sun L-46-80
July 19: vs. Kelly Green (Chestnut Hill) L-60-83
July 24: vs. Lime W-2-0, forfeit

July 26: vs. Orange (ninth seed) W-62-58, First Round

PLAYOFF SEEDINGS AND TIEBREAKER TRACKERS

(Seed Order)

Black (9-0): vs. KG (W); vs. Ry (W); vs. Lime (W); vs. Or (W); vs. Mor (W); vs. SB (W); vs. Red (W); vs.GS (W); vs. Pur (W)

Mor (8-1): vs. SB (W); vs. GS (W); vs. KG (W); vs. Lime (W); vs. Blk (L); vs. Red (W); vs. Pur (W); vs. Ry (W); vs. Or (W)

Red (7-2): vs. Or (W); vs. SB (W) ; vs. GS (W); vs. KG (W); vs. Lime (W); vs. Mor (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. Pur (W); vs. Ry (W)

#-Ry (6-3); vs. Pur (W); vs. Blk (L); vs. Or (W); vs. SB (W); vs. GS (#-W); vs. KG (W); vs. Lime (W); vs. Mor (L); vs. Red (L)

%-GS (5-4): vs. Lime (W); vs. Mor (L); vs. Red (L); vs. Pur (W); vs. Ry (%-L); vs. Or (W); vs. SB (W); vs. Blk (L); vs. KG (W)

Pur (4-5); vs. Ry (L); vs. Or (W); vs. SB (W); vs. GS (L); vs. KG (W); vs. Lime (W); vs. Mor (L); vs. Red (L); vs. Blk (L)

KG (2-7): vs. Blk (L); vs. Lime (L); vs. Mor (L); vs. Red (L); vs. Pur (L); vs. Ry (L); vs. Or (W); vs. SB (W); vs. GS (L)

SB (2-7); vs. Mor (L); vs. Red (L); vs. Pur (L); vs. Ry (L); vs. Or (W); vs. Blk (L); vs. GS (L); vs. KG (L); vs. Lime ($-W)

Or (1-8); vs. Red (L); vs. Pur (L); vs. Ry (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. SB (L); vs. GS (L); vs. KG (L); vs. Lime (W); vs. Mor (L)
Lime (1-8): vs. GS (L); vs. KG (W); vs. BLK (L); vs. Mor (L); vs. Red (L); vs. Pur (L); vs. Ry (L); vs. Or (L); vs. SB (^-L)

#-Includes Royal forfeit win over Golden Sun

%-Includes Golden Sun forfeit loss to Royal
$-Includes Sky Blue forfeit win over Lime

^-Includes Lime forfeit loss to Sky Blue

ROSTERS

(Undergrad Classes ‘19-Sr; ‘20-Jr; 21-So; 22-Fr)

TEAM BLACK (JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY)

5   JESS KAMINSKI 5’8 ARCH. WOOD/JEFFERSON ’18
10 BEVERLY KUM 5’11 ST. MARIA GORETTI/JEFFERSON ‘19
11 VALEZ JACKSON 5’4 MERION MERCY/JEFFERSON ‘19
12 ALYNNA WILLIAMS 5’2 PLYM. WHITEMARSH/JEFFERSON ‘20
14 SABRIA LYTES 6’ HARRY S. TRUMAN/JEFFERSON ‘21
15 CAITLYN CUNNINGHAM 5’6 MT. ST. JOS/JEFFERSON ‘20
22 BRIDGET ARCIDIACONO 5’11 ARCH. WOOD/JEFFERSON ‘22
24 MADDISON HANEY 5’11 SPRING-FORD/JEFFERSON ‘21
30 ERIN MAHER 6’ NORTH PENN/JEFFERSON ‘19
32 HALEY MEINEL 5’11 CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH/JEFFERSON ‘22
45 AYOOLA OGUNTUASE 5’11 ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN/JEFFERSON ‘19

TEAM GOLDEN SUN

1   SHIRA NEWMAN 5’7 UPPER DUBLIN/MILLERSVILLE ‘13
4   SAMANTHA BRUSHA 5’10 ABINGTON/MILLERSVILLE ‘22
5   MYONIE WILLIAMSON 5’10 RADNOR/CABRINI
10 STEPHANIE PETERY 5’9 POPE JOHN PAUL/MERCYHURST ‘20
12 NIA HOLLAND 5’6 SHIPLEY SCHOOL/LAFAYETTE ‘19
14 ASHLEY WOOD 5’6 SPRING-FORD/KUTZTOWN ‘13
15 JULIA BUCHMAN 5’9 PARKLAND HS/MERCYHURST
20 CATHERINE COPELAND 6’ CLAYTON/MILLERSVILLE ‘21
21 FIONA AROMANDO ROBBINSVILLE/GETTYSBURG ‘22
22 ISIS YOUNG 5’6 LIFE CENTER ACAD/SYRACUSE ‘19
34 K’VIAH-CYNAE BREAZEALE 5’9 NEW FOUNDATIONS CHARTER/CHEYNEY
              COACHES: ASHLEY WOOD, SHIRA NEWMAN


TEAM KELLY GREEN (CHESTNUT HILL)

4   KAITLIN DOUGHERTY 5’5 SAINT BASIL/CHESTNUT HILL ‘21
5   ABIGAIL SPRATT 5’7 CENTRAL BUCKS WEST/CHESTNUT HILL ‘22
10 CASSIE SEBOLD 5’5 ARCHBISHOP WOOD/CHESTNUT HILL ‘21
11 SHANNON GLENN ARCHBISHOP RYAN/CHESTNUT HILL ‘20
12 ASIA TURNER 5’7 ABINGTON FRIENDS/LONG ISLAND U. – POST ‘20
14 LAUREN CRIM 5’5 LANSDALE CATHOLIC/CHESTNUT HILL ‘22
15 CAELA RUSSELL 5’9 ARCH RYAN/CHESTNUT HILL ‘22
20 RACHEL MILLAN 5’8 LOWER MORELAND/CHESTNUT HILL ‘21
21 BRI HEWLETT 5’10 NORTH PENN/CHESTNUT HILL ‘22
22 BRIANNA CULLEN 5’7 NORTH PENN/WIDENER ‘18
30 LILY KUNTZ 6’ EPISCOPAL ACAD/MIDDLEBURY ‘20

TEAM LIME

10 JESSICA MCKENZIE 5’10 NORTH PENN/CENTENARY U. ‘22
11 MARISA DiLEO 5’8 STOCKTON ‘20
12 KATIE FISHER 5’7 STRATH HAVEN/WEST CHESTER ‘20
13 GABRIELLE TROISI 5’7 POPE JOHN PAUL II/WEST CHESTER ‘20
14 MARISA MORANO 5’6 VILLA JOS. MARIE/URSINUS ‘21
15 CAILIN O’HARA 5’7 CENTRAL BUCKS WEST/CENTENARY ‘20
20 FRANCESCA BOGIATZIS 5’8 VILLA JOSEPH MARIE/URSINUS ‘20
24 RYLEE POWER 5’8 MARPLE NEWTOWN/WEST CHESTER ‘19
25 SARAH O’HARA 5’7 CENTRAL BUCKS WEST/WILKES U. ‘22
30 LYDIA KONSTANZER 5’11 PENNRIDGE/URSINUS ‘20
40 ASHLYN WERT 6’5 J.P. MCCASKEY/SAINT JOSEPH ‘19
42 NAILAH DELINOIS 5’9 NORTHEAST/SAINT JOSEPH’S ‘20

TEAM MAROON (USCIENCES)

5   ALYX McKIERNAN 5’4 IMMAC HEART ACADEMY/USCIENCES ‘19
10 BRIGIT COLEMAN 5’6 GWYNEDD MERCY/USCIENCES ‘20
11 TAYLOR HAMM 6’ PERKIOMEN VALLEY/USCIENCES ‘22
12 COLLEEN WALSH 5’10 SHIPLEY SCHOOL/USCIENCES ‘18
14 MIKAELA GIULIANI 6’1 NORTH PENN/USCIENCES ‘20
15 SHANNON MAY 5’5 ARCH WOOD/USCIENCES ‘21
20 JORDAN VITELLI 5’6 CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH/USCIENCES ‘20
21 KENDALL KEYES 5’7 LENAPE REGIONAL/USCIENCES ‘25
25 JULIANA GURA 5’10 ST. BASIL/USCIENCES ‘22
30 IRISA YE 5’9 NORTH PENN/USCIENCES ‘21
32 JESS HUBER 5’9 NORTH PENN/USCIENCES ‘21
 
TEAM ORANGE (PENN STATE-ABINGTON)

4   SYDNEY BARROW 5’5 JOHN BARTRAM/PENN STATE ABINGTON ‘20
10 SHAYNA RODRIGUEZ 5’9 ARCH RYAN/PENN STATE ABINGTON ‘19
13 SARAH WILSON 5’4 NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY/NYACK ‘22
14 MONIKA SMALLWOOD 5’8 WALLENPAUPACK AREA HS/DEL VALLEY U. ‘19
15 WYNTER BESS 5’7 ARCH. CARROLL/PENN STATE ABINGTON ‘22
21 MICHELLE GILL 5’4 INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN/PENN STATE ABINGTON ‘22
23 JANAIAH ELUM 5’3 NORTHEAST/PENN STATE ABINGTON ‘17
24 SYMANTHA MARRERO 5’7 CENTRAL/PENN STATE ABINGTON ‘18
30 ALYSSA O’MARA 6’ ST. BASIL/PENN STATE ABINGTON ‘20
33 DANIELLE SKEDZIELEWSKI 5’8 ARCH RYAN/DELAWARE VALLEY U. ‘19
34 GABBY HEINSINGER 5’8 MERION MERCY/NYU ‘20
35 AYOTOLANI OGUNTUASE 5’10 ATL. CHRISTIAN/ PENN ST.- ABINGTON ‘21

TEAM PURPLE

4   BRADY WASSELL 5’10 LANSDALE CATHOLIC/HOLY FAMILY ‘22
5   JADA SMITH 5’9 MERION MERCY/HOLY FAMILY ‘21
14 MOLLY MASCIANTONIO 5’10 ARCH CARROLL/HOLY FAMILY ‘22
21 ALYSSA DeNOFA 5’6 ABINGTON FRIENDS/MANSFIELD U. ‘21
22 AVERY MARZ 5’7 WILSON/SAINT JOS. ‘18
23 JULIA RADLEY 5’10 BISHOP EUSTACE/MONTCLAIR STATE ‘22
24 KATIE MAYOCK 6’2 CONESTOGA/SAINT JOS. ‘22
25 CARLY TEPEL 5’1 ABINGTON/TOWSON U. ‘17
32 ELIZABETH RADLEY 6’1 BISHOP EUSTACE/HOLY FAMILY ‘20
33 HANNAH ZOLL 5’11 LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL/HAVERFORD ‘20
34 MICHELLE NICHOLLS 5’9 LIFE CENTER ACADEMY/LaSALLE ‘20
40 MEGAN HUGHES 5’10 POINT PLEASANT BORO/HOLY FAMILY ‘21

TEAM RED (KUTZTOWN)

4   LYNDSAY CRAIG 5’5 CHEROKEE HS/KUTZTOWN ‘22
10 MICHELLE LALOR 5’5 HUNTERDON CENTRAL REGIONAL/COL. OF N.J. ‘21
11 KAREN LAPKIEWICZ 5’10 SAINT BASIL/KUTZTOWN ‘20
12 TAYLOR THAMES 5’7 NORTH PENN/KUTZTOWN ‘19
14 KALEE FUEGEL 5’7 SAINT BASIL/KUTZTOWN ‘19
15 ABBY BEYER 5’8 SPRING-FORD/ELIZABETHTOWN ‘19
20 BECCA MARGOLIS 5’3 COUNCIL ROCK NORTH/LAFAYETTE ‘22
21 GABBI WRIGHT 5’11 CHELTENHAM/KUTZTOWN ‘20
22 ALEX LEADER 5’8 LOWER DAUPHIN/KUTZTOWN ‘20
23 NATALIE KUCOWSKI 6’3 SAINT BASIL/LAFAYETTE ‘21
24 VERONICA CHRIST 5’10 DEL. VALLEY REGIONAL/ELIZABETHTOWN ‘21
33 DEVYNE NEWMAN 5’8 HERNDON HS/SAINT JOS. ‘22
45 ELIZABETH MARSICANO 6’1 ST. ROSE HS/SAINT JOS. ‘22

TEAM ROYAL

4   LAUREN FORTESCUE 5’6 PLYMOUTH-WHITEMARSH/SALISBURY ‘22
5   KYLIE WEBB 5’7 BOYERTOWN AREA SENIOR HS/SALISBURY ‘22
10 LAURA VETTER 5’5 LANSDALE CATHOLIC/HOOD COLLEGE ‘21
11 EMMA DORSHIMER 5’9 JENKINTOWN/GETTYSBURG ‘19
12 ALLI MARCUS 5’4 BOYERTOWN AREA SENIOR HS/ALBRIGHT ‘21
15 EMILY WALLS 5’8 BAYARD RUSTIN/MORAVIAN ‘19
20 HANNAH FOX 5’7 PENN CHARTER/AMHERST ‘20
22 JESSICA GERBER 5’5 COUNCIL ROCK NORTH/KENYON ‘19
23 MELISSAANN CLARK 5’5 NAZERETH ACAD/NORTHERN VERMONT UNIVERSITY/JOHNSON ‘22
30 MORGAN MATURANI 5’11 HENDERSON/SALISBURY ‘19
34 RACHEL RYAN 6’1 ACADEMY OF NOTRE DAME/SALISBURY ‘20
35 ALLISON DIENES 6’1 DOWNINGTOWN EAST/ALBRIGHT ‘21
                                   COACH: STEVE FLYNN

TEAM SKY BLUE

4   ANNA TASSARI 5’8 OAKLAND CATH/ARCADIA ‘21
5   COURTNEY HOFFMAN 5’5 ST. HUBERT’S/ARCADIA ‘20
10 JOELLE BRIDGES 5’4 SPRINGSIDE/ARCADIA ‘22
12 TAYLOR DUNN 5’10 CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH/ARCADIA ‘20
14 SAMI FALENCKI 5’3 SOUDERTON/ARCADIA ‘22
21 HALLE ROBINSON 5’8 MARPLE NEWTOWN/ARCADIA ‘22
23 EDEN MILLER 5’8 MANHEIM TWSHP/ARCADIA ‘22
24 ANNA SPASCHAK 5’4 SOUTHERN REGIONAL/ARCADIA ‘21
25 ISABELLA O’HARE 5’6 MARLBORO/ARCADIA’22
30 JAMIE MANZO 5’10 CHEROKEE/ARCADIA ‘20
31 HALEY STILL 5’6 NEW OXFORD/ARCADIA’21
32 CAMILLE MENNS WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE/ARCADIA ‘19
33 TAYLOR FRITZ 5’10 PHILA ACAD CHARTER/ARCADIA ‘21