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THE ULTIMATE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION
When Ultimate Gets Publicity, Sponsorship, Let Us Know by Holly Larrison The conversation always starts something like this: may be looking for, say, an opportunity to get involved in a kids' sporting event, pass that along to the UPA. When a "My uncle works for Powerbar..." "I work right by the sports marketing company that national caliber sporting event happens in your town and your team plays an exhibition game, pass the info along to handles Nike..." "My friend Matt went running with the CEO of the UPA. With all of these sorts of events and contacts collected, we can put together a portfolio of the successful Patagonia last year..." grassroots-level sponsorship relationships that we have ...Maybe we could get them to sponsor Ultimate. Mon established as a group. We at the UPA will be able to bring dieu, how many times have I heard the wistful thinking that a new DOP up to speed much quicker with a catalog of the follows these openers! Yeah, and they could give the UPA a past modes of sponsorship that teams and clubs have used. lot of money or sponsor our team and fly us to Worlds, or One of our great selling points is the enormous quantity buy us free uniforms, or pay for our college team to have a coach, or establish Ultimate scholarships to our school. of events that are run on a number of levels every year. Each and every one of these is an opportunity for sponsorship. Yeah... Maybe. Whether it is free water from a local gr{)cery store or a case I don't want to burst any bubbles here, but let's share in of Adidas shorts for a team discount, the UPA wants and a little reality check. Ever hear the one about not getting needs to begin keeping track of how these things are ac- . something for nothing? We all need and deserve the right complished, so we can follow up once a new DOP and to dream big for this sport, because some day big things will promotions program are fully dev~loped. As usual, the be happening for us. In the recent past, we have put all of responsibility falls on the local tournament directors, capour hopes in the position of Director of Promotions. In truth, tains and players to pass the information on so it can be put a volunteer DOP cannot be expected to conceive, establish to use. I urge you all to send your leads our way. and maintain all aspects of a promotions program. So, It is with great disappointment that I must announce my especially at a time like the present when we are between DOPs and have never really established a full-scale pro- resignation. Due to a drastically changed personal situagram for soliciting and managing sponsorship, where do we tion, I am no longer capable of the time and energy commitment required by this position. I am very pleased to be able go from here? ~ to say with certainty that my successor will really be the Like many other issues that I have addressed in my last in a long line of elected/volunteer Executive Directors. columns, promotions and marketing begin at the grassroots Our search for a full-time paid Executive Director has level. When your club or team runs a tournament and you yielded several qualified candidates who will no doubt put get a local contact for a national (or local) company, you need the UP..A firmly on the road to expansion and success in the to pass that info on to the UPA. If you know someone who near future. is either directly or indirectly involved in a company that
........ Lots of Good Things Happening with Women'sUitimate by Kim Forsten, National Women's Director Congratulation to ALL the college women's teams that in UPA tournaments is something to be concerned about. participated this spring in the college series, and a special Many of you may remember that in the last issue an cheer for Collegiate National Champions, University of anonymous letter to the editor was printed that outlined California at Santa Cruz. REPEAT National Champions! some concerns players had about playing in a competitive Totally impressive. It was anoth~r all-West fmals (second ultiinate match against a pregnant player. I had been time in a row!) and from all accounts an exciting and spirited assembling volunteers to join the Women's Division Commatch between Santa Cruz and Stanford (no head butting mittee, a committee set up to examine issues related to in the Women's Division, thank you). One spectator (and Women's Division play and to advise and prepare proposals local BRU leader) described it on the Internet as the best- for both the national women's director (me), the UPAboard, spirited game he'd ever seen. Further congrats go out to and the membership at large, and the issue was sent to our Yale for winning the Spirit of the Game Award and to committee for examination. The committee has been having Colorado on their advancement to the semis on their very a spirited discussion on the issue and I urge everyone to f~rst trip to Nationals (wildcard from the Central Region). read and think carefully about this issue. If you have any This spring had not only an impressive collection of comments regarding to the issue, please feel free to call or teams attending Nationals but also an increase in the email me. overall number of team~ vying for the chance to make that Lastly, I want to share a concern I have from this spring trip to Urbana. Fifty-one teams nationwide participated in season. I was amazed at the incredible number of players the college series, up from 42 last year- a 21% increase in who play competitive tournament ultimate and yet are not the number of competing teams! The largest growth was in well-acquainted with the rules. It is every player's responthe Northeast with 16 teams, up from lllast year, followed sibility to know the rules and to play by them. I cannot begin by the West with nine, up from seven. The South had a team to tell you how many lengthy discussions I witnessed resultready and willing to play- now to find South Florida some ing from lack of a working knowledge of the rules - does local competition! the stall go back on a pick? a contested stall? what happens This spring I also noted an increase in the number of when double team is called? etc.... The sad fact is that most teams having experienced coaches working with them. This of the resulting discussion· (often heated) is led by some is one way experienced players can transfer some of their experienced player on the team who has been playing for know-how and enthusiasm to the younger players. Besides, years and, therefore, "knows how to play." Granted a lot of let's face it, playing at your best and calling subs is really discussion results due to some ambiguity over what haptough-ifyo~ have the time, why not get involved and give pened or who has the actual "best perspective," but a lot of " time is wasted simply by ignorance. Please-read the rules, your local team a hand? Now stepping away from the collegiate scene, I want to know them, practice them, properly explain them to others, draweveryone,s attention to.page 8, where there are several and I promise the game will proceed smoothly • articles relating to whether pregnant players participating 1_
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NATIONAL DIRECTORS Managing Director
Director of Finance
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CarneyFoy P.O. Box 2331 Silver City, NM 88062 505-388-3111 74151 .1326@compuserve.com
National Women's Director
National College Director
Kim FOJSten 352 E. 8th St Boston, MA 02127 617-464-3756 kforsten@acs.bu.edu
Jay Cohen 812 S. Negley Ave., #2 Pittsburgh, PA 15232 412-362-0877 7 4404.753@compuserve.com
National Juniors Director
Director of Public Relations
Tim Ray 3258 Hillmont Cirde Orlando, Fl 32817 407-677-5005 huck2me@aol.com
JR Reynolds 320 E. 60th St. Savannah, GA 31405 912-356-1215 76105.3310@compuserve.com
Dir. of International Affairs
UPA Archivist
Andy Borinstein 838 West End Ave.• #11 D New York, NY 10025 212-666-3819 74151 .1330@compuserve.com
John Caporali Penn State University 147 ShenangoAve. Sharon, PA 16146
Director of Competition Eric Simon 2324 Riveria Drive Vienna, VA 22181-3118 703-241"-4244 erics@access.digex.net
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REGIONAL COORDINATORS (RC} Central RC
Central Women RC
Bob McSheffery 1497 W . 7th Ave. Columbus, OH 43212 614-487-1174 76735.1030@compusefVe.com
lynne Nolan 11 Aldon Ct. West Montgomery, IL 60538 708-896-2148 lynnenolan@aof.com
Mid·Atlantic RC
Mid-Atlantic Women RC
Chris Lehmann 1325 15th St. NW, #204, Washington, OC 20005 202-797-1190 73762.11 03@compuserve.com
Melissa lwaazko 4650 N. Washington Blvd., #308, Arlington, VA 22201 703-528-3819 75057.256@compu•rve.com
Northeast RC
Northeast Women RC Linda Beach 185 Simpson Road
Pablo Martinez 30 Walnut St. Belmont, MA 02178 617-489-2543 pablo@crd.lotus.com
Marlboro, MA 01752-1581 508-485-6150 76042.3617 @compuaerve.com
SouthRC
South Women RC
RexO'Quinn 997 Slaughter Rd.
KerryRyter 470 Page Ave. NE
Madi&on, Al 35758
Atlanta, GA 30307
205-837-1662 jroquioo@intg2.b29.ingr.com
404-378-3581 k2ryterQaol.com
Northwest RC Jack ·Poochie. lynch 5675 VaUey oak Drive
Not thweat Women RC
loa Angeles, CA -90068 213-525-1740
Diane Pagel 1606 149th ?t. SE, #1 Bellevue, WA 98007 206-747-1440
102363.202~userve.com
Southwest RC
Southwest Women RC
JO Lobue 7814 Goddard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045 31<>-41Q-9178
Vacant
CentraiCRC
WestCRC
Pat Wolf
Skippy Ja111ner 408-459-4220
507-645-4743
pwolf@carleton.edu
75672.2640~tHVe.com
Mid-Atlantic CRC
Central College Women's RC
Paul Socolow 908-247-9316 socolow@math.rutgers. edu
Julia North 608-257-6458
north@waisman.wisc.edu
Northeast CRC
West College Women's RC
Ed Hvvang 617-497-4347
Andrea Barrio 408-425-4960 75672.2640@compuserve.com
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Central Region- Wo~en's Division by Lynne Nolan .School's out for summer...well, almost. By the time you read this it will be, and then maybe I'll catch up on all the little things that have been put aside. First of all, thanks to Sue Bourbeau for her work in running a very smooth women's division at Centrals. The wind and rain didn't dampen our spirit, but they sure p~ayed havoc with our throws. Special thanks to all the women's teams who were flexible enough to let the Chicago teams combine on day two as our numbers seriously dwindled. I was psyched to have 20 women from Chicago make the tourney as it was the finale for the Spring League! As usual I was amazed by the Madison team, who hit the road with six women, confident they'd pick up a seventh, and after they did, managed to steal games away with their skill and tenacity. Great job, ladies! Thanks to Toronto for making the trip. It was great to see your numbers! Tournament play is the key to improvement and success. Eventually, we all need to step to the line and make it happen! More tournaments will be happening throughout the Midwest this summer. I regret having to cancel the Spring Fling Tourney in Chicago, scheduled for June 17-18.. Family matters came up. However, I strongly encoura~ you to check out the Sweat Pea Savage Seven in Rockford, IL, the Aquatennial tournament in Minneapolis, MN, Savage Sevens in Madison, and the Cooler Classic in Delafield, WI. Looking ahead to the fall, the women of Chicago would like to host a women's ultimate retreat in late August, perhaps the weekend of August 20-21. The idea is to help each other learn how to recruit people on campus, how to organize practices and drills, how to nm tournaments, and to get to know each other and to play some ultimate. Send ideas and concerns to me. Also, discussion is taking place now about the location ofRegionals this year. Bob and I will be talking about this soon, and we want your input! If you're interested please get a bid in to Bob by June 30. Women's Sectional Coordinators are needed in the west and east sections. Please contact me if you can fill this position. The Chicago Tune-up Invitational will again be held at the Naperville polo fields the weekend of September 16-17. Two divisions will be held for men's and women's teams. Details are still being drawn up and more information will be available on rec.sport.disc. We are psyched to repeat this five star tourney! Kudos to Joe Christianson at New Trier High School for being the motivating force behind juniors ultimate in Illinois! On June 6, New Trier hosted the first high school tournament in as long as I can remember. Five schools were represented on four teams, including one from St. Louis. Two weeks later, I was pleased to host a tournament at Naperville Central High School, where I teach. After the hosts played New Trier and Niles West, we put names into a hat for a round of interschool play. They loved it! High .school teams are beginning to pop up everywhere! I got a call from Tinley Park the next week, could they come and play us? Sure...our students got their first taste of playing in the rain! It was a blast! (They are starting to realize why we wear cleats!) It's fun and refreshing to see the enthusiasm and energy... they don't even mind playing three-on-three! After all this, my hope is that the summer winds always blowyour way, the disc always flies to your target, and that you feel the enthusiasm ofyouth with each catch of the disc.
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Following Mother's Day, Regionals was held at Fort Belvoir, VA. As usual, it proved to be an interesting event. Four ofour fields were invaded by soccer players. Thanks to a female MP, we were able to regain control ofthe fields and play resumed. Many thanks to the players who dealt with the continuous interruptions and moving of fields. The women played a round-robin format. Sunday morning was the game to watch as Lucy prevailed in a onepoint thriller over the Philly Peppers. The Baltimore Banshees proved that practicing does pay off, with a much-improved showing at Regionals. Congratulations to the newly-formed team from North Carolina (Grits and Cape Fearless oombo), who finished fll'St in the region. Good luck to all captains trying to recruit players for .the fall and have a great summer.
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by Chris Lehmann The spring season has ended, and in DC it looks like another long, hot, humid summer. Spring was somewhat uneventful this year, as many of the top club teams seemed to take a low-key attitude toward Ultimate. Yet there was still some great Ultimate to be found in the Mid-Atlantic. Thanks as always toP ADA for doing a great job with the Mothers Day Tourney. Tourneys such as the Swamp Thing and Kutztown Klassic also provided some hot illtimate in April. Despite the onslaught of some rather rude soocer players, Regionals brought a lot of illtimate to Fort Belvoir on May 20-21. Congratulations to Philly Rage, who won the region by point differential in a three-way tie with Chesapeake and Burning Ring of Fire. And congrats to all the teams who qualified for Easterns and put on a good show for the region in Albany, especially the Bowlers, this year's first-time qualifiers to Easterns. On the college side of things, congrats to ECU on repeating as College National Champions, and congrats to Seaweed, Venus and the Seamen on their trips to Illinois. Seems like most of the time, the only team that could eliminate a Mid-Atlantic team was another Mid-Atlantic team. Now it's summertime, and the top three teams in the region are gearing up for Worlds. For the rest of us, it's a chance to kick back and el\ioy summer league, heal those nagging il\iuries from the season, and play some fun co-ed Ultimate at tourneys like the Blacksburg Fest or the newly-resurrected Mars Classic. For me, summertime means the end of my tenure as RC. I'm moving to New York City this fall, and since it's tough to run a region you don't live in, my days as RC are numbered. But I'm leaving the Mid-Atlantic in good hands, as David Raflo of the Bowlers and Northern Vtrginia will take over the reins. He's a great guy, and he'll be a great RC. I'll be shepherding the region this summer, and he'll probably take over officially before the next newsletter comes out. He will need some help with staffing, as the Women's, Open and College Sectional Coordinator positions in North Carolina are open, as is the Open Coordinator position in the DC!MDNA section. Call me at (202) 724-3121 if you would like to fill any of those vacancies. I leave the position ofRC with seriously mixed emotions. It can be a lot of work, it can be really frustrating and it can take away from your ability to concentrate on your game when you're dealing ~th regional issues from the sideline of a tournament. But it's also the best way I've found to meet the players in your region, learn about the game, and make sure your team gets a bid to a tournament. I've el\ioyed talking to all the players over the past three seasons, and I'll still _be around, maybe in some other UPA capacity. Thanks to all the players who took the time to say hello, offer constructive criticism or just say thanks. And even though I won't be RC anymore, I'll still see you on the fields. Northeast Redinn _ Women~ Division
by Melissa Iwaszko Here I sit trying to write another UPA article that will excite all the readers. The most difficult part of being a coordinator is reporting on the region. It's hard to describe breathtaking games and awesome plays while playing and dealing with the complexities of a tourna8'""' ment. by Linda Beach The schedule of tournaments this spring was slim. Being the interim WRC for the Northeast Region this North Carolina was unable to host their annual Easter spring season has been quite a learning experience! I event due to circumstances beyond their control. If you finished the season with a long list of new ultimate wanted to play a lo.t, yo'-1 had to do some driving. My team, friends and a slightly longer list of things I would do Lucy, road-tripped to Rhode Island for the 4th annual better the next time around. Chowder Fest and returned with an awesome trophy. I When I volunteerep for the position ofWRC, my goal highly recommend this tournament's beautiful location, was to meet more women ultimate players and to recruit great party and exqellent food served all weekend. A few more women into the sport. Most of my ultimate exteams gathered for a ope-day. tournament at Turkey perience has been in Boston area corporate leagues. Swamp in New Jersey. Th~ major tourney of the season When the corporate season ended.last summer, I wanted was the annual Mather's Day hosted by P ADA. In the to continue playing, so I started trying to recruit every women's division, Lady Godiva triumphed by defeating." . : · . .. : ·. . : Spike from the Midwest in a close final. . . "' . . . .. continued on page 4
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woman I ran into (including my mother) so I could field a team for Chowderfest. In doing this, I realized lots of women want to learn how to play ultimate and improve their skills, but do not know whom to talk to about getting started. Volunteering for the UPA helped me find ways to get some of these ultimate players in touch with each other. I highly recommend it, even if you only do it for a season or two. You'll learn a lot and meet lots of fun people.
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do for the passing of the crowns? Call me if you have any ideas for an article for the newsletter, or to pass on any info of interest in my column next time. Remember if I don't hear about it, it doesn't go in. I have a new email address, so look for it on the masthead. Jeff "Getty" Freeman can also be reached at this new account.
Northwest Region - Open Division byPoochie Hail to thee my alma mater. Hail to thee the UCSC Slug Sisters and your repeat as College National Champions. Also, congratulations to the Stanford women's team for their performance in the finals. With you· two fine teams representing the West, we can't lose. In my book you're both winners. Also congratulations to the UCSC Slug Brothers for their excellent performance at Nationals. It was a close game that could have gone either way. You have to be proud of yourselves and your achievements of the past year. I know I'm proud of you. Hey, there is always next year. How about that double m~or? Looks like Regionals will be in Boise, ID, the weekend of October 14-15. Sectionals should happen by or before the September 30 weekend. All of our Sectional Coordinators are in place and doing their best to make sure the Northwest continues to grow. We can't remain stagnant in growth and expect to get two spots to Nationals. In fact with a little effort on all our parts, the Northwest could capture the women's wildcard spot and send three deserving teams to Nationals. The men have a way to grow before we can get that wildcard spot back, but we need to keep growing to ensure that we don't lose a spot to another region. So we need to drag out all the summer league teams, the corporate teams, Navy and Army teams, masters, beginners, wheelchair teams, etc., to Sectionals. We can be innovative in the way Sectionals are run to make it fun for new teams and competitive, too. We are all a part of this region, so we have to work together to keep it growing. The West- Where the Women and the Old Men are the Best and the College and Open Guys are Pretty Good, Too.
THE ULTIMATE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION Please call me if you know of any new growth opportunities in your area, especially you crazy Lone Star gals! We'll send out a cou ple of n ewsletters, put in a couple of phone calls, and maybe we'll have a new team in the . reg~on. Meanwhile, I'd love to hear h ow everybody's summer leagues are going. Ifyou've got a local newsletter, please drop one in the mail to me at Kerry Ryter, 470 Page Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 (email: K2Ryter@AOL.com). Have a lovely summer!
Southern Region - Open Division by Rex O'Quinn UPA Fall Nationals will be held in Birmingham, AL. The Birmingham Club put together an excellent bid and have already started to work on an awesome tournament. If you want to volunteer at this tournament, please see contact info on back of the newsletter . Regionals will be held in Mobile, AL again this year. Atlanta expressed interest but left it at that point. Mobile did a goodjob last year and I expect they'll do even better. Congrats to Georgia and LSU for making College Nationals. LSU won the Spirit award for the Open Division. Thanks to all the teams that attended Southerns. This year was a good start for a new tournament. Hopefully next year's event will be more competitive. There are a few thoughts of using Southerns as a qualifying tournament · for Easterns for southern teams. Let me know what you think about this. It's possible I won't be able to do this job next year. If you're interested in this position, please get in touch with me.
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byPoochie You will be happy to know that the Southwest has found a new Regional Coordinator. J.D. Lobue has volunteered his services for you, the Southwest Intimate community, as your new RC. J.D. is a great guy with a lot of youthful energy. Please be gentle on him. This will be my last report for the Southwest. Thanks for letting me represent you. The Southwest now has three bids for Regionals: Southern Region- Women,s Division Hawaii, Phoenix, and Long Beach. They all have strong by Kerry Ryter reasons to host them. Hawaii because they have always The women's Southern Region continues to show signs trayeled the furthest and they have the most awesome of growth. Although only a few new teams have shown spot in the nation. Phoenix has a strong core ofpeople that strong signs of ·commitment, there has been a notable would host a great tournament and they say these are the increase in the number of women participating in the best fields they have ever used, they even have green South's summer leagues and at some of the smaller, local grass. Long Beach has excellent fields and is cheap to get tournaments in the region. These women are crucial for to, as is Phoenix. J .D. will need input from team captains the building of a stronger region and ensuring a second, - both women's and men's- who want to have their say and quite possibly a wild card, bid for Nationals. A third in this matter. Call him at 310-410-9178 to let him know spot! I know that this grabs the attention of many of you which of the three you prefer. out there. So help us grow! My heroes for the summer are the final three volunI can't stress enough the importance ofsummer recrui~ teers who have stepped forward to lead 'their peers as ment and encouragement from you to help establish new Sectional Coordinators. For Hawaii that statesman of teams. It's imperative that we set our sights on building Ultimate, Dan Harrington, is taking charge of the most a bigger and sb-onger region. To do this, all players need important section in the Southwest. Hawaii has the potento try to keep regional support in mind when out on the tial of helping to put the Southwest over the top in Secfields. Use your summer leagues to recruit new women. If tional team numbers to get two spots for Nationals. you have only one night of summer league play, use My Desert ~on Hero is Eric Wernet, who has been another night to have women's play (no need for strict rumored to be taking on the Sectional Coordinator role. exclusiveness, of course). Foster talent and commitment Eric comes highly recommended by his peers in the by encouraging participation. Don't forget the influential Phoenix area and the Desert Section as a motivated and power of post-practice smack at the local road house. organized person who can help continue the growth of As the Fall Series approaches, encour11ge UPA par- Southwest Ultimate. ticipation by these new players and help establish teams. Finally after much beer and the realization that no one Some of the fall tournaments such as Toss in the Moss in else could do a better job, or will do the job, Paul Thoms, Savannah (a great tournament for new players) and a.k.a. PT, is taking on the role of So. Cal Coordinator. Sinkhole in Orlando offer a slightly tamed pool ofcompeti- (Paul, Jill, & Kevin that was a great party. Lisa Smith, it tion that can be less intimidating and more fun for newer was fun dancing with you and I hope your foot gets better teams. ~ncourage them to attend and help them out. soon. (In time for Potlatch-the redheads need you! -Ed.)) Once they're hooked, they'll be ready for Sectionals. Paul will bring his years of experience, patience, humor And Sectionals is where it counts. Don't forget that it's the and work ethic to a Section that has the greatest growth number of teams in your region's individual sections that potential in the US. determines the distribution of Nationals bids and wild These fine people along with Tommy Viskocil of the cards. Colorado Section are your Sectional Coordinators. Keep in mind that with so many UPA players enjoying I'd just like to stress to all the teams and players in the year-'round camaraderie and competition, some city club Southwest that by pulling together and getting all the summer leaguers may shy away from the smack-talking· high school teams, club team.s , corporate teams, masters Ulti.m ate fanatics. You never know- you may find your teams, Veterans of Foreign War teams, Militia teams, next super studette hiding behind the water coolers. So prison teams, etc., out to Sectionals, we will be able to for the bigger city leaguers, be sure to go out of your way achieve two spots for the.women and the men at Nationals. to involve non-UPA players in your Intimate affairs. For But we have to start now and get people involved. Your all you coastal southern teams, one-day beach Ultimate Sectional Coordinator can only do so much. The rest is up tourneys are a great way to recruit and keep new players. to you. Start a high school team! And keep an eye out for small I'd li~ to congratulate University ofColorado women's college teams that may not be involved in the UPA or are teams for their excellent showing at College Nationals. just out throwing at the intramural fields. Encourage They placed in the top four and lost to their former teams that don't travel to ramble over to some surround- Western rivals Stanford in the semis. This shows that ing area tournaments, even if they have to pick up a few redrawing the region did bring out positive change since extra players once they get there. this highly qualified team might not have had a chance to go due to lack of numbers in the Old West Region.
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Volume 15 Number 3 • July 1995
The Media Man
So That's What DoG Stands for
Ultimate Signals for the Crowd
by Bill Penro.~~e, Editor
This in from the Katonah desk, Pete Barnouwreporting: Seattle (represented by Baird, Retsu, and myself') registered a decisive victory at the Eastems party. Although the method used to claim the crown was somewhat suspect, the results were nonetheless indisputable. Had we held our tongues and not loudly proclaimed, ''Seattle wins the party!, as several DoG players straggled out the door, we would not have had to rmally acquiesce when those same players returned and, after much hemming and hawing, lamely offered to settle the matter by Rochambeauing (I'm now pretty sure DoG stands for "don't often guzzle"). During our debate, the rising scent of test-Bosto-rone was unmistakable, and so no wonder that we quickly dispatched the rock-throwing fools with a wave of paper. It was not the victory we sought, of course, but one we can take pride in nonetheless. P .S. Bill, no more predictions. Please! [And now, back to our regularly scheduled columnist.] But I have a perfect record! Zero for three, counting a flop on the Puget Sound Ultimate League fmal. In typical swinish fashion, I grossly underestimated the contribution of Abi, Maria, Rachel and Yo. Congrats to the Hilltoppers, who knocked off Papa Says 15-10. Finally, a title the happy warrior Jonsia Gewirtzgovina can wear with pride. Speaking of Jon G., he keeps threatening to write something, but all I've seen is this letter he sent to Matza Balls, the pan-national all-Jewish team that won Fools West, even without him: urro all m~circumsized brethren, Shabbat Sholom! I regret that I cannot attend this gathering, but you wouldn't believe the tsoris I got. My shoulder hoits, my groin aches, and I got a headache like you wouldn't believe. Somebody should put me out of my misery already. But enough about my problems, you got your own! I don't want to hear that you guys ran around like a bunch ofmishuganehs! No one brought us together from Diaspora to lose. We didn't wander in the desert for 40 years for nothing. We want the milk and honey that can only be attained by getting to the promised land! Mazel Tov!" In last issue's count of first-born female Seattle ultimate babies (Lindsey & Emily, Melissa, Mackenzie, Carly, Lindsay, Hannah, Isabel, Graa!, Clara) I omitted Sophia, daughter of Ann Denaro and her amore, restaurateur, bon vivant and UMass legend Larry Denaro. Talk about a role model. Lucky girl-the fu-st man you'll ever love, and he loves you, too. At the risk of sounding like a damaged CD (will we have to explain the phrase '1>roken record" to our kids?), I don't mail the newsletter. Not that I mind (well, maybe a little) getting your email pleas to be put on the mailing list, but it's not something I can help you with. That number again, 800 UPA-GETH. If you don't know who Upageth was, you haven't been reading your Beowulf. I don't want to jinx anything with a pre-announa!ment, but when next I write (assuming they don't (U"e me after this one) the events will be his and herstory. So early kudos to Jeff England nnd Rene Alexander (see her picture p. 24), to be married August 5 at Chris Page's dad's house; Chris Pittack and Anne Fitzpatrick, who will do the deed on San Juan Island Sept. 9 (maybe they11 do as Chris and Lori Vanholmes did and becomv Chris and Ann Fitzpittack); and Pam Kraus and AustiL Dahl, Sept. 16on Bainbridge Is. Dahl-Kraus?Yay, teamf Anecdote contest: send me your most hilarious ultimate stories for future newsletter inclusion. Can anyone top the story that Kenny D. once handed a tournament director three garbage bags full of aluminum can.s and said, "He1·e's your entry fee."? To all redheads: Come to Potlatch and help us reclaim our title. Self-indulgence alert: Honest, I wouldn't do. this if Cindy didn't suggest it, but the baby photo is of our daughter Isabel at almost age one. Say "Hello," Iz.
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by J.R. Reynolds, Director ofPu.blic Relations "Dobyns with the disc, he throws to Warsen a yard from the sideline (much less on the field, a incomplete! Bu.t wait, there seem.~ to be some kind rather common occurrence). In anticipation of the ofcall." "mainstreaming" of tntimate, and in an effort to make tntimate more broadcast-friendly, we need "That's right, Dwight, it's a fou.l call." to devise a set of signals, so the observers, referees, "Wait, Mike, it appmrs that Wars~n called a or even the fans closest to the field can let everyone foul." else know what's going on. "No, it's going back to the thrower before Of course, being an alternative sport, Ultimate Dobyns, mu.st hcwe been a pick., signals can't be just like all the other sports (for instance, a score in Ultimate is not a 'goal'). "I think it's a travel, Mike., Having the luxury (?) of a column in every [Producer1"What the hell is going on out newsletter, I felt it was my duty to begin the there? All these g11.ys do is argtte! Cllt to commern discussion on just what Ultimate signals should be. cial. In this regard, I hereby present the "Media Man's Guide to Effective Signals,, not to be confused with Sound familiar? the "Media Man's Guide to Spastic Gestures," This is what you11 hear whenever an Ultimate which it closely resembles. game is broadcast with announcers - and about Anyway, here they are. Now you too can suffer what happens in the stands during any big game. ridicule and embarrassment at your next tourney, Total confusion for the viewing audience, unless by using these handy signals. And if anyone comthey're sitting close enough to hear the players plains about what you're doing, just use the signal themselves. for Contested Foul1#2, with optional digital eldenAs Ultimate grows, the fans won't be able to sit • SlOn.
Ultimate Hand Signals •
Score This signal was first used by Hale Brown at the '92 Nationals. It is not as silly as the Australian Rules Football signal, but it's silly enough for me!
Traveling A throwback to the hippie roots of our sport, what else could traveling be but the universal sign for •How 'bout a lift?•
StaUing Like sitting in a stall, get it? Get it? Oh, well.
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Pick Index finger to the nose, that's how to signal a pick!
Foul Lots of possibilities here, but I felt fthe good ol' fist striking the palm said it all.
Contested f\oul (or VIOlation) The universal signal for •No, • arms crossed over your head.
Contested Foul (or VIOlation) #2 OK, so maybe this is the uniwrsal signal for ·No.· Irs the one I see tJSed most often. anyway.
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Paldeia H.S. Takes First Juniors Southern Ultimate Tournament by KylP WPi.41brod and AlPXis RPuilock-Frost
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Up until now Southern Juniors Ultimate has been sparse if not non-existent. But on May 13, 1995, everything changed. Six regional high schools showed up Jor the first Juniors Southern Invitational Ultimate Tournament held at Meadowcreek High School just out.'iide Atlanta. The event marks the beginning of a new era in Juniors Ultimate. Teams from all over the Kv/e Weisbrod South competed for the right J ' to call themselves the Southern Juniors Champions. The six teams included: Milton H.S., coached by Paul Supik; Decatur H.S., led by student Collin Higgins; a Central Gwinnett and Marist H.S. combo, coached by Alan Reeves and led by student Daks Hamner; Westminister H.S., led by student Christopher Turner; the Charlotte Latin School, coached by Ed Fox; and Paideia H.S., coached by Michael Baccarini. This tournament was marked by exceptional spirit and good vibes between the teams. Taking a page from our role models, the tournament started an hour late. The six teams played three games each to 11. The two most intense games of the preliminary rounds pitted Charlotte Latin vs. Milton and Paideia vs. Westminister. Milton's game was based on speed and ability to pull down bucks. Anytime a disc went deep, it seemed to come down in the hands of the athletic Milton team. Charlotte Latin, on the other hand, used their excellent handling abilities and experience to patiently work the disc downfield. The game started out competitive, with neither te.a m taking more than two straight points, and Milton took the half 6-5. Latin came out strong after the half and, aided by the superior handling abilities of Patrick "Cashew Boy" Hard and Noah Unger, won the game 11-9. The Westminister/Paideia game featu~d different styles of play. Westrninister was much improved since losing 11-5 to Paideia in April. Westrni nister used their new-found flick and their deep tnan, Dan Wingate, to play a game over the heads of the skilled Paideia players. Their quick style of play and unusual zone left Paideia in a 6-3 hole at half. Westminister opened the second half by scoring four ofseven, and with one p<?int to go could almost taste victory. Paideia scored quickly, then unleashed a tight zone D that shut down Westminister for four straight points, giving Paideia an 11-10 lead with cap at 12. Westminister scored to tie at 11s, but Paideia, without turning the disc over, punched it in to win. The game was exceptional to watch, with highlight performances from Jason Simpson of Paideia and Christopher Turner of Westminister. In the semis Paideia won easily over Milton (who had lost several players) 11-2, and Charlotte Latin defeated Westminister 11-7, setting up a final between the two undefeated teams. Paideia and Latin, good friends from previous encounters, held an intensely spirited game. Fresh off an easy win over crippled Milton, Paideia scored the first two goals. Tired but more experienced Charlotte scored a quick goal, but Paideia st.E'pped up its D and used their deep bench to advantage. Up 6-3, Paid~ia took the half when Kyle Weisbrod split the sandwich coverage with a quick flick to Josh "Jiminy Cric-ket" Mark~t.t.e. Josh worked a give and go with Alexis Revilock-Frost, then hit Jason in the endzone for the score. Even with their experience, Latin couldn't match Paideia's fresh legs, but they maintained beautiful spirit. Paideia took the final13-5 to become the first Juniors Southern Invitational Tournament champions. Everyone involved in this tournament would like to thank our regional coordinators, Kerry Ryter and Rex O'Quinn, for their support. A large debt of gratitude is also owed to Michael Baccarini and Jim Veal for setting up the tournament. Thank you to all the fans, teams, and local club players (from teams such as Ozone, Prima] Scream, and Chain Lightning) that attended this tournament. There was incredible spirit at this tournament, and we are proud to be involved in the future of the sport we love, Ultimate.
Volume 15 Number 3 • July 1995
School's Out! by Tim Ray, National Juniors Director
THE ULTIMATE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION
Twelve Teams Play Ultimate at California Elementary School
by Jon Mendez "One generation plants the trees, the next sits in the shade." Great news! Ultimate has taken flight at Warm -Anonymous Springs Elementary School in Fremont, California. Backhands, forehands, and even some hammers, discs Hello, everyone. School is out. Hopefully many · juniors will be participating in the plethora of summer - are flying everywhere! leagues around the country. I'm a teacher here at Warm Springs Elementary and have started, with some help from Mike Bass, an Congratulations to Mary Lowry Jorgenson, intramural Ultimate program at lunchtime. Juniors Volunteer of the Year. Mary has done an outstanding job in Seattle and continues to do so. She The intramural program involves 4th, 5th and 6th is currently working on a juniors event. Thanks Mary. graders and consists of 12 teams. The teams consist of six players each (we play 5s with a sub because of On the cutting edge, Jonathan Potts is working on space), and all teams are coed. Teams that have pargetting most of the information in the Juniors teachticipated include: Firebirds, Saints, Demons, Ultrasing package online. Skills and Drills, Teaching Kids tars, Mudpuppies, Blades, Strikers, Death Grip, Ultimate, etc. should be available soon on the web. Wolverines, Marvin Martians, Aces and Vipers. The UPA will keep everyone informed. Also don't Everyone who played deserves a huge round of apforget to check out Ultimate activities on plause for doing a great job playing and truly showing Rec.sport.disc on Usenet. Colorado gets the golden star award for the spring. 1 what it means to play with Spirit of the Game. Speaking of Spirit, we also had our first two Thanks to volunteer activity, there are eight new recipients of the Spirit of the Game Award. The award schools playing Ultimate. Calls and letters have been went to Tiffany Dreyer and Nick Johnson for pouring in from around the country alerting me to new demonstrating good sporting behavior, patience with schools playing Ultimate and juniors interested in others, and an all-around fantastic attitude for playing acquiring information for their schools. Again we still the game of Ultimate. need more volunteers to bring the game to your community schools. If you are interested please get in That's it for now. All these kids will have to carry touch with me or Jesse. on their newly acquired talent into summer Vay-k. A side note of sorts. Anyone interested in playing Ultimate who lives in or near the Fremont area, Thirst N' Howl plays at Starlite Park on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 9:30. Come on out! Starlite Park is on Starlite Ave. offWarm Springs Blvd.
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UPA Junior Volunteers: State and City Coordinators and Certified Coaches States with no Coordinators or Coaches mcJude· Alaska. Anzona. Delaware, DC, Idaho, Indiana. Kentud<y, louislana. MissiSSIPPI. Montana, Nebraska. Nevada. North Dakota, Oklahoma. South Dakota, Utah. West Virgima and Wyomtng States that have coaches but no State Coordinators Include Alabama. Art<ansas. Colorado, IllinOis. Iowa. Kansas. Maryland. Michrgan, New Jersey, New Yor1<. Oregon. Texas. Vermont. Virginia and WJSOOnSin. To become a JuniOrS Volunteer coordinator or coach -call the UPA offiCe to request an apphcabon. or Jesse Weisz at (201) 762-8738.
Alabama Certified Coacn: Daphne. Al
Chuck F'ISk (205) 626-7453
ArkanHS City Coonfmator: little Rock. AK
Melinda Hancock (501) 565-9544
Callomla Mo Moscoe (408) 388-4003 Ben Shuld1ner (310) 398-2331 David Mayer 415-344-9340 Enc Johnson (408) 978-9617 Willie Herndon (714) 494-4070 Jon Mendez (510) 650-6323 Bill Wehrli (510) 420-8628 Brad Norton (916) 757-6528 Certified Coacn: Chns Schneidier San Jose, CA (408) 298-7665 Certified Coach: Mo Mosooe Boulder Creek. CA (408) 388-4003 Certified Coach: W. Brad Hunter long Beach. CA (310) 433-1004 Certified Coach: leslie Char1es Kentfield, CA (415) 454-8352 Certified Coach: Patnck Butcher San Marcos. CA (619) 471-4583 Certified Coach: Robert Gomez livennore, CA (510) 449-3753 Certified Coach: Edward Kahn Redondo Bch, CA (310) 373-7472 Certified Coach Ben Shuldiner los Angeles, CA (310) 398-2331 Certified Coach larry Siegel Camarillo, CA (805) 531-0178 Certified Coach: John fike Kensington. CA (510) 527-9042 State Coordinator: Boulder Creek. CA City Coordinator los Angeles, CA City Coordinator San Mateo. CA Certified Coach. San CA Certified Coach: Laguna Beach. CA Certified Coach: Fremont, CA Certified Q:lach: Oakland, CA Certified Coach: Davis, CA
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ColoNdo City Coordinator. Denver. CO Certified Coach: Aurora. CO
Mary Rosenberg (303) 871-8699 Karl Mimmark (303) 750-4542
Certified Q:lach: Englewood. CO Certified Coach Colo Spnngs. CO
Oav1d Rausen (303) 79().8888 Eric McNeil (719) 200.7971 Mike Sewaya (203) 288-9315
florida State Coordinator Miami. Fl Crty Coordinator Miami, Fl City Coordinator Naples, Fl Certified Coach: Naples, Fl Certified Coach: Ft. Meyers, Fl
Monte Adler (305) 353-2676 Monte Adler (305) 353-2676 Robert Bocnan (813) 455-4357 David Kenzie (813) 261-1 134 Steven Shefflecl< (813) 267-3638
Georgia State Coordinator. Tucker. GA City Coordinator. Atlanta. GA City Coordinator: Marietta. GA Certified Coach. Savannah. GA
Paul Supik (404) 934-6992 Chns O'Cieary (404) 612-8248 Andy Smitn (404) 971-0920 JR Reynolds (912) 356-1215
Char1otle. NC Ohio
Michigan Certified Coacn: Ann Arbor. Ml
Marl< Boottl (313) 764-0935
Certified Coach. Apple Valley, MN
State Coordinator. Honolulu, HI Crty Coordinator: Malawao, HI Certified Coach: Kanohe. HI Certified Coach: Keaau. HI
Pamela Martin (808) 373-4142 Ralph Jerger (808) 572-1498 David Molenaar (808) 235-9019 Jeffrey Bork (808) 966-9187
IJUnola Ron Bonebnght (815) 6..1.1-5148 Joe Chnst1anson (708) 3?8-1174 Will Marble (618) 549-6753 Bradley Strahan (618) 549-3213 Eric Crosby 708-687-1833
Iowa
State Coordinator: Nashua. NH Certified Coach: Portsmouth. NH Certified Coach: Vineland, NJ Certified Coach: Rosemont, NJ Certified Coach: Albuquerque, NM
Certified Coach: New York, NY Certified Coach: Bayside, NY Certified Coach: Rochester. NY City Coordinator. Buffalo. NY
Maryland State Coordinator. Vacant City Coordinator: Mitch VItullo Baltimore, MD (410) 247-9769
Eric Krieckeuhaus (314) 432-2188 David CeSSJn (603) 882-2668 David Cohen (603) 433-7263 MikeAdlis (609) 692-0379 Vince Pereson (609) 397-2073 Mike Deniels (505) 2~-8972 Julie Halpern (212) 873-1819 Chris Jones (212) 932-1019 Brian Mahoney (718) 229-6269 Ted Navlon (716) 211-6382 Michael Delano (716) 883-1040
North Can»>lna Slate Coordinator: Charlotte,NC City Coordinator: Raleigh, NC
Terry Pickard (919) 929-8406 XanGregg (919)419-0597 Bob Briskey (704) 554-6650
State Coordinator: Columbus, OH CitY Coordinator. Columbus, OH
Juan Segovia (614) 268-7099 Robert McSheffery (614)487-1174
Oregon Certified Coach: Portland, OR Certified Coach: Albany, OR
Jim Wurtmann (503) 253-9195 Annette Simonson (503)928-0552
Pennsytvania State Coordinator: Philadelphia, PA Certified Coach: Pittsburgh. PA Certified Coach: Bethlehem, PA Certified Coach: Stroutsburg, PA Certified Coach: SWarthmore, PA
John Hansen (2 15) 386-5443 Gary IJropcho (412) 734-()321 Rick Snyder (215) 758-8684 John Motz (717) 629-0103 Andy Strauss (610) 328-3275
Rhodelalancl State Coordinator: PrcMdence. Rl CitY Coordinator: E. Pro.ridence, Rl
David Toohey (401) 521-6806
Stephen Wilson (401) 434-0638
South Carolna State Coordinator: Dartynne long Charfeston, SC (803) 795-8716
Tenn1111e Certified Coach Nashville, TN
BrookS Oaverman {615) 297-8065
Texas
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David Scheck (913) 749-2598 Scott Conner (913) 348-1039 Marl< stiles (913)677-6648
state Coordinator Alex Pozzy Portland, ME (207) 874 0955
Dan Murphy (314) 875-7977 Tim lafferty
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NewYolt Certified Coach: New York, NY
Maine
Rob Krostue (612) 432-0598
New Hampshire
Michael Simon (319) 351-7516
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Minnesota
State Coordinator: Columbia, MO Certified Coach: lee's SUmmit, MO Certified Coach: St. louis, MO
Certified Coach: Lawrence. KS Certified Q:lach: leawood, KS Certified Coach: Kansas City. KS
Tilna 8ootn (413)549-0364 James Milan (617) 488-3319 Joe Gtamp1no (617) 924-1523 Anne Murray (617) 643-6483 Jed Geary (413) 253-5870 Kevin Kinneavy Darren Mace (508) 856-9072 Cerl Jordan Mas (508) 749-4762
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City Coordinator. Iowa City, lA
Certified Coach· Chapel Hill. NC Certified Coach Durham, NC Certified Coach
State Coordinator Amherst MA Certified Coach: Medford. MA Certified Coach: Watertown. MA Certified Coach· Artington. MA Certified Coacn: Amherst, MA Certified Coach: Conway,MA Certified Worcester. MA Certified Coach. Andover. MA
Hawaii
City Coordinator: lwes Park. ll City Coordinator Evanston, IL Certified Coach: Makanda.ll Certified Coach: Carbondale. ll Certified Coach: Oakforest. ll
John Higginbotham (617) 488-3319 Sheni Walker (410) 367-1600
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Conneotlout Certified Coach· Hamden. CT
Certified Q:lach Odenton. MD Certified Q:lach Baltimore, MD
Ed Fox (704)~
Cra~ Murray (919} 847-4756
Certified Coach: Perry Degener Farmer's Brch, TX (214) 406.9655
Vennont State Coordinator. Certified Coach: Woodstock. VT Certified Coach: Waterbury, VT
Vacant Will Cardamone Sam lntrator (802) 244-7366
VIrginia S1ate Coordinator: Vacant Certified Coach: Jonathan Hubchen Ar1ington. VA (703) 979-2432
W•hington State Coordinator. Seattle, WA City Coordinator: Seattle, WA Certified Coach: Seattle, WA Certified Coach Seattle, WA
Jim O'Donnell
(206) 783-3480 Sean Federbusch (206) 720-0546 Jon Gewirtz (206) 270-8735 Mary Jofgenson (206) 525-4199
Wleoonsin Certified Coach: Slinger, WI
Scott Severson (414) 644-5619
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Home Team Wins Amherst Invitational by Tiina Booth Amherst Regional High School proved that its ranking in the UPA College Poll would have made ex-coach Jon Gewirtz proud. From their cross-field hammers to their diving (they finished 58th for the season) was no fluke this spring. Although they stumbled 1 a hit in pool play, they easily handled their competition in the semi s and finals as blocks, Fortunat and Motts kept the game they captured their first title at their own tournament on May 13-14. close. The two teams were tied at 8 but Amherst took the half 11-8. After that it was Newcomers to the Invitational were Sidwell all Amherst. Showing incredible patience Friends from D.C, Princeton Day School from against the Scarsdale zone, Amherst N.J. and Cardoza High from NYC. Returnees repeatedly worked it into the goal without included three-time champs Bronx Science A, a turn. Final score was 21-10. Scarsdale Scarsdale, Newton North, Columbia High was the overwhelming favorite for the School, and GUTS, one of the women's teams Spirit of the Game Award. from Science. Science earned the top seed in Pool ~ followed by Newton North, Scarsdale, The number of high school ultimate Princeton Day and Amh~rRt B. Amherst A teams is definit~ly increasing. This year we topped Pool B, with Cardoza, Sidwell, CHS and had 12 teams apply for the eight open spots GUTS rounding out the field. in our tournament and our state tournament had double the number of comScienr~ had a relatively eaRy time in pool petitors. However, the need for coaches is play. Their closest game was against still critical. I have at least 6 teams in New Scarsdale, but they eventually prevailed 15-8. England who have asked me to fmd them Scarsdale finished second in their pool after a some adult help. These kids have teams tight game against Newton North which they ready to learn our sport but who have little only won by two. Amherst A did not have such idea of how the game is actually played. If an easy ride. Sidwell Friends, after beating EricLekus you can give one day a week to a team in Cardoza in their first game by 2, proved that your area, that's fme. If you can commit to Mid-Atlantic ultimate is a force to be reckoned EricLekus a few practices a week, that's great. And if you decide to become a coach for an with. They were up on Amherst A by 2 at the entire season and travel to tournaments with them, it's the best gift that you half and, although the home team came back can give back to the sport of ultimate. Please email or call if you are interested: strong, Sidwell took it 14-13. Both teams won the rest of their games and tbooth@)k12.oit.umass.edu or therefore their pool, with Amherst A drawing the less coveted match against 413-549-0364. Science on Sunday. The home team had last faced Science in the semi's two years ago when they lost 21-1. This time, however, Amherst was clearly the stronger team. They worked it easily through the Science zone and then switched to a tight man-toman to shut down their huck game. Amherst was up 9-1 at half and eventually won 17-6. ln the other semi, Scarsdale and Sidwell battled it out. The lead went back and forth before Scarsdale finally won 17-13. While Sidwell and Science played a consolation game (which Sidwell won 15-12), Amherst A squared off against a rrredup Scarsdale squad, who had never made it to the finals of this tourney before. Although Amherst EricLekus had a deeper squad~ Scarsdale had the Mueller EricLtJkus EricLekus twins. These two seniors • •
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Schools Believed To Be Playing Organized Ultimate ALABAMA Altamont H.S. Birmingham. Al
CALifORNIA San Lorenzo Valley H .S. Boulder Creek, CA Hamilton High School los Angeles, CA Cross Roads High School Los Angeles. CA
COLORADO ArapahOe H .S. Littleton. CO BearCreek H.S. Lakewood, CO Englewood H.S. Englewood. CO
littleton H.S. Denver, CO New Vista H.S. Boulder, CO Overland H.S Denver. CO
CONNECTICUT Wilbur Cross H.S. NewHawn. CT
FLORIDA Sante Luctus H .S . Bovton Beach, Fl
GEORGIA Paldeta H.S. Atlanta. GA
HAWAU Hilo. H.S. H~o. HI Waiakea H .S. Hilo, HI
IDAHO BoiseH.H. Boise,ID
Capital H.S. Boi9e,ID
ILLINOIS Barington H.S. Barrington, IL NewtJier Township Winnetlla.IL
IOWA CityH.S. Iowa City,IA
Commonwealh H.S. MedfOfd, MA Phil.,_ Academy Andoller. MA
MINNESOTA Winnona H.S. 'Ninnona. MN South St. Paul H.S. Sl Paul MN
MISSOURI
Henry Clay H.S Lexington, KY Tates Creek H.S . Lex10gton, KY
Bernard Campbell Jr. High lee's Summit. MO Mary lnstlute and Country Day School St. loui$, MO Sl Louis Umverslty High St. Louis, MO
LOUISIANA
NEW JERSEY
Baton Rouge H.S Baton Rouge. LA
Bloorrlield High BloorTtield,NJ Bridgewater H .S. Bridgewater, NJ Columbia H.S. Maplewood, NJ Columbia H .S. South Orange, NJ Prinoeton H.S. Prinoeton, NJ Vineland H .S. Vineland, NJ We5. Wnston H .S. Princeton. NJ
KANSAS Topeka H.S. Topeka, KS
KENTUCKY
MICHIGAN Bedford H.S. Bedford. Ml Community H.S. Ann Arbor. Ml HuronH.S. Ann Arbor. Ml
MARYLAND Eleanor Roosevelt . UniverSity Park, MD TOW90n, H.S Baltimore, MD Friends H.S. Baltimore. MD
MASSACHUSEttS Amhe~tH.S Amhe~t,MA
Amherst Reg. H.S. Amherst,MA Cambridge School Weston. MA
NEW MEXICO DemingH.S. Deming,NM Mayfield H.S. Las Cruces. NM
NEW YORK Archbishop Malloy H .S . Bayside. NY
Bronx Sclenc:e •A' Queens, NY
Bronx Science .8" Woodside• NY Bronx Science • E" FkJshing, NY BronxScienceUj. timaniacs Jack90rt, NY Brooklyn Tech. Corona, NY Horace Mann H .S. NewYorf<, NY lcondequoit H .S . lcondequoit, NY lthacaH.S. Ithaca, NY Scarsdale H.S. Scarsdale, NY ShakerH.S. Albany, NY Stuyvesant •A" Bayside, NY Stuyvesant Flushing, NY
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Carrick H .S. Pitblburgh, PA Central H.S. Philadelphia, PA H8\lefford H.S. Philadelphia, PA North Alleghany H.S. Pittsburgh, PA State College H.S. State Colege, PA Upper Merrin H .S. King of Prussia, PA
RHODE ISLAND South Kensmgton H .S . Wakefield, Rl
TEXAS Greenhill School Farmer's, TX
UTAH Logan H.S. Ulogan, UT Skyview H .S. Smithfield. UT
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VIRGINIA
Whitestone. New York
WilsonH.S. Orange, VA Woodbeny Forest H .S. Orange, VA
NEBRASKA Lincoln East H .S. Lincoln, NE Lincoln SE H .S . Linooln, NE
NORTH CAROLINA C hark>tte Latin School Charlotte, NC New Hanover H .S. Wilmington. NC
OREGON Philomath H.S. Philomath, OR
PENNSYLVANIA Allderdice H .S. Pittsburgh, PA
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WASHINGTON SeaWe Country Day School Seattle, WA
WISCONSIN Madiaon Memorial H .S Madison, VIII
Madiaon West H .S. Madiaon, WI
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Pregnant Players and Competitive Ultimate: During the past few months there ha.s been a lively email forum for discussion about women who play tntimate during pregnancy. Readers of the newsgroup rec.sport.disc may have seen the call put forth by our National Women's Director, Kim Forsten, for volunteers to serve on a wom~n's division committee. Several dozen email messages later, we realize that it is time to share the deliberations with the full UPA community. First, the committee can be reached via the email address upa_committee_women@scilla.central. sun.com. Some of the members of the committee have UPA titles - Eric Simon, Paul Socolow, Kate Coyne, Diane Pagel, Lynne Nolan and Liz Schmidt. The committee is open to anyone interested, and several nontitled j>eople have contributed. On behalf of Kim, let me extend an invitation to send mail to the committee or to join it if you have email access and time. The discussion to date has been fumly centered on one topic, and so far has covered three general areas and a range of opinions. The first issue is whether or . not women should play Ultimate during pregnancy. The second issue is the worries that pregnant players may cause to others. The third issue is what, if anything, the UPA should do with regard to pregnant players. There seems to be a deep schism on the third question. The UPA has already taken the action of initiating discussion in the player community. Although the committee is composed of only about a dozen people, it is making a solid attempt at covering all the angles. The opinions expressed in the email exchanges have been thoughtful and reasoned, and it has been a good vehicle for establishing mutual understanding. Many of the committee members polled their local area players for opinions, and some contributed personal anecdotes. We learned that there are informed women who want to play Ultimate during their pregnancies (and have done so) and there are similarly informed women who choose not to play during pregnancy. General good-will and a community concern for the well-being of pregnant women seems universal, although the specifics of that concern vary widely. There is one point of general agreement: information is an important component of ·the equation. The only generally available medical. information about exercise and pregnancy is a short bulletin from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which has been posted at the UPA ftp site (ftp.hacks.arizona.edu, directory pub/ultimate/Articles). Many physicians have referred us to these important generic guidelines, which do not encourage activities such as Ultimate. Beyond this, physicians and others with knowledge about pregnancy issues have repeatedly recommended that decisions be
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by Hilarie Orman made by pregnant women with guidance from their physicians. As a community, we strongly encourage pregnant women to get the best medical information that they possibly can; no absolute rules apply because medical advice is always given with respect to an individual. Many of the women who have played while pregnant did so with the blessing of their medical practitioner. Of all the risks that tntimate presents, the most worrisome one is the consequences of an abdominal blow. As pregnancy progresses, the danger of premature labor from abdominal trauma increases, and this is the focal point for some deeply felt w-orries about tournament play. For example, if a pregnant woman decides to play Ultimate, can she demand special consideration? This is an important question for tournament players, and the answer is not clear. Ultimate is a non-contact sport, and we expect contact to be infrequent, but we acknowledge that it is an everpresent risk. Could this become a factor in the outcome of a tournament game? If so, would it give unfair advantage to one team or the other? Does the level of competition affect the risk? The possibility of causing irreparable harm to a pregnant woman or her baby weighs heavily on some players' minds, and this worry can be enough to interfere with their own enjoyment of the game. Some committee members feel this could be a serious infringement on the expectation of a reasonable playing environment, and this is one basis for some suggestions about preventing participation by pregnant players. There are also concerns about legal liabilities against individuals or organizations involved in sponsoring play. Few definite proposals for UPA action have been put forth or discussed. The most prominent possibilities include taking no action beyond the call for discussion, tying pregnancy to any policy the UPA has regarding fitness for play, encouraging case-by-case decision-making on a team basis, recommending against playing while pregnant, and having an official policy preventing or restricting participation in UPA events. The possibility of informal restrictions raises concerns about eligibility decisions. Teams would like to know which of their players are eligible before traveling to a tournament. Some committee members advocate encouraging captains to raise special issues about eligibility before the start of the game or at the captain's meeting. The method for resolution of disagreements was not specified, however, and uncertainty seemed to foreshadow problems about a team being decimated after investing time, effort, and money in preparation and travel.
A fundamental question concerns the appropriateness of the UPA or other players taking issue with an individual player's decision. While everyone is comfortable with excluding a player based on ability, exclusions based on vulnerability pose special problems, and the committee is far from consensus at this point.
If We Ban Pregnant Women, What's Next? by Hillarie Orman From this point on, I am going to present only one side of the issue, a side that represents my own beliefs and contributions from some other members of the committee. This opinion is that while discussion, information, and concern are valuable activities of the Ultimate community, the UPA as an org~ization should be at least neutral about pregnant players, if not actively supportive. The story of the UPA and pregnancy should be an extremely simple one, to wit: the UPA has no policy regarding medical fitness for play. Pregnancy is a medical condition and is covered by this lack of policy. The End. For a variety of reasons, the UPA leadership chose not to apply this simple reasoning. While the resulting discussion has been interesting, it arose in the aftermath of an anonymous· letter that had the improper effect of unfairly stigmatizing a small number of players. I am concerned about the effect of the intense scrutiny pregnant players have subsequently received. These exceptional women deserve more respect from the Ultimate community. In conversing with several women players and a physician player about pregnancy and Ultimate, I've encountered two overwhelming commonalities: the belief that there are additional risks faced by pregnant players, and the conviction that the UPA should not establish rules restricting pregnant women from playing. As with any personal situation, the optimal decision can only be made by an informed individual, and we must respect her decision. This respect for the pregnant player is not given out of ignorance or callousness. Everyone I spoke to was concerned about the risks posed by collisions or falls, and more than one person felt it would be responsible only to ask a pregnant player if she were aware of the risks or would consider sitting out. However, when asked what the UPA policy should be, everyone I was able to speak to felt this was not an area where the UPA should intrude. This is consiatent with UPA continued on next page
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If she's marking you, Is It double team? - Peg Hollinger lady Godiva, Boston
When a pregnant woman chooses to play, the choice affects not only herself and her baby, but also the level to which others can compete. I don't think the UPA can set a rule on this issue, but I would personally discourage women In the last trimester to play In tournaments, and encourage them to consider both sides of the Issue. - - Patge WUiiams Twister, Boston
Pregnant women should restrict themselves from playing competitive Ultimate because their normal level of play Is compromised by not laytn' out and their opponents tend to back off - creaflng a disadvantage. -Gina Wherry PhHiy Peppers. Philadelphia
In good health, pregnancy Is a healthy normal state within the human life cycle. and Ultimate Is not contraIndicted In the first trimester. It Is Important to know that pregnancy naturally aborts at a rate of 1020%. And furthermore... the disc's upl -Mike Cline (M.D.) Trash, Minneapolis /St. Paul
Women have enough Intelligence to know when It's right for them to stop playing, physically and mentally. -Sara Sackett Madison Ultimate. Madison, WI
It would be good for the UPA to p~bllsh some medical guidelines on it. -Sheila Klneka Spike, Ann Arbor
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policy on medical conditions in general and seems to be a popular policy. Pregnant players experience positive benefits from Ultimate that are important to their health and wellbeing. They are able to control their weight, remain active, and continue activities that are, in many cases, central to their lives. Dropping out of their player community for periods of several months can be a depressing sacrifice. Some people argue that any sacrifice is worthwhile if it increases the chances of a successful pregnancy. Yet few would require pregnant women to give up riding in cars or working in post offices. Evaluation of actual risk in playing Ultimate is fairly subjective, and I can testify that I have never been involved in an on-field incident that would have harmed a pregnant woman. If a woman feels her own style of play and choice of competitive environments are an acceptably low risk, it's difficult to argue the point. At the same time, of course, we should give equal respect to women who make a personal decision to stay sidelined during pregnancy. What of people who feel they cannot take the field against a pregnant player? What of their rights to play? Difficult as it is, we must apply the same rule here that we do in many other situations in society: contingent rights are lesser rights. That is to say, the worry about a possible unpleasant outcome for one person is not grounds for immediately causing a wrong to another (barring a playing from participation). The UPA must be concerned primarily with supporting those who want to play. There will be those who suffer because they must act according to their best judgment, and if that includes sitting out the game, then they must do so. They also deserve respect for the courage of their convictions, especially because they derive from altruistic concern for others. Some have asked if pregnant players would have an unfair advantage because no one would challenge their space. Would not this ruin high-level games? This is silly, because pregnant women are at such a physical disadvantage that they could not possibly be an important factor at the high level. Their own teammates are likely to be more concerned about this than their opponents. And at any level, I believe that we, as illtimate sisters, should aspire to a higher goal of supporting all women players, even if we find their individual decisions strange or worrisome. Pregnant players have as much right as anyone else to demand that the no-contact rules be honored, but they cannot ask for special consideration beyond that of normal play.
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Good Marking Takes Skill, Balance. Practice by Jim Parimdla Marking is the most underappreciated and underdeveloped defensive skill. Good marking frees up the rest of the defense to concentrate more on covering the open side. The primary goal of the marker should be to prevent a break the mark pass, not to obtain a handblock. Of course, a block is terrific and has potentially devastating psychological effects, but usually you lose more by trying for the block all the time. On the higher levels, going for the block too much will open up the other throws for upfield passes to receivers who will not be marked. On the less skilled levels, overplaying for the block will enable the thrower to get off a short complete pa.s s instead of forcing up a low percentage pass. The key to marking is to keep your balance. Most people can't extend a lot without getting completely off balance. Bend at the knees, so the weight is on the balls ofyour feet, and your upper body is directly over your feet. You want to be able to step left or right along with the thrower without having to shift your weight a lot. In any event, you should be able to return to your original position without having to move your other foot. Ifyou are coordinated enough to block with your feet, more power to you, but I have seen only a handful offootblocks in the last few years (and one of them happened because the marker was completely off balance because of a fake, but still managed to
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Players who favor restrictions must consider carefully how far they want to go in setting policy on illtimate and medical conditions. One argument for establishing restrictions is that we must consider the feelings of non-pregnant players who worry about their own culpability in possible injury to a pregnant player. If such worries are more important than the individual player's right to make her own decisions, I see no logical end to the subsequent policies. Will an anonymous letter about people over 40, handicapped players, short players, retarded players, brittle-boned players, ACLdeficient players, or women players in open games result in additional policy committees, deliberations, and rules? While there are legitimate concerns about all these classes of people, it is considered insulting and possibly illegal to restrict their participation. Why is pregnancy so very different? Because some people feel very strongly about it? This is not good enough. Some players already choose not to divulge their pregnancies to their teanunates in the early stages for fear of being excluded from play. Fonnal rules would only exacerbate this secrecy and would not be helpful. It is important to note that no problems have been reported with pregnancy and Ultimate, which may well indicate that this will never be a serious problem. The anonymous and hysterical letter writer said, ''Please do not wait until one woman has miscarried on the field to do something!" To her I would have no qualms in saying, yes, the appropriate time for this discussion is after we know there is a problem. In the meantime, the appearance of insult to the fme athletes and good mothers of our organization should be dispelled. Despite its good intentions, the UPA would be stepping far outside its capabilities and best interests if it were to pursue restrictions against pregnant players. Education and information, insofar as the time and energy are available, are worthy objectives, but a definite decision to back off from anything further would be a well-appreciated outcome.
Opponents Will Back Off of Pregnant Players by Kate Coyne I am a veteran ultimate player of both pickup and competitive play. I've played against and with women who were pregnant. At different levels of play the amountofphysicalcontactvaries. Atthemostcompetitive level, physical contact is unavoidable. Although I truly believe that a woman has the right to do what she wants with her body, when a visibly pregnant woman plays ultimate at the most competitive level, a difficult • • Issue anses.
blindly throw a foot where the thrower was throwing). Practice shuffiing your feet back and forth as the thrower pivots, also keeping your weight over your feet, your upper body upright, and your hands low. Except for the high backhand and the scoober, most throws go underneath the marker's anns (when they almost come in contact). Until a thrower has beaten you with a high throw, keep your weight low. Another thing to help your marking is to learn individual thrower's habits, such as noticing a penchant for the high backhand. We all have our rivals that we play frequently, so notice the types of throws and fakes the players you cover use. If they regularly throw over the marker, be ready to take a step back to make it more difficult. If they often step into the marker, be aware of that. If they always throw the low inside out forehand, be ready for that. There is no one perfect position to set up in. On some people you should set up as tightly as you are allowed, on others, you want to back up a little. I'm not going to go into the ethics of fouling, but you probably don't want to adopt the slogan, "Foul early and often." It's usually not worth your while·to make an obvious foul to prevent a throw. Often, the thrower will overextend himself trying to get around you, and his throws won't be as good. Ifyou systematically foul him in those situations, you are giving him a free throw or a new count. Your goal should be that if the thrower is going to throw against the mark, either he will have to travel or get himself way off balance in order to do so. If you are statistically minded, you might want to keep track of a few things. Take numbers on how many throwaways happen for each marker, and how many times their marks get broken. It could become
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The issue presented is that of the tension between the pregnant woman's right to choose to play highly competitive ultimate, and the effect this choice has on her opponents and the game itself. Of course, the pregnant woman has right to make choices regarding her body. But when a visibly pregnant woman chooses to play at the most competitive level, the effect of her choice is "backing ofT." A perfect example of "backing off" is a frustrating experience I had at a competitive tournament. I went up for a floater with a visibly pregnant woman and we had some contact (not solely initiated by me). When we came down she yelled at me, "Hey, back off, I'm pregnant!" She expected me to back off. I am not stating that this is how others feel, merely relating an experience I had. Mter discussions with others I found that backing off a visibly pregnant woman is the unspoken rule. At different levels of play this is not an issue. But no player should feel the need to back off an opponent at National competition. Backing off a player can be an unfair advantage to that player and her team. Some may argue that playing against a visibly pregnant woman is actually an advantage to her opponents. In my experience, however, visibly pregnant women have played very effectively in handling positions, particularly against zone defense, with their defenders backing off. I've experienced this on several occasions at the most competitive level. So why back off! If the visibly pregnant player chooses to play competitive ultimate, she deals with the consequences. But this ignores the obvious impact the visibly pregnant player has on her opponent. Like it or not, most of us play less aggressively against a visibly pregnant woman than l'e would otherwise. At the highest level, that detracts considerably from our enjoyment of the game. I do not advocate policing the sport and denying pregnant women the joy of playing ultimate. But I believe we should distinguish between playing pickup and vying for a National Championship. The goal of Regionals and Nationals is to fmd out who the best team is. At this level the play is more intense, more physical as the stakes are higher. We need to balance the visibly pregnant player's right to play with the rights of the opponent to play at the highest competitive level. This is not a novel idea; as a society we restrict individual rights all the time when those freedoms infringe on the well-being ofthe group. At this point it is unclear how the women's ultimate community or the UPA can address and resolve this. But the fact remains, it is an important issue of fairness. Perhaps it is one best addressed under the rubric of Spirit of the Game.
an article of pride. • Offensively, you want to remain calm when faced with an aggressive marker. Keep the marker off your pivot foot. Ifyou are fouled, make sure you get a throw ofT. Don't let them get away with hacking you and getting a reset. Consider where you want to throw the pass, and what you have to do to make the throw easy. The marker usually can't see downfield, so they can be susceptible to fakes. Don't pivot and fake wildly just for the sake of doing it. For me, I have a couple of fakes that are almost part of my throwing motion (and if you watched me enough on tape you could figure them out (not that you could block them)), but nothing else. Almost everything that looks like a fake is an attempt to throw the disc but the throw isn't there, so I pull it back and try again. When you practice your throws, practice them as they would be thrown in a game, either off a pivot or off a fake. In your team drills, incorporate a marker into some of them, even if the marker just stands on one side of the thrower. And if you're fouled, call it calmly. Don't scream at the top ofyour lungs, just say, "Foul" and throw the disc. Marking and throwing against a mark are all things you can work on with as few as three people, and have tremendous payoffs. One drill is to have two players face each other about ten yards apart, with the third player marking one of them. Player A throws past marker B to Player C, then A runs up to C and marks. C throws to B, runs up and marks, etc. It's important and easy to improve. In at least the club open division, one of the most significant differences between good and bad teams is the number of players on each team who can beat the mark successfully. That, and their ability to spike.
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Ultimate Mourns Kevin Crowley
by Will Marble When I was a child I picked up a pie tin I threw it to Mom, who bent it in half then I thought to myself as I wiped off a tear Mom's reaction was strange, you might even say queer The feeling I had as it flew through the air Was something quite new and so very rare I couldn't believe it when one day I found A thing called a Frisbee and so .very round I threw it around like the pie tin that day And those feelings came back, even stronger I'd say The hand block, the hammer, the dive for the score I messed up a little but came back for more A teammate cut hard to receive my long bomb A 'zontal catch by, you guessed it, Mom
Our Planet by Will Marble The planet was Earth, the year '93 A game being played so I went to see I heard laughter at first and then a loud •Foul!• Two beings were yelling, and started to growl They yelled and they growled, they growled and they yelled They felt oh so strongly, so very compelled The rest of the players waited for hours They even came back, they had gone home to shower Day turned to night and night turned to day Weeks had gone by, even months I would say As another day dawned and more yelling ensued I had to go home, too much of the feud So now I'm at home and I feel so content On Earth I saN something, I'm glad that I went While the beings were yelling, the big ones that is The small ones, called children, had something to give They played and they laughed, they laughed and they played They were throwing a disc and they were not afraid So something is clear about having a disc You can take it and toss it, but at your own risk Yes I am the Lorax and I've something to tell If you pick up a disc, please try not to yell
by Mike Cola On Friday, May 26 1995, the Ultimate community felt the loss of one of its members. Surrounded by loved ones, Kevin Crowley passed away in his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kevin died following a year-anda-half fight with cancer. Kevin has played for a number of teams earning the respect of both his teammates and competitors. Kevin started playing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, after which he moved to Chicago where he was the driving force behind the Fish bellies. He then co-founded Z- Chicago, and shortly after was admitted to the hospital for the removal of a cancerous growth in his colon. Kevin was a f~ghter and brought the intensity in which he played the game he loved into his brave fiQht against his awful illness. It had spread too far and there was little that could be done. But he did not give up. Kevin was 25. For those who knew Kevin, he will be missed. For those who he called friend, a deep emptiness will be felt. So on this Memorial Day please take a moment and think about the passing of one of our family. Kevin had picked 95 as his jersey number to symbolize the season in which he would return to the sport he loved. •95• will always be Kevin's number in Chicago, and no one else will wear his number on their back.
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THE ULTIMATE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION
UPA SECTIONAL AND REGIONAL COORDINATOR POSITIONS IMMEDIATE VACANCIES
Northeast Regional Coordinator Needed Immediately! Pablo Martinez has stepped down as the Northeast Regional Coordinator. An interim Regional Coordinator is needed immediately to fill the vacancy for the Fall. This position is up for election after the Fall season, and the interim may or may not elect to run for a new two-year term. This is a great chance to try it out for the short term. Interested individuals should contact Pablo at 617-489-2543 or call the UPA office. The Regional Coordinator (RC) is the UPA regional representative for all players within his/her region. The RC is responsible for making play-related decisions within the organization for all divisions open, women's, college and masters. The six RCs and two National Directors make up the Coordinating Committee (CC), which votes on all play-related issues and sets competition policy. The CC holds an annual meeting in January. The RC is responsible for overseeing UPA competition in his/her region and for overseeing the other coordinators in the region. The RC must help run and manage the Fall Regional tournament and oversee the Sectional Coordinators and the running of their events (i.e. make sure they are following correct format, talking to all the teams in the section, etc.). Regional Coordinators receive a $600/year stipend plus expenses.
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Southwest Women's Regional Coordinator Needed Immediately! We are still in need of a Southwest (Mountain\Beach) Women's Regional Coordinator for this newly formed region. This position is an interim position -term ends December 1995 -and the interim may choose to run for the next term. This is a great opportunity to check it out without a long term commitment. Interested individuals should call JD Lobue at 31 0-41 09178 or the UPA office. The Women's Regional Coordinator (WRC) is the UPA regional representative for all women players within the region. The WRC is responsible for overseeing all women divisions in the region - open, college and masters. The WRC is responsible for overseeing UPA women's competition in his/her region and for overseeing the other women coordinators in the region. The WRC works closely with the RC to help run and manage the Fall Regional tournament and to make sure that the Women's Sectional Coordinators are doing their part (i.e. following correct format, talking to all the women's teams in the section, etc.). Women's RCs receives $ 300/year stipend plus expenses.
Sectional Coordinators Needed In The Mid-Atlantic and Elsewhere The Mid-Atlantic Region needs the following Sectional Coordinator positions filled immediately: North Carolina Sectional Coordinator and North Carolina
Women's Sectional Coordinator.
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.The Central Region needs the following Sectional Coordinator positions filled immediately: Michigan
Sectional Coordinator. The Southwest Region needs the following Sectional Coordinator positions filled immediately: Desert Section Women's Sectional Coordinator. This position has been vacant for too long and it shows. This is one of the slowest growing sections in the nation. Someone please step forward and help out The Northwest Region needs the following Sectional Coordinator positions filled immediately: East New
England Sectional Coordinator, West New England Sectional Coordinator, Metro New York Women's Coordinator, and West New England Women's Sectional Coordinator. The Sectional Coordinator's primary responsibilities are to run and oversee the Fall Sectional tournament - which includes administrative and competitive tasks- and to maintain a team contact list for his/her section. Sectional Coordinators receive a free year's membership and expenses are paid from Sectional team fees. Anyone interested in one ofthe Sectional Coordinator positions should call their Regional Coordinator or the UPA office.
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS The UPA is looking for a Director of Promotions (DOP) to help develop and implement a comprehensive marketing strategy for sponsorship opportunities. RESPONSIBILITIES • Help develop a strategic marketing plan • Follow-up on current potential sponsorship opportunities • Be liaison between the UPA and sponsors • Coordinate necessary logistics for sponsorship programs
The UPA is looking for someone with prior experience in sponsorship and/or marketing and who has excellent written and verbal skills. The DOP must be available during business hours for phone calls and faxes when necessary.
The DOP will receive a yearly stipend of$600 plus expenses, with a possible final compensation package to be determined. · Interested applicants should call or send a letter of interest (and resume) to the UPA Headquarters.
OPENINGS FOR 1996
Open for November Election The following positions will be open for election, to be held this fall, for the 1996-1997 term. Central Regional Coordinator Northeast Regional Coordinator Northwest Regional Coordinator Mid-Atlantic Women's Regional Coordinator Mountain Beach Women's Regional Coordinator Southern Women's Regional Coordinator
The current coordinators may intend to run again for their position, however, these positions are open for election this year (terms are two years). If there is more than one candidate for any of these positions, a ballot vote will be taken by the members in the respective region. If there is only one candidate for the position, that candidate will be elected by default. For details about the responsibilities of these positions, see the individual job titles above in ..Immediate Vacancies," or call the UPA office for a job outline. Individuals interested in running for Regional Coordinator or Women's Regional Coordinator should call the UPA office, and, for more some insight, should also talk to the current Regional Coordinator or Women's Regional Coordinator for the region in which they plan to run. Candidates for these positions must submit a Position Statement to the UPA, which, if necessary, may be printed on the regional ballot
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WHEN DO YOU EXPIRE? The UP A operates under a two expiration date system. Expiration dates are either February 28 or August 31. Memberships received between December and June expire on February 28 of the following year (If you signed up In December It would be a year from the upcoming February). Memberships received between July and November expire August 31 of the following year (If you signed up In July it would be August of the following year). This corresponds with the UPA College and Fall Series, and .makes It easy for players to keep track of their expiration date.
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'l'HE ULTIMATE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION
COLLEGE SERIES ¡. EVENTS Northeast College Regionals: Open
Central Region- College Division
by Ed Hwang The Northeast Regional Championships were held at U Mass-Amherst May 6-7. Though the sun was out both days, wind was a big factor in every game with gusts up to 35 mph. Every team used the huck-andplay-zone strategy, thus many games were won by a single upwind score or even the flip. This year the Northeast was perhaps the strongest it's been in years, with the seven top seeds having a legitimate shot at Nationals. Despite the uncertainty of the wind, only two upsets occurred on Saturday: #9 Harvard over #8 Columbia in the first round and #6 Williams over #3 Wesleyan in the second round. #1 Yale Superfresh and #2 Cornell Buds cruised through their opponents to take the first two spots to Nationals. In the game for the #1 seed, both teams scored five upwind goals but Yale won the game due to the flip 17-16. Sunday's first round of the loser's bracket matched BC with Wesleyan and crosstown rivals MIT and Harvard. Wesleyan appeared vulnerable without their top handler and most exciting player, Nam Le. They scored upwind first and seemed to be in control, but BC was not to be outdone. After coming close several times, BC finally scored upwind to tie the game up. They clinched the game when Robbie threw a cross-field, high-release backhand into the wind for a goal to prove true the adage, "Never count out BC at Regionals." MIT in the meantime had an easy time with Harvard. Their two zone handlers broke the Harvard cup numerous times for five upwind goals. The MIT zone held strong and did not allow any upwind goals. In the second round, BC matched up with SUNY Binghamt.on while MIT played Williams for the fifth time this season. Unfortunat-ely, I didn't see much of the BC-Bingo game - all I know is that Bingo won. MIT seemed very confident in their game against Williams. After watching the MIT handlers slice through the Harvard zone, WUFO came out in man. Unshaken by the change of strategy, MIT used their zone offense against the man defense and scored the first point upwind. Williams stayed with man until MIT scored upwind again to take the half 8-3. In the second half, Williams played zone both ways, which allowed them to score six straight goals. MIT tried to battle back but the combination of the WUFO zone and wind was too much. Williams won 16-13. The game for the thlrd spot at Nationals was between Williams and BinghamtOn. Both teams looked hot but had trouble scoring upwind. The game appeared over when Bingo scored two upwind goals, but once again, Williams refused to die. Jason Haas took advantage of several lulls in the wind to huck against the Bingo zone. This strategy worked three times, enough to take the lead. On their fmal upwind point, Bingo worked the disc several times to within 15 yards of the end zone but could not score. Williams finally scored downwind to Jim Reggins to complete the upset sweep of #3 Wesleyan, #4 Bingo, and #5 MIT. Congratulations WUFO for a hard-fought Nationals bid.
by Pat Wolf The end of the 1995 college season can mean only one thing: time to start preparing for the 1996 college season. In that vein, please update your team contact information with the UPA or your College Regional Coordinator a.s.a.p. The quicker we get the contact list updated, the smoother the season will go. Which is not to say this year wasn't smooth. We had a few problems but that's to be expected. For the most part the Central Region had an exciting and successful year. Most of our CSCs did excellent work and deserve a HUGE round of applause. Now is the time to reflect, assess, and make next year even better. Regarding our problems (bad news first), we need to get rosters in much sooner and more efficiently. Too many problems were caused by late or incomplete rosters. I had to disqualify one team during regionals for roster violations. No one wants to tell a team that they can't play, but by competing in a Nationals qualifying tournament, all teams agree to play by the established guidelines. Justifiably, the college series is more regulated than the club series and the roster is the tool that ensures fair play among the schools. Please take a minute to read over the guidelines before f1llingout your roster. Next year we hope to have a more complete guidebook for the college series, eliminating some of the confusion/problems. On the plus side, over 50 open teams and 20 women's teams were playing this year. Not all of these schools competed in their sectional tournaments, but hopefully it will be only a year or two before they are established enough to compete. Continued growth and exposure is the best way to dethrone the California and North Carolina teams. The Madison, Wise. ultimate club put on an excellent tournament for our College Regional tournament. The fields were soggy, not much better tlian Big Ten, but the play was spirited and the competition hot. In all 18 open teams and 9 women's teams turned out for the fest. Many thanks to the Madison men and women for a great tournament and congratulations to our six College Nationals qualifiers. Please send any feedback from the season or the new college guidebook to Julia North or me so we can make next year perfect. Also, send us any comments you have about the region in general. (E.g., Is Michigan large enough to support itself as an independent section, or should it be combined with another section?) Thanks for a great year!
ecclesiastical debate raged among the various sects: Ball St. and U of Chicago fought a holy war for second place in their pool. In the end, Ball St. was excommunicated. The Earlham Quakers' passive resistance threatened to unhinge the Dianetics of Rose-Hulman, but Rose ended up with the Chariot of the Gods. In the B pool, the church elders of U of UH.nois secured second place, but only after a sudden death encounter with the pork-eating infide!~ of Northwestern. Pope tntimate, from Notre D~rne, came in a comfortable third thanks to the revenues generated from the granting of indulgences, while the heathen Northwesterners and the ascetic monks of Southern Illinois rounded out the pool. The various faiths were tested the second day as Armageddon loomed for everyone except the top four religions. The crusades began in the quarters with Purdue baptizing Northwestern, U of Chicago sacking Notre Dame, Ball St. nailing a thesis to Illinois' door, and Indiana conducting the inquisition on Rose-Hulman. When the persecuted faiths vied amongst themselves for reacceptance, Notre Dame conquered Dlinois to capture the fifth spot. In the semis, religious fervor swelled as the traditional beliefs of Purdue squared off against the mysticism of the Ball St. Wizardz. Alas, no amount of sacred herbs or magic elixirs could keep the army of Purdue down, as Purdue advanced 15-6. On a nearby field, discussion of the afterlife continued as the Hoosiermama? faithful, though triumphant, grudgingly gave up eight points to the holy men from U of Chicago. That was the most tolerance the Mama? clan was to show toward any competing religion as Indiana then faced the true believers of Purdue in the finals. The Ultimate Gods chose to release fire and brimstone upon the field (OK, it was rain) as Purdue fought hard with faith only to see the error of their ways, losing the Sectionals crusade to Hoosiermama? 15-7. U of Chicago and Ball St. continued to battle for converts and the third-place honors in one of the hardest battles of the weekend. As U of C looked to lock it up, Ball St. worked their magic and scored the last three in a row to win it 14-12. If there is a God, s/he surely would have looked down upon the rain-soaked fields that day and seen many new religions spring forth, many beliefs reaffirmed, many of the most holy of layout Ds, but most importantly, s/he would have seen the Spirit.
Rocky Mountain Sectionals Central Plains Sectionals by Dcuman Collins The Frisbee faithful gathered on a cold, damp Indiana morning to begin their weekend of worship and test their faiths against each other with the goal of entering the Pearly Gates of the College National Series. The preachings of the Indiana and Purdue clergy went unchallenged in pool play, though U of Chicago nearly forced Purdue to recant. Elsewhere
by Kate Bergeron-Gull The College Rocky Mountain Sectiop.al Tournament was held under less than ideal conditions at the University of Wyoming the weekend of April 22-23. The conditions, of course, had nothing to do with the effort of the Wyoming team. Rugby and soccer players were convinced that ultimate had no place being on the same field as their elite sports and forced the fields to be moved several times. Jesse Stover was more than flexible, running around and moving cones on an almost hourly basis. Despite a slow start and the predictions ofbad weather, captains decided to hold a two-day tournament and withstand whatever Mother Nature was going to throw at them. In the quarterfinals, U.S. Air Force beat Denver, 11-9 and Northern Colorado beat Wyoming, 11-9. Colorado and Colorado State both had byes. In the semis, Colorado defeated Air Force, 13-10, and Colorado State beat Northern Colorado 13-6. The fmals ended in a tie, 5-5, so that both teams could drive home before the snow storm worsened. According to CSU Captain Sean Gillies: "CSU and CU negotiated a tie instead of playing in the ever deepening (2" at that point) snow and getting hurt on the field or stranded in Wyoming. It was a pretty hellish ride home." While it was snowing like crazy in Wyoming, the University of Colorado and University of Northern Colorado women were playing their Sectionals game in the beautiful Boulder sunshine. UNC, a ftrst-year team, showed a lot of spirit and determination and looks to have a bright future in ultimate. The CU women would like to thank UNC for getting their roster in on time to the UPA and thereby giving CU the Nationals Wildcard spot. Congratulations to eveeyone on a great season and good luck next year!
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REGION 1 Carleton 2 Oberlin 3 Indiana 4 Macalester Kansas 5 6 Wisconsisn Dayton 7 8 Iowa Sta~e 9 ·ChiCago 10-12 Notre Dame 10-12 Carleton B Cincinnatti 13 Michigan 14 15-16 Dayton 1~16 CU Bolder 17-18 St. Olaf 17-18 Purdue 17-18 Nebraska Playoff Games Carleton 17 Macatester 3 Oberlin 17 Kansas 11 Carleton 19 Oberlin 7 lndianCJ 17 Macalester 9
6 UPenn 3-3 7-0 7-8 Navy 2-3 5-1 7-8 Appalachian St 2-3 ,5-1 9-10 ·William & Mary 1-4 ·- 5-3 9-1 0 · Swarth~ore · 1-4 4-3 -11-12 U. of D aware 0-5 11-12 Haverford 2-~ 0-5 3-2 . Playoff Games 2-2 NC State 17 2-2 UPenn 14 1-3 Penn State 17 1-2 Princeton 7 1-2 NC State 15 1-3 Penn State 11 1-3 1-3 ECU 21 #1 0-4 UNC-W 13 0-3 UNC-W 17 #2 0-3 8 NC State
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MID-ATLANTIC REGION 1 ECU 6-0 2 UNC-W 6-1 3 NC State 5-2 3-5 4 Penn State 5 Princeton 4-2
NORTHEAST REGION 1 Yale 2 Cornell Williams 3 4 SUNY Binghamton 5-6 MIT 5-6 Boston College 7-8 Wesleyan 7-8 Harvard Playoff Games Yale #1 17 Cornell 16 #2 #3 Williams 15 Binghamton 13
SOUTHERN REGION 1 Georgia 2 LSU 3 Texa 4' GaTech 5-6 Clemson 5-6 Tennessee 1 Fla. State 8 Tulane 9 TexasA&M 10 A1abama 11-12 Baylor 11-12 Toccoa Falls 13 Rice
6-0 6-1 4-2 4-2 4-3 4-3 3-3 2-4 2-4 1-3 0-5 0-5 0-3
WEST REGION 1 U.C. Santa Cruz 5-0 2 Stanford 5-1 3 LasPositas 5-2 4 UC Santa Barbara 3-3 5 Cal Poly S.l.O. 3-2 6 U.C. Davis 2-3 7-8 U.C. Berkeley 1-3 7-8 Oregon 1-3 9-10 Humboldt State 0-4 0-4 9-10 Stanford-B · Playoff Games LPC 12 UC SB 10 U.C. Santa Cruz 15 #1 Stanford 10 Stanford 15 #2 LPC 8
SECTIONAL RESULTS OPEN DIVISION CENTRAL REGION ~orthwest Plains Carleton •A" 5-0 Madison 5-1 Macalester 4-2 Carleton ·c· 2-4 4-2 St. Olaf Carleton "B" 2-4 Macalester "B" 1-3 Winona State 0-3 lawrence 0-4 West Plains 5-1 Kansas University Iowa State University 5-1 UniVersity of Nebraska 4-2 UniVersity of Iowa 2-4 Kansas State University 0-5 Grinnell College 1-4 East Plains Oberlin College 5-0 4-1 University of Dayton University of Cincinnati . 3-3 University of Kentucky 3-3 2-2 Ohio University University of Toledo 1-3 Ohio State University 0-3 Miami University, Ohio 0-3 Central Plains 7-0 Indiana University Purdue University 6-1 4-3 Ball State UniVersity of Chicago 4-3 4-3 Notre Dame 4-3 University of Illinois 1-5 Rose-Hulman Northwestern 1-5 Earlham 0-4 Southern Illinois Univ. 0-4 Michigan UniVersity of Michigan 2~ 1-1 Michigan State Kalamazoo College 0-2 Rocky Mountain Section 4-1 UC Boulder 4-1 csu 1-4 USAFA Northern Colorado 3-2 2-3 University of Denver UniVersity of Wyoming 1-4 MID-ATLANTIC REGION NJ/Penn 7-1 Carnegie 6-1 UPenn 6-1 Princeton 5-3 Pennsylvania State 4-3 Swarthmore 3-4 Haverford • 2-3 Rutgers DC/Metro 5-0 U.S.NavaiAcademy
University of Delaware 3-2 University of Maryland 3-2 U.S.U.H.S. 3-2 Catholic University 1-4 John Hopkins University0-5 North Carolina Section Not reported. NORTHEAST REGION East New England Section MIT 7-0 Boston College 5-1 4-2 Harvard 4-3 Tufts"A" Boston University 4-2 Bowdoin 3-4 Brandeis 3-3 2-3 McGill Brown 1-2 1-3 WPI 0-3 Clark 0-3 Bates Tufts "B" 0-4 West New England Section Williams College 4-0 3-1 UMass University of Vermont 3-1 Amherst 2-2 Hampshire 1-2 Middlebury 1-2 Dartmouth 0-2 Williams "B" 0-2 Middlebury "B" 0-2 Metro New York Section Yale "A" 3-0 Wesleyan 3-1 2-1 Columbia 3-2 SUNY Purchase Yale "B" 2-3 Vassar 0-3 UConn 0-3 Upstate New York Cornell Buds 5-0 SUNY Binghamton 4-1 Suny Buffalo 4-1 4-1 Carleton U Ottawa 2-3 RPI SUNY Albany 1-3 Un~v-~rsity of Rochester 1-3 Cornell Shake 1-3 Colgate 0-4 0-3 Syracuse WEST REGION Northwest UniVersity of Oregon Humboldt State Oregon State Whitman College Northern California UC Santa Cruz Stanford A Davis/\
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WOMEN'S DIVISION CENTRAL REGION 'Northwest Plains Not reported West Plains UniVersity of Iowa 2-0 1-1 Kansas University Grinnell College 0-2 East Plains Section Not reported. Central Plains Section Indiana University 3-0 2-1 Purdue University 0-3 Earlham 0-3 University of Illinois MID-ATLANTIC REGION NJ/Penn 6-0 UPenn 5-1 Rutgers Pennsylvania State 4-2 - Haverford 3-3 Princeton 2-4 Swarthmore 1-5 North Carolina Not reported. NORTHEAST REGION West New England Williams 4-0 Middlebury 3-1 2-2 Dartmouth 1-3 Amherst UMass 0-4 East New England 3-0 Brown 2-1 Tufts 1-2 Boston College 0-3 Harvard Metro New York Not reported. WEST REGION Northwest Humboldt State 3-0 2-1 University of Oregon Oregon State University 1-2 0-3 Whitman College Northern California Not reported. Soutbem California Not reported.
CENTRAL REGION 1 Indiana 2 Carleton 3 UC Boulder Oberlin 4 5 Kansas 6-7 Wisconsin 6-7 Macalester 8-9 Iowa 8-9 Illinois Playoff Games Indiana 17 Boulder 8 Carleton 17 Oberlin 10 Indiana 19 Carleton 1 Boulder 15 Oberlin 7
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MID-ATLANTIC REGION UNC-W 7-1 1 2 UPenn 7-1
3 ECU 4-2 4 Rutgers 3-3 5 Penn State 2-4 6 William & Mary 1-5 7 Haver/BrynMawr 0-6 Playoff Games UPenn .11 Rutgers 4 UNC-W 17 ECU 5 #1 UNC-W 17 UPenn 8 #2 NORTHEAST REGION 1 Yale 2 Williams 3 Columbia 4 Cornell 5-6 Middlebury 5-6 Brown 7 Amherst 8-9 UMass 8-9 Dartmouth
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OPEN DIVISION East Carolina 1 U.C.Santa Cruz 2 U NC-Wilmlngton 3 4 Stanford 5 U.C.Santa Barbara Yale 6 7 Carleton 8 Comell 9 Oberlin 10 Cal Poly-S.L.O. U.C.Davis 11 12 lasPositas 13 N.C.State 14 Kansas 15 SUNY Binghamton 16 U.C.San Diego 17 Williams l.S.U. 17 19 Carnegie-Mellon 20 Westevan 21 Indiana •• 22 M.I.T. 23 Wisconsin Iowa State 24 25 Boston College 26 Penn State 27 Princeton 28 U. Penn. 29 Georgia 30 U .C.Berkeley 31 Carleton Univ. 32 Texas 33 Oregon 34 Duke 35 Dayton 36 Michigan State 37 Maca.lester 38 Middlebury 39 Ohio Univ. 40 Navy 41 Pomona-Pitzer 42 Hampshire 43 Humboldt State Iowa 44 45 S.U.N.Y. Buffalo 46 Michigan 47 Tennessee 48 William and Mary Occidental 49 50 Appalachian State 51 Georgia Tech 52 Florida State 53 Clemson 53 Colorado State 55 Illinois 56 Haverford 57 Purdue 58 Amherst Reg . H.S. 59 Vermont 60 Yale-B 61 Chicago 61 Colorado 61 Stanford-B 64 Harvard 65 Oregon State 66 Vassar 67 Notre Dame 68 Nebraska 69 Virginia 70 AL Birmingham 71 Denwr Carteton-e 72 U. Mass. 73 74 Bucknell SUNY Purchase 75 76 Amherst 77 TexasA&M 78 Grinnell College 79 Arizona State
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Columbia Tufts Rochester Swarthmore Rutgers Toledo Boston Univ. Lehigh Ball State Brown Cincinnati Wyoming Alabama R.P.I. Dartmouth Bowdoin Sl Olaf Brandeis Redlands Northwestern lafayette Delaware Baylor Syracuse DreW Rice Bates Northern Colorado Colorado College Clark Rose Hulman Corneti-B Carleton-a W.P.I. Johns Hopkins Bryant College
WOMEN'S DIVISION U.C.Santa Cruz 1 2 Stanford U.C.Santa Barbara 3 UNC-Wilmington 4 U.C.Davis 5 6 Oregon Yale 7 8 Colorado U. Penn. 9 U.C.Berkeley 10 11 Columbia 12 Indiana 13 Humboldt State Williams 14 Carleton 15 16 East Carolina 17 Cornell U.C.San Diego 18 19 Rutgers 20 Middlebury 21 Redlands 22 Brown Oberlin 23 Penn State 24 25 Dartmouth Wisconsin 26 27 Iowa William and Mary 28 29 Kansas Rochester 30 31 S.U.N.Y. Purchase 32 Purdue 33 Haverford 34 Amherst Appalachian State 35 36 Princeton 37 Swarthmore 38 Wesleyan 39 Macalester 40 Michigan U. Mass. 41 42 Illinois
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SISTAHS SWAT FLIES FOR SECOND COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP
IRATES' TWO BIG COMEBACKS GETS THEM THEIR SECOND NATIONAL TITLE
by Betsy Andrews (with contributions from Eric Simon and Tony Curtis)
by Betsy Andrews and Eric Simon (with contributions from Tony Curtis)
U C Santa Cruz Slug Sistahs were back to defend their title against some old rivals and new ones. last year's challenger - UC Berkeley- had not returned, but a strong Stanford team came instead as the second team from the West It was Stanford's first-ever appearance at Nationals, but it wouldn't be the first time a newcomer would make it all the way to finals. Most recently, UC Santa Cruz did it last year, going all way on their first qualifier. Nonetheless. such a feat would be commendable, at the very least. And it was... at the very most. The most high-spirited, competitive, awesomely defensive finals the Women's Division has seen in years. It was an all-West finals again - the fourth time overall - and in a come-from-behind victory, UC Santa Cruz Slug Sistahs became only the second women's team to win two consecutive college championships, and were crowned 1995 UPA College National Champions.
SATURDAY POOL PLAY The wettest May on record for Illinois ensured that the university's rain fields would be used. The Women's Division began their search for the 1995 college champions on the fresh- mown fields at the llini Meadows. The pools were set as follows:
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The early rounds of the day had Williams, who had been to Nationals only once before in '93, playing their toughest game of the day against defending champs UCSC. The champs coasted to a 15-4 victory. The second game in Pool A was the first in a series of upsets by Colorado's Avalanche, who qualified by the skin of their teeth when the Central Region got a wildcard due to the South's absence. Their first match was against Indiana's Calamity Jane, who had beaten them handily at Regionals. But Colorado was determined to prove their presence at Nationals was more than just luck. The Coloradans came out strong against Indiana with a 4-1 lead, and took the half 8-6. Indiana worked patiently against Colorado's zone but couldn't convert. Colorado avalanched from there as they cruised to the end of the match, 15-7, allowing Indiana only one point the entire second half. In Pool B the Stanford Superfly army triumphed over Columbia's smaller team, taking an 8-0 lead at half, and winning 15-5. Columbia, who has been to Nationals every year since 1990, was the second wildcard team from the Northeast. The other game had tvvo National veterans pitted against each other: UNC-W Seaweed, champions in 1992, finalist in '93, and semifinalist in '94, returning with hopes of winning back the elusive title; and Carleton Syzygy, eight-time National contender from the Central Region (they missed only the first year of women's College Nationals in '87). UNC-W dominated the game, 15-9, lessening the chances for Carleton's first-ever finals appearance.
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Rumor said it would be a tough Nationals... and it was. Defending champs ECU had dominated the college circuit (34-2 on the season), but the Western teams, UC Santa Cruz and Stanford, had impressive records as welt. And the history for the Western teams was even more impressive- both West teams, no matter which ones, made the semis of College Nationals every year since 1986. They also dominated the finals up unti11990, when the Mid-Atlantic teams finally broke the trend- UNC-W placed second in '90 and '91 and took the title in '93, before losing their reign to regional rivalry ECU in '94. Then there were the teams on the verge: Carleton, semifinalist the past tvvo years and rumored this year to have the best team yet; Cornell, who hadn't reached the semis since '91 but was oh-so-close the past two years and looked tuned up this time around; and t Yale, making their first appearance ever at Nationals but doing it grandly by placing first in the Northeast. But some trends are hard to break. This year's College Nationals proved to be more of the same as the Mid-Atlantic and Western teams dominated , once again, for the third straight year. In an all-West semi, UC Santa Cruz prevailed over Stanford, and in the other semi, ECU beat regional rival UNC-W in an exciting late come-frombehind victory. Nor did ECU's come-from-behind streak end there. Down the entire first half, ECU turned the tables to win the 1994 College National Championships, 21-18. This was the first time a team has won back-to-back titles in the College Open Division since the 1988-90 run by UC Santa Barbara.
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The second round began at noon with clouds rolling in. A torrential downpour ensued, making the fields (and players) muddy and slick. In Pool A, the Slug Sistahs made quick work of last year's semifinalist Calamity Jane, 15-3, who were just coming of their loss to Colorado. UPenn's Venus, in the meantime, had one of the all-time great comebacks against Williams. Down 8-3 at half, Venus pretty much traded goals until11-7, and then scored the last eight goals of the game to win 15-11! In Pool 8, Stanford easily handled Seaweed, using short swings into the endzone to score. Seaweed scored most of their points in the first half of the game and seemed stuck in an undertow as they succumbed to the Californians, 15-5. Meanwhile, Columbia and Yale matched zones, with Columbia jumping out to a 6-1 lead, and then playing fairly even to win 15-9. The rain stopped for the lqst round of the day, but increased wind made up for the lack of precipitation. And of course the fields were just as wet and muddy as before. continued on page 16
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In the first round of pool play, despite the inclement weather, top-ranked ECU made playing look easy as they scored eight in a row, starting with their first possession, against Williams and took the game handily, 17-3. Carleton's CUT (who it was rumored 'could go all the way') made a good first impression against Georgia, winning 17-9. In Pool B, UCSC beat LSU, 17-7, and Yale and Oberlin slogged it out in the mud with Yale emerging, 17-11. In the Indiana UNC-W match, Hoosiermama? started ahead but the Seamen took the lead and control after half and IU scored only once more in a UNCW victory, 17-6. The best game of the round, offering plenty of drama between tvvo highly-spirited teams, was Cornell/Stanford. last year, Cornell was cruising towards the semis, and in their last-round game all they had to do was to score 12 points or more against the West #2 team, Santa Barbara. They were creamed 17-6, and their season ended. Now here they were, their first Nationals game of-this year, against the West #2 team. It was a tough first draw for both teams. Stanford scored the first two, then Cornell scored the next four. Stanford came back with five of their own to take a 7-41ead. Cornell battled back into the game to tje at 8s, until Andre Straumanis threw his fifth goal of the half, giving Stanford a 9-8 lead at half. The game was tied at 9s, 10s and 12s. Stanford · reached 13 first to take the lead, but Cornell's star and spiritual leader, Josh Faust, threw a long bomb for a score, then a short pass for a score on consecutive possessions, and Cornell took a 14-13 lead. A long point ensued, and Josh threw another long bomb for a score (his sixth assist) for a two point lead as the game was capped at 17. Andre then threw his sixth and final goal to bring Stanford within one, but that was the end for Stanford as Cornell scored the last two to win 17-14. continued on page 18
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But that didn't stop the Avalanche. Colorado pulled off another upset, this time against third pool seed UPenn, with a sweet 15-8 victory after falling behind 3-0. On the other field, Indiana and Williams were.trading points in the first half. In the second half Indiana surged ahead, but Williams answered back with three in a row. Indiana finally took the lead again, once and for all, scoring four straight to win 15-9. Yale and Carleton were also fighting a tough first-half game, and like Indiana, Yale surged in the second half. With good North-east defense they kept Syzygy backed up against their own endzone point after point and swept to a 15-8 victory. Columbia and UNC-W were playing a defensive game as well, but the Seaweed women were more successful in converting D-to scores, and won 15-7. By the end of the day both pools had seen some upsets. The first pool seeds - Santa :,,, .· . Cruz and Stanford - kept their first place spots with undefeated records. In Pool A, Colorado moved to second place with a 2-0 record, but had yet to play Santa Cruz. Indiana, a pool favorite, was third with a 1-2 record. UPenn went 1-1 and Williams went 0-2. In Pool 8 , UNC-W was still second with their 2-1 record, losing only to Stanford. Yale was 1-1, Columbia 1-2, and Carleton 0-2.
SUNDAY POOL PLAY Sunday was a sunny but windy day, resulting in lots of exciting zone play and some really long games. The games were-played in the shadow of U of l's Memorial Stadium. The Slug Sistahs continued their winning performance with a 15-3 victory over UPenn's Venus. In the other Pool A game Colorado continued their streak of being involved in upsets- this time, however, Avalanche was handed an upset by 5th seeded Williams, 15-12, with some amazing zone and great upwind goals. In Pool 8 Carleton and Columbia traded downwind points the entire game. Columbia started with the wind, and won the game at cap, 17-16. The other game was a contest of first-timers, with Yale looking for a win over Stanford for the easier quarters match. Yale kept Stanford grounded at their endzone for their first nine possessions, but the Superfly women triumphed, 15-6. The final round of pool play saw UCSC playing Avalanche in Pool A. Colorado gave the Slug Sistahs their toughest ga~ of pool play, with UCSC still emerging victorious, 15-7. In the UPenn/lndiana game, Venus, led by Michelle Minihane. ·e asily beat Calamity Jane 15-4. Michelle threw or caught all the scores in the first half, three in the second, and had at least three Ds.
In Pool B, Carleton gave Stanford their closest game during pool play as well, but the Californians proved unstoppable and Stanford took the game, 15-9. The important game to watch was the Yale/UNC-W game, which would determine quarterfinal seeding in the event
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Monday dawned chilly, overcast, and slightly Windy. Play began bright and early at 8:30 on the terrace fields west of Memorial Stadium. The semis were to 17 to determine who would vie for the championship at noon. In one game Seaweed faced the Slug Sistahs. The wind was stro.n g enough for both teams to try zone but weak enough thatthe zone wasn't really effective. The Sistahs took an early lead, but three long Seaweed passes for goals and a Sistah turnover in their own endzone put UNC-W up 6-4. At 7-5 UCSC scored four to take the half 9-7. Seaweed came out and tied it at 9s in the second half, but at 11-10 UCSC, almost the entire rest of the game was played on the Seaweed side of the field . The Sistahs scored four to take a 15-10 lead, and then the win, 17-12. The game was fairly clean and relatively friendly except for a little squabbling over Seaweed's travel calls (UCSC called 1 , UNCW called 14. one of which was on themselves). ' ' In the Stanford/Colorado semi, Stanford dominated from1he start both defensively and offensively. Despite the wind and Colorado's zone, which had been effective in their other games, Superfly was able to score ' .. from all over the field, going up 7-1 and cruising on to Michael Dorneich a 15-4 victory. Their superhot defens_e ~nd flowing offense put an end to Colorado's meteonc nse and put ofathree-waytie. Yalefacedthedauntingtaskofneeding Stanford onto the finals field at noon. The spirit in this to beat Seaweed by five in order to avoid a fourth-place game was high and congrats to Colorado for a great bid finish, which would have them playing one of the powerful at Natiorfals! · California teams in the quarters. Yale was 0-2 against Seaweed this season, but they jumped out to a quick lead, and led most of the game by two or three points. They scored the last two of the game, and won 14-10. They would meet Santa Cruz in the quarters the following round. ~.
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WOMEN'S QUARTERFINALS As the quarterfinals started in the last round of the day, the wind eased up a bit. It was still an important factor, but it was nowhere near as strong as earlier in the day. Surprisingly, the small team from Yale was UCSC's most challenging opponent yet. Despite coming off their exhausting .win over UNC-W 20 minutes earlier, Yale's zone made the Sistahs work. Santa Cruz dominated defensively, ·although their conversion rate on defense was the same as Yale's. Santa Cruz scored an upwinder early, but Yale hung tough the first half, and SC found themselves up 8-5. In the second half, the Sistahs took control, winning 15-6.
In the other 1-4 crossover game Stanford jumped all over lndiar_1a and never looked back throughouttheir 15-4 victory. Stanford's handling upwind was particularly impressive. Colorado and Columbia had a tough time in ·the wind, making their game decided by an upwind goal. Colorado had the wind advantage at 5-4 and soon scored the decisive upwinder to take the lead, 7-4. After that, both teams traded downwinders for the rest of the game, finishing 15.:12. This put Avalanche., a third-place team in the Central region, in the National semis. The most exciting game of the day was the Venus/Seaweed quarterfinal. Penn was 1-3 against Seaweed this year, beating Seaweed in pool play at Regionals, before getting crushed in the finals. Spectators weren't surprised when Seaweed went up 4-2. But Penn scored three to go up 5-4, then 6-5, but Seav.reed scored three to take the half 8-7. In the second half, the teams traded downwinders until 13-12. Running out of time, Venus scored the first upwinder of the second half to tie 13-all, and scored the ensuing downwinder to take the lead 14-13 as a cap to 16 was put on the game. Venus' spirits soared, but Seaweed took the pull and marched upwind to score in four passes to tie at 14s. Seaweed scored again downwind to take a one-point lead, and then, for good measure, scored upwind again to win 16-14. It was an impressive showing for both teams. Venus for coming so close to a semifinal appearance, and UNC-W for making the semis five years in a row, the longest current streak in either college division. This was especially impressive for Seaweed, because so many of their starters from last year had Michael Domeich graduated.
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WOMEN'S FINALS The finals of 1995 College Nationals between Stanford University (Superfly) and UC Santa Cruz (Slug Sistahs) were played at noon on the University of Illinois complex fields. The field was in tiptop shape having not been played on in weeks due to rain. Both the players and fans were happy to see grassy green instead of muddy brown. To celebrate the face-off between the two West coast rivals (and a replay of their region a Is finaO, the sun even came out, eventually, but an intermittent crossfield wind kept the temperature comfortably cool. It was the first Nationals appearance ever for the Stanford women and Superfly came into the finals psyched from their easy roll through pool play and playoff games. They were 17-4 on the year, but three of those losses came at the hands of the defending champs UC Santa Cruz. Atthough 23-0 on the year, UCSC had had a tougher morning and the Stanford zone was the last thing they wanted to see. Stanford got up 2-0 quickly with their zone. UCSC then earned their first goal, throwing 19 passes for the score against the zone. Stanford answered with 19 passes of their own against Santa Cruz's cup to make the score 3--1. Stanford's zone continued to clamp down, their offense cruised, and thanks to "D", which
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stands for Dominique and Defense and Deep throws and inDomitable spirit, Stanford flew to an 8-2 lead. Were we seeing the future of college Ultimate? At this point Dominique Fontenette, a sophomore, had five assists, while "AJ" Johnson, a freshman, and Michelle Ruiz each had three goals. Dominique went on to finish the game with 11 assists and a goa~ Berkeley Young finished with three assists and three goals.
to take its toll. With some long passes and some great skying, Santa Cruz finished with an incredible six straight points to win 19-15. Over those six points, Amy Dobras threw four goals and scored another (finishing with seven assists). Jana Krutsinger scored the last point, her eighth, to go along with four assists. Jessica Bremer also got four assists, while Shoshana Marks scored five and Heidi Kloeppel scored three. It was a great balanced attack from the Slug Sistahs, quite a difference from last year when lester Charles finished her college career by catching three goals and throwing 15 in the finals, including all ten in the second half. UC Santa Cruz looked anything but sluggish as they finished an undefeated 24-0 season, winning their second National title. The M>men's final, as with all of the games in the Women's Division, was typified by good spirit. The Yale women won the spirit trophy (long may it wave), but it musfve been a hard call for the teams to make. Thanks to Tim, Marykate and all the scorekeepers. Note: play-by-plays of the finals games are on the Nationals homepage: http://www.cen. uiuc.edul-ea 10592
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But with the calm assurance of a team that has won Nationals before, and with an experienced coach (Peter Ritson, who coached them to the title last year), UCSC began to chip away at their deficit with some hot D and good patience. UCSC scored the next five goals, closing the gap to 8-7 Stanford. The teams then traded points, the Stanford zone kicked in again and Superfly took the half 10-8. The second half of the game proved to be a little more even, with the two teams alternating the lead. Stanford's zone was rested after the half and successfully shut down the UCSC offense for the first point But the zone had been working overtime and Santa Cruz took advantage of this. Down 11-8, the Sistahs scored the next five to take their first lead, 13-11. Stanford, under the guiding hand of their coach Jennifer Donnelly (is it coincidence that both teams in the finals had coaches?), rallied behind their star. Dominique threw three goals and scored another and Stanford took the lead again, 15-13. The Slug Sistahs picked up on the deep theme and begin their run for the roses. Despite some exciting D from Superfly's Michelle and AJ, the depth of the Santa Cruz team began
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By the start of the second round, the rain had stopped but the wind had started. After losing a tough match to Cornell, Stanford now had to face the top-seeded team in the nation, East Carolina, in a rematch of last year's College Nationals final. When ECU scored on their first frve possessions to go up 5-1, it looked like Stanfo~d's season was essentially over. But Stanford dug deep mto their mental reserve and battled back to tie at 7s before ECU scored two to take a 9-7 lead into half. Atthe beginning ofthe second half, again, ECU's offense was most efficient, scoring four times in their first five possessions, taking a 14-1 0 lead. At 15-11, though, Stanford again dug deep and scored on four straight possessions to tie at 15s. At that point one of the least talkedabout skills of any team, its ability to pull upwind, became a factor. All day long (in fad it wouid be true for the entire tournament), East Carolina had no trouble pulling deep into the endzone regardless of wind conditions, in either direction. At 15-all, however, Stanford's pull, for the sixth time of the game, did not reach the 10-yard "brick" line (this only happened once for the lrates). This pull was just past midfield. Bill Rcnr berger of ECU picked up the disc and threw a 40+ yard hammer for a one-pass goal. It wasn't the turning point of the game, by any means, but it was a factor. Stanford scored two straight (making six consecutive scoring possessions), of which Andre threw or caught five of them, and stanford led for the first time 17-16. But Mike Gerics threw two scores, and after two blocks by Andre, and a missed attempted "greatest," Mike G threw another one for the win, 19-17. stanford went back to their hotel 0-2, the first time they'd lost more than one game in a single day all year, needing a lot of help from the other teams in their pool. Cornell also came out flat, against Carleton after their first-round battle with Stan' . ford. Carleton was another team shooting for the finals after making the semis each of the past two years, and things looked good after cruising to a 9-21ead at half, despite Paco's broken nose. Cornell battled to within 11-7, and atthis point, goals were crucial for Cornell. If they lost to Carleton, and Carleton lost to Stanford (and if ECU won the pool, which they did), Cornell c~uld not afford to lose by more than three (since they had beaten Stanfor~ by three). Carleton cranked it up and beat them 17-12. If Cornell couldn't beat ECU the next day, and Carleton·lost to Stanford, no matter what the score, the best Cornell could do, and it ended up happening, was to lose out on tie-breakers for the second straight year.
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17-12. The LSU/Indiana game was the close one in pool B this round. At 3-3, IU jumped to a 9-4 lead at half. They kept the lead until16-11 when LSU scored 4 to take it to 16-15. IU scored next to win 17-15. In the Oberlin/UNC-W game the Flying Horsecows kept the game within two for the first half but the Seamen outscored them 8-3 in the second to win 17-1 0.
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endzone, forcing a series of unsuccessful hucks and a Santa Cruz win, 17-8. UNC-W dominated their match up with LSU but the Seamen had to work for their 17-11 victory. Yale downed the Hoosiermamas?, 17-5. In the last round of pool play, ECU knew they were headed to the semis, but there was a possibility of a three-way tie for second if Stanford could beat Carleton. Furthermore, if Stanford could win by three or more, they would make it to the semis, an amazing comeback after losing their first two pool games. Stanford relied on the D (along with the wind) as they punted both upwind and downwind, and played occasional zone. Carleton seemed to help by self-destructing a bit, and Stanford, ahead 4-2, scored five to.take the half at 9-2. The closest Carleton got was within five, and Stanford qualified for semis with a 17-9 win. This made it the third year in a row that a team has qualified for the semis with a major win in the last round to force, and win, a three-way tie. T\VO years ago Santa Cruz crushed ECU in the last round, and last year Cornell was a trauma victim at the hands of Santa Barbara. Carleton now joins the list. But not all the semis were set. Yale and UNC-Wilmington were playing for second place in the other pool. The tension was high as the game started. This was a do-or-die year for Yale. Although they had never been to Nationals before, 10 of their players would graduate, and they rallied behind Pepper Williams and his previous Nationals experience. The opening pull had both teams laughing and helped the game get off to a spirited start. Yale's upwind pull almost reached the other endzone, started to slide left out of bounds, then headed back towards the Yale endzone still out of bounds, which seemed like no big deal since it was o.b., but the disc broke again the opposite way and at the last second came back into Yale's own Michael Domeich endzone. UNCW threw one pass for the first score. The teams traded downwinders to 3, SUNDAY POOL PLAY then two upwinders. Behind 7-5, Yale scored four to take True to the old saying about the Midwest, "If you don't a 9-7 lead at half. In the second half the Seamen scored like the weather, wait awhile, it will change," Sunday was an upwinder, and the ensuing downwinder to tie at 9s, beautiful with white fluffy clouds, but a serious wind. The but Yale still had the wind advantage. The Seamen then top two seeds in each pool played each other first on the scored another pair, to go up 11-9 while the cap was set second day. Carleton faced ECU in Pool A. Carleton at 12. Yale had the disc twice going downwind during the scored the first two, and after ECU scored one they put next point, and both times threw it away on the first pass. on the zone. Carleton crumbled. ECU scored another to No one can give the Seamen that many chances, and tie 2-2 then scored the next seven without a turnover to they scored their fifth straight point to win 12-9, and clinch take the half, 9-2. Both teams played zone in the second the last semifinal spot half, but ECU kept their dominance and easily took the The Cornell/Williams game featured two teams match, 17-6. familiar with each other's play, both out of the semis. The In other second-round games Williams beat Georgia In Pooi 8 the Slugs faced the '93 champs from Wilresulting frolic featured spectacular plays from both 17-1 0 in a back and forth huck fest. In Poor B, Yale pia~ mington. The Seamen scored the first three and rolled to sides with Cornell winning, 15-12. In ECU's last pool UCSC tough, finding themselves down only 7-6, when an 8-4 lead. It was windy, and the Seamen, at times, ga~. the Carolinians dominated a ~ogQed GE:orgia, the Slugs went on a 6-1 halftime-spanning run to win punted both with the wind and against it. But they aban17-4. In Pool B the Slugr> finif:~ed domanatmg thetr pool doned their strategy somewhat, and the Slugs by scoring 10 points !n a row a~ter falling behin~ 6-5. B~ stormed back to take the half, 9-8. This included a at 15-6 IU stormed back to score six of the1r own (1n stretch of three points where the disc never seven Possessions), before bowing to the ~lugs.• 17:12. reached the Slugs' side of the field. The turning l SU played Oberlin and won 17-12, most. hkel~ tnsp1red point of the game occurred at 10-10, when the by a stunning nose block. The last poant clinched a Slugs scored three to go up 13-10, then won, fourth-place-by-point-differential for the Southern team 16-13. in their first-ever Nationals. Other games included a great spirited match between Yale and LSU dominated by Yale and muddy diving D ; a zonefest between Oberlin and IU in which Oberlin threw an amazing 48 passes against IU's zone for a goal; a windy Cornell/Georgia game which CorneU won, 16-11 ; and the Williams/Stanford matchup, which Williams took to half 9-8, but Stanford \VOn 17-9. ..... ·-«·'1:;.\... Round four of open pool play started at high noon. In Pool A, Cornell played ECU close in the first half, ending with an ECU lead 9-7. But with in two would be the closest Cornell would come (13-11, 15-13) before ECU prevailed 17-14. On the other f~eld, Stanford and Georgia were playing a huck match. Georgia came out strong and was up 7-2 but Stanford scored seven straight to take the half, 9-7, and kept cruising to the win, 17-10. Carleton beat Williams 17-9 in a game where it seemed WiUiams players dived for D and Carleton players dived for goals. 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MONDAY SEMIFINALS It was a cold Monday morning when the semifinals began. The lineup for semis had an all-California matchup in one game (UCSC/Stanford) and an all-North Carolina matchup (ECU/UNC-W) in the other. ECU was looking for a repeat national championship, Stanford was hoping to replay last year's result with a different outcome and Santa Cruz and UNC-W were thinking about this year, not last year. The UCSC/Stanford game was rematch of their Regionals final. It began as a close game but then the Slugs got a-moving and a-hucking. Hot defense by Ben Owen gave Santa Cruz an early 2-0 lead. Stanford's Andre got a stunning block at the SC endzone and Stanford patiently worked the disc up the field for their first goal. 'Twas the last time such patience would be exhibited in the game as a huck fest began. Santa Cruz had a more successful completion rate on their long throws and that, plus an excellent point block by Dennis Karlinsky let the Slugs take the game to half, 10-5. UCSC continued cruz-ing in the second half, trading goals to 14-9 before running away at the end. The Slugs advanced to the finals, 19-11. The ECU/UNC-W match up was a replay of the MidAtlantic region finals (with the added bonus of a campus cop on his bull horn threatening to arrest players for aggravated assault during an unpleasant shoving match). UNC played with the confidence and swagger_of a team that knew it could beat ECU. They could run with them, they could throw with them, and th~y could beat them. And they were. For almost the ent1re game, the Seamen held a two to three point lead. The Seamen took the half at 10-7, and ECU did not yet have a single defensive block. After the half, however, ECU got pumped, and the Seamen starting missing on their hucks. Eventually a couple hammerrors by UNC and some now-smoking defense by the lrates (at one point, three Seamen possessions in a row ended with blocks, one a foot point-block) enabled ECU to tie the game at 12s. The teams traded several points but a missed layout catch by an Irate player, a quick offensive score by the Seamen, and some hucks that were connecting again, earned the Seamen the lead once again, 16-14, with a cap at 18. At this point the crowd was huge and the murmurs were that ECU -the top-ranked college team in the country- was going to crash. But ECU simply refused to do so.. They kepttheir composure, played their game, and started clicking. They worked the disc 13 passes to come within one at 15-16. A huge D followed by a quick score tied the game at 16-16. Yet another D
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managed an eventual score to game point, 20-16. A quick coast-to-coaster by JP (his sixth assist) scored another for the Slugs. ECU worked the pull upfield and turned it over, followed by a SC turn over, followed by a stall count within 10 yards of the ECU endzone. Santa Cruz took advantage of the locale and scored a quickie to come within two, 20-18. ECU worked it to the endzone but a key endzone block by Jacob kept Santa Cruz alive. Unfortunately, after five passes, the Slugs turned it over and ECU took four passes to hit Sean in the endzone (his fifth and final goal) to win their second national title. In the aftermath, Eric Simon announced the winner of the spirit trophy- last year's NatK?nals host, ~~U. The louisiana men played well and w1th much sparit. Congrats! The tr<?phies for first and secon~ place ~re then given out Enc used ECU's self-proclaimed epithet, "The team you love to hate," as he handed them their trophy. Santa Cruz accepted their trophy to much applause for their tremendous effort and skill. Their shirts summed it up: "Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. THIS IS THE UlTIMATE."- Chuang Tzu Michael Domeich
(they musfve been saving themselves in the first half) and score and ECU was up for the firsttime in the match 17-16. UN'e-w scored the next goal quickly with no errors to tie the game at game point 17-17. With eight passes on an error-free possession (the fourth of their last five ofthe game), ECU scored and earned the rightto defend their 1994 championship.
OPEN FINALS The sun was shining, the temperature was in the 70s and a light wind blew intermittently across the field? wafting the good spirit remaining from the women's final onto the basking spectators. The open teams t.ook the faeld, ECU in shiny new red and black soccer jerseys, UCSC in black emblazoned with a silver slug. The teams were well-matched with the Slug defense making all the difference in the first ~alt. The Slugs received the pull and smoothly worked it upfield for the first score of the game. ECU began to move the disc towards their endzone but a horizontal D by UCSC's Sean Ryan (his first of a game-high four) Stopped the movement. Unfortunately the Slugs squandered the opportunity to score and ECU tied the game. The teams traded points to 6-6 interspersed with some diving blocks on both sides (ECU's Sean Howe, UCSC's JP Ross and Brian Johnson). The Slugs' tight man defense continued to spell trouble for ECU, causing several turnovers and enabling Santa Cruz to score three times, despite a Mike "Mr. Happy" Gerics spike after not reaching a pass. ECU scored quickly off the pull but UCSC scored the next two to take the half, 11-7.
In the second half a revitalized ECU team worked'itto the line and scored, towering over the Slug defense. The teams traded the next couple points bringing the score to 13-1 0. In the next series, a Santa Cruz turnover allowed for an ECU score with the hottest grab of the game- a Tommy Yarborough snag in the endzone, completely horizontal and arched backwards high in the air. The catch fired up ECU and they got a block in the Slugs' endzone. Returning the favor, Jacob Sider of SC shut ECU down and Santa Cruz worked for the score to maintain the lead at 14-11. ECU scored the next two, but , Santa Cruz scored on a short flick from Jacob (one of four assists), and a 15-13 California lead. ECU went on another offensive run, this time six straight, with Tommy scoring three of his garre-high seven during the streak. This put ECU up for the first time in the match, 19-15, marking their second late comeback in postpool play. Another block from ECU suggested it was al! but over for the Slugs, but Brian got his thitd block for Santa Cruz and headed endzoneward, where he caught the throw and relayed it for a score to break up ECU's run. A spate of turnovers by both · MichaeiDomeich teams followed, but ECU
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7 On the Line at College Nationals From right to left: Brian Hereford, Trey Gibbs, Krista Peck, Allan Katz. Ade Baptista, Matt Meisenhelder. Mitch Pengler.
Brian Hereford, LSU Trey Gibbs. Jo Jah Krista Peck, UNCW Allan Katz, Carleton Ade Baptista, SUNY Buffalo Matt Meisenhelder. Oberin Mitch Pengler. Rose-Hulman
. College National Tournament Directors, Dianna Mines and Betsy Andrews, would like to thank the following people for all their hard work in making 1995 College Nationals a success: Bill Branson Carle Clinic Sports Medicine folks Tony Curtis Joan Wilson Tami Fraser Annette Feng EB White Dana Quinn Mike Dorneich Greta Guzman John Holm Jenny Berdahl Prasanta Bhomik Heidi Hardner Lynne Nolan
Madison Ultimate Tim Hochberg Bernhard Damberger Kevin Kuelske Johnny Leuthold Erin Cashman Paul Mullin Leona Lewis Stacy Mann Kathy Lin Tom Kompare Mike Fritz Amy Andrews Beth Schneggenberger Mary Kate Arend
KJ Josh Laff Matt Hahn Jamal Mohd. Yosuf Van Eric Stein Delwyn Gilmore Damon Pettit Ade Baptista Will Harding .Viv Anand Tom Singer Doug Boyer UPA STAFF (Eric Simon Rex O'Quinn Jay Cohen)
We apologize if we left anybody out- there were lots of volunteers! THANKS ALL! We'd also like to thank all the teams for coming to Urbana. Bringing excellent ultimate to us has really helped get our teams psyched! -
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Santa Cruz Carleton Stanford (w) Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Carleton Carleton
Santa Cruz Stanford UNCW(w) ECU ECU ECU ECU
JP (Santa Cruz) Jeff Boehm (Georgia) Dom~nque (Stanford) Andre (Stanford) Brian Linkfield (UNCW) Brian Linkfield (UNCW) JP (Santa Cruz)
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HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE OF COLLEGE NATIONAL WINNERS AND QUALIFIERS compiled by Eric Simon PAST WINNERS OPEN TEAMS YEAR
SITE Somervtlle, Mass. Palo Alto, Calif. St. louis, Mo. State College, Pa. Santa Barbara, Calif. Wilmington, N.C. Phoenix, Ariz. Madison, Wise. Ft. Collins, Colo.. Bethlehem, Pa. Baton Rouge, La. Urbana, Ill.
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
1stPI8ce Stanford U. Penn. U. Mass. ChabotC.C. U.C. Santa Barbara U.C. Santa Barbara U.C. Santa Barbara U.C. Santa Cruz Oregon N. Carolina-Wilmington East Carolina East Carolina
2nd Pl8ce Glassboro State U. Mass. Stanford U.C. Santa Barbara Texas Stanford N. Carolina-Wilmington N. Carolina-Wilmington Cornell U.C. Santa Barbara Stanford U.C. Santa Cruz
Semi-finaliat U. Mass. Cornell Cornell Cornell Columbia Texas Cornell Cornell N. Carolina-Wilmington U.C. Santa Cruz U.C. Santa Barbara N. Carolina-Wilmington
Semi-finaliat U. Penn. S.W. Missouri St U.C. Santa Barbara Cal Poly S.L.O. Stanford Carnegie-Mellon S.U.N.Y. Purchase U.C . Santa Barbara U.C . Berkeley Carleton Carleton Stanford
Humboldt State Humboldt State U.C .Santa Barbara Cornell Cornell Columbia Humboldt State N. Carolina-Wilmington N. Carolina-Wilmington
U. Mass Oregon Carleton Carleton Car1eton U.C. Berkeley Carleton Indiana U.C. Boulder
NORTHEAST U. Mass. Syracuse Tufts Cornell M.I.T. U. Mass. U. Mass. Cornell M.I.T. S.U.N.Y. Purchase Vermont CometI Columbia Wesleyan U. Mass. S.U.N.Y. Purchase Columbia Cornell Vermont Cornell
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Kansas U.C .Santa Barbara U.C. Davis U.C. Santa Barbara U.C. Santa Barbara N. Carolina-Wilmington U.C. Berkeley U.C. Santa Cruz U.C. Santa Cruz
U.C. Davis U.C. Davis Michigan Michigan U.C. Berkeley ~regon N. Carolina-Wilmington U.C. Santa Barbara Stanford
PAST QUALIFIERS OPEN DMSION YEAR
WEST Chabot C.C. Stanford
SOUTH Texas
CENTRAL Kansas Ohio University
MID-ATLANTIC Glassboro State U. Penn.
Oregon Stanford Cal Poly S.L.O. U.C. Santa Barbara Stanford Oregon U.C .Santa Barbara ChabotC.C. Cal Poly S.l.O. Stanford U.C. Santa Barbara
Texas Central Florida
Kansas S.W Missouri Sl
U. Penn. Princeton
Texas Georgia
Kansas S.W . Missouri Sl
Carnegie-Mellon Princeton
Texas Georgia Tech Texas Georgia Tech
Carnegie-Mellon Princeton East Carolina East Carolina Carnegie-Mellon
1989
Stanford U.C. Santa Barbara
Texas Florida
Kansas S.W. Missouri Sl Michigan Kansas Stlouis Univ. Winona State Indiana Kansas
1990
U.C. Santa Cruz U.C. Santa Barbara
Texas Georgia
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1991
U.C. Santa Cruz U.C. Santa Barbara
Georgia Georgia Tech
1992
Oregon U.C. Berkeley
Texas Georgia Tech
1993
U.C. Santa Cruz U.C. Santa Barbara
Texas Georgia
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Mattei "T501" Mold Meets UPA Disc Standard, Goes to Flight Test Committee by Mark Licata, UPA Disc Standard Committee Chair The 'T501 Mold" from Mattei Sports meets the UPA Disc Standard and is Hwang (Cambridge), Kate Coyne (Boston), Kim Forsten (Boston), Steve Mooney (Boston), Kevin Cande (Riverhead, NY), Rex O'Quinn (Madison, AL), Joe Thacker eligible for review by the Flight Test Committee (FI'C). Members of the FTC will play with the disc and get opinions from other players on its suitability for (Birmingham), Skool Johnson (Gainesville, FL), Tina Roach (Austin), Sunn lntimate. Upon a favorable review by the FrC, the disc would be added to the Siegrist (Gainesville, FL), Chris O'Cleary (Atlanta), John Warrilow (Houston), list of UPA Approved Discs. At this time there is only one disc on the list; the Kurt Dahlenburg (Miami), Tom Kennedy (Santa Barbara), Shahid Karim (Menlo Park), Michael Wing(Corvallis), Debbie Rosauer(Anchorage), Mary Lowry (SeatDiscraft illtraStar. The FI'C is an international group comprised of seven voting and 35 non:-voting tie), Anni Kreml (San Francisco) and Cindy Fisher (Colorado Springs). members. The seven voting members include the five UPA Regional Coordinators Please email me at 70743.3232@compuserve.com or snail mail me at 201 Peace and 2 "at-large" members from World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF). One WFDF Dr, Ruther Glen, VA 22546 if you have any questions. member represents Europe and the other represents the Eastern Pacific Rim. Each voting member has five non-voting advisers in his/her region. Five positive votes are needed for a UPA Approved Disc. It is doubtful that Major League players have any say on the baseballs used in play, or that a World Cup player has input on the suitability of a particular soccer ball. ,lfhe FI'C allows the players to decide what discs are to be used for Intimate. t76 <in> . ··, ~-·<-~-~ta~i~ii:ti~> The Approved Disc Committee completed testing on two candidate discs: the . 27.5 (J.n) . "Supernova'' from Innova Sport Discs and the 'T501" mold from Mattei (formerly 3.23 (out) · ;.,~·zx:tQ...~· "'~" Wham-0). The UP A Disc Standard requires that a candidate disc pass six of seven .53 (out) measurements in order to go to the FTC for final approval. ..5 (out) The Supernova failed four of the six tests. (The Rim Profile test was not do~ Not Tesf.e(l>·wt1i3f:ili but Innova made no attempt to follow the standard.) The T501 Mold passed six r,i:-51J\130Qf..f.iD} of seven tests and is eligible for review by the Flight Test Committee. Mattei has shipped sample discs to members of FTC. We will call for a vote by the end of August. A five out of seven vote would put the disc on the approved list. The Flight Committee Members are: Liz Schmidt (D.C.), Beth Schneggenbur (Urbana), Dot Payne (Bloomington), Angie Dalton (Iowa City), Lynne Nolan (Chicago), Kris Olsson (Ann Arbor), Scott Keating (St. Louis), Patrick Wisby (Lawrence), Mark Licata (Richmond), Mike and Scotty Soo (Durham), Mary Beth Tinley (Arlington), James Goodbody (Norwich), Jean Carlos Ortiz (NY), Ed
women's teams at Daweena 1995: Hakuna, Schwa, Shadow, Seattle Farm, DVS and Portland's Stumpy Joe, So. Cal's Jack's Back, Montana, Boise/Logan, Salt Lake, Phoenix, and the Betty Reunion team composed of Kansas alumnae.
Salt Lake's Daweena, 1995 by Bert Granberg Here is the quick and dirty on the ninth annual Daweena Tournament held in Salt Lake City, May 6-7. Congratulations to this year's champions and thanks to all the teams that made the trip to Salt Lake!
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In the open finals, the Fisters pulled ofT to an early four-goal lead and managed to hold on with hard running and solid defense to win 17-11, despite some spectacular play and determination by the defending champs. According to Jonny Gewirtz, the Fisters will be back to defend next year. Will we ever hear cries of ''Rats Win!" again? Tune in next year. Thanks to the all the men's teams: Fisters, En Fuego, Rats, Boulder, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Bozeman/Ketchum/Missoula combo, Salt Lake, Victoria (winners of the coveted J agermeister award for longest journey to Daweena), Denver, CSU, SL Mudskippers, Durango, Jackson, Boise, Walla Walla, Logan, and L.A Smog.
This year's party featured the usual Daweena board of fare: the fme cuisine of Chef Lou Pisacane, cordials for those waiting in line for dinner, good brew, and as much music and good times as the state of Utah allows. New to Daweena this year was a raffie of outdoor gear, schwa stickers for everybody and everything, and a highly competitive limbo contest won by Tony of the SL Mudskippers. Much to the delight of the crowd and the building caretaker who tried to capture the moment with her camera, Tony had to "lose the pants" in order to pass cleanly under the bar, held a mere 17" above the floor. Weather-wise, Mother Nature once again threatened to make things miserable in the true sense of the word "Daweena" (Ute Indian for last storm of the spring). But as in years past, by noon on Saturday all that was left of what was predicted to be a huge stonn were big puffy white clouds, a little bit of wind, and bright, sunny weather. Thanks, Mom. The lOth Annual Daweena promises to be a blowout - we'll be pulling out all the stops for this one. So be sure to mark your calendars for May 4-5, 1996 and plan on making the trip to join us in Salt Lake City.
WOMEN'S The finals -featured Hakuna Matata, a Seattle team organized by SLC transplant Kathy Histon and consisting of more than a few Verge women, and Portland Schwa (as in the 'upside-down e' phonetic symbol). It was a high-quality match with lots of layouts and sweet Ds. On offense, however, Hakuna's finesse proved to be too much for Schwa, as Hakuna opened up a big lead and coasted to a 15-5 victory. In the semis, Hakuna defeated S.H.A.D.O.W. (Boulder) and Schwa beat Seattle Farm. This year's women's pools were the strongest in the history of Daweena. We hope this becomes an annual stop for all these teams. Again, thanks to all the
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*****UPA FALL SERIES EVENTS Sept. 23-24. washington State Sectionals, Olympia, WA. Maria Langlais 206-328-0442 or Mike Fina 206-325-8667. Sept 30 - Oct 1. Southern Region Sectionals. Contact your Sectional Coordinator for more info. Oct 7-8. Last possible date for UPA Sectionals. Contact your local Sectional Coordinator. Oct 14-15. Last possible (and preferred) date for UPA Regionals. Contact your Regional Coordinator. Nov 2-5. UPA National Championships, Birmingham, AL. Joe Thacker 205-425-0384. OTHER EVENTS CENTRAL REGION July 29-30. Coed Tournament, Ann Arbor, MI. Chris Huyck 313-998-0889. or chris@umich.edu August 5-6(?). Cedar Rapids, lA. Contact Jeff Maxted 319-364-1500. August 12-13. Madison Savage Seven, Madison, WI. Brad Wendt608-246-2174. August 19-20. Cooler Classic #6, Delafields, WI. Contact Scott Kramer 414-786-7675. MID-ATLANTIC REGION July 22-23. Coed Beach Ultimate, Wildwood, NJ. Mike Ad lis 609-692-0379. NORTHEAST REGION August 12-13. 7th Annual Hingham Invitational, Hingham, MA. Coed. Paul Dixon (h) 617-341-0448 (w) 508-634-1900 or 75060.363@compuserve.com. Sept 30- Oct 1. 7th Annual Red Tide Clambake Ultimate, Brunswick, ME. Alex Pozzy 207-874-2190, or apozzy51@portland.caps.maine.edu. SOUTHERN REGION August 12-13. 3rd Annual Dead Elvis Tourn., Memphis, TN. Sodfarm. Contact Jeff Green 901-278-3756, or Greg Boyd 901-382-0576. August 26-27. Beach Ultimate, West Palm Beach, FL. Contact Tim Finan 407-626-6735. Proceeds benefit leukemia Society of America. Sept 2-3. Sink Hole 14, Orlando, FL Bob _Carroll (h) 407-n4-2904 or (w) 407-834-5030. Sept 16-17. Toss in the Moss, Savannah, GA. Wolf 912-353-8584. SOUTHWEST REGION July 29-30. Ultimate Benefit. Boulder, CO. Steve McCrosky 415-731-8074 or mccrosky@igc.apo.org. August 12-13. 3rd Annual Swollen Toe Classic, Ft. Collins, CO. Keith Freedman (h) 970-223-8546 (w) - 970-679-3836, or Jeanne Loring 970-491-9789. August 12-13. 1st Annuar "Vail• tournament, Vail, CO. Contact Katy Carmen 303-476-0128. Oct 28-29. 2nd Annual Fright Flight, Fort Collins CSU campus. Cliff Stephens 970-482-5509, or Sean Gillies 970-490-2565. NORTtiWEST REGION July 29-30. 5th Annual Anchorage Ultimate Tourn., Anchorage, AK Jim Adams (h)907-243-1850 (w)907-258-4800, or Tami Hamler 907-563-4359. August 10-13. 1995 Canadian Nationals, Calgary, Alberta .. Mike Gee (h)403-244-1116, fax# 403-750-3536, or mike@photcan.com. August 26-27. Seattle Women's• Tournament. Maria • 206-328-0442 or Peggy peggy.nce@metrokc.gov. Oct 29-30. Harvest. Arcata. CA. Frank Flores 707-826-n36.
by Pablo Martinez and Adcun Zagoria A big blue wave of Seattle Supermen left the land of flannel shirts, coffee bars and Courtney Love to come to Easterns and try their hand at the eastern powerhouses. But despite the visit from the revamped Jonny G-led squad, the tournament featured yet another Cojones/DoG finals matchup, with the defending National champs claiming the title. The road to the finals featured several upsets and · many surprises. Of the top four seeds, only #3 Cojones had a cakewalk to the quarters. .DoG (#1) had a close .game versus Cornell; Philly Rage (#4) lost to the Sockeye Supermen (#5); and Doh (#2), a Boston team whose name derives from the famed Homer Simpson line, did _not make the quarters.
POOL PLAY During Saturday's play, pool B, featuring Doh, Ma Huang (#7), and Ottawa (#10) provided the most drama. Doh (a.k.a. Somerville Youth/a.k.a. Bobby Stodds' microbrewery boys) beat Ottawa 9-8, but then lost to Ma Huang for the second time in three tries this spring. Ma won 15-9 in a matchup that has become the modern-day equivalent of a Graffiti/Earth Atomizer game. But when Ottawa beat Ma Huang 15-12, Doh became the odd man out in the three-way tie. The Ma Huang/Doh rivalry is heating up and these two teams will most likely have to beat one another and Cornell to gain the Northeast's third spot in the fall. Pool A was highlighted by a DoG/Cornell game that produced a great first half. The Buds, well represented with Jed, Blondie, Hilas, Hogan, Wes and an able supporting cast, took the first half 8-6 using a crisp, flowing 0. In the second half, however, the National champs tightened the D as Cornell threw away several medium-range end-zone shots to open receivers. The play of the game was a great diving catch of a lead pass by Jay ''Bickford" Watson of DoG (one of several nice plays in the contest by Bickford). A Cribber-less Cojones squad squashed all comers in pool C, including DC's Chesapeake-based Chop Tank (#6), 15-4. The DC squad was few in number and increasingly hobbled as the day wore on. The most exciting game of the day was the Chop Tank/Splinter 12 (#11) contest. Splinter 12, featuring a hybrid Boston/New York team, jumped out to a 4-0 lead when thunder and lightning halted the game for 15 minutes. The rest helped the tired DC team, and although Splinter scored another to make it 5-0, Chop Tank got moving and was down only one or two from the start of the second half on. Chop Tank waggled, spiked, and seemed somewhat obnoxious, but had their share of sideline advocates rooting on their comeback. The game went to 14-13 Splinter when they got the disc on a fast break - two Splinters running deep - but the huck hit a Chop Tank player in the ribs, and fell harmlessly to the ground (the disc, that is). Chop Tank took a 16~15 lead, when a fine backhand huck from Splinter's Souheil Inati to Dave Meyers tied it to the fmal point. Chop Tank then returned the favor with a huck of their own to win the game and it was on to the quarters. . The big matchup in pool D was Rage/Sockeye. Rage jumped out to a 4-2 lead before Seattle tied it at 5's and eventually took the half,.8-6. The Seattle boys, no doubt pumped up by the new cleats Gewirtz was hawking on the sidelines, became incredibly vocal in the second half. "For several points, we couldn't hear the plays on the field," said a Rage player later on. Philly was flustered, Sockeye's D was swarming, and the Rage offense sputtered. Seattle closed it out 15-8. QUARTERS AND SEMIS The Sunday quarterfmal pairings were as follows: DogiOttawax, Sockeye/Chop Tank, Cojones/Philly, and Ma Huang/Cornell. The Sockeye/Chop Tank game was a beauty. Sockeye was not nearly as crisp as they'd been on Saturday. The offense wasn't quite clicking and the Westerners had numerous unforced errors. Chop Tank, on the other hand, was truly rising to the occasion and their 0 looked effortless. They took the half, but Sockeye got pumped up again and the gam,e was tied at. 10's. It looked like another run, similar to their run in the Philly game, but it just didn't happen..At 13's akey(andargued) travel call brought back a.Sockeye goal, and Chop Tank converted. Seattle again turned it, and Chop Tank finished it off.
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After the game the Seattle squad, which had travelled so far, clearly seemed upset. Bringing 25 people to a tournament has its advantages but can also cause problems. Said Gewirtz, who was no doubt looking forward to a matchup against his old team: 'You can practice all you want but unless you can perform during crunch time in games, you shouldn't be in there." Meanwhile, DoG melted Ottawax 15-11 and Cojones beat Philly 15-8. Cornell and Ma Huang battled it out, with Ma up 8-6 before Cornell tied the game at 10's and eventually pulled away 15-11. In the semis, Dog easily defeated Chop Tank, winning 15-6. The DC boys had between two and four subs all weekend and the effects showed in this game. The other semi between Cojones and Cornell was close the entire way and featured a big crowd hoping to see an upset. Cojones Wrui up for much of the half, but the Buds, with their steady flowing 0 and at least -o ne lucky Hilas huck, took the half 8-7. The crowd, no doubt anxious to see just how far the mighty may have fallen, did not get their wish. Cojones took charge and won 11-9. -
FINAI.S So the-old enemies met again in the fmals, Boston trying to contin~e their recent dominance and Cojones looking to avenge losses at Nationals and Regionals. DoG dominated early with unstoppable 0. Notable was a Bob Lobel forehand huck to Jim Parinella with Dobyns on him (Kenny returned the favor by beating Parinella moments later). Boston· was up 7-3, receiving the pull, when Alex "The Count" DeFrondeville walked the disc to the line. Parinella was the deep man, twice faked going deep and then took off. His Majesty wound up for a backhand, and a Cojones defender jumped up to try to block the throw. The huck, upwind into a light breeze, landed in Parinella's hands, ten yards deep in the end zone. Boston took the half 9-4. Cojones made adjustments during the half, coming out in the second half with more of a switching and poaching D, slowing down the Tea Party weave. Dobyns came up with several beautiful blocks. While DoG maintained a lead of several points for much of the second half, there was the sense that the game would not be won until the final moments. DoG managed to get back in their offensive rhythm enough to stay on top, and work to leads of 14-11 and later 16-13. Grampa Moons ·came up with several blocks of his own. Cojones scored to pull within two, and DoG bucked on the next point to Moons with Eric Olsen on him. The two got tangled up and Moons called a foul. There was no contest, and · Boston quickly put the disc in the goal. Boston has now beaten the New Yorkers in a string of big games - Nationals, Regionals and Eastems. Stay tuned for the word from Wotlds.
Lady Godiva Takes Back Eastems by Linda Beach All seven teams who played in· Northeast Regionals came back to play in Easterns: Godiva, Soho, Twister, Horizont'elle, Layout Sisters, Throwing Muses (a new Boston-based team), and Players for Higher (a new Albanybased team). Three teams from the Mid-Atlantic came up to join us: Lucy, Philly Peppers, and Women With an Attitude. With a total of 10 teams we split into two pools and played roundrobin on Saturday with quarters, semis, and finals on Sunday. Due to some delays, including a passing thunderstorm and passing-away transmission, the pool play wasn't completed until Sunday morning. A three-way tie in the B pool made things interesting until after the final pool play round, when it was broken up by head-to-head point differential. In the quarterfmals, we had the following games: Godiva v. Horizont'elle (13-2), Soho v. Twister (14-4), Phllly Peppers v. Layout Sisters (14-8), and Lucy v. Women With an Attitude (13-2). In the semis, Lucy beat Soho (15-9) and Godiva beat the Philly Peppers (15-2). Godiva pla~ed Lucy in the imals. Godiva won 15-7. There were lots of attention-getting plays to keep the sidelines occupied, and it was a great day to hang out and watch some really good ultimate!
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Ultimeet Semifinal Albuquerque vs. Boulder, May 21, 1995
Rain Falls to Dampen the Spirit of Cal States by Jcrek Lynch
Had the weather been more cooperative, this year's 17th annual Cal States held May 13-14 at UCSC's fields (one ofthe country's top spots for a tourney), woullhave been the best yet. The tourney had been moved to mid-May to avoid a repeat of the devastating Mud States of 1983 that ruined UCSC's fields for seven years. This history forced a last-minute relining of the fields before .the first round on Saturday to locate the standing water in the least-used portions of the fields. The hosts were also forced to close two of the ten fields on Saturday and four on Sunday to ensure that UCSC would allow Ultimate to return. Unfortunately this meant putting strict time caps on games throughout the weekend. But most players on the 18 men's and 12 women's teams took it in stride ~?wing ~e f~ture of this prime ffitimate locale was at stake. To all who par: t1c1pated m thiS event, the hosts are grateful for your understanding. The night before we'd already started planning an alternative Cal States-in-the-Rain-at-theBeach tourney ifUCSC had shut down all the fields. Against that option, this year's States wasn't so bad. States 95 also had the added bonus of hosting Cojones from New York, the Salt Lake Cutthroats, Seattle Sockeye, Corvallis and the lovely and talented women's team from Vancouver, the Guests of Oprah. Also showing up to heap their talent on top of an already stacked No Cal women's team were a core of some of the best East Coast women's players. The ap~arance of these fme teams would have made this the best Cal States ever had the weather been more Cal typical. This is not to say that all the other teams aren't special. In fact the level of play was extraordinarily high. Pointing to this was the fact that almost all games were capped due to the tough competition going on. As always the party was excellent, held at the Whole Earth Restaurant under the redwoods at UCSC with endless good-keg-beer and a band that was hot enough . to melt even the most leaden dance feet. Rounds had to finish Sunday morning before the playoffs could begin. With the closing of the fields this added to delays and necessitated putting caps on the quarters and semis and playing the final to fifteen. Sockeye drew a tough quarter bid having to play the Not-Yet-Banned-From-Cal States &inos in a classic rivalry that will be played out all year as the two teams jockey for a shot at Nationals. In the end the Rhinos called on their past Cal State Championship experience and their vets like Cliff Marhoefer and Jon King to win this match-up. This will be a rivalry to watch. New York met El Camino in the quarters. El Camino is the sleeper team of this season. They are destined to cause many upsets and on any Sunday could sneak in the back door to Nationals. This Sunday though they lost to New York in a close game. A resur~nt San Diego team also pulled a tough draw by having to play the 1994 No ~al Sec:tio!lal Champions JO in their quarters..san Diego, in what is becoming the1r elasstc s1gnature style, pulled out an at-cap VIctory. ' The other men's quarter was the leaner and meaner Double Happiness against the Master's National Champion US...Tampico Special. When these two met at 1994 Sectionals, US came out on top. This time Happy avenged that loss and reminded US why they are National "Masters" Champions. Double Happiness met their constant rival Rhino in their semi. It was a close game through the fust half but soon Double Happiness started to pull ahead as they smelt victory in the sq. like sharks smell blood. The other semi saw San Diego and New York face off in what the crowd knew would be an em~tional ~e from these two vocal teams. And they didn't disappoint. ~e score was ~ed at 1l's tn a game to 13 with San Diego receiving, but a couple of live-by-them, die-by-them plays later from both teams, it was New York living on to play the game they came out to play. It was the fmals match-up the spect&to.rs wanted to heckle. It was the match-up both teams wanted to play. Unfortunately tt was a blow-out. Double Happiness went up 7~ before New York came back with defensive help from Joe, who was keeping them m the game. But Happy was on a mission to crush, which they did. I'm a great supporter ofWomen's ffitimate and have watched thousands of hours of it over the years. In fact if there wasn't Women's ffitimate this sport would have disappeared years ago. It upsets me that they don't always get the write-up they de~rve. Alas, this is one of those times. Having to help run the tournament and be~gforced to play in the men's division, my ability to keep track of what was going on m the women's rounds isn't as solid as I'd like it to be. If more women would write to the UPA about their games, we would all be blessed with this info. This I do know though. This tournament was blessed with the best women's teams in the Northwest. From Vancouver to Salt Lake and powerhouses like the Verge and Schwa, these f~~ous women's teams came to play in what many said was one of ~e most competitive Cal States yet. Across the board the competition was tough. Smce the weather was rough the teams that could throw a good zone and/or break a zone were the ones to advance furthest. The qua~rs broke down as follows: the Santa Cruz Townies, a.La. Tomboys, met tb~ festtv~ Guests of Oprah, Verge met Salt Lake, Schwa met their friendly competitors Birthday Party and Satan Spawn (the Maine-iac/Easties clone) got to rest when their competition Flick didn't show. The be.st game of the weekend was the semi between Verge and Schwa. This matchup ts the one to watch for the season. The game to 13 was tied at 1l's with Schwa pulling out the victory. The other semi was Satan Spawn against the Tomboys. The Tomboys gave it all they could but the Devil child gave them a licking 15-6. The final was a great game with Schwa and Satan Spawn both showcasing their talents. The weather brewed up by Lucifer was in his Spawn's favor and though they tried to break that Satan spell, Schwa became Satan Spawn's final sacrifice. Thanks to all the teams and players who braved the weather and the caps and the byes to come and be part ofone of the West's finest events of the season. A special than~s to the hosts Bob Pallares, Skippy Jammer,Andrea Barrio, Dave Mo, Poochie, Tam1, the Wh~le E~ Restaur~t, and UC~'s men's and women's teams, A special t~~nks to Swill~ur, Tim _Mulveh?Jl and Connne Bacon for their heroic attempt at hnmg the fields m the nun on Fnday afternoon. 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by Adcun "Puttyhead" Ford The sun was shining brightly on the 'querque boys that day In quarterfinals they'd won against their neighbors, Santa Fe They'd beaten them quite handily, and felt as though this feat Would set them on the proper path to win the Ultimeet. But first things first, there was a team which they now had to face A team that always beat them, no matter what the place. This team was from up north where the weather's a bit colder From a little college town that the natives there call Boulder. The Boulder boys had earned this spot in semis now, you see By winning all their games with bucks and good tight D. The Albuquerque squad had played it much the same Except for one close loss to Phoenix, what a game! But now each team was ready for this semifmal match And all the players itched to make that final scoring catch. The Albuquerque team looked hot right from the gun And took an early lead on Boulder, 4 to 1. Their defense forced the turnovers and let them score at will with backhands, flicks and blades, and occasionally swill (One particularly awesome play was Paul Field's massive role As bucker of the hammer to his brother; lay-out, goal!) But Boulder soon awoke and racked some points up on their side Before too long the imbalance was erased; the score was tied. Now came the game of point for point, with both sides really trying To pull away from their opponents without them up and tying. The score climbed up past 10 and Boulder took the lead While Albuquerque failed to score the points that they did need For in the program it was written (both the teams had seen) Game to 15, win by 2, with cap at 17. Too soon it seemed the 'querque boys were very far from heaven with Boulder owning 14 points and Anarchy 11. Then Boulder pulled the disc downfield and Albuquerque passed And passed some more and scored, but could this last? Now 14-12 with Boulder up, the score was not so bad Albuquerque pulled the disc and played D with all they had. Tenaciously they dogged them until Boulder's offense failed Then ran so hard and played so well that soon they had prevailed That's one more score for Anarchy, that put them down by one Although the Boulder boys were up, they sure felt on the run. Yet again the pull went up and yet again it fell And yet again the Albuquerque defense gave them hell Boulder couldn't do it, couldn't score against this force It seemed like Albuquerque had got its game right back on course They tied it up, they persevered, and now this game was new With small reserves both teams did know just what they had to do. Boulder finally scored, 15-14 as it stood But Albuquerque answered back (as you knew they probably would) So tied again, but Albuquerque came out with fiery D And got the block and s.cored to go up by one, you see? This triumph was short-lived though for Boulder took the disc And put it in the end-zone with cool play and little risk 16-16, this match is now a game to only one. One team prevails and plays again, the other team is done. The pull received by Anarchy is quickly put in play But then the Boulder defense does fmally get its way They turn and fire, the cut is there, the pass is high and wide An Anarchy defender covers close right near the side And then the crowd of nervous fans lets out a giant sigh The end-zone pass skips off a hand and flies away, too high! A second chance for Anarchy, they carefully start play And smoothly work it down the field in a stellar way 10 yar~s to go, the en~'s in sight, ~ey w?rk the give and go The offense cuts, there s no one on h1m, time it seems to slow The disc it hovers in the air 'tween throw and fmal score And all the hearts of all the fans of 'querque began to soar But then, but then, as time stood still, something was not right A player Mme from nowhere, caught the disc, his shirt was white The 'querque boys, in their dark shirts, were stunned, they froze in place They watched the Boulder player catch and throw, no one gave chase Until the disc was halfway down the field, until it was too late And Albuquerque was aware that here they'd met their fate. Oh somewhere there are games of disc where players catch and throw And somewhere there are cheers when in end-zones they get ho' And sometimes there is wonder at the catches, great and lame But there is no joy for 'querque fans, for Boulder won the game.
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Juniors Ultimate in Madagascar photos and article by Ally Joye I'm a Peace Corps volunteer working as an English if a small turnout that day, and dominated 11-5 after teacher trainer in Antsirabe, Madagascar's second a slow start. St. Therese and OVy Move agreed to skip largest city. Since I work with students and teachers, the last pool game and go directly to the finals. I decided to get some school teams going. The problem I'd assumed Ovy Move would win fairly easily, but is that soccer rules, and by high school most kids who it was anything but. St. Therese benefitted from a are into sports have already settled on either soccer, large squad and must have practiced hard for the baske_tball, or volleyball. Getting them to start a new tourney. Ovy Move led early but St. Therese quickly sport isn't easy because, obviously, they don't play pulled together and they traded points for most of the well at first. This must be the same anywhere, I game. After Ovy Move led 6-3 at the half, the gap was suppose: high.school kids must look cool. never more than two points. St. Therese tied at 6s and traded points until10-10. I then rather belatedly explained the idea of a time cap and winning by two. We set the time cap 20 minutes later and had to implement it because St. Therese refused to give up.. Ovy Move won 14-13, a much tougher game than anyone expected. Overall we had a great time with perfect weather. Thank god for small favors like not much wind. There's a lot to learn about the rules, but they're getting it. The toughest part is explaining the Spirit of the Game and self-refereeing. Soccer and basketball mentality definitely takes precedence in.,t erms of bending/avoiding the rules, bu_t we can work on that. Odd as the Spirit of the Game sounded to them at first, a lot of After a year and a half, I've got some gym teachers the kids really like it. I appreciate the ideaof::personal interested. I've been to gym class at six schools and responsibility in illtimate more and more as I work we more or less have four teams going. The problem with ~ese kids. The school system here doesn't teach has been providing discs because 175 grams aren't for much of that (does any system?), so it'd be a nice bonus sale iti Madagascar. You can find cheesy lightweight if Ultimate could help. ones in the capital, but even those are way too expensive. I'd like to thank Wham-0, and family and friends, who have sent Frisbees. Wham-0 has provided 20 Frisbees through their Disc Missionary program (along with a video and some literature), and I got a box of 26 discs from Palo Alto friends and family. Thanks a lot to Kenny, Lesley, and everybody in Palo Alto. Thanks too to Dan and Kristen, who sent a box with about 15 discs. (Yes, the olive oil arrived intact.) The big box came just before our first Ultimate tournament in Antsirabe on April 22, so I was able to give prizes to the top two teams. I bet UC Davis Women's Ultimate and Stanford April Fool's Ultimate never expected to be famous in ·Madagascar. Because it was over Easter Break, we had only three teams: the high school, Ivohitra Public Middle School and St. I'll admit that at first I wanted to orgariize some Therese Private Middle School. I was really jazzed teams just so I could play. In spite of some frustrating because the kids had a great time. They played three games to 11. The first game was moments, it's ~en fun teaching kids illti:mate. A tournament scheduled for May 13 brought only Ivohitra vs. St. Therese. Ivohitra is the newest'team, so it was no surprise they went down, 11-3. The second two and a half teams because, in normal Malagasy game pitted Ivohitra against the high school team, organizational style, a city-wide track meet was held the same day with only a week's notice. Late.r in May Ovy Move. (Ovy means potato in Malagasy, and people from Antsirabe are known as potato eaters because the teacher from St. Therese organized a five on five Antsirabe is famous for producing lots' of potatoes and tourney and all four teams played. Granted I had to .o ther vegetable.) Ovy Move had the most experience, hold my breath when they got near the end of the mostly dirt and rock field booby-trapped wi~h dips and holes, but it didn't bother them much. It hasn't been easy to get going, but seeing how much fun the kids have has made it worthwhile. So give it a shot. Get in touch with a .local PE teacher and attend a class or two. Invite the teacher or some students to a practice. The UPA booklet, Teaching Kids Ultimate is a good start, as is the teaching video. Try it, you'll like it!
4th German Ultimate-Frisbee Students Championships by Thomas Greisbaum Ultimate has been an official sport of the German College Sports Association (Allgcm.einer Deutscher Hochschulsportverband; ADH) ~ver since 1992. One ofthe criteria for official meinbership in the ADH is that a student's championship has to attract team.s from at least 13 German universities. This past weekend the 4th German Students Championships took place with 23 teams from 20 universities and (in an attempt to support them and, of course, outside of the competition) the German Junior National Team. Karlsruhe won its third title at the Championship, with Stuttgart placing second, and Aachen third. It seems that for the second time now Aachen I was disadvantaged by the playing format and the seeding used. Kiel (6th) and Kassel (4th) both made the biggest leap forward compared to last year. Lets see how these teams will compete in the German Series later this season. Newcomers came from Bayreuth and Magedburg (the latter from the former East Germany- glad to see you!). The German Junior National Team placed 13th beating Aachen II in the placement game but was omitted from the official ranking.
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Spirit Is Our Media Hook Dear Editor: This letter is written in response to the letter of Ian Chavez in the May issue. Ian, you are so wrong. The SOTG is just what the media likes about l.ntimate. Your statement, '-rhe reason Ultimate is a boring TV sport is simple: ARGUMENTS. HAGGLE, HAGGLE, HAGGLE" is completely off. Ultimate isn't a boring TV sport, and when it does get media attention it isn't HAGGLE, HAGGLE, HAGGLE. Revealing character is just what the media wants and no sport provides it like Ultimate. Viewers are more interested in the people in sports than the athleticism. The best example of this is the NBA, where commissioner David Stem says the whole purpose of the NBA is making stars. "Wish I could be like Mike" refers to MJ the person, not MJ the basketball player (well, not MJ the baseball player anyway). It's people that draw viewers to sports on TV, and no sport reveals the person better than l.ntimate, precisely because of SOTG.
Witness that the biggest TV media coverage on Ultimate was about Kenny Dobyns, and what made it compelling was statements like "My priorities are: Ultimate, family, job, religion, girlfriend, in that order." Another great example of this is the main promotional video for tntimate, '-rbe Ultimate Experience." In one of the most compelling moments, Mada Phillips stops a fast break opportunity because an opponent lost a cleat. That wouldn't happen in any other sport and the announcers go gaga over it. (I'll grant you Dobyns' sky jobs are pretty damn compelling, too.) Two other things work in favor of the sport as it gets more attention. The games that do get a lot attention are cleaner than the ones that don't. Witness that the real ugly play happens at Regionals on the way to Nationals. People don't want to be revealed as ass holes, and the more people watching, the more they are concerned about it. And two, the policing done by the spectators gets more intense as the crowd grows. Granted the players hate it, but man, the crowd holds them accountable for their actions more fiercely than a ref can. Hey, I lost in a playoff recently to a team whose calls probably won them the game, and I know how much it sucks, Ian. But I'm not willing to trade in the freedom I have to be a whole person out there on the field, even if it means dealing with some other 'hole people I'd rather not deal with. -Henry F. Thorne Pittsburgh, PA
New York, NYBoost Number of Masters Teams Playing at Regionals To the Editor: There is a big need to increase the number of teams that participate in the Masters division at Regionals, to make the tournaments more interesting. In the Northwest Region, there have been at most four or five men's teams the last several years, severely limiting the number of games you get to play. One way to increase the number of teams would be to combine Masters teams from a couple of regions at one location. For example, the Northwest regional masters teams could compete with the Mountain/Beach regional masters teams, with the top two teams going to Nationals. The tournament location could be alternated each year between the site of the Mountain/Beach Regional tournament and the site of Northwest Regional Tournament. Combining the Masters teams from a couple of regions would guarantee a bigger pool of teams. Knowing that there would be a bigger pool of teams and more games to play would encourage the formation of more teams still. More teams, more competition, more fun.
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ULnMATE SPORT BAG From Worfds '93 in Madison, tournament logo on Sport Bag UPA Members $6.50 beige w\ blueor green SPBG-M $8.00
ULnMATE CAPS The last item from Worfds '93 in Madison, tournament logo on hat Adjustable, great quality HAT93-M $9.00 UPA Members $7.00 black or red
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DINGO-AU-GO-GO VVQRI ns ULnMATE MUSIC The spirit of Ultimate comes out in this musical cassette of great Ultimate songs written and performed by Austraila's Dingo-Au-Go-Gos. Both volumes available (Volume I and II) cassette only CASS-M $6.00 UPA Members $5.00
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Great book for newcomers to the sport. Throwing, catching, strategy, drills and more are covered in this beginner's ultimate guide. SKILLS-P $10.00 UPA Members $8.00
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THE OAKS SHOPPING CENTER 21269 STEVENS CREEK BLVD.• CUPERTINO, CA 95014
Call Oaks Travel for all your Ultimate p lans. Ask for Charles.
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Open, Women's & Master's Divisions Volunteers Welcome For Travel Arrangements call
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If you would like to Volunteer at Nationals or require more information about the tournament or accommodations contact: Joe Thacker Phone: 205-425-0384 E-mail: JoeThacker@aol.com U.S. Mail: 1593 Southpointe Drive . Birmingham, AL 35244
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