while it's obviously not in the same league as Wisconsin/Carleton or something like that, Maryland/Delaware is definitely an old-school backyard brawl kind of rivalry that goes way back. as an ex-Maryland guy from the 90s, I'm now even more disappointed about not being able to go up to Princeton... biggest Maryland/Delaware game EVAR!
also -- despite a bunch of regional semis and Sunday appearances at regionals, this is first time Maryland has ever played in a regional championship game and I think only the second time they've been in a game with a nationals bid on the line
GO SPACE BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!
(any word on how the women's bracket went)
On Apr 26, 4:09 pm, Bob Koca <bob_k...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> while it's obviously not in the same league as Wisconsin/Carleton or > something like that, Maryland/Delaware is definitely an old-school > backyard brawl kind of rivalry that goes way back. as an ex-Maryland > guy from the 90s, I'm now even more disappointed about not being able > to go up to Princeton... biggest Maryland/Delaware game EVAR!
> also -- despite a bunch of regional semis and Sunday appearances at > regionals, this is first time Maryland has ever played in a regional > championship game and I think only the second time they've been in a > game with a nationals bid on the line
> GO SPACE BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!
> (any word on how the women's bracket went)
> On Apr 26, 4:09 pm, Bob Koca <bob_k...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > In the semis Delaware defeated Pitt and Md. defeated Upenn. Also > > know that > > Edinboro won backdoor game vs Penn St.
> > Bob Koca
I heard Ottawa and Maryland Women are in the finals.
On Apr 26, 4:09 pm, Bob Koca <bob_k...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In the semis Delaware defeated Pitt and Md. defeated Upenn. Also > know that > Edinboro won backdoor game vs Penn St.
> Bob Koca
Delaware was up 14-9 on Pitt. Pitt scored 3 in a row to make it 14-12, and moments later the hard cap goes on... game over. Tough way to lose, but those are the breaks.
Josh Suskin and Chris Brenenborg played exceptionally well for Pitt. Both are definitely All-Region material. I must say, despite whatever season they have had, none of the other individuals on Pitt showed themselves to be All-Region material. In a close game, where they started out down 3-0, instead of making big plays to bring the score back close, they were making lots of drops and throwaways. They are still, as always, a much deeper team than Delaware, but no one other than Suskin and Brenenborg deserves the All-Region nod.
As expected, Delaware's offense was dominated by Miggs, Keegan, and Slater. All three showed themselves to be All-Region material, getting open at will against one of the top ranked teams in the country.
Penn State lost 15-13 to carleton 1st round. Beat queens 15-13 1st round consolations lost to edinboro 15-13 in backdoor quarters beat bucknell 13-6 to end up tied for 9th?
Edinboro over Princeton in one backdoor game to play tomorrow. Lehigh and Cornell were duking it out in the other game but i dont know the result.
All-Region list after saturday: Slater (UDEL) Keegan (UDEL) Suskin (PITT) Brenenbourg (PITT) Lenny (BORO)
Unfortunately i didnt get to catch maryland or Upenn's games so i cant comment on Ricky or any of the guys from UMD but there were a ton of cheers and a callahan or two in the semis vs.Upenn so i'm sure at least 1 probably 2 guys deserve a spot.
It will be interesting to see if whoever loses in the finals will have enough left to stave off Pittsburgh should they make it to the game to go again.
All reported scores are up on Score Reporter from Open & Women's ME Regionals. A few of the women's backdoor bracket and consolation scores from the last round did not make it either to the tent or onto my score card, so they'll be put up tomorrow.
> All-Region list after saturday: > Slater (UDEL) > Keegan (UDEL) > Suskin (PITT) > Brenenbourg (PITT) > Lenny (BORO)
It's true that Slater and Keegan stood out a little more than Miggs today, Slater with his huge throws and Keegan with his big grabs (especially a sliding catch near the back of the end zone to take half 8-5), but Miggs was still getting open at will - maybe not making the huge plays, but kept the offense running enough for the other two to get their opportunities. I said this about him last year, and I'll say it again today: he won't make your jaw drop, but that's just because he makes it all look so easy. Leaving him off an All-Region list would be a crime (but after the Pitt game, I honestly feel the same about Keegan and Slater).
Ricky carried his team in their come back win over Carleton (after being down 10-5), he's another lock.
I, too, have not seen Maryland at all this season. Pretty excited for the finals tomorrow!
> It's true that Slater and Keegan stood out a little more than Miggs > today, Slater with his huge throws and Keegan with his big grabs > (especially a sliding catch near the back of the end zone to take half > 8-5), but Miggs was still getting open at will - maybe not making the > huge plays, but kept the offense running enough for the other two to > get their opportunities. I said this about him last year, and I'll > say it again today: he won't make your jaw drop, but that's just > because he makes it all look so easy. Leaving him off an All-Region > list would be a crime (but after the Pitt game, I honestly feel the > same about Keegan and Slater).
> Ricky carried his team in their come back win over Carleton (after > being down 10-5), he's another lock.
> I, too, have not seen Maryland at all this season. Pretty excited for > the finals tomorrow!
> > It's true that Slater and Keegan stood out a little more than Miggs > > today, Slater with his huge throws and Keegan with his big grabs > > (especially a sliding catch near the back of the end zone to take half > > 8-5), but Miggs was still getting open at will - maybe not making the > > huge plays, but kept the offense running enough for the other two to > > get their opportunities. I said this about him last year, and I'll > > say it again today: he won't make your jaw drop, but that's just > > because he makes it all look so easy. Leaving him off an All-Region > > list would be a crime (but after the Pitt game, I honestly feel the > > same about Keegan and Slater).
> > Ricky carried his team in their come back win over Carleton (after > > being down 10-5), he's another lock.
> > I, too, have not seen Maryland at all this season. Pretty excited for > > the finals tomorrow!
On Apr 27, 3:10 pm, GoldenStic...@gmail.com wrote:
> Any update?
udel over md 13-12 in the finals (apparently a big controversy w/ the hard cap at the end, someone want to elaborate?) and then pitt over md something like 15-7 or so in the game to go
Yeah, there was a huge UDel/MD controversy - UDel was up 12-10, game to 14. UDel scored, 13-10. MD scored, 13-11. Maryland gets the D and works it down the field, disc is thrown into the endzone, Reuben jumps, catches the disc, comes down with it to make it 13-12. BUT the hard cap horn was blown at some point during that last throw. Whether it was blown before he had the disc in his hand or after he caught it is questionable, but he definitely hadn't landed with the disc in his hand (and so technically hadn't scored) before the cap went on. So, cap went on when it was 13-11, UDel is up by 2, game over, UDel wins and goes to nationals. It just sucks because he was literally half a second away from scoring when the cap went on. And meanwhile, MD has been killing themselves and their best players trying to play with UDel, and then they had to play a relatively rested Pitt in the game to go.
On Apr 27, 3:55 pm, Rachel.E.Sa...@gmail.com wrote:
> Yeah, there was a huge UDel/MD controversy - UDel was up 12-10, game > to 14. UDel scored, 13-10. MD scored, 13-11. Maryland gets the D and > works it down the field, disc is thrown into the endzone, Reuben > jumps, catches the disc, comes down with it to make it 13-12. BUT the > hard cap horn was blown at some point during that last throw. Whether > it was blown before he had the disc in his hand or after he caught it > is questionable, but he definitely hadn't landed with the disc in his > hand (and so technically hadn't scored) before the cap went on. So, > cap went on when it was 13-11, UDel is up by 2, game over, UDel wins > and goes to nationals. It just sucks because he was literally half a > second away from scoring when the cap went on. And meanwhile, MD has > been killing themselves and their best players trying to play with > UDel, and then they had to play a relatively rested Pitt in the game > to go.
Sounds like everyone agreed that the score came after the cap horn. The rules were followed correctly. So how is it a huge controversy?
There wasn't much argument over the hard cap in the finals. It didn't look like Maryland argued about it, and Dave Branick (who ran the tournament very well) made his call. Just kinda sucks that that is how it ended.
As for all-region players, the people that stood out to me during the weekend were, in no particular order:
Brenenborg (Pitt) Rob Dulabon (Pitt) Keegan (Delaware) Nick Hirannet (Delaware) Matt Gallin (Delaware) Sam Burnim (Maryland) Andrew Hempstead (Maryland) sorta short/skinny guy on Edinboro who didn't have the jersey on but a darker red shirt (sorry I don't know your name) Ricky (still didn't see him play, but sounds like he had a great weekend)
FOTY: Down to Plunkett (Pitt) and Freddy Tsai (UMD). Honestly would have given the nod to Plunkett before, as Freddy struck me as just a defensive player. However, he spent all weekend consistently covering the best player on other teams and doing very well, and in the finals/ backdoor he had much more impact as a cutter than he did in the sectional finals. So to me, I'd go with Freddy.
So to me it is between those 9 for all-region and those 2 for FOTY.
On Apr 27, 5:42 am, Kieffer <dkief...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK dude let it go, you don't play college ultimate anymore. Stop all the hype
The hype? I'm talking about games that have already taken place. It's not like I'm saying "Delaware is head and shoulders above the rest of the region, they are going to dominate this weekend" because THAT, Officer, would be hype.
On Apr 27, 6:53 pm, Bulb <kevin.patrick.mccorm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 5:42 am, Kieffer <dkief...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > OK dude let it go, you don't play college ultimate anymore. Stop all the hype
> The hype? I'm talking about games that have already taken place. > It's not like I'm saying "Delaware is head and shoulders above the > rest of the region, they are going to dominate this weekend" because > THAT, Officer, would be hype.
As far as All Region goes, it seems Rob Dulabon had a pretty stellar game in the Back door Final, a.k.a. The Pittsburgh Cup, against Maryland. His D against Freddy Tsai was absolutely disgusting, count yourself lucky if you stuck around to watch, just for that. Certainly don't throw him out of All-Region discussion because of anything Bulb says, it's true that guy doesn't even play college ultimate anymore. Rob's a true leader on our team, and he led with fire on the fields today. Both Rob and Josh Suskin played both ways during important points in Sunday games, where we had to have the break or the score or our season was over. Joshy caught the majority of our O goals against Cornell and Edinboro, mostly from hucks by Chris or Rob. Josh also got the game winning layout D against Boro. After our little stumble yesterday, it was these two that brought the fire back to Pittsburgh and these two that won those match ups that won those points that won us the day. These two are our best outgoing players, bar none. It would be a truly terrible shame if both did not get the recognition they deserve in their last year of college Ultimate, for their role in Pittsburgh's rise over the last 4 years and for the success Pittsburgh has shared with the Metro East this year and prior.
And FOTY: To be much too blunt, all I saw of Freddy Tsai, from the games that have already taken place, was a sweet hammer turnover which 4 Pitt men gobbled up, an awesome throwaway huck on Pitt game point, getting D'd by Rob Dulabon so amazingly, and getting supremely roasted by center handler Chowder Baynes for the game winning score, who simply allowed the 2 Maryland players near him for dramatic affect. To Freddy's credit he did get one layout D against Rob in the endzone (before Rob answered with his own much more impressive layout), but overall it seemed his contribution was in the negative. And in addition to Plunkett, don't throw out our other Freshman of the Year candidate, Julian Hausman. His absence on Saturday was severely missed by our cup and the D-line's offense, our results on Sunday seem pretty indicative of his importance to our team. He also got that huge Callahan in the Pitt Cup.
> On Apr 27, 6:53 pm, Bulb <kevin.patrick.mccorm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 27, 5:42 am, Kieffer <dkief...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > OK dude let it go, you don't play college ultimate anymore. Stop all the hype
> > The hype? I'm talking about games that have already taken place. > > It's not like I'm saying "Delaware is head and shoulders above the > > rest of the region, they are going to dominate this weekend" because > > THAT, Officer, would be hype.
> As far as All Region goes, it seems Rob Dulabon had a pretty stellar > game in the Back door Final, a.k.a. The Pittsburgh Cup, against > Maryland. His D against Freddy Tsai was absolutely disgusting, count > yourself lucky if you stuck around to watch, just for that. Certainly > don't throw him out of All-Region discussion because of anything Bulb > says, it's true that guy doesn't even play college ultimate anymore. > Rob's a true leader on our team, and he led with fire on the fields > today. Both Rob and Josh Suskin played both ways during important > points in Sunday games, where we had to have the break or the score or > our season was over. Joshy caught the majority of our O goals against > Cornell and Edinboro, mostly from hucks by Chris or Rob. Josh also > got the game winning layout D against Boro. After our little stumble > yesterday, it was these two that brought the fire back to Pittsburgh > and these two that won those match ups that won those points that won > us the day. These two are our best outgoing players, bar none. It > would be a truly terrible shame if both did not get the recognition > they deserve in their last year of college Ultimate, for their role in > Pittsburgh's rise over the last 4 years and for the success Pittsburgh > has shared with the Metro East this year and prior.
> And FOTY: To be much too blunt, all I saw of Freddy Tsai, from the > games that have already taken place, was a sweet hammer turnover which > 4 Pitt men gobbled up, an awesome throwaway huck on Pitt game point, > getting D'd by Rob Dulabon so amazingly, and getting supremely roasted > by center handler Chowder Baynes for the game winning score, who > simply allowed the 2 Maryland players near him for dramatic affect. > To Freddy's credit he did get one layout D against Rob in the endzone > (before Rob answered with his own much more impressive layout), but > overall it seemed his contribution was in the negative. And in > addition to Plunkett, don't throw out our other Freshman of the Year > candidate, Julian Hausman. His absence on Saturday was severely > missed by our cup and the D-line's offense, our results on Sunday seem > pretty indicative of his importance to our team. He also got that > huge Callahan in the Pitt Cup.
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