NCDA Nationals this weekend

The NCDA National Tournament is upon us this weekend. We’re traveling to Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, for the tournament, where 12 other teams will be competing and having a boat load of fun with us. The teams competing besides DePaul are Grand Valley St, Saginaw Valley St, Michigan St, Kent St, Ohio St, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Miami-Ohio, Western Kentucky, UW-Platteville, Western Illinois and the hosts Bowling Green St.

We’re playing Miami-Ohio, Ohio State and Central Michigan in pool play on Saturday, and the single elimination bracket takes place on Sunday (which is seeded by pool play records). Hopefully we’ll string together some good wins, especially against OSU, and have a ton of fun in the process.

We’re bringing a excellent group this year and I’m super excited about our prospects. There’ll be a Saturday update after the first day, and a Sunday update as well. We’re also filming, and the league is doing a podcast of our game against OSU, so I’ll post that stuff as well when it’s finished.

DePaul Tournament Roster:

1. Bryan Simpson (Sr.) #: 21
2. Tony Valdivieso (Sr.) #: 2
3. Alec Synakowski (Sr.) #: 16
4. Vegim Begolli (Sr.) #: 94
5. Brian Newar (Sr.) #: 35
6. Jack Young (Sr.) #: 77
7. Ziggy Maloni (Jr.) #: 36
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

- Jack