I know it's been an extremely long time since our last post but here is a re-cap of our weekend at Centex (best college tournament of the year):
Saturday:
Temperature: Low 40s
Wind Speed: 25-30mph w/ constant gusts over 35mph (Upwind/Downwind direction on our fields)
Needless to say, the weather was pretty miserable all of Saturday. Thunderstorms pushed back our start to the afternoon and teams ended up having to drive up to San Antonio to use the Backup-Backup Fields.
UNC: 8-9 Loss against Denardis' team. Lost the flip and quickly went down a break due to some big backhands from the UNC throwers. Later got the break back but eventually lost on universe when they started w/ the disc going downwind. UNC went on to beat both Michigan and Carleton on Sunday and finished tied for 3rd/4th.
UCSD: 6-12 Loss. Didn't come out with much intensity and got broken several times during the first half, not much to say about a very one-sided game.
Texas: 12-9 Win against last year's Nationals semi-finalist (though they were clearly not as strong as last year). Lost the flip, but got an early upwind break to take the lead and maintained it with 2 huge upwind goal-line stands. Fairly good finish to a very cold, frustrating day.
Sunday:
Temperature: Low 70s
Wind Speed: 10-15 mph during the first game, 20-25 mph for the rest of the day (Crosswind on all fields)
The weather today was much better than Saturday, though still not quite the Texas warmth we expected. Games were played on the original Austin fields.
Texas State: 9-13 loss, went down 0-4 despite starting on offense due to poor overall play, finished half down 2-8. Stormed out of half by using a zone with an extremely tall cup and brought the score to 8-9, but Texas State adjusted well by punting the disc immediately after they received the pull. Took us a while to realized we should start bricking the pulls and ended up losing 9-13.
Arkansas: 11-6 win, rematch against a pretty athletic team that we beat at No Wisconsequences in the fall. It was clear they weren't ready to run with us and we came out very hot and shredded their several zone defenses (at point even started to play a box and one against us). They mounted a small comeback but we managed to pull our shit together and run away with the game after half.
Washington University: 9-10 Loss against a smaller team that had very solid wind throws. Went down a few breaks early, but managed to pull ahead with several breaks in a row. Later let them back in the game and the game got capped at 9-10. However, apparently our schedule was wrong and we finished 15-20 minutes before we were supposed to, keeping us from mounting another comeback.
University of Washington: 13-6 Win against a team that was the polar opposite of Wash U (not just their school names), featured many more athletes but fewer player who could throw effectively in the wind. Probably our best game of the weekend, worked the disc very well going both directions. Absolutely destroyed their zone during a point in the first half with over 50 throws (including several that were literally back and forth between Neal and myself)-- they played man the rest of the game. Younger players finished out the game very well by trading for the last few points of the weekend. Sketch's friend also has a big freaking head.
All in all, a pretty successful weekend. Came in seeded 25th and finished 19th at the best college tournament of the year. Getting ready for Huck Finn this upcoming weekend and then sectionals 2 weeks after that. Thanks for everyone's support and let me know if you have any questions
-Jenga
