WIN SOME AND LOSE SOME

SOUTH PORTLAND, M.E. -- The Bryant Ultimate Frisbee A team ventured up North to compete in the Lobster Pot Tournament over the weekend, playing on the 20th to the 21st.

Final Score:

• Game 1: 10 - 8 (loss)

• Game 2: 12 - 7 (loss)

• Game 3: 12 - 3 (win)

• Game 4: 11 - 9 (win)

• Quarterfinals: 15 - 9 (loss)

• Consolation game: 13 - 3 (loss)

Game Info:

Saturday

Game One:

• Started the day going up against a strong Dartmouth team

• Dartmouth is D1

• The first half was very strong, and got out to an early lead

• Tried to slow the pace of the game down in the second half, but ended up playing too slowly and allowed Dartmouth back into the game

• After some mental errors and a lack of concentration, Bryant lost 10-8

Game Two:

• Played Brown University in the second game of the day

• Brown is also D1

• They are a nationally ranked D1 team, placing very highly at D1 Nationals without graduating many players

• Again, got off to a quick start, and getting out to an early lead

• Brown made some questionable calls that killed Bryant’s momentum as they fought back into the game

• Played very hard, but their depth and overall quality was too much to overcome

• Lost 12 - 7 to Brown

Game Three:

• Went against another D1 team: Boston University

• Bulldogs got out to a quick start and kept their foot on the gas the entire game

• Senior Justin Kunkel made a lot of difficult throws and protected the deep space on defense to ensure they did not allow BU back into the game

• Able to mix in a lot of newer players to help them get experience and be ready for better competition

• Dawgs won, 12 - 3

Game Four:

• Final game in pool play was against MIT

• Going along with the theme of the weekend, they started out quickly

• Just before half, they played many new players and MIT started to come back

• At halftime, the boys put the starters back into the game and did not allow MIT to win

• Sophomore Ryan Donovan played a lot of meaningful minutes

• Bryant won, 11 - 9

Sunday

Quarterfinals vs. Tufts

• Tufts is another very strong D1 team

• Tufts got out to a quick lead

• The wind was very strong and made it difficult for the offense

• Played their signature zone defense and gave Tufts’s offense a lot of trouble, but had problems turning turnovers into scores on offense

• Senior Zach Tuxbury made a lot of defensive plays to give the Bulldogs possession of the disc

• Junior Jake Fontes was an offensive force, scoring multiple times by going deep

• They lost, 15 - 9

Consolation game vs. Boston College

• Treated this game as a scrimmage, playing mostly younger, less experienced players

• Everyone saw a lot of game time during this game and there was a lot of improvement throughout

• Offense struggled to score because the chemistry was not entirely there

• The defense played well and forced turnovers throughout the game

• Loss: 13 - 3

Highlights:

• Though they played D1 teams and didn’t win all of them, they were able to push each other to see what they could do

Comments:

• “We went to Maine with the goal of winning the tournament like we have in the past and although we didn't quite get there, we played a lot of really good teams and saw a lot of improvement throughout the weekend. I think we’re in a good spot going into the spring season” -- Secretary Jake Roy ‘20

Up Next:

• The boys are done for their fall season, but they are still scrimmaging against themselves

Social Media:

• Be sure to follow @crazeultimate on Instagram for the latest updates on the team!

• For more information about Recreation be sure to check out @Bryant_Rec on Instagram and Twitter

Written by: Lydia Paglierani