Grand Valley Wins Fifth Nationals

nationals-champ-2013Grand Valley was able to successfully win their fifth National Championship, their first since 2010, with a 3-0 win over Michigan State in the National Championship Game. Led by Mark Trippiedi (GVSU #8-C), the Lakers went 6-1 on the weekend. On Saturday, GV beat Northwestern State 7-0 and Miami (OH) 6-0, but were defeated by James Madison 2-1. The Lakers would earn the sixth seed on Sunday, playing #11 Bowling Green in the first round. GV took care of business 5-0 in that game, gaining the right to play #3 JMU once again. The Lakers got their revenge in a big way, with a 4-1 victory over the Dukes. This set up a showdown that everyone had been clamoring for all season, GVSU vs #2 Kentucky. With tons of UK fans in attendance, GVSU would win 4-1. The win ensured GVSU their 6th National Championship appearance in seven seasons, and they would play a team they’ve never lost to before: #5 Michigan State. The Championship Game was never really in doubt, as the Lakers rolled over the Spartans with a 3-0 win.

GVSU had four players named to the All Star Game: Mark Trippiedi (GVSU #8), Dylan Fettig (GVSU #24), Jeremy Stempky (GVSU #15), and Kevin Bailey (GVSU #4). Stempky would have to be replaced by Vince Baggett (GVSU #9) due to him not arriving until Sunday. The Lakers also had four first team All-Nationals players, led by MVP Mark Trippiedi. He was joined by Fettig, Stempky, and Bailey on the team.

2013 All-Nationals Team

FIRST TEAM

  • MVP: Mark Trippiedi (GVSU)
  • Dylan Fettig (GVSU)
  • Camden Fullmer (Kent)
  • Felix Perrone (WKU)
  • Wes Peters (CMU)
  • Kevin Bailey (GVSU)
  • Brady Etzler (BGSU)
  • Brett Hadwin (CMU)
  • Andrew Hassett (JMU)
  • Dan Shackelford (Kent)
  • Mike Van Ermen (MSU)
  • Marteece Pennington (NSULA)
  • Wes Hopkins (UK)
  • Sam Hiller (MSU)
  • Jeremy Stempky (GVSU)

SECOND TEAM

  • Troy Dixon (DePaul)
  • Brent Gromer (JMU)
  • Jon Shaw (TU)
  • Zach Ross (UK)
  • Alex Sorrels (WKU)
  • Chris Hess (JMU)
  • Chris Stringer (OSU)
  • Zach Phelps (SVSU)
  • Spencer Jardine (SVSU)
  • Kevin Miller (MSU)
  • Ian Childs (MSU)
  • Myles Shepard (SVSU)
  • Max Siler (SVSU)
  • Alex Swedowski (UWP)
  • Brett Ireland (JMU)
  • Alex Acton (MSU)
  • Sean Smith (TU)

League Shirt

310298_10103164880775374_1586968264_nThe NCDA now has a League shirt!

Available for all players and friends of the NCDA, this snazzy number is also the official alumni uniform (if/when we finally schedule an alumni game at the National Tournament).

This year’s deadline to order: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The price: $22
The pay deadline: Saturday, April 13, 2013
Not going to Lexington for the Tourney? No problem, you’ll just pay for shipping costs as well.

To place an order, post your shirt size, #, and name for the back, or email the League account.

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Initial Information

Captains, Presidents and Affiliates of the League,

Congratulations! The University of Kentucky would like to extend an invitation for your team to attend Nationals for the 2012-2013 school year. Nationals will take place at the University of Kentucky’s facilities in Lexington, Kentucky between the dates of April 13th-15th. Each school that attends is guaranteed four matches; three in pool play and one at the beginning of single elimination play on Sunday, the 15th.  Continue reading