Blue vs Yellow: 14-6 Blue
Purple vs Red: 15-10 Red
Purple vs Yellow: 12-8 Purple
Blue vs Red: 15-9 Blue
Standings:
1: Blue 13-1
2: Yellow 6-7-1
3: Purple 5-7-2
4. Red 2-11-1
Blue vs Yellow: 14-6 Blue
Purple vs Red: 15-10 Red
Purple vs Yellow: 12-8 Purple
Blue vs Red: 15-9 Blue
Standings:
1: Blue 13-1
2: Yellow 6-7-1
3: Purple 5-7-2
4. Red 2-11-1
Blue vs Purple: 18-12 Blue
Yellow vs Red: 19-14 Yellow
Blue vs Red: 18-11 Blue
Yellow vs Purple: 14-9 Yellow
Standings:
1: Blue 11-1
2: Yellow 6-5-1
3: Purple 4-6-2
4. Red 1-10-1
Week 5
Red over yellow 14-13 - Kiya pulls down the buzzer beater layout grab off a tipped disc. Red wins their first game in very dramatic fashion
Blue over purple 18-12
Blue over yellow 15-13
Red and purple -Tie. Eric comes down with another buzzer beater sky for Red to seemingly win by 1. There was unfortunately too many men on the field. The captains agreed to a draw after the game
Current Standings:
Blue 9-1
2. Purple 4-4-2
3. Yellow 4-5-1
4. Red 1-8-1
Week 4
Purple over red 16-15
Blue over yellow 15-14
Yellow over purple 19-7
Blue over red 15-10
Current Standings:
Blue 7-1
2. Yellow 4-3-1 (2-0-1 vs Purple)
3. Purple 4-3-1 (0-2-1 vs Yellow)
4. Red 0-8
Cara here! Sorry for the lackluster reporting.
Week 2
Yellow over red 17-16
Blue over purple 22-8
Blue over yellow 16-13
Purple over red 16-12
Week 3
Purple over blue 16-14
Yellow over Red 19-6
Blue over Red 11-10
Yellow over Purple: 16:9
Current Standings:
Blue 5-1
2. Yellow 3-2-1 (1-0-1 vs Purple)
3. Purple 3-2-1 (0-1-1 vs Yellow)
4. Red 0-6
Round 1 Blue over Neon 19-13. This game featured a very tight first half. Steven had the catch of the week with one footed toe grab off of a terrible (I throw it so I can criticize the thrower). Just before half, Spencer threw a bank shot hammer swing to Stephanie. She then completed the score to bring neon within 1 at half. Blue pulled away in the second half thanks in large part to the defense from Dan S.
Round 2 Purple over Red 20-13. This game featured a very different style than the first game. The fans figured out heckling from the top story and both teams shot deep frequently. Maybe a correlation? Purple jumped to an early 8-1 lead as throwers like Nat and Jaime hit Shauna and Olivia deep often. Olivia vs Beth was the match-up to watch through out the game as they battled over many jump balls. Red won the second half, but it was not enough to catch up
Round 3 Gold and Purple 14-14. This was the game of the night to watch. Ethan and Michi from Neon led the way for their team as they had great handler movement and layout D’s in the game. Purple again efficiently used their athletic women in the deep space. This game came down to the wire. Joshua from Neon toed the line with seconds left. Purple was not able to put up a last second hail mary before the game was called.
Round 4 Blue over red 17-11. Red unfortunately got off to another slow start. Hana and Dan W. led a fantastic small ball attack for a smooth offense for blue. Jackson and Dan S. were able to control the deep space for blue to lead their team to another victory
Current Standings
Blue 2-0
Purple 1-1-0
Neon 0-1-1
Red 0-2
Round 1
White over Black-
Green over Gold-
Round 2
Green over Black-
Blue over White-
Final Standings:
Green 9-4
Blue 8-4
White 7-6
Gold 6-7
Black 2-11
Next week’s schedule:
Round 1:
#1 Green vs #4 Gold
#2 Blue vs #3 White
Off: Black
Round 2:
Winner of Semifinals
Pickup game for all interested
Round 1
Gold over Black (9-6)-
Green over Blue (10-8)-
Round 2
Gold over Green (8-5)
White over black (10-8)
Standings:
Green 7-3
Blue 6-3
White 5-4
Gold 4-6
Black 2-8
Next week’s schedule:
Round 1:
White vs Gold
Black vs Blue
Bye: Green
Round 2:
White vs green
Blue vs gold
Bye: Black
Round 1
Gold over Blue (13-12)-
Green over white (11-10)-
Round 2
Blue over black (13-6)
Gold over white (12-11)
Standings:
Blue 6-2
Green 6-2
White 4-4
Black 2-6
Gold 2-6
Next week’s schedule:
Round 1:
Green vs blue
Black vs gold
Bye: White
Round 2:
Gold vs green
Black vs white
Bye: Blue
Round 1
Blue over white (12-11)- White fell behind early thanks to the smooth offense of blue who took a 7-4 lead at half. What came back all the way to tie it at 11-11 all, forcing universe. Beth threw one of her many blades of the day. A diving Rob was able to layout around his defender and snag the goal. Chris and Shawna from white both played especially well in the loss
Green over black (11-10)- a short handed green wins a tight one over black
Round 2
Blue over green (13-7) Dan came out on fire this game, blowing up every under. Andy also throw a 2 pointer to give blue an 8-2 lead at one point. Mostly holds to end it as Blue won the game
Black over gold (10-8) The spirit of Dan Cochran lives on as yet another gold team runs a zone in league. It helped produce a very tight game throughout including Stephanie getting a layout D on Paolo. Gold takes the last two points as they get their second win over gold this season
Standings:
Blue 5-1
Green 5-2
White 4-2
Black 2-5
Gold 0-6
Next week’s schedule:
Round 1:
Green vs white
Blue vs gold
Bye: Black
Round 2:
White vs gold
Black vs blue
Bye: Green
Keeping things sparse this week. You can expect a more detailed response for next week
Round 1
Blue over black (12-6)
White over yellow (9-3)
Round 2
Green over gold (10-8)
White over black (10-6)
Standings:
Green 4-1
White 4-1
Blue 3-1
Black 1-4
Gold 0-5
Next week’s schedule:
Round 1:
Green vs black
Blue vs white
Bye: Gold
Round 2:
Black vs gold
Green vs blue
Bye: White
The league faces the moon and it’s dreadful tides. It was a muddy match-up of man (and woman) vs moon and mud. Plenty of sick layouts and human cones for the games that day.
Round 1:
Blue over Gold: It is now apparently a tradition to hide the details of one game. My current theory is that blue is trying to hide their stuff to limit scouting for the playoffs. Blue wins a low scoring game 6-2
Green over White: The battle of “loam, loam on the range.” Green takes as many 2 pointers as possible even if it required a mega dump. After falling behind early 4-1, green comes back to take the win 9-5. Shawna and Mary was the matchup to watch for this game. Shawna was laying out everywhere including the land, sea, and air. Mary played excellent D on her including a crucial D late in the game.
Round 2:
White over blue: The sea continues to rise requiring human cones in the underwater end zones. Jamie sets a point record with allegedly 20 turnovers on the last point. He still comes away with a W as blue wins 9-6. Ben Bradley was able to get a layout 2 pointer score from a dime from Scott in the memorable highlight of the game
Green over black:
This game also featured a ton of 2 pointer huck attempts from both sides. Sean, Jack, and lil Willy all had fantastic grabs in the windy conditions. Cara also was able to get a key water layout score as green takes the win 7-5.
Standings:
Green 3-1
White 2-1
Blue 2-1
Black 1-2
Gold 0-3
Next week’s schedule:
Round 1:
Gold vs White
Blue vs Black
Bye: Green
Round 2:
Green vs Gold
White vs Black
Bye: Blue
Welcome to the first week of the fall beach league. The games were thrilling, exhausting, and much different than regular “field” league. Here is a recap of the games.
Round 1:
Green over Gold: The NUK game. Contrary to the name, Nik orchestrated a smooth and flowing offense to allow green to take a smooth 8-4 win.
White over black: [Redacted. Big frisbee doesn’t want you to know what happened in this game. White 11-Black 9 is the rumored score]
Round 2:
Blue over green: Blue harnessed the full power of the round 1 bye, coming out on fire. New league players, Jen (with layouts and Ds) and Calvin (with scores) may be the steals of the draft. For green, Viktor and Sean both came up big with athletic plays of their own. 11-5 was the final score
Black over gold: Black win this won in a tight defensive minded game. Huffman may have had the play of the day as he got up big to sky a crowd for a callahan. Black takes it 5-3
Standings:
Blue 1-0
White 1-0
Green 1-1
Black 1-1
Gold 0-2
Next week schedule:
Round 1:
White vs green
Gold vs blue
Bye: Black
Round 2:
Green vs black
White vs blue
Bye: gold
For the playoffs recap, we have two guest writers (Michael and Ben).
In the first game of the semifinals, blue narrows lose to orange on universe as narrated by Michael.
First game of our season that started on time. Both teams have players trickling in as the game goes on. Stephanie arrives and gets cleated just in time for the first point. Blue team comes out pretty hot and takes a 3-0 lead. Alec shows up and gets a nice layout D on an under. Orange team ties it up and the game stays close until the end. Highlights along the way: Nice huck from Paolo to Jenny. Kyle makes a sweet layout grab to save possession in the red zone (his first of the season. Peaking at the right time!) Remarkable patience and poise from relatively new players Gab and Catherine. Blue team is up at intermission, we have enough time to play out the rest of hard cap. Jonnie wonders aloud if the game has implications on whether we play the next game. He seems to be the only one on the field that doesn't realize we're in the semis. Orange equalizes for universe on a high stall scoober from James that Spencer d's away from the first receiver, but in to Peggy. Blue team receives and turns it over. Contested "force out" call by Matt against Spencer saves possession for Orange. James to skying Matt for the W and Orange advances to the finals!
In the second game, White won a tight one vs Pink.
Pink opened on D and came zone. White worked it patiently 65 yards downfield. Pink had a seamless transition to man punctuated by a layout block from Nolan on a handler cut and worked it 70 yards to open with a break. White strung together three goals in a row off to take a 3-1 lead. Jaime Benites came up with a couple of big plays for holds but White ended up taking half at 5-3. Coming out of half, Pink ran an uptempo offense with quick give-gos and hucks to and from Nolan, Jaime and Viktor to keep it close, but White's side-stack offense featuring Kristin, Ben, Dan Wilson and Carter was equally efficient. Daniel from pink ramped up the defensive pressure and a redzone catch by Ben was ruled barely out of bounds, but white was able to force a turnover and get the hold. Pink brought it as close as 8-7 off of a big Jaime layout, but White was able to convert on consecutive points to Clemson and Huffman. Shawna came down with a big sky to close the gap to 10-8 but White was through to the finals
In the finals, White ended up triumphant over Orange!
This high-flying finals game featured many quick scores. White, missing several key college players, deployed a dominant side stack offense against orange and frequently scored in five throws or fewer. Orange, similarly missing standouts Mason Johnson and Tim Slade, struggled to answer back. The early points were a whirlwind of action as White jumped to a 4-2 lead. At this point, Tim Slade (unavoidably detained by work duties) arrived in an effort to lead his undefeated teammates to victory. Carter hucked a backhand to Ben just past a diving Alec to take half, 5-3.White secured the offensive hold coming out of half and pressured an overthrow off the pull on the following point. Kristin ripped an audacious red zone hammer that dropped into the break side corner for Carter to take a crucial 7-3 lead. Not to be outdone, Orange ramped up it's defensive intensity. Tim came up with a layout block off of Kristin's centering pass. A stall 9 redzone throw missed it's intended target but was saved by a huge layout from (Player on orange? @Tim Slade) for a break. Ben hucked a backhand endzone-to-endzone to carter to maintain the lead at 9-5. However, Tim and Dan's orange team came roaring back to 9-7 off of an Alex block on an Audrey in cut, with Matt T finding the endzone on a James deep shot.Desperate to maintain the lead, white dialed up the trusty side stack and Ben sent a laser flick to a streaking Eric Huffman to score in double coverage. Orange held the following point, but White's consistency was too much as Juice surgically picked apart the help defense with a leading flick to Tommy Jackson for the 11-8 win.
Overall, it was a fantastic way to spend Monday nights this summer. I hope to see many of you out at fall league starting this october
Game of the week- The first rounds of the week saw many teams saving energies or having their mind more focused on the playoffs ahead. White held off a furious comeback by Maroon to end the regular season with a final win. The game of the week goes to the Purple vs White quarterfinal. Purple (already an underdog) lost two of their best players when Izzy injured herself and Morgan volunteered to drive her for medical help. The remaining 8 members of the purple team came out on fire. Larry and Forrest connected with Dante deep shot after shot. Sonia expertly cut against white’s 6 man defense and created multiple D’s with her poaches. The game started out with 11 straight hold as White took half 6-5. The depth of white eventually shown through as they were able to dominate the 2nd half winning 11-7.
Offensive players of the week- Brendan from team blue. The load management strategy worked! In his 2nd or 3rd week of league, he came out ready to play. He added a much needed cutting presence to blue and was laying out everywhere. You know are doing a great job as maroon complained about the player half of their age running way way too much. He helped lead Blue to a 10-8 win over maroon
Defensive play of the week- Pat from Maroon. He snagged a whole lot of Ds against both white and blue. His defensive presence in the poach lanes and deep space helped fuel the comeback against white and kept things close against blue
Play of the week:
Next week’s game of the week- The finals! The winners of the pink-white and orange-blue showdown should be a very close and exciting game for all. Pizza will be provided, but please feel free to bring whatever else you would like to if you would like to stick around and heckle the finals
1st round results:
Orange win over Blue
Pink win over Purple
White win over Maroon
2nd round results
(QF) White win over Purple. White will now play Pink next week for the semifinals
(QF) Blue win over Maroon. Blue will now play Orange next week for the semifinals
Current standings after week 9:
Orange 17-0
Pink 11-6 (2-1 vs white)
White 11-6
Maroon 6-11
Blue 5-11
Purple 1-16
Game of the week- There were plenty of games to choose from. Pink and white were all tied up nearing the hard cap, before pink knocked out two straight. Purple pulled out new offensive and defensive schemes to fall just short against white in a likely preview of the quarterfinals. Blue vs Pink tops them though for this week. This game had it all. Big hucks and skies, savvy zone plays, and so much energy. Pink was leading by one with minutes left until hard cap. A red zone turn from Pink opened the door for Blue. A big huck from Spencer led to even bigger sky from Paolo. He quickly dished the disc in for the score setting up universe point. Blue threw zone for the final point. Spencer channeled his inner Ben Slade by snagging a hand block and yelling “PIECE” as loud as he can. Moments, later Spencer came down with the big sky in the back of the end zone to get the W for Blue. Pink now has to either win their game against Purple next week or see White lose to Maroon in order to dodge the quarterfinal game
Offensive players of the week- Spencer and Paolo. Both came out slinging today throwing massive hucks against pink. Paolo in particular had an incredibly big sky over Pink to tie the game up. Both players came huge for the last points of the game.
Defensive play of the week- John from Purple. With white trapped in the corner of their own end zone, Purple elected to throw zone. John brilliantly read the thrower’s eyes and pounced on a throw through the cup to the dump. He was able to grab the callahan in a thrilling game against White.
Rookie of the week: Nathan from blue. He is a classic example of a draft and stash. The two-sport athlete has now fully committed to ultimate. He added a much needed cutter for blue. He popped correctly for blue’s patient offense and exhibited excellent energy whenever pink or maroon went man. With Stack and Nathan both back for Blue, things may finally be coming together for this very talented roster as playoffs start.
Play of the week:
Next week’s game of the week- Purple vs White/Pink. In the interest of not giving away purple’s strategy before the playoffs, I won’t dive too much into what purple is doing now vs the beginning of the season. They are cooking something special though and may be the most improved team of the year. They played both pink and white very close recently. Either of those teams should be on a high upset alert. White will need to beat Maroon and have Purple beat Pink to gain the first round bye.
1st round results:
Orange win over Purple
Pink win over White
Maroon win over Blue
2nd round results:
Orange win over Maroon
Blue win over Pink
White win over Purple
Current standings after week 8:
Orange 16-0
Pink 10-6 (2-1 vs white)
White 10-6
Maroon 6-10
Blue 5-11
Purple 1-15
Hi all,
I apologize for the delay sending this out. My personal laptop forgot how to charge and my phone died a noble death at a wedding last weekend. I am slowly catching up to all things tech related including the league write-up.
Game of the week- Purple over blue. PURPLE DID IT!!!! The streak is over! After weeks of dedicated practice, purple’s zone offense finally meshed. Izzy especially was fantastic at getting the disc off the sideline. When Blue decided to ditch the 6 person zone look, Nat connected with deep hucks to Dante and Clyde like he always does. The purple women (Morgan, Sonia, Izzy, and Mae) were especially hard to cover. Stephanie from Blue deserves a whole lot of credit for playing almost every point, trying to keep up with them
Offensive player of the week- Alec from Orange. Orange had their hands full today playing against the two teams tied for 2nd in the league, with only 5 men and 3 women. To try to save legs, Orange went into gunslinger mode. They came away with two close wins as Alec especially was unstoppable in the deep space, collecting big skies over White and Pink’s top athletes. He threw a few hucks of his own. He also wisely dished to especially the women of orange to finish the score. Yours truly often only had warning track power on the hucks to Alec.
Defensive play of the week- Juice from White. White snagged an early lead with a break against Orange in their very important game. On the 2nd point of the game, Orange (ok me) was stuck on the corner of his end zone with an increasingly high still. A miscommunication on the dump caused the around to sail over the dump’s head and right into Juice’s hands. It was mere inches away from a callahan (and definitely a callahan according to Jake). It did not matter to Juice who quickly dumped it off for an early white break.
Rookie of the week: Daniel S on Pink. Captain and GM extraordinaire Nolan was able to snag Daniel S of the waiver wire. The man then had an immediate impact for Pink. He showcased his speed, snagging D after D. He also out read and out jumped me in the end zone from a deep throw from Nolan. Most of all, he was able to demonstrate terrific spirit of the game after having 5-6 strip calls against him, which he graciously threw back without contesting.
Play of the week: In Trevor’s last game before leaving for NOLA, the big man gets way up and skies a pile of pink players including Christophe. The hard cap point may not have earned maroon victory, but he can walk away from the area knowing he skied one of our best in the air. Please eat a benoit for us all up here when you settle into your new spot.
Next week’s game of the week- Pink vs White. The winner of this game gets a game and a half lead on 2nd place with only 4 more remaining games after. White’s extremely patient zone O will be tested by Pink very tight zone defense. This game promises to be a barnburner with both teams hoping to avoid a dreaded QF matchup against the resurgent purple or a blue team that can be deadly when everyone shows up.
1st round results:
Orange win over Pink
White win over Blue
Maroon win over Purple
2nd round results:
Orange win over White
Pink win over Maroon
PURPLE WIN OVER BLUE!!!!!
Current standings after week 5:
Orange 14-0
White 9-5
Pink 9-5
Maroon 5-9
Blue 4-10
Purple 1-13
Game of the week- Pink over Purple. This was a game that many experts (ok mostly just me) picked for purple to finally beat their streak and get their first win. Purple gave it all they had, taking an 8-7 lead with minutes to go to the cap. Pink stormed back using their trusty zone to hold on for a 10-8 win. The play of the game was an incredible layout D from Purple’s Larry that turned into an even more incredible layout grab from Pink’s Jamie. The favorites may have won every game this week, but no one got as close as Purple
Offensive player of the week- Jackson from White. Fresh off of his 2nd club ultimate experience, he came back a changed man. He now has the savvy to combine with the classic Jackson speed. He popped extremely well against a day full of zone. Maroon ran a tricky 3-2-1 zone with an aggressive cup and wings (including Dan C.) that would feast on anything floaty. Jackson was able to consistently be in the right place, allowing white to snag two very important wins on a day where they missed some very key players
Defensive play of the week- Dan C. from Maroon. Maroon turned in a total team effort today, despite falling short in both of their games. Quinn was making layout catches and Ds all day. Naveed was winning jump balls, forcing teams to play honest. Dan C. was on fire though. He had an incredible layout D on a swing pass against white. Their shorthanded zone routinely forced teams to throw 20-30 passes to move up the field.
Play of the week: Hammer threat Spencer from Blue showed the world why he has so spent much of his life studying math and science in school. The hammer defied everyone but Breese’s expectation. It went 30 yards in the air, 20 yards across, and 10 yards up to land perfectly in Breese’s arms. Move over Orange team, Blue will be the team to go undefeated in the 2nd half with this unguardable throw. It’s now up to Captain Jenny and Mike to whether or not they choose to unlock its full power.
Next week’s game of the week- Pink vs Orange. Orange will be tested a lot in the upcoming week. They will be tested mightily by both white and pink who are in a cage match for the first round bye. Will Pink’s power couple of Jamie and Shawna be able to contain the popping couple of NUK and Peggy? Which Dan makes the better 2nd half adjustments, the captain or the coach? Will Orange’s newest handler Kiyah be enough to cover for James’ absence in the zone handler spot?
1st round results:
Pink win over Blue
Orange win over Maroon
White win over Purple
Purple opened the game downwind on offense, but White struck first with a pair of early breaks. Both teams experimented with how to slow down the opposing team and force a lot of throws in the windy environment; Purple employed a female lane poach while White flattened their marks and helped in the deep lane. Juice, Josh Blake, and Isabel Haber all caught big first-half hucks for the white team while jumping out to a 6-2 first half lead. White extended the lead in the second half to 9-4. Purple closed hard in the second half to 9-7 off of strong handler play from Izzy and effective downfield cutting from Morgan, but ultimately ran out of time on their comeback
2nd round results:
Orange win over Blue
Pink win over Purple
White win over Maroon
Maroon's only lady left after the first game so they matched up 6-0 against a 5-2 white team from start to finish. White went up early off of short turnovers and fast break turnovers, but big plays from Trevor and Jason clawed the team back from 5-2 to 5-5. Dan Colletti came up with a spectacular layout D on the wing and Maroon caught two tipped discs in the endzone. White's zone offense gained valuable experience working through an under-manned 3-2-1 zone but experienced some drops and sneaky play from the Maroon D line. Ultimately, white team's zone O led by Kristin, Audrey, and Jackson's play as poppers led the White team to a 10-7 victory.
Current standings after week 5:
Orange 12-0
White 8-4
Pink 8-4
Maroon 4-8
Blue 4-8
Purple 0-12
Game of the week- Orange over White. The highly anticipated "Slade vs Slade' matchup did not disappoint. Orange broke first and looked unstoppable early on deep hucks to Mason Johnson and Alec. White, playing with 10 players and Audrey "Iron Woman" Kelly as the sole woman, generated a couple of key blocks running 6 men against Orange's 5-2 O line. Dan Wilson in particular gobbled up three of Orange’s early hucks in the first half. A high hammer from Dan was simultaneously caught by Ben and Kent for the goal. An overthrow from Orange allowed for a fast break and Dan-to-Ben scoober to take half 6-4.
Up 8-6, Danny hit a streaking Dan Wilson just shy of the goal-line, inches away from a decisive 9-6 lead. After a timeout, White's called play faltered and a late-stall scoober swing went wide of its intended target. Orange ran a fast break, but threw an incredibly ill advised lefty inside break by yours truly. It missed the cutting Robbie by about 15 feet, seemingly gifting white another chance. However, Kiya made a spectacular possession-saving layout grab and orange punched in the goal. Orange's numbers and fitness, plus some unforced errors from White, led to an incredible 4-0 run. On the final point, Mason picked off a desperation huck and then went 70 yards the other direction to catch the game winner as Team Orange maintained its undefeated streak with a 10-8 win.
Offensive player of the week- Heather from Pink team. In a game featuring a lot of 6-0 vs 5-2 action, she absolutely punished whatever junk looks sent her way. She consistently found the seams in white’s clam set up, whether it was streaking deep when needed or calmly distributing the disc from the back. Her play was monumental in securing Pink’s comeback win over White.
Defensive play of the week- Mason from Orange team. He has been a major part of Orange’s tall and fast cutting triumvirate (along with Matt T. and Alec.) Not only was he consistently getting open deep off of transition situations, he also helped control the deep shots on defense. He helped contain the huck happy offense of Purple and White all day. He also matched up very well against captain Ben on White, allowing the 2nd half comeback to happen
Rookie of the week: John from Pink. He emerged as a deep threat for Pink. He snagged several hucks the whole day and added another critical piece to the team’s rising offense.
Next week’s game of the week- Pink vs Blue. Pink has played very well the last two weeks. The team has moved up to 2nd place in the league, tying white’s record. They also have come closer than any other team to beating orange so far. Blue’s handler core seems to be custom made to weave through Pink’s tricky zone. Blue needs the win to make up some ground on the ⅔ slot ahead of them, while pink needs the win to stay pace with white and earn the coveted first round bye.
1st round results:
Blue win over Purple
Pink win over Maroon
Orange win over White
2nd round results:
Orange win over Purple
Maroon win over blue
Pink win over White
White took an early lead against pink's man to man defense, swinging the disc quickly and attacking downfield space. Despite some early miscues, Pink was able to right the ship after a timeout at 4-1. Captain Nolan played through a torn hamstring and came up with two key layout blocks and steady handler play.
Pink transitioned to zone late in the first half and took a 'bend not break' philosophy. Repeatedly, white would move the disc 60+ yards only to turn it over on an aggressive throw into the endzone. Down 5-3, Pink dropped a blady pull and it looked like halftime was imminent. However, Pink mounted a goal line stand, forcing a turnover and sending the disc the other direction to a streaking Jaime. On the following point, white dropped a pull of their own which pink promptly punched in to tie the game at 5s. Pink's zone defense generated yet another endzone turnover and sent a reeling white team into half down 6-5. White's zone offense stabilized in the 2nd half but were unable to put consistent pressure on pink's 5-2 O line with only 6 defenders. Heather Rogers was everywhere throughout the second half, distributing the disc and securing numerous high passes. Hard cap went on with Pink up 9-8. White tied it at 9s but Shawna secured a deep pass in the back corner of the end zone for the win, 10-9.
The win from Pink has generated a two way tie for 2nd place. Blue and Maroon are still absolutely in contention to move up in the standings as we are now just past halfway through the season.
Current standings after week 5:
Orange 10-0
White 6-4
Pink 6-4
Maroon 4-6
Blue 4-6
Purple 0-10
Game of the week- Orange over Pink. Pink came into this game missing four of their top players (Nolan, Shawna, Jamie, and Viktor). They would soon lose another one as Frank went down with an injury. Based off of the game result, you would never know the difference. A zone led by Dan and Tim in the cup with Christophe greatly stymied the shooters from Orange, a team that loves to go big as much as possible. Orange took half 6-4 and wanted a quick break to put the game away to start the half. The break never came. Christophe and Josh were slinging flick hucks and Christophe got end zone D and end zone D. On universe point, Alec could quite pull down a floaty over Christophe. Orange was able to slip off their man at the back of the stack to get the disc back. A seemingly 50 pass possession later was able to finally figure out the zone of Pink. 8-7 win for pink
Offensive player of the week- Jake from white. His flick hucks helped lead white’s explosive offense. They faced two very good teams in maroon and blue were able to control the game easily in both.
Defensive player of the week- Christophe. He probably had double digits Ds in the game against orange. He would routinely control vast areas of the field and orchestrated a comeback that fell just short.
Rookie of the week: Gab from Blue. Her team may have had a rough day, but she sure didn’t. She was likely the leading score for the day in her first week showing up. She scored three against orange and two more against. She timed her cuts and went up big for every floaty pass that blue threw deep to her. With her rise and the growing team chemistry, blue will be a team to watch out for in the 2nd half of the season
Next week’s game of the week- Orange vs White. The undefeated orange team plays against the “‘undefeated when I have played’-Jake” team in white. This could end up being a key game in who ends up taking home the regular season crown and the no. 1 spot in the playoffs.
1st round results:
Orange win over Blue
Pink win over Purple
White win over Maroon
Maroon opened the game with an early break, but white answered back with a break of its own. Maroon scored in one throw off of an OB pull with a perfectly placed backhand huck from Aaron Richards to Beth Bradley to tie at 3s. Ben Slade answered back with a long huck to a streaking Dan Wilson, and managed to convert a double break to take half 6-3. In the second half, White was able to pull away and took the win 11-4.
2nd round results:
Orange win over Pink
Maroon win over purple
White win over blue
Blue opened the game on offense with three consecutive holds, looking unstoppable with a patient and methodical attack led by the handling trio of Jonnie, Mike and Paolo. Neville caught two key goals early in the game. White cycled through several defensive strategies to try to neutralize the potent cutting of Gab and Jenny. Jacob Slade picked up two key blocks on Paolo and unleashed several big flick hucks for scores. White appeared to put the game out of reach at 9-4 with a flick from Dan Wilson to Aaron Vaughn out of a timeout. However, Blue came roaring back to 10-7 after goals by JC and Paolo. On the final point, White worked it methodically down the field, with Isabel Haber catching the game winner from Juice.
Current standings after week 4:
Orange 8-0
White 6-2
Pink 4-4
Blue 3-5
Maroon 3-5
Purple 0-8