The Guru’s Philly Summer League Report: Black (D2-Jefferson) Cruises Over Royal (D2-Goldey Beacom)to Head to the Playoffs Unbeaten at 8-0

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

HATBORO, Pa. — Team Black, the unit from D2-Jefferson University, completed a perfect regular season run at 8-0 Thursday night beating Royal 78-48 Thursday night at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades, to set up a quick rematch with the D2-Goldey-Beacom unit in a 1-8 quarterfinal opener Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. on Court 1.

Off the standings as they existed and then were completed, only one flip of positions occurred to set up the playoff pairings.

Purple (D2-West Chester) grabbed an easy 72-45 win over Maroon (D3-Arcadia) while two-seed Sky (D2-Holy Family) had little difficulty likewise winning 58-42 over Kelly (D2 East Stroudsburg) enabling Purple (4-4) to take the four-seed and meet five-seed Kelly (3-5) at 7:45 p.m. on Court 2.

Sky (6-2) will meet 7-seed Maroon (D3 Arcadia), at 7:45 p.m. on Court 1.

The Alums from former University of Sciences Philadelphia, who compete as Cyber Pink (5-3) in the three slot will meet 6-seed Lemon Gold (2-6) at 6:30 p.m. on Court 2.

Ironically, the two were to meet Thursday but Lemon Gold (D2-Kutztown) took a 2-0 forfeit for lack of players.

Black’s Caleigh Sperling, one of the high scorers across the two months of action, was the sole player to reach the 20+ points performance again to help Black gain a perfect navigation of the schedule.

However, as seen in the past, games are not necessarily all safe bets for playoff outcomes as Black can testify, having entered several seasons ago as the top seed with a perfect record only to fall short of the championship round being upset in the semifinals by Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), Southern Division, rival Chestnut Hill, which the following winter had one of its best runs in CACC history.

There was one tie at the finish which held from Tuesday with Maroon and Lemon Gold both 2-6 at sixth. The two split their two games, each team played one other team twice so the eight teams could have eight games, but Lemon Gold had a better win topping Kelly.

The semifinals will be played on Thursday, July 31 on Court 1 at 6:30 p.m. with the championship the following Tuesday, August 5, at 7 p.m. and streaming for the third straight season on Ari Bluestein’s Sports Fan Based Network (SFBN).

Now here’s Bob’s recaps of the three games played and the data.

Recaps

Sky 58 Kelly 42

Team Sky (Holy Family University) broke open a close game in the first quarter and cruised to a 58-42 win over team Kelly (East Stroudsburg University+) in the final game of the regular season at the Philadelphia/Suburban women’s Basketball Summer League Thursday night.

Sky finished with a 6-2 mark and will hold the #2 seed in the upcoming playoffs next week.  Kelly finishes with a 3-5 record and will hold the #5 seed.

Ella Brown of Sky led all scorers with 19 points. Teammates Amy Ngo and Claire Dougherty added 12 and 10 respectively.

Avery White (ESU’ 26) led Kelly with 14 points while Emily Chmiel (ESU ’25) contributed 13.

Kelly held the early lead until Sky battled back to tie the game midway through the opening quarter. Sky then scored the final nine points of the quarter to break open an 18-9 advantage.

Sky added two more baskets to open the second quarter to complete a 13-0 run and lead 22-9. Kara Meredith’s basket late in the quarter increased Sky’s lead to 33-17.

They held the 16-point lead 37-21 heading into the second half.

A 6-2 run by Sky to open the third quarter upped their lead to 20, at 43-23 en route to a 47-38 advantage after three quarters.

Sky’s lead oscillated between 17 and 19 points in the opening minutes of the final quarter.

Brown’s basket midway through the quarter gave her team their largest lead at 54-33. Green chipped away at the lead with a 9-4 run to make the final margin 16 points.

Purple 72 Maroon 45

Team Purple (West Chester University+) jumped out to an early 10-1 en route to a 72-45 win over Team Maroon (Arcadia University) in the late game Thursday night.

Purple finished in fourth place with a 4-4 record while Maroon finishes the regular season with a 2-6 record and tied for sixth place.

Reynah Ratliff (Wilmington ’29) led Purple with 14 points while Sa’ni Savage (Chowan ’27) added 13 points. Lena Stein and Aaliyah Solliday added 12 points apiece.

Hannah Rhoades led Maroon with 14 points while Delaney Bell chipped in ten.

Savage and Stein combined for the first seven Purple points and Alli Kamulda’s (Chestnut Hill ’29) three-point basket made the score 10-1.

Purple added a 10-2 run to lead 20-3 before Maroon closed out the quarter on an 8-4 run fueled by three-point field goals from Rhoades and Delaney Finn to trail 24-11 after one quarter.

An 11-3 run by Purple to open the second quarter increased their lead to 35-14, later increasing the lead to 23, at 42-19 following Jordan Tate’s two free throws.

Purple settled in for a 44-24 halftime lead.

Three-point baskets from Rhoades and Bell fueled an 8-2 run to open the third quarter, cutting Purple’s lead to 46-32 at just 4:05 into the third period.

Purple then blew the game wide open with a 16-2 uprising to take a 62-34 advantage before Abby Arnold sank a three-point basket to close out the period with the score 62-37.

Purple used an 8-3 run to increase their lead to thirty 70-40.

Maroon closed the game out with a 5-2 effort  to make the final score 72-45.

Black 78 Royal 48

Team Black (Jefferson University) jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 78-48 win over Team Royal (Goldey-Beacom College+) to complete an undefeated regular season.

Black finished the regular season with an 8-0 record and will hold the #1 seed when the league playoffs  open next week.

Royal finished with a 1-7 mark and the eighth seed. The two teams will meet again in the quarterfinals next Tuesday.

Four players reached double figures for Black, led by Caleigh sperling’s 26 points. Gabby Racinto added 13 while Ana Pellecchia and Tori Nigro chipped in 12 apiece.

Katherine Lange (Goldey-Beacom ’29) led Royal with 12 points while Reagan Chrencik (Gettysburg ’27) chipped in ten.

Black jumped out to an 11-2 lead and following a Chrencik three pointer that cut the lead to 11-6, Black closed out the quarter with a 10-2 spurt to lead 21-8 after one period.

A Sperling three-point basket late in the second quarter increased Black’s lead to 36-11.

 Royal scored the final eight points of the quarter with a Lange three-ball, two baskets from Janie Cross (Goldey-Beacom ’28) and a free throw from Jocelyn Goldstein (Johns Hopkins’29) to cut the lead to 36-19 at the half.

A 10-2 run from Black opened the third quarter and increased their lead to 46-21 and kept going to widen the advantage to 54-28 heading into the final period.

Royal would get no closer than 23 points in the final period as Black extended the lead to as high as 33 before Talia Battavio’s (Goldey-Beacom ’29) three-point bucket made the final score 78-48.

Standings (Final July 24)

Team   W L Pct. GB PF   PA

X-Black 8-0 1.000 — 568 392

Sky 6-2 .750 2 416 400

Cyber Pink 5-3 .625 3 440 383

Purple 4-4 .500 4 485 432

Kelly 3-5 .375 5 386 465

Lemon Gold 2-6 .250 6 298 353

Maroon 2-6 .250 6 469 572

Royal 1-7 .125 7 314 480

X-Clinched top seed

 

Individual 20+ Nights

 

28-Taylor Hamm, Cyber Pink W over Maroon, Thurs., July 18

27-Caleigh Sperling, Black W over Kelly, Thurs., July 10

26-Caleigh Sperling, Black W over Royal, Thurs., July 24

26-Hannah Rhoades, Maroon L to Lemon Gold, Tues., July 8

25-Lizzie Halligan, Maroon L to Kelly, Thurs., June 26

25-Dani Brush, Sky W over Royal, Wed., June 25

24-Emily Spratt, Black W over Sky, Thurs., July 18

23-Talia Battavio, Royal L to Cyber Pink, Tues., July 15

23-Hannah Rhoades, Maroon W over Royal, Thurs., July 10

22-Emily Chmiel, Kelly over Purple, Thurs., July 18

22-Hannah Rhoades, Maroon L to Sky, Tues., July 15

22-Sabrina Mann, Purple W over Royal, Thurs., June 26

21-Rylee Derr, Cyber Pink W over Maroon, Thurs., July 18

21-Emily Spratt, Black W over Maroon, Wed., June 25

20-Caleigh Sperling, Black W over Cyber Pink, Tues., July 22

20-Taylor Hamm, Cyber Pink W over Royal, Tues., July 15

20-Claire Dougherty, Sky W over Maroon, Tues., July 15

20-Claire Dougherty, Sky W over Lemon Gold, Thurs., July 10

20-Sa’ni Savage, Purple W over Cyber Pink, Thurs., July 10

20-Taylor Hamm, Cyber Pink L to Purple, Thurs., July 10

20-Alainna Hopta, Purple L to Sky, Tues, July 8

20-Brianna Seltzer, Purple W over Royal, June 26

 

Results and Schedule

Calendar Results/Schedule

Thursday, July 24

 

End of Regular Season

Cyber Pink 2, Lemon Gold 0, forfeit

Black 78, Royal 48 makeup from Thurs., June 19

Purple 72, Maroon 45 makeup from Thurs., June 19

Sky 58, Kelly 42 makeup from Thurs., June 19

 

Playoffs

Tuesday July 29

Quarterfinals

6:30 p.m.

Court 1

1-Black (8-0) vs. 8-Royal (1-7)

Court 2

3 -Cyber Pink (5-3) vs. 6-Lemon Gold (2-6)

 

7:45 p.m.

Court 1

2-Sky (6-2) vs. 7-Maroon (2-6)

Court 2

4-Purple (4-4) vs. 5-Kelly (3-5)

 

Thursday July 31

Semifinals

Court 1

6:30 p.m.

Highest Seed vs. Lowest Seed

7:45 p.m.

Second Highest Seed vs. Second Lowest Seed

 

Tuesday, Aug. 5

Championship

Court 1

7 p.m.

Semifinal Winners

 

Tuesday July 22

Black 64, Cyber Pink 55 makeup from June 18

Kelly 66, Royal 61 makeup from June 18

Sky beats Purple,2-0, wins suspended game June 18

Maroon 56, Lemon Gold 47 — Maroon declared suspended winner

 

Thursday, July 17

Black 67, Sky 60

Cyber Pink 85, Maroon 59

Kelly 66, Purple 58

Lemon Gold 0, Royal 0

 

Tuesday July 15

6:30 p.m.

Lemon Gold 48, Kelly 40

Sky 79, Maroon 50

Black 63, Purple 49

Cyber Pink 70, Royal 49

 

Thursday July 10

Black 87, Kelly 44

Maroon 75, Royal 46

Sky 67, Lemon Gold 47

Purple 61, Cyber Pink 57

 

Tuesday July 8

Royal 2, Kelly 0, forfeit

Black 54, Cyber Pink 48

Lemon Gold 74, Maroon 62

Sky 60, Purple 56

 

Thursday July 3

Dark – Holiday

 

Tuesday July 1

Dark – Holiday

 

Thursday June 26

Cyber Pink 57, Sky 52

Kelly 81, Maroon 67

Purple 100, Royal 59

Black 67, Lemon Gold 33

 

Wednesday June 25

Sky 97, Royal 49

Purple 57, Lemon Gold 49

Cyber Pink 64, Kelly 44

Black 88, Maroon 55

 

Wednesday, June 18

6:30 p.m.

Court 1

Sky vs. Purple suspended to Tues., July 22

Sky Blue 33, Purple 32 halftime

Court 2

Maroon vs. Lemon Gold suspended to Tues., July 22

Maroon 56, Lemon Gold 47 4th quarter 2:02

 

7:45 p.m.

Court 1

Cyber Pink vs. Black, postponed to Tues., July 22

Court 2

Kelly vs. Royal, postponed to Tues., July 22

 

Thursday, June 19

6:30 p.m.

Court 1

Cyber Pink vs. Lemon Gold, postponed to Thurs., July 24

 

Court 2

Royal vs. Black, postponed to Thurs., July 24

 

7:45 p.m.

Court 1

Purple vs. Maroon, postponed to Thurs., July 24

Court 2

Sky vs. Kelly, postponed to Thurs., July 24

 

Team Schedules

 

Black (Jefferson) 8-0-x

7:45 p.m. Wed. June 18 vs. Cyber Pink – Court 1 (postponed to July 22)

6:30 p.m. Thurs. June 19 vs. Royal – Court 2 (postponed July 24)

7:45 p.m. Wed. June 25 vs. Maroon W 88-55 

7:45 p.m. Thurs. June 26 vs. Lemon Gold – W 67-33

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 8 vs. Cyber Pink – W 54-48

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 10 vs. Kelly – W 87-44

7:45 p.m. Tues. July 15 vs. vs. Purple – W 63-49

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 17 vs. Sky – W 67-60

7:45 p.m. Tues. July 22 vs. Cyber Pink – W 64-55 (makeup from June 18)

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 24 vs. Royal – W 78-48 (makeup from June 19)

X-Clinched top seed

 

Cyber Pink (USP Alums+) 5-3

745 p.m. Wed. June 18 vs. Black – Court 1 (postponed to July 22)

6:30 p.m. Thurs. June 19 vs. Lemon Gold – Court 1 (postponed to July 24)

7:45 p.m. Wed. June 25 vs. Kelly – W 64-44

6:30 p.m. Thurs. June 26 vs. Sky – W 57-52

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 8 vs. Black – L 48-54

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 10 vs. Purple – L 57-61

7:45 p.m. Tues. July 15 vs. Royal – W 70-49

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 17 vs. Maroon – W 85-59

745 p.m. Tues. July 22 vs. Black – L 55-64 (makeup from June 18)

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 24 vs. Lemon Gold – W 2-0, forfeit (makeup from June19)

 

Kelly (East Stroudsburg+) 3-5

7:45 p.m. Wed. June 18 vs. Royal – Court 2 (postponed to July 22)

7:45 p.m. Thurs. June 19 vs. Sky – Court 2 (postponed to July 24)

7:45 p.m. Wed. June 25 vs. Cyber Pink – L 44-64

6:30 p.m. Thurs. June 26 vs. Maroon – W 81-67

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 8 vs. Royal – L 0-2, Forfeit

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 10 vs. Black -L 44-87

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 15 vs. Lemon Gold – L 40-48

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 17 vs. Purple – W 66-58

7:45 p.m. Tues. July 22 vs. Royal – W 66-61 (makeup from June 18)

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 24 vs. Sky – L 42-58 (makeup from June 19)

 

Lemon Gold (Kutztown) 2-6

6:30 p.m. Wed. June 18 vs. Maroon – (suspended to July 22)

6:30 p.m. Thurs. June 19 vs. Cyber Pink – (postponed to July 24)

6:30 p.m. Wed. June 25 vs. Purple – L 49-57

7.45 p.m. Thurs. June 26 vs. Black – L 33-67

7:45 p.m. Tues. July 8 vs. Maroon – W 74-62

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 10 vs. Sky – L 47-67

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 15 vs. Kelly – W 48-40

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 17 vs. Royal – L 0-0

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 22 vs. Maroon – L 47-56 (score froze with 2 min left)

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 24 vs. Cyber Pink – 0-2 forfeit (makeup from June 19)

 

Maroon (Arcadia) 2-6

6:30 p.m. Wed. June 18 vs. Lemon Gold -Court 2 (suspended to July 22)

7:45 p.m. Thurs. June 19 vs. Purple – Court 1(postponed to July 22)

7:45 p.m. Wed. June 25 vs. Black – L 55-88

6:30 p.m. Thurs June 26 vs. Kelly – L 67-81

7:45 p.m. Tues. July 8 vs. Lemon Gold – L 62-74

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 10 vs. Royal – W 75-46

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 15 vs. Sky – L 50-79

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 17 vs. Cyber Pink – L 59-85

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 22 vs. Lemon Gold – W 56-47 (score froze with 2 min left)

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 24 vs. Purple – L 45-72 (makeup from June 19)

 

Purple (West Chester) 4-4

6:30 p.m. Wed. June 18 vs. Sky – Court 1 (suspended to July 22)

7:45 p.m. Thurs. June 19 vs. Maroon – Court 1(postponed to July 24)

6:30 p.m. Wed. June 25 vs. Lemon Gold – W 57-49

7:45 p.m. Thurs. June 26 vs. Royal – W 100-59

7:45 p.m. Tues. July 8 vs. Sky – L 56-60

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 10 vs. Cyber Pink – W 61-57

7:45 p.m. Tues. July 15 vs. Black – L 49-63

6:30 p.m. Thurs. July 17 vs. Kelly – L 58-66

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 22 vs. Sky – L 32-33 halftime when suspended

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 24 vs. Maroon – W 72-45 (makeup from June 19)

 

Royal (Goldey Beacom+) 1-7

7:45 p.m. Wed. June 18 vs. Kelly – Court 2 (postponed to July 22)

6:30 p.m. Thurs. June 19 vs. Black – Court 2 (postponed to July 24)

6:30 p.m. Wed. June 25 vs. Sky – L 49-97

7:45 p.m. Thurs. June 26 vs. Purple – L 59-100

6:30 p.m.  Tues. July 8 vs. Kelly – W 2-0, Forfeit

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 10 vs. Maroon – L 46-75

7:45 p.m. Tues. July 15 vs. Cyber Pink – L 49-70

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 17 vs. Lemon Gold- L 0-0

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 22 vs. Kelly – L 61-66 (makeup from June 18)

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 24 vs. Black – L 48-78 (makeup from June 19)

 

Sky (Holy Family) 6-2

6:30 p.m. Wed. June 18 vs. Purple – Court 1 (suspended to July 22)

7:45 p.m. Thurs. June 19 vs. Kelly – Court 2 (postponed to July 24)

6:30 p.m. Wed. June 25 vs. Royal – W 97-49

6:30 p.m. Thurs. June 26 vs. Cyber Pink -L 52-57

7:45 p.m. Tues July 8 vs. Purple – W 60-56

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 10 vs. Lemon Gold – W 67-47

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 15 vs. Maroon – W 79-50

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 17 vs. Black – L 67-70

6:30 p.m. Tues. July 22 vs. Purple (resumed from June 18) W 33-32 when suspended

7:45 p.m. Thurs. July 24 vs. Kelly – W 58-42 (makeup from June 19)

 

Seed Tracker

 

Black (Jefferson) 7-0: vs. CP (P); vs. R (P); W-M; W-LG; W-CP; W-K; W-PU; W-S; W-CP; W-R

Sky (Holy Family) 6-2: vs. PU (Su); vs. K (P); W-R; L-CP; W-PU; W-LG; W-M; L-B; W- PU; W-K

Cyber Pink (USP A+) 5-3: vs. B (P); vs. LG (P); W-K; W-S; L-B; L-PU; W-R; W-M; L-B; W-LG (F)

Purple (West Chester) 4-4: vs. S (Su); vs. M(P); W-LG; W-R; L-S; W-CP; L-B; L-K; L-S (F); W- M

Kelly (E. Stroud+) 3-5: vs. R (P); vs. S (P); L-CP; W-M; L-R (F); L-B; L-LG; W-PU; W-R; L-S

Lem. Gold (Kutztwn) 2-6: vs. M (Su); vs. CP (P); L-PU; L-B; W-M; L-S; W-K; 0-R; L-M; L-CP (F)

Maroon (Arcadia) 2-6: vs. LG (Su); vs. PU (P); L-B; L-K; L-LG; W-R; L-S; vs. L-CP; W-LG; L- PU

Royal (Goldey Beac+) 1-6: vs. K (P); vs. B (P); L-S; L-PU; W-K (F); L-M; L-CP; 0-LG; L-K; L-B

 

(S) suspended (P) postponed (Co) Completed (MU) Made Up (F) forfeit

B Black; CP – Cyber Pink; K – Kelly; LG – Lemon Gold;

M – Maroon; PU – Purple; R – Royal; S – Sky.