NW Regionals women
Neva Cherniavsky
schools? Stanford wins Nationals 4 out of the past 5 years but ties
for 5/6 at Regionals?
hsgr...@gmail.com
Also, what's with the finals score? UBC wins 12-5 over Washington
after UW beat them (twice?) at sectionals? Did UBC not try their
hardest to win the section? Did UW not play their hardest in finals
because they would qualify regardless of a win or loss? Just seems
odd....
H
Stanford not going to the show? I feel like that's happened once
recently (too lazy to check), but on an overall historical basis,
happens very rarely. Comments?
Kira Frew. Shortest Callahan ever? First Canadian?
Oregon makes the show for the first time in a while. Was a coach the
difference? Who is the senior class? More importantly, who are the
freshmen/sophomores? What was the score of the game to go (still not
on the reporter).
UW: Purple shorts? I know nothing.
LYS
This was the first time in history that we have even gotten close to
the top 5 at regionals and Oregon played very well at the end of the
hottest day of ultimate I have ever played in.
Congrats to UW, UBC, Oregon wish you all the best of luck in CO
Alyssa
WWU
MD
to-the-game-to-go. Rumors on the sidelines had Stanford up 11-7 at one
point, I'm not sure.
Stanford is up 12-11 and a long point ensues. A few turns by both
teams but some spectacular plays by both as well. Hard cap goes on and
Oregon is able to punch it in. 12-12, double game point, winner goes
to the game to go. Ego is on the sidelines cheering for Fugue but
Superfly has a lot of parents and alumni present. The field was right
next to the HQ tent so the sidelines were packed.
Oregon pulls and forces backhand. Stanford works it up the backhand
sideline to around 5-10 yards out. Things are not looking good for
Oregon. Dump (Emily Damon?) cuts upline and the thrower puts it to
space, but a Superfly cutter is also cutting under and brings her
defender as well. One of the Superfly players catches the disc (I
think it was the dump), but they collide right afterwards and both
players and the disc fall to the ground. You really hate to see that
kind of collision under any circumstances, but the fact that it was in
the end zone on DGP makes it that much more heartbreaking for
Superfly.
Oregon has the disc on the cone and hucks to grad student Jess "Venus"
Huynh who makes an impressive grab over her defender, who had
position. Fugue works it down the field and scores a few passes later.
I heard that Western Washington dominated the first half vs. Pie
Queens, and PQ were able to come back in the second half. No other
info though.
patrick...@gmail.com
not first canadian, i might be wrong but didnt alex scheinder win
callahan . Kira might be the first canadian who won it for a canadian
team though
my vote is for anne mercier from ottawa. didnt win lots of tounraments
but i think that anne will lead UofO to a national championship in 08
over UBC in the finals
go canada
Mark -Mortakai- Moran
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I agree with the all-canadian final... although you've got the result
wrong ;p
Neva Cherniavsky
bids because of a roster screw up. Since 1995, they've been in the
finals every year except 2000 and 2004 (semis).
Wes Chao
Some more observations from the three games I watched:
UBC-Oregon semis, winner qualifies: UBC jumps out to a 3-0 lead pretty
quickly. I don't think they turned it over once in those first three
points, and their handler core pretty much carved up the Fugue
defense. Lots of IO breaks and quick movement for small chunks of
yardage. Oregon gets on the board at 3-1 but UBC takes the next two,
and around that time, Oregon begins opening up their rotation in
anticipation of meeting Superfly in the next game. I don't think I saw
more than one or two starters for Oregon on the line at any time in
the second half and I'm pretty sure Suver, Hyunh, et al didn't play at
all.
Kira Frew dominated this game, acting as a free reset and breaking the
mark to open up the field time and again. I think I saw her throw one
turnover all game -- her low-release flick looks unstoppable and
aesthetically resembles '07 Callahan winner Anna Nazarov's. Great job
by the UBC coaching staff keeping their players motivated and intense;
the game wasn't much in doubt even before the end of the first half,
but the players still stormed the field like they'd just won on double
game point.
Oregon-Stanford backdoor semis, winner gets to the game to go: Traded
early, then wind picked up a little. Stanford deploys their vaunted
zone and gets a bunch of D's, especially from the underrated Rachel
Dyke, who covers a lot of ground as the deep deep and is able to help
out in the middle of the field on floaty stuff over the top. Emily
Damon plays the part of Kira Frew for Superfly in this game, getting
the disc at will and making patient decisions for solid yardage. The
score is indeed 11-7 at one point, but the wind has died down to
almost nothing and Oregon's handlers (Molly Suver, Julia Sherwood,
Shannon McDowell) have settled down, looking less for high-release
stuff over the top and getting consistent yardage from the dump-break-
swing-continue-repeat.
By the time the soft cap comes on at 11-11, both teams look gassed,
having played their starters more or less for the last four or five
points in a row. Stanford does indeed manage to get the disc to the
front cone on DGP and it is Emily Damon who goes upline for the game-
winner, lays out for the catch but loses it in the collision with her
teammate (both defenders were out of the picture). Jess Hyunh was a
monster in this game, with several huge grabs in traffic (including
the aforementioned huck that got Fugue within 15 yards of the EZ on a
fastbreak) and some big-time D's. Heck of a game by both teams --
definitely could have gone either way and both teams would have/will
represent the region well.
Oregon-Western, game to go: Western starts this game with just 14
players but a whole lot of heart. The early going is mostly Western,
taking a small lead. Not sure why she hasn't gotten any All-Region
hype, but Alyssa Weatherford definitely carries this WWU team on her
back, with a shotgun of a forehand and a knack for getting the disc.
In fact, Oregon switches to a box-and-one zone, with Katy Craley
shadowing Weatherford pretty much all game and forcing the rest of the
Western women to work the disc. That strategy pays off, with the
combination of limiting Weatherford's touches, the heat, and Oregon's
superior depth enabling them to build a 3-4 point lead that they would
hold for the rest of the game.
The intensity in this game was relatively low, especially for a game
to go, but probably to be expected considering the dogfight of a game
that was Stanford-Oregon, Western's small roster, the schedule (fourth
game of the day) and the heat.
I certainly don't know the rest of the region that well, but based on
my limited observation, some all-region nominations:
Kira Frew, UBC
Emily Damon, Stanford
Jess Hyunh, Oregon
Alyssa Weatherford, WWU
Other notables:
Jenny Founds, Stanford - several huge hucks that opened up the field
for Superfly
Molly Suver, Oregon - Oregon's top handler, excellent defender, but
made several questionable decisions in the games I saw; not sure if
this is typical
Julia Sherwood, Oregon - quietly effective Oregon handler with the
ability to jack it
Rachel Dyke, Stanford/Christina Norton, Oregon - tall, athletic, nasty
defenders
Wes
La Maldad
> callahan . Kira might be the first canadian who won it for a canadian
> team though
Alex SNYDER, not scheinder. She's good.
Hh