NUT finishes 5th at Sectionals

NUT survived a grueling Central Plains Sectional to advance to the 2009 Great Lakes Regional. NUT came in seeded 4th overall and finished the tournament 5th. A textbook Saturday in the Naperville sun devolved into a sloppy Sunday that matched the rainy weather.

SATURDAY - Pool play, games to 11

Valparaiso: W, 11-3
A nine-point run starts the day off right.

Northern Illinois: W, 11-4
A combination of NUT defenders shuts down their go-to handler.

Knox College: W, 11-2
NUT jumps out 7-0 and never looks back.



Notre Dame-B: W, 11-0
We get accused of spiking it too much, and therefore being "douche bags." Woops?

Indiana: W, 11-5
Our big game of the day, against the two seed in our pool. We go up 5-1 by forcing turns with our man defense and playing flawless, quick-hitting offense the entire game.

[Macaroni Grill = awesome dinner. Chef's Trio is the way to go]

SUNDAY - Bracket play, games to 15

Univ. of Chicago: W, 14-11

NUT can never just put away the Junk in the first game of the day, but with the win we qualify for Regionals.

Notre Dame: L, 15-7


Against the number one team overall, injuries, other factors and Notre Dame's play-making finally catch up to us. They go up 5-0 and cruise to the win.

North Park: L, 15-8
The wheels really start to fall off against the overall three seed.

Indiana: L, 15-10
The final disappointment. In a complete flip of Saturday's win, our offense was stagnant and mistake-ridden. We fail to hold seed and finish fifth.

*******

With three of our top players injured and out of action for Sunday's games, we had a very disheartening slide to fifth place. But luckily we have two weeks to heal up and prepare for the Great Lakes Regional. The road to natties still lies ahead.

To see a full album from the U. Chicago and Notre Dame games, click on the photo/link below.

NUT at Sectionals 2009