#19 Tufts E-Men finally get a chance to defend their ranked status with some on-field performance. After missing the fall series due to school rules, they are ready to prove that they deserve to be at nationals in 2022. A strong opening win against Western Washington proved the point, and now they get to play a storied Stanford Bloodthirsty program. With 2 national championships and 21 appearances, Stanford has the institutional knowledge to rebuild, but they'll need to put in the hard work to rediscover that level of quality.
#7 Washington Sundodgers and #20 Oregon Ego are both get their first real test of the weekend with an in-region matchup, as both teams won all their games by a 5-goal margin or more. Washington is a deep, experienced team, led by Manny Eckert and grad transfer Stanley Birdsong, while Oregon is ru...
#12 Texas Melee didn't have the opening they wanted to their first major tournament of the season, losing both pool play games, albeit to teams ranked #5 & #7. In an odd format, they get a chance at a bounce back in the prequarterfinal against #15 UCLA BLU, whose 1 point win over #23 Cal was ...
The #3 UC Santa Barbara Burning Skirts are 15-0 and have won the first two legs of the "Southwest Triple Crown Tour." The final round of pool play gave #9 Colorado Quandary their shot at delivering UCSB their first loss of the season. Quandary came close at Presidents' Day, losing to UCSB 11-8, s...
