Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Quarters report + more

K so,


Quarterfinals against Navy. 3 seed (us) vs. 6 seed (them).

On paper we definitely have an advantage. Their big players are some Italian kid who thinks he is good but is just fast, Matt Martin, and Cara Martin. Ours are Me, Will, B-Ri, and Airjohn, and some tall kid.

We went down a quick 4-1 after a few careless plays but rallied to bring it to 5-4 them. My play was pretty bad as I threw a push/backhand instead of a flick on an upline dump and Airjohn threw a Callahan and then blamed it on me. I also had a matchup problem as Matt Martin was just too old for me and he toyed with me on while I was on defense and could not get open at all on offense for a reset. I took a point off and we evened it up and then ended half at 8-6 us.

I played much better in the second half, but that might be attributed to not marking their best player and therefore getting a worse player on me after turns. Regardless, I picked up my throws and we came out strong in the second half. It was not much of a game after half as we won it 15-8(ish). Next up in the semi's is 2 seed Powder, which will be quite the show. I plan to meet David's team in the finals.

I had envision the "more" part of this blag entry to be a bit more useful, but thinking about it now makes it seem pretty not. Anyway.

In Lacrosse you could look at the score sheet and tell who one the game by two stats -- the score(obviously) and loose balls. 50/50s. Almost without fail the team that got the most would win the game. This is indicative of not only how many the team came down with, but also of their effort in that game. This is true in Ultimate as well. People are going to turf how ever many throws they turf, drop however many they drop. These are things that are going to happen and there isn't much you can do about them. 50/50 discs, however, is where the money is made. If you run harder than your opponent, you'll come down with more. They're really the only way to get ahead of a "better" team.

Yeah that whole thing sounded better in my head. But I ain't one to deny content to my 4 person (plus my anonymous admirer) readership.

Word.

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