If you're a Canadian ultimate fan, you must be excited with the #9 British Columbia Thunderbirds' results so far. After crushing #12 Stanford, UBC fell to #2 Carleton in a tight 14-12 match, before blasting Whitman 15-1 in prequarters. Grace Huang and Maddy Ong lead the Thunderbirds as they get a quarterfinals chance to test their mettle, taking on #1 North Carolina Pleiades. Pleiades relied on their depth as well as stars Dawn Culton and Ella Jeungst to skate through pool play, and will show up rested and ready to go Sunday morning.
#6 Vermont Ruckus came out strong at their final regular season tournament, upsetting #5 Washington 15-12 in pool play to punch their ticket to the quarterfinals. #20 Western Washington Chaos had a more challenging road, splitting games in pool play before beating #12 Stanford by 1 in the prequar...
#5 Washington Element's upset loss to #6 Vermont in pool play set the stage for the evening showcase prequarterfinal against #21 UCLA BLU. Tanya Bearson has been a dominant handler for UCLA, who has struggled to hang with the top teams they've faced this year. Expect them to turn it up under the ...
#9 Colorado Quandary split their pool games, losing by 6 to #1 UNC but winning big over #21 UCLA. Coming off limited practice time, each game rep is a big leap forward for Colorado as they look ahead to their first bracket game in the pre quarterfinal against Virginia Hydra. Hydra couldn't quite ...
