pacers post-up
MARYWOOD MEN’S BASKETBALL “PACERS POST-UP”
October 2016: Volume 2 Issue 1 COACH’S CORNER
And we’re off…Looking forward to opening the season this Friday night at the Rose City Classic hosted by Drew University in Madison, NJ. The preseason has been hectic but fun and we’re all excited to finally lace up against competition! Much has happened since our last newsletter including our 2nd
INSIDE THIS ISSUE COACH’S CORNER
1
NOVEMBER GAME SCHEDULE
1
CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN
2
SCENTSY CANDLE SALE
2
TIP-OFF DINNER RECAP
3
PLAYER SPOTLIGHTS
4
Annual Tip-Off Dinner on Saturday, November 5th. With nearly 200 supporters of Marywood Men’s and Women’s basketball on hand at the Regal Room in Olyphant, PA, we listened to a heartfelt and powerful message from 2007 MU Alum, Dan Tortora, enjoyed quality time with our guests and as usual, got a few laughs from our players’ performances! It was a very special night for our
NOVEMBER GAME SCHEDULE The Marywood Men’s Basketball team will open the season on Friday, November 18th @ 8pm in the Rose City Classic at Drew University against perennial power
teams and we greatly appreciate everyone’s support and
NYU (21-6 /9-5 UAA) who a year ago made it to the
generosity!
second round of the NCAA DIII National Tournament.
We competed tough in two scrimmages against two very good teams and I think learned a lot about who we are as team. We were informed that the league coaches voted us to finish 9th out of 10 teams and although we didn’t need any additional motivation,
The next day (Nov 19) the Pacers will face either Drew University (11-14/8-8 Landmark) or Hunter College (323/3-13 CUNY). The Pacers will take the floor at either 2pm or 6pm depending on the outcome of Friday
we’ll take it and I hope use it to our advantage! We also celebrated the Inauguration of Sr. Mary Persico IHM, Ed.D.,
night’s games.
who becomes the 12th President in Marywood University history,
Below is the complete November schedule:
You can watch the Inauguration Highlights of which I was grateful
11/18
vs NYU (Rose City Classic)
11/19
at Rose City Classic (Drew or Hunter)
to be interviewed for in support of our new leader. In this edition, we discuss our November game schedule, recap our dinner event, highlight a duo of returning players and announce two very important fundraising events. Our Crowd Funding campaign is a great one to have your assistance with.
at Gwynedd-Mercy University*
11/26
at Wilkes University (Cross-County Challenge) 2:00pm
of 100 donations!
11/30
There are great things happening in and around our program right now and we’re very much looking forward to getting this season
We hope to see you at some games soon! Go Pacers! Sincerely,
Enrico Mastroianni Follow us here:
2:00/6:00pm
11/22
Even the smallest donations count – please help us reach our goal 11/27
underway! As always, your support is greatly appreciated!
8:00pm
7:00pm
vs King’s College (Cross-County Challenge)
4:00pm
Centenary University*
8:00pm
CSAC Conference games are marked with * Home Games are in bold Neutral Site Games are in italics
PACERS POST-UP
VOL. 2 ISSUE 1
CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN We hope you’ll consider a donation for our program’s Crowd Funding Campaign. Funds donated through this campaign will support our trip to play Division 1, Binghamton University on Friday, December 30th at 4pm. In an effort to help our players feel more comfortable playing in an arena of that size we plan to travel up and stay over Thursday night. Your donation will help support the cost of that travel, which will include: hotel rooms, meals, team travel vans and fuel,
and other incidentals. Even the smallest donations count!
Please help us reach our goal of 100 donations! Click on the image above to visit our Marywood Men’s Basketball Crowd Funding page and make your donation today! Thank you and Go Pacers!
SCENTSY CANDLE SALE The Marywood University Men’s Basketball team is offering Scentsy CANDLES and One of a Kind Warmers through a partnership with Natalie Young, a Director with Scentsy Candle Wax and Warmers! A Facebook Fundraiser Page has been created to promote this Scentsy event to all of your FB friends. Please add all of your friends and family to the event so they can make their order in time for Christmas delivery!
Not on Facebook? That’s ok! Supporters can also order directly from this website:
Marywood Scentsy Fundraiser With your help, our team will receive 25% of all the products sold up to $1,999 in sales . If we reach $2,000 in sales, our organization will receive 30% of sales. This fundraiser event will end on November 30th to ensure Christmas Delivery! Questions: Contact Natalie Young – Scentsy Independent Consultant 585-610-9025
Follow us here:
[email protected]
PACERS POST-UP
VOL. 2 ISSUE 1
TIP-OFF DINNER RECAP On Saturday, November 5, the Marywood Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams held their Annual Tip-Off Dinner at the Regal Room in Olyphant, PA. We were proud to have Marywood Communication Arts Alum, Dan Tortora ’07, as our Keynote Speaker. Mr. Tortora is the owner and operator of the broadcast program "Wake-Up Call with Dan Tortora". Dan created MU Courtside beginning in his freshman year (2003) to broadcast our men’s and women’s basketball games and spoke about his career path and specifically how Marywood University helped to direct and support that path. You can listen to Dan’s full speech here: Dan Tortora’s Keynote Speech Dan was gracious enough to invite our basketball coaches to come on his show and discuss the dinner event and Marywood Hoops in general: Coach Macciocco and Coach Mastroianni on Wake-Up Call with Dan Tortora
Follow us here:
PACERS POST-UP
VOL. 2 ISSUE 1
PLAYER SPOTLIGHTS Jeremy RIngland, Bangor Area HS and Michael Rotell, Valley View HS return to the Pacers after sitting out the 2015-2016 season. As freshman in 2014-2015 both saw significant action and made major contributions to a team that won 14 games Jeremy Ringland, Bangor, PA, 6'8", Junior, Forward returns for the 2016-17 season after a year away from the team. As a Freshman (2014-15) Jeremy was on the CSAC Academic Honor Roll, played in all 25 games, making 13 starts, and logged 469 minutes on the court averaging 8.2 points per game. Ringland hit 31 three pointers while grabbing 89 rebounds and dishing out 29 assists. He also led the team with 44 blocked shots. Ringland's return provides help protecting the rim as he averaged 1.8 blocks per game as a Freshman. At Bangor Area High School Ringland was a two-time First Team All-Colonial League selection. Allentown Morning Call First Team All-Area. Easton Express Times First Team All-Area. VIA All-Star. VIA All-Star Team of the Year (top five players by position of the VIA All-Star). Jeremy Ringland returns to the Pacers looking to pick up where he left off as a freshman.
He's the son of Kelly and Debbie Ringland, majoring in Bio-technology.
Mike Rotell, Archbald, PA, 6'4", Junior, Forward from nearby Valley View High School makes his return to the Marywood Basketball program after a year away from the team. As a Freshman (2014-15) Mike was on the CSAC Academic Honor Roll, played in all 25 games, making 20 starts, logging 470 minutes, averaging almost 19 minutes per game. Rotell hit 53.5% of his shots from the floor (54-101) for 6.1 points per game. He also grabbed 89 rebounds while tallying 28 assists. Mike’s return helps to solidify post play for the Pacers while adding experience and veteran leadership. In high school Rotell was a two-time Lackawanna league All-Star and was a 1,000 point scorer. He's the son of Michael and Mary Clare Rotell, majoring in Accounting.
Michael Rotell will be counted on as a veteran leader within the group and provides great experience for a young squad.
Coach Mastroianni is very excited to have these two Pacers back on the court: “I’m really looking forward to coaching
Mike and Jeremy. They bring experience and add depth to our roster, especially in areas I thought we needed to see major improvements this season in order to compete. I expect that they will return to form very soon and help us compete on another level!”
Follow us here:
October 2016: Volume 2 Issue 1 COACH’S CORNER
And we’re off…Looking forward to opening the season this Friday night at the Rose City Classic hosted by Drew University in Madison, NJ. The preseason has been hectic but fun and we’re all excited to finally lace up against competition! Much has happened since our last newsletter including our 2nd
INSIDE THIS ISSUE COACH’S CORNER
1
NOVEMBER GAME SCHEDULE
1
CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN
2
SCENTSY CANDLE SALE
2
TIP-OFF DINNER RECAP
3
PLAYER SPOTLIGHTS
4
Annual Tip-Off Dinner on Saturday, November 5th. With nearly 200 supporters of Marywood Men’s and Women’s basketball on hand at the Regal Room in Olyphant, PA, we listened to a heartfelt and powerful message from 2007 MU Alum, Dan Tortora, enjoyed quality time with our guests and as usual, got a few laughs from our players’ performances! It was a very special night for our
NOVEMBER GAME SCHEDULE The Marywood Men’s Basketball team will open the season on Friday, November 18th @ 8pm in the Rose City Classic at Drew University against perennial power
teams and we greatly appreciate everyone’s support and
NYU (21-6 /9-5 UAA) who a year ago made it to the
generosity!
second round of the NCAA DIII National Tournament.
We competed tough in two scrimmages against two very good teams and I think learned a lot about who we are as team. We were informed that the league coaches voted us to finish 9th out of 10 teams and although we didn’t need any additional motivation,
The next day (Nov 19) the Pacers will face either Drew University (11-14/8-8 Landmark) or Hunter College (323/3-13 CUNY). The Pacers will take the floor at either 2pm or 6pm depending on the outcome of Friday
we’ll take it and I hope use it to our advantage! We also celebrated the Inauguration of Sr. Mary Persico IHM, Ed.D.,
night’s games.
who becomes the 12th President in Marywood University history,
Below is the complete November schedule:
You can watch the Inauguration Highlights of which I was grateful
11/18
vs NYU (Rose City Classic)
11/19
at Rose City Classic (Drew or Hunter)
to be interviewed for in support of our new leader. In this edition, we discuss our November game schedule, recap our dinner event, highlight a duo of returning players and announce two very important fundraising events. Our Crowd Funding campaign is a great one to have your assistance with.
at Gwynedd-Mercy University*
11/26
at Wilkes University (Cross-County Challenge) 2:00pm
of 100 donations!
11/30
There are great things happening in and around our program right now and we’re very much looking forward to getting this season
We hope to see you at some games soon! Go Pacers! Sincerely,
Enrico Mastroianni Follow us here:
2:00/6:00pm
11/22
Even the smallest donations count – please help us reach our goal 11/27
underway! As always, your support is greatly appreciated!
8:00pm
7:00pm
vs King’s College (Cross-County Challenge)
4:00pm
Centenary University*
8:00pm
CSAC Conference games are marked with * Home Games are in bold Neutral Site Games are in italics
PACERS POST-UP
VOL. 2 ISSUE 1
CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN We hope you’ll consider a donation for our program’s Crowd Funding Campaign. Funds donated through this campaign will support our trip to play Division 1, Binghamton University on Friday, December 30th at 4pm. In an effort to help our players feel more comfortable playing in an arena of that size we plan to travel up and stay over Thursday night. Your donation will help support the cost of that travel, which will include: hotel rooms, meals, team travel vans and fuel,
and other incidentals. Even the smallest donations count!
Please help us reach our goal of 100 donations! Click on the image above to visit our Marywood Men’s Basketball Crowd Funding page and make your donation today! Thank you and Go Pacers!
SCENTSY CANDLE SALE The Marywood University Men’s Basketball team is offering Scentsy CANDLES and One of a Kind Warmers through a partnership with Natalie Young, a Director with Scentsy Candle Wax and Warmers! A Facebook Fundraiser Page has been created to promote this Scentsy event to all of your FB friends. Please add all of your friends and family to the event so they can make their order in time for Christmas delivery!
Not on Facebook? That’s ok! Supporters can also order directly from this website:
Marywood Scentsy Fundraiser With your help, our team will receive 25% of all the products sold up to $1,999 in sales . If we reach $2,000 in sales, our organization will receive 30% of sales. This fundraiser event will end on November 30th to ensure Christmas Delivery! Questions: Contact Natalie Young – Scentsy Independent Consultant 585-610-9025
Follow us here:
[email protected]
PACERS POST-UP
VOL. 2 ISSUE 1
TIP-OFF DINNER RECAP On Saturday, November 5, the Marywood Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams held their Annual Tip-Off Dinner at the Regal Room in Olyphant, PA. We were proud to have Marywood Communication Arts Alum, Dan Tortora ’07, as our Keynote Speaker. Mr. Tortora is the owner and operator of the broadcast program "Wake-Up Call with Dan Tortora". Dan created MU Courtside beginning in his freshman year (2003) to broadcast our men’s and women’s basketball games and spoke about his career path and specifically how Marywood University helped to direct and support that path. You can listen to Dan’s full speech here: Dan Tortora’s Keynote Speech Dan was gracious enough to invite our basketball coaches to come on his show and discuss the dinner event and Marywood Hoops in general: Coach Macciocco and Coach Mastroianni on Wake-Up Call with Dan Tortora
Follow us here:
PACERS POST-UP
VOL. 2 ISSUE 1
PLAYER SPOTLIGHTS Jeremy RIngland, Bangor Area HS and Michael Rotell, Valley View HS return to the Pacers after sitting out the 2015-2016 season. As freshman in 2014-2015 both saw significant action and made major contributions to a team that won 14 games Jeremy Ringland, Bangor, PA, 6'8", Junior, Forward returns for the 2016-17 season after a year away from the team. As a Freshman (2014-15) Jeremy was on the CSAC Academic Honor Roll, played in all 25 games, making 13 starts, and logged 469 minutes on the court averaging 8.2 points per game. Ringland hit 31 three pointers while grabbing 89 rebounds and dishing out 29 assists. He also led the team with 44 blocked shots. Ringland's return provides help protecting the rim as he averaged 1.8 blocks per game as a Freshman. At Bangor Area High School Ringland was a two-time First Team All-Colonial League selection. Allentown Morning Call First Team All-Area. Easton Express Times First Team All-Area. VIA All-Star. VIA All-Star Team of the Year (top five players by position of the VIA All-Star). Jeremy Ringland returns to the Pacers looking to pick up where he left off as a freshman.
He's the son of Kelly and Debbie Ringland, majoring in Bio-technology.
Mike Rotell, Archbald, PA, 6'4", Junior, Forward from nearby Valley View High School makes his return to the Marywood Basketball program after a year away from the team. As a Freshman (2014-15) Mike was on the CSAC Academic Honor Roll, played in all 25 games, making 20 starts, logging 470 minutes, averaging almost 19 minutes per game. Rotell hit 53.5% of his shots from the floor (54-101) for 6.1 points per game. He also grabbed 89 rebounds while tallying 28 assists. Mike’s return helps to solidify post play for the Pacers while adding experience and veteran leadership. In high school Rotell was a two-time Lackawanna league All-Star and was a 1,000 point scorer. He's the son of Michael and Mary Clare Rotell, majoring in Accounting.
Michael Rotell will be counted on as a veteran leader within the group and provides great experience for a young squad.
Coach Mastroianni is very excited to have these two Pacers back on the court: “I’m really looking forward to coaching
Mike and Jeremy. They bring experience and add depth to our roster, especially in areas I thought we needed to see major improvements this season in order to compete. I expect that they will return to form very soon and help us compete on another level!”
Follow us here:
