Tournament Season + Updates

So, to get the big piece of news out of the way first, we were awarded a good sum of money by SAF-B last week that will cover most of our tournament trip, new balls and jerseys. I’ve already purchased the balls, as we desperately need new ones, so they should be here within the week. Jerseys are going to be ordered very soon, so get your information to Tony if you haven’t.

As I mentioned in a previous post, Invisible Children is holding a 5 v. 5 dodgeball tournament on February 26th at the Ray from 5:45-9:00. The dudes from that club will be having sign-up tables in the LP Student Center tomorrow, February 17th (from 2:00-7:00 PM), and Thursday, Feb. 18th (from 12:00-4:00 PM). The fee is $3.00 per person and all the proceeds will go to various charities.

The NCDA tournament season is in full swing, and believe it or not, the mighty Grand Valley team fell this last weekend to Central Michigan at the Michigan Dodgeball Cup, and CMU ended up taking the hardware home. Western Kentucky also hosted a tournament, in which Ohio State ended up winning. What this means for DePaul is simple… parity is being achieved in this league, and our team this year will help contribute to this growing trend of parity.

Speaking of the tournament… Tony, Kevin and myself have finalized the roster for the National Tournament trip. This is always a painstaking process, but we think we have put together a great roster and are very excited about it. I’m sending out the invite as we speak, but here is the roster…

1. Bryan Simpson (Sr.) #: 21
2. Tony Valdivieso (Sr.) #: 2
3. Ziggy Maloni (Sr.) #: 36
4. Vegim Begolli (Sr.) #: 94
5. Brian Newar (Sr.) #: 35
6. Jack Young (Sr.) #: 77
7. Alec Synakowski (Sr.) #: 16
8. Mike Defazio (Jr.) #: 31
9. Luke Mockaitis (Jr.) #:54
10. Kevin Lange (Jr.) #: 1
11. Jimmy Campton (Jr.) #: 9
12. Andrew Messer (Jr.) #: 7
13. Colin Thomas (Jr.) #: 3
14. Kevin Hill (Jr.) #: 42
15. Mick Cielesz (So.) #: 50
16. Brian Ziebart (So.) #: 14
17. Spencer Steevensz (So.) #: 45
18. Brian Weinert (So.) #: 24
19. Troy Dixon (Fr.) #: 25
20. Tyler Mastracchio (Fr.) #: 8

Again, this roster was based off attendance, attitude/sportsmanship and cohesion. While competitiveness and skill weren’t taken into account, I really think this is a sick roster that will really be able to compete.

See ya’ll on Thursday night.

- Jack