The Guru Report: Heather Maroon/D2-USciences Grads Stay Unbeaten But Narrow 55-53 Pink/D2-Kutztown Win Over Columbia Blue/D2-Holy Family Shakes Philly Summer League Standings
Eight of the ten teams in this year’s summer league have at least one player on their roster who earned All-Conference honors during the 2021-22 regular season:
From the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (ACC) – 7 players
Player of the Year: Jess Huber (Team Heather Maroon/USciences)
Rookie of the Year: Emily Chmiel (Team Red/Chestnut Hill)
Defensive Player of the Year: Haley Meinel (team Black/Jefferson)
2nd Team All-CACC: Cassie Murphy (Team Black/Jefferson)
Cassie Sebold (Team Heather Maroon/Chestnut Hill)
3rd Team All-CACC: Monee Moore (Team Columbia/Holy Family)
Brianna Hewlett (Team Red/Chestnut Hill)
From the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) – 2 players
1st Team All PSAC: Leah Johnson (Team Purple/West Chester)
2nd Team All PSAC: Casey Remolde (Team Pink/Kutztown)
From the Centennial Conference – 2 players
1st Team All Centennial Conference: Dana Bandurick (Team Kelly/Swarthmore)
2nd Team All Centennial Conference: Jen Kremp (Team Heather Maroon/Dickinson)
From the Landmark Conference – 1 player
1st Team All Landmark Conference: Erin Doherty (Team Orange/Catholic U.)
And from the ECAC
2nd Team All ECAC: Miranda Liebtag (a Cabrini incoming senior playing on Pink/Kutztown)
Now here’s Bob with recaps of the five games followed by the Guru scoreboard page style info.
Recaps
Pink 55 Columbia Blue 53
Columbia Blue’s (Holy Family University) late rally fell short as Pink (Kutztown University) hung on for a 55-53 win in a late game Tuesday at the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s Basketball Summer League held at Kelly Bolish Gym in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
Both teams now have a 3-2 record in the first five games of the league.
Leila Hurley led the Pink team with 15 points while Olivia Smelas chipped in 12. Taylor Hinkle was the lone player in double figures for Columbia Blue with 13 points (three three-point FG’s).
A close game throughout, Pink built up a six point lead heading into the final minute of play in the fourth quarter, 54-58.
A three point bucket from Hinkle, a turnover by Pink and a basket by Skyler Searfoss in the span of 29 seconds quickly made it a one-point game 54-53.
Following a timeout, Columbia was forced to foul and sent Casey Remolde to the free throw line.
Remolde made one of two shots to give Pink a two point lead. Hinkle missed a go-aheadthree-pointer and Pink made a long inbounds pass to Remolde who was subsequently fouled. Remolde uncharacteristically missed both free throws, giving Blue one last chance which felt short as Pink hung on for the win.
The two teams were tied at halftime and again at the end of three quarters. Monee Moore opened the fourth quarter with a layup and put Blue ahead 42-40.
Pink got consecutive three-point baskets from Noelle Baxter and Annie Whalen to retake the lead and start a 10-0 run to take a 50-42 lead. Six straight points from Blue closed the gap to two before Abby Goodrich scored four straight points to push Pink’s lead to six 54-48, setting up the frantic final minute of action.
Heather Maroon 69 Orange 42
Jess Huber produced her third 20+ point performance in five games this season as Heather Maroon (USciences Alumni +) remained unbeaten with a 68-42 win over Orange (Ursinus College) in one of the two early games Tuesday night at the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s Basketball summer League.
Maroon is now 5-0 while Orange falls to 1-4.
Huber sank six three point baskets for the second consecutive game and finished with 24 points. Irisa Ye added 13 points Erin Doherty (Catholic U.) and Molly Aromando (Catholic U.) led orange with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
Maroon led wire-to-wire, making five three-point baskets in the first quarter with Huber’s third three-ball of the quarter giving Maroon a 19-6 lead after one period.
Ye took over in the second quarter with three three-point baskets while Huber tacked on two more to push Maroon’s lead to 40-17 at the half, increasing the lead to 56-27 after three quarters.
In the fourth quarter, Kate Connelly’s (Drexel University) three-pointer game maroon their biggest lead of the game at 63-32 before the team settled in for the 26-point win.
Purple 75 Sun 53
Purple (West Chester University) won their second straight game, cruising to a 75-53 win over Sun, in the second of two early games Tuesday night, snapping Sun’s two-game win streak in the process.
With the win, Purple improves to 3-1 while Sun falls to 2-3.
Michelle Kozicki led Purple with 15 points (5-5 FT) while anna McTamney added 14. Leah Johnson chipped in 12. Emily Violante (Gettysburg University) was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line en route to a team high 14 points to pace the Sun squad. Meghan Barbera (Gettysburg) and Jasmine Elum(Bethune-Cookman) added 12 points apiece.
Purple never had to play from behind and led almost the entirety of the game except for two ties early in the first quarter and a third late in the period. McTamney’s three-ball and
Kozicki’s two free throws broke a 12-12 tie as Purple closed out the quarter with a 5-2 run to lead 17-14.
Sun scored four of the first six points in the second quarter to pull within one 19-18 before Purple started to pull away, scoring nearly two baskets for every one Sun made as the quarter progressed. Elum’s basket brought sun within five at 29-24 before a 10-3 spurt by Purple in the final three minutes gave the Division II squad a 39-27 lead at the half.
Rachel Conran’s three-pointer pushed the lead to 15 at 44-29 before sun rallied with eight straight points with Violante leading the way as her squad pulled within seven 44-37. Purple responded with an 8-2 run to again go back up by double digits 52-39 and closed out the quarter leading 58-43.
Sun would close within 11 in the fourth quarter, 62-51 before Purple produced a 13-2 uprising in the final five minutes to secure the 22-point win
Red 83 Royal Blue 60
Red (Chestnut Hill College) put three players in double figures in the second of three wire-to-wire wins Tuesday night with an 83-60 win over Royal Blue (Arcadia University).
With the win, red improves to 3-2 while Royal Blue falls to 0-5.
Morgan Orloski led the Red team with 19 points while Abbey Spratt and Emily Sekerak added 13 and 12 points, respectively. Hannah Rhodes led Royal with 17 points. Scarlett Glasser-Nehls and Emily Schall added 16 and 11 points, respectively.
Kaitlyn Carter scored six points as Red opened the game with a 13-0 run before Kylie Meredith’s three-point basket put Royal on the board. Sara Tamoun’s basket gave Red a 19-5 lead before Royal chipped away with a 6-4 run to end the quarter.
A 9-0 run to open the second quarter increased the lead to 21, 32-11. Red continued to build on their lead as the quarter progressed with Avery White’s basket at the end of the half gave Red their biggest lead of the game at 46-18.
Royal opened the third quarter with a 9-3 run to shave the lead to 49-27 but would come no closer in the quarter as Red took a 65-42 lead heading into the final period.
Another Royal run to start the fourth quarter pulled Royal within 16, 69-53 with just under five minutes remaining. Red closed out the game with a 14-7 run to produce their highest offensive output in a game this season with the 83-60 win.
Black 82 Kelly Green 50
In the most lopsided game of the night Black (Jefferson University) earned their second straight win with a wire-to-wire 82-50 victory over Kelly Green.
The win even’s their record at 2-2 while Kelly Green falls to 2-3.
Haley Meinel and Tori Nigro had 15 points apiece to lead Black. Cassie Murphy chipped in 13 while Emily Keehfuss added 11. Dana Bandurick (Swarthmore College) was the lone player in double figures for Kelly Green with 19 points.
Keehfuss had nine of her 11 points as Black opened a 24-11 lead after the first quarter. Black extended their lead to 20 by halftime, doubling up Kelly in the second quarter to take a 38-18 lead at halftime.
Kelly Green had their most productive quarter in the third stanza, scoring 18 points but were outscored 23-18 as Black increased their lead to 61-36. Bandurick and Tamia Wessels had five points apiece for Green while Meinel had six of her 15 points in the third period with Emily Spratt adding five points.
Six different players scored for black in the fourth quarter as they continued to increase their lead, outscoring Kelly 21-14 to finish off the game with the 82-50 win. Nigro had six points in the quarter while Spratt and Jordyn Thomas had four fourth quarter points apiece.
Bandurick had six of Kelly Green’s 14 fourth quarter points as they dropped their third straight game after starting the season at 2-0.
Standings
(Thru Wednesday, June 29th)
Team W L PCT. GB PF PA
Heather Maroon 5 0 1.000. — 295 233
Purple 3 1 .750 1.5 293 237
Pink 3 2 .600 2 263 237
Red 3 2 .600 2 320 256
Columbia Blue 3 2 .600 2 298 268
Black 2 2 .500 2.5 228 201
Kelly Green 2 3 .400. 3 277 285
Sun 2 3 .400 3 270 278
Orange 1 4 .200 4 261 355
Royal Blue 0 5 .000 5 270 371
Players Scoring 20 or More Points
24-Jess Huber, Heather Maroon, W, vs. Orange, June 28
24-Jess Huber, Heather Maroon, W, vs. Kelly Green, June 23
24-Annie Whalen, Pink, W, vs. Red, June 21
24-Natalie Mehl, Orange, L, vs. Sun, June 21
21-Siobhan Boylan, Red, W, vs. Purple, June 21
20-Leah Johnson, Purple, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 23
20 -Jess Huber, Heather Maroon, W, vs. Sun, June 14
Phila/Suburban Women’s Summer Basketball League
Running Results/Advance Schedule
Tuesday, June 28
Purple 74, Sun 53
Heather Maroon 68, Orange 42
Pink 55, Columbia Blue 53
Red 83, Royal Blue 60
Black 82, Kelly Green 50
Thursday, June 23
Columbia Blue 76, Orange 51
Heather Maroon 69, Kelly Green 51
Sun 56, Pink 47
Purple 87, Royal Blue 67
Black 48, Red 39
Tuesday, June 21
Heather Maroon 53, Black 45
Pink 63, Royal Blue 50
Red 71, Purple 51
Columbia Blue 51, Kelly Green 48
Sun 75, Orange 62
Thursday, June 16
Kelly Green 51, Sun 50
Pink 52, Red 51
Orange 61, Royal Blue 50
Heather Maroon 61, Columbia Blue 59 ovt.
Purple vs. Black, postponed to July 14
Tuesday, June 14
Columbia Blue 59, Black 53
Kelly Green 77, Royal Blue 33
Red 76, Orange 45
Heather Maroon 44, Sun 36
Purple 56, Pink 45
Looking Ahead
Thursday, June 30
Early Games (6:30 p.m.)
Court 1: Sun (2-3) vs. Red (3-2)
Court 2: Columbia Blue (3-2) vs. Purple (3-1)
Late Games (7:45 p.m.)
Court 1: Royal Blue (0-5) vs. Black (2-2)
Court 2: Heather Maroon (5-0) vs. Pink (3-2)
Court 3: Kelly Green (2-3) vs. Orange (1-4)
Tuesday, July 5
No Games - Holiday Break
Thursday, July 7
No Games - Holiday Break
Tuesday, July 12
Early Games (6:30 p.m.)
Court 1: Purple vs. Heather Maroon
Court 2: Black vs. Orange
Late Games (7:45 p.m.)
Court 1: Pink vs. Kelly Green
Court 2: Red vs. Columbia Blue
Court 3: Sun vs. Royal Blue
Thursday, July 14
Early Games (6:30 p.m.)
Court 1: Orange vs. Pink
Court 2: Columbia Blue vs. Royal Blue
Court 3: Purple vs. Black - makeup from 6-16.
Late Games (7:45 p.m.)
Court 1: Sun vs. Black
Court 2: Kelly Green vs. Purple
Court 3: Heather Maroon vs. Red
Tuesday, July 19
Regular Season Ends
Early Games (6:30 p.m.)
Court 1: Red vs. Kelly Green
Court 2: Pink vs. Black
Late Games (7:45 p.m.)
Court 1: Royal Blue vs. Heather Maroon
Court 2: Purple vs. Orange
Court 3: Columbia Blue vs. Sun
Playoffs
Thursday, July 21
Round 1 Play-In
Court 1
6:30 p.m. 7th seed vs. 10th Seed
7:45 p.m. 8th seed vs. 9th seed
Tuesday, July 26th
Playoffs Quarterfinals
Early Games (6:30 p.m.)
Court 1: Lowest seed survivor vs. 1st seed
Court 2: 6th seed vs. 3rd seed
Late Games (7:45 p.m.)
Court 1: Highest seed survivor vs. 2nd seed
Court 2: 5th seed vs. 4th seed
Thursday, July 28th
Playoffs Semifinals
Early Game (6:30 p.m.)
Court 1: Highest Quarterfinal Survivor vs. Lowest Quarterfinal Survivor
Late Game (7:45 p.m.)
Court 1: Remaining Surviving Seeds
Tuesday, August 2
Playoff Championship
Tipoff: 7 p.m.
Court 1 : Semifinal Winners
Playoff Seed Tracker (Setting the Spots)
Heather Maroon/D2-USciences Grads (5-0) vs. Sun-W; vs. CB-W; vs. Blk-W vs. KG-W; vs. Or-W; vs. Pk-G6 vs. Pur-G7; vs. Red-G8 vs. RB-G9
Purple/D2-West Chester (3-1) vs. Pk-W; vs. Blk-Ppd; vs. Red-L; vs. RB-W; vs. Sun-W; vs. CB-G6; vs. HM-G7; vs. KG-G8; vs. Or-G9
Pink/D2-Kutztown (3-2) vs. Pur-L; vs. Red-W; vs. RB-W; vs. Sun-L; vs. CB-W; vs. HM-G6; vs. KG-G7; vs. Or-G8; vs. Blk-G9
Red/D2-Chestnut Hill (3-2) vs. Or-W; vs. Pk-L; vs. Pur-W; vs. Blk-L; vs. RB-W; vs. Sun-G6; vs. CB-G7; vs; HM-G8; vs. KG-G9
Columbia Blue/D2-Holy Family (3-2) vs. Blk-W; vs. HM-L; vs. KG-W; vs. Or-W; vs. Pk-L; vs. Pur-G6; vs. Red-G7; vs. RB-G8; vs. Sun-G9
Black/D2-Jefferson (2-2) vs. CB-L; vs. Pur-Ppd.; vs. HM-L; vs. Red-W; vs. KG-W; vs. RB-G6; vs. Or-G7; vs. Sun-G8; vs. Pk-G9
Kelly Green/Draft-1 (2-3) vs. RB-W: vs. Sun-W; vs. CB-L; vs. H.M.-L; vs. Blk-L; vs. Or-G6; vs. Pk-G7; vs. Pur-G8; vs. Red-G9
Sun/Draft-2 (2-3) vs. HM-L; vs. KG-L; vs. Or-W; vs. Pk-W; vs. Pur-L; vs. Red-G6; vs. RB-G7; vs. Blk-G8; vs. CB-G9
Orange/D3-Ursinus (1-4) vs. Red-L; vs. RB-W; vs. Sun-L; vs CB-L; vs. HM-L; vs. KG-G6; vs. Blk-G7; vs. Pk-G8; vs. Pur-G9
Royal Blue/D3-Arcadia (0-5) vs. KG-L; Or-L; vs. Pk-L; vs. Pur-L; vs. Red-L; vs. Blk-G6; vs. Sun-G7; vs. CB-G8; vs. HM-G9
Codes: Blk-Black; CB-Columbia Blue; HM-Heather Maroon; KG-Kelly Green; Or-Orange; Pk-Pink; Pur-Purple; Red-Red; RB-Royal Blue; Sun-Sun; D2-NCAA II; D3-NCAA III
G1 G2 etc. Game numbers which after played will switch to a W-win or L-loss for quick who-beat-who calculation in tie-breaks.
Team By Team Regular Season Schedules/Results
Site/Time Codes:EC1- Early 6:30 p.m. Court 1; LC1 - Late 7:45 p.m. Court 1; and thus EC2, LC2; LC3
Dates: Week 1 - G1-June 14; G2- June 16
Week 2 - G3-June 21; G4 - June 23
Week 3 - G5-June 28; G6 - June 30
Week 4 - G7-July 12; G8-July 14
Week 5 -G9- July 19
Black/D2-Jefferson (2-2)
June 14: vs. Columbia Blue, L - 53-59
June 16: vs. Purple, ppd. to July 14, EC3
Jun 21: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 45-53
June 23: vs. Red, W - 48-39
June 28: vs. Kelly Green, W - 82-50
June 30: vs. Royal Blue, LC1
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Orange, EC2
July 14: vs. Purple, EC3, ppd., from June 16
July 14: vs. Sun, LC1
July 19: vs. Pink, EC2
Columbia Blue/D2-Holy Family (3-2)
June 14: vs. Black, W - 59-53
June 16: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 59-61 ovt.
Jun 21: vs. Kelly Green, W - 51-48
June 23: vs. Orange, W - 76-51
June 28: vs. Pink, L - 53-55
June 30: vs. Purple, EC2
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Red, LC2
July 14: vs. Royal Blue, EC2
July 19: vs. Sun, LC3
Heather Maroon/USciences Grads (5-0)
June 14: vs. Sun, W - 44-36
June 16: vs. Columbia Blue, W - 61-59, ovt.
Jun 21: vs. Black, W - 53-45
June 23: vs. Kelly Green, W - 69-51
June 28: vs. Orange, W - 68-42
June 30: vs. Pink, LC2
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Purple, EC1
July 14: vs. Red, LC3
July 19: vs. Royal Blue, LC1
Kelly Green/Draft Team-1 (2-3)
June 14: vs. Royal Blue, W - 77-33
June 16: vs. Sun, W - 51-50
Jun 21: vs. Columbia Blue, L - 48-51
June 23: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 51-69
June 28: vs. Black, L - 50-82
June 30: vs. Orange, LC3
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Pink, LC1
July 14: vs. Purple, LC2
July 19: vs. Red, EC1
Orange/D3 - Ursinus (1-4)
June 14: vs. Red, L - 45-76
June 16: vs. Royal Blue, W - 61-60
Jun 21: vs. Sun, L - 62-75
June 23: vs. Columbia Blue, L - 51-76
June 28: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 42-68
June 30: vs. Kelly Green LC3
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Black, EC2
July 14: vs. Pink, EC1
July 19: vs. Purple, LC2
Pink/D2-Kutztown (3-2)
June 14: vs. Purple, L - 46-57
June 16: vs. Red, W - 52-51
Jun 21: vs. Royal Blue, W - 63-50
June 23: vs. Sun, L - 47-56
June 28: vs. Columbia Blue, W - 55-53
June 30: vs. Heather Maroon, LC2
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Kelly Green, LC1
July 14: vs. Orange, EC1
July 19: vs. Black, EC2
Purple/D2-West Chester (3-1)
June 14: vs. Pink, W - 57-46
June 16: vs. Black, LC1, ppd. to July 14, EC3
Jun 21: vs. Red, L - 51-71
June 23: vs. Royal Blue, W - 87-67
June 28: vs. Sun, W - 74-53
June 30: vs. Columbia Blue, EC2
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Heather Maroon, EC1
July 14: vs. Black, EC3, ppd., from June 16
July 14: vs. Kelly Green, LC2
July 19: vs. Orange, LC2
Red/D2-Chestnut Hill (3-2)
June 14: vs. Orange, W - 76-45
June 16: vs. Pink, L - 51-52
Jun 21: vs. Purple, W - 71-51
June 23: vs. Black, L - 39-48
June 28: vs. Royal Blue, W - 83-60
June 30: vs. Sun, EC1
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Columbia Blue, LC2
July 14: vs. Heather Maroon, LC3
July 19: vs. Kelly Green, EC1
Royal Blue/D3-Arcadia (0-5)
June 14: vs. Kelly Green, L - 33-77
June 16: vs. Orange, L - 60-61
Jun 21: vs. Pink, L - 50-63
June 23: vs. Purple, L - 67-87
June 28: vs. Red, L - 60-83
June 30: vs. Black, LC1
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Sun, LC3
July 14: vs. Columbia Blue, EC2
July 19: vs. Heather Maroon, LC1
Sun/Draft Team-2 (2-3)
June 14: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 36-44
June 16: vs. Kelly Green, L 50-51
Jun 21: vs. Orange, W - 75-62
June 23: vs. Pink, W - 56-47
June 28: vs. Purple, L - 53-74
June 30: vs. Red, EC1
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Royal Blue, LC3
July 14: vs. Black, LC1
July 19: vs. Columbia Blue, LC3
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