Two Face

Light side

We played some of our best team ultimate ever. Even better than some of the highlights from New Haven. A lot of people stepped into new roles or refined old ones. A few of our newer players played some of their best ultimate ever (here's looking at you Stiggles, your defensive performance in the first two games was my inspiration to play all day, let alone your sick throws and catches on o). We won three games, we took third place, our best ever tournament finish. We held serve as the third best team in the Hudson Valley.

We played six games in one day, the most we ever have as a team. About half our roster was still playing solid until the last game, and six games in a day is a lot.

Dark side

Are you kidding? Our first game barely even counts. Bard had eight players, and only one of their starters. They were missing V and Will. They had no legs. Anyone who was tired after that game either had to run hard to compensate for weaker defenders, or is not in good enough shape. Marist took half against us 8 - 2. Our defense just could not deal with a team that did not regularly hand us the disc on a silver fucking platter. Our ability to switch from a zone mindset to playing hard nosed man defense was still not enough, despite the multiple points in a row they sent out lines that did not feature their top end studs. (Speaking of their top end studs, we had answers for every one of them except Robbie and yet again he proved to be the difference maker. It is great that we can throw solid defenders to stop Nick, Slip, Pat, Miller, etc etc etc but we need to stop wonderboy if we are ever going to beat them)

We did not push hard on d against Ramapo and we did not grit out the universe win against Marist the second time. Why not? Lack of mental focus in the first half. They were just as tired as us, making just as many mistakes and in the first half we did not bring it. Second half, we very much brought it, despite being much more tired. We can do it.

We don't.

Fuck that.