Metro East

[DanD]

It's pretty much agreed on that we are the worst region but
we've always liked to talk about ultimate and compare our
mediocre-ness.

On the national scene everyone seems to be taking UConn as a
given for the win but they showed some vulnerabilities at
CCs with a loss to Yale in pool play (came back to win the
conference on Sunday). There was speculation that
all-region nominees Ben Weyers and Kamil Skwarek were off at
the Connecticut Constitution game on Saturday but that was
just speculation, nothing confirmed.

Another surprise is Cornell's loss to SUNY-Buffalo at CCs.
Then you throw in the relatively unknown Princeton (played a
bunch of out of region tournaments but only 2 games all
season against teams who will also be at regionals) and you
have a bunch of teams capable of winning the region IMO.

A rough stab at seeding:

1- UConn
2- SUNY- Buffalo (1-0 over perennial power Cornell)
3- Cornell (better ranking than Princeton
4- Princeton (next best ranking)
5- Yale (wins over NYU and Wesleyan)
6- NYU (won MetroNY over Rutgers)
7- Rutgers (next highest ranked)
8- Wesleyan (good ranking, close lost to Yale did finish
higher than Yale and NYU at New England Open, lower than
Yale at Booty Call)
9- Columbia (has beaten Yale which CCS failed to do in two
tries)
10- Central Connecticut State - close losses to Yale good
ranking
11- RIT (has to be higher than Rochester)
12- Rochester (1-1 vs. Columbia, next best ranking but has
to be below RIT
13- Hofstra (beat SUNY- Albany)
14- SUNY-Albany (beat Yale at CCs in pool play but no other
wins against regionally competitive teams)
15- Rowan (higher ranking than Cornell-B
16- Cornell-B

Possible alternatives: Wesleyan moves up to 6, bumping NYU
and Rutgers down. Also CCS and Columbia could switch.

This creates the following pools:
Pool A:
UConn
Wesleyan
Rochester
Hofstra

Pool B:
SUNY-Buffalo
Rutgers
RIT
SUNY-Albany

Pool C:
Cornell
NYU
Central Connecticut State
Rowan

Pool D:
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
Cornell-B


Some interesting story lines there:
Wesleyan looking to be the David to UConn's Goliath. They
can really focus on that since Rochester and Hofstra really
shouldn't be able to challege for a two top spot out of pool
A.

Pool B has the very dangerous SUNY-Albany who if last year's
regionals (beating Greg Owens and TCNJ) and this year's CCs
(beating Yale) are an indication, probably are going to
surprise everyone for one game before retreating to the
consolation brackets. Rutgers definitely has the personnel
to make the B1 v B2 game interesting. RIT has a pair of AUDL
players but I don't think they'll have the depth to play 4
competitive games on Saturday and be done before quarters.

Pool C has the rematch of last year's finals. Both teams
have gotten significantly weaker but plenty of all-region
nominees between the teams. It would be a shock if most of
this pool doesn't go to seed, the possible upset being NYU
over Cornell.

Pool D is the Ivy league pool with 4 represented. Columbia
has beaten Yale but other than that these teams haven't seen
each other this year. Princeton has a great ranking but is
untested within the Metro East.

My predictions:
semis:
UConn
Cornell (loses pool to NYU, beats Princeton in quarters)

Yale (beats NYU in quarters)
SUNY-Buffalo

UConn over SUNY-Buffalo in the finals.

Rutgers could play spoiler though in pool play if they knock
off SUNY-Buffalo, but in the end of the day I agree with the
masses that UConn has the depth to still be firing away at
the end of Sunday while everyone else is starting to drag.



All region team?
I haven't seen all these guys play but some of the names
that have been thrown around:

Ben Weyers- UConn
Kamil Skwarek - UConn
John Bain - SUNY-Buffalo
Bo Li - Cornell
Neil Butler - Cornell
Sean Childers - NYU
Scottie Xu - Rutgers

There are some teams clearly left off that I just don't know
the names (Princeton/Yale/Wesleyan/Columbia) and some teams
I just don't know enough about their depth so please add
some names to this.

FOTY-
John Wodatch - UConn
Jibran Mieser - Rutgers (I'm putting this one out there)-
kid is a beast, played with him at high tide, great defender
and played really really well for a freshman that we picked
up and stuck in our system. Definitely going to be an
all-region player by the time he's done with college.


Other fun things:

D-IIIs?

SUNY-Fredonia is clearly out ahead of the pack. Something
like 5 of their guys play for the Buffalo Hunters. The two
seed is one of Stevens/RPI/Colgate. Stevens and RPI have
had almost no turnover from last year while adding new
players and Colgate has some great wins and are led by one
of the better D-III players in the region.

Some names (and yes I included myself like a pretentious
prick):
Greg Wakeman - SUNY Fredonia
Kevin Quinlin - SUNY Fredonia
Kevin Hoercher - Colgate
John Hosmer - RPI
Dan Donovan - RPI
Max Weigert - Connecticut College
Jesse Moskowitz - Connecticut College
Mason Compton - Steven's Tech



Thoughts?



--
Posted from http://www.rsdnospam.com

[Reggie Fanelli]

> It's pretty much agreed on that we are the worst region

---i love the metro east!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~

> 1- UConn
> 2- SUNY- Buffalo (1-0 over perennial power Cornell)
> 3- Cornell (better ranking than Princeton
> 4- Princeton (next best ranking)
> 5- Yale (wins over NYU and Wesleyan)
> 6- NYU (won MetroNY over Rutgers)
> 7- Rutgers (next highest ranked)

---The top 7 teams in this list...are all UOA squads!
and....Cornell, Buffalo and NYU are both WUFF Camp teams!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> 9- Columbia (has beaten Yale which CCS failed to do in two
> tries)

--another UOA squad!


Good luck all!

[Jay]

Metro East! Yay!

UConn should roll through the region. I think they lost to
Yale in last year's sectionals as well. But when these guys
want to turn it on they can. Look for the two DIII schools
to make some noise as well. Wesleyan is a well rounded
physical team with a nice zone. Buffalo's a fun story with
some good players. Cornell and Columbia just don't seem to
have it together with big losses from last season. Hope CCSU
does well. A bunch of great guys.

My take on DIII is:

1. Fredonia
2. Stevens Tech
3. RPI
4. Conn College
5. Colgate

And the field.

Fredonia is certainly beatable though. If there's some heavy
wind that doesn't allow Wakeman to beat teams over the top,
they could be upset.

Cheers!

[JP]

I heard that Rowan will be declining the bid to Regionals,
which is a shame because I've enjoyed playing them, but it
shouldn't change much. Hofstra is looking to have some fun
at our 2nd ever Regionals appearance, check out captains
Will "Ron Weasley" Scripps, Jarrett Piette, and Sean
"Goldiehawkz" Gradwell - we'll be making some noise! Should
be a fun weekend, I'm excited to see what goes down in "the
worst region," and where the top teams end up.

[shock]

Princeton's Osman Khwaja for All-Region?

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/536557_3188237435215_1544190038_32752956_2030883431_n.jpg

[brosev]

>>All region team?

Needs whoever that Torch kid is on UConn. I think they built
a defense that basically dares teams to throw deep and let
him embarrass people. Has anyone in the region skied him
this year?

>>Princeton's Osman Khwaja for All-Region?

I'd second that.

But, if UConn rolls through the region, the more guys they
have on All-Region the better. Matt Baum is starting as an
O-Line handler for CT Constitution

[DanD]

I played with Torch at High Tide as well (hat tournament- so
again not the best gauge) and although he's a beast
athletically I don't think he's well rounded enough for
first team all region. Also if you include Torch (and some
other UConn guys on Torch's level) on first team UConn will
end up with most of the spots on the first team. That
doesn't seem right to me if a team like Yale who is more
middle of the pack can beat them. Aka if there is a decent
parity in the region in the top 7 or 8 teams it wouldn't be
accurate for the all-region team to be represented by 4 or 5
guys from one team. But still Torch should be second team
at least.


Anybody know some of the club teams these guys have played
for? Not that going off of club teams is the best way (some
people don't play serious club for various reasons and would
get missed) but it is a good way to verify people's
abilities.

[Kamil]

Kamil is the best no one else on uconn matters. They may as
well be garden gnomes.

[Kamil]

yea but I hear that matt baum kid is really lazy. Doesnt
even play defense, but I guess if uconn can stick him
somewhere he doesnt hurt them too bad...good for them. Dont
forget only important part of UCONN. ME. KAMIL.

[Raffi]

to clear up some confusions about yale's win over uconn at
sectionals: uconn was missing rj and weyers who are both
really good. but yale was also missing two of our captains
and, altogether, 5 of our top 10 players due to injuries.

as for club teams: a bunch of guys in the metro east played
with Slow Children out of MA this year, including (i'm
probly missing some ppl):

myself (yale)
ben weyers (uconn)
torch (brian varis - uconn)
broi (brian mcLoughlin - uconn)
gomez (matt baum - uconn)
rj (uconn)
matt turiano (uconn)

as for all-region, i think weyers should definitely get a
nod. i also think broi (skinny little guy on uconn, #2) is
worth thinking about. he is really quite a good player, he
has throws and is very productive offensively.

i also want to put in a plug for ray xi from yale (#5). ray
consistently makes plays like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfCjqkEeVX8&t=39m20s

ray is an exceptionally quick handler who can take over
points with his field vision, incisive throws and ability to
get the disc back, even against very talented defenders.
he's a lefty with great breaks and bombs. on defense ray has
a nose for the disc and earns tons of poach and help d's.
having played with and against many of the best players in
our region i can say that ray definitely deserves an
all-region nod. the fact that he hasn't played for an elite
club team yet is not a function of his talent (for example
he was in china one summer, and was working 90 hour weeks
another).

[Madame Guillotine]

Put Ray Xi in against the Slow Children from MA. Then those uconn
traitors can listen to you argue with each other and start picking up on
the Valour. I want those tarDs sky-high and Fucked. Start targetting
knees and shins. See if you can flip a MAan behind you right through
the end zone and into the main pole of the field goal pipes. I do not
care if he hits his head on the pole or not, I just want to see that
fast flip horizontal fly right into the pole. Right into the pole.

--
Dhal. Wristspear Dhal.

[GI]

Metro Easy Regionals Schedule is up. I'm making
predictions.

A1: UConn
B1: Rutgers
C1: NYU
D1: Princeton

Semi's:
Cornell
UConn

Rutgers
NYU

Championship:
UConn over Rutgers, 14-11

Now guess my bias.

[toucan sam]

Girving143 wrote on Thu, 26 April 2012 14:14
> Now guess my bias.


Cornell.

[Jackson]

God, I'm sick of all these Princeton players coming on here
and hyping up themselves. Whoever Girving143 is, it's
obvious that he's from Princeton.

[Dan Naylor]

Girving...

I think i can take a stab at this one.

In some order...

Martin Brodeur
Short people
Bald people
Austrian economics
Terrible Basketball Teams
Andrew Bergman
Worldwide Conspiracies
Gold
Guns
Governor Chris Christie (if only he were bald)


What else am i missing?

[Desmond]

In response to the question earlier in the thread "Has
anyone in the region skied [Torch] this year?" I put
together a quick fun video of Yale Superfly's Raffi
Greenberg. The Man. The Legend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln2X_3VzTv8

Raffi is that guy on Superfly that other teams in our pool
watch when they finish their games early. He is one of the
most dominant cutters I have seen in my limited 4 years of
college ultimate. Not only does he have the raw athleticism
to get open or shut down most anyone, he also has the field
awareness and vision to shred defenses apart. His break
throws and his ability to keep his man on his heels make him
dangerous also as a thrower. As you can see in the video,
he is near unfuckwittable in the sky. He has some club
experience with Philly Love and Slow Children the last
couple years and has only gotten better every year.

Along with Ben Weyers of UConn and Bo Li of Cornell, I feel
like Raffi is a clear choice for first-team all-region.

Future

[DanD]

video is private :/

[one eight zwei nine aka the Stang (Meklar\Jenkin's Dragons race)]

Dan Naylor wrote:
> Girving...
> I think i can take a stab at this one.
>
> In some order...
>
> Martin Brodeur
> Short people
> Bald people
> Austrian economics
> Terrible Basketball Teams
> Andrew Bergman
> Worldwide Conspiracies
> Gold
> Guns
> Governor Chris Christie (if only he were bald)
>
>
> What else am i missing?

Climbing out the back window and marching down University Street ogling
all the hot girls at night with maybe a light rain, can we get a little
light rain here, Alex? Then finding out cannot climb back in the window
and pushing the buzzer pretending to have accidentally locked myself out
the back door.
--
John the Sensei. John the Revelator.

[one eight zwei nine aka the Stang (Meklar\Jenkin's Dragons race)]

Desmond wrote:
> In response to the question earlier in the thread "Has
> anyone in the region skied [Torch] this year?" I put
> together a quick fun video of Yale Superfly's Raffi
> Greenberg. The Man. The Legend.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln2X_3VzTv8
>
> Raffi is that guy on Superfly that other teams in our pool
> watch when they finish their games early. He is one of the
> most dominant cutters I have seen in my limited 4 years of
> college ultimate. Not only does he have the raw athleticism
> to get open or shut down most anyone, he also has the field
> awareness and vision to shred defenses apart. His break
> throws and his ability to keep his man on his heels make him
> dangerous also as a thrower. As you can see in the video,

Um no. "This video is private."

[DanD]

I didn't get much of a chance to watch D-I but it seemed as
though the wind was a huge factor. It was really diagonally
across the field but for the sake of simplicity you could
call it upwind/downwind.

In the finals Princeton (who knocked off UConn in semis)
went up big in the first half on the back of a tough zone.
It was a 4 man cup I believe. But Cornell started to get
their zone working on Princeton and with Bo Li's handles,
figured out how to beat the Princeton zone. Cornell fought
back with a string of breaks to take half 8-7. Cornell
scored first out of half and then soft cap blew. Princeton
scored to 9-8. Cornell put in the next o-point and then
broke for game I believe. I didn't know many of the players
other than Bo Li and Neil Butler (who balled btw). But
there were a lot of great handlers for both sides in the
game.

Still neither team was looked like they are capable of
legitimately competing with nationals teams but in the wind
their zones and handlers persevered over the top seeds UConn
and SUNY-Buffalo (who actually dropped in quarters to
Wesleyan). Cornell probably comes into nationals as the
19th or 20th seed so they pretty much only can go up :)


In D-III's the wind might have been an even bigger factor.
With the brutal wind starting 2nd round sunday most games
went the full time and got capped with lots of long points.
Top heavy teams like Colgate, Conn College and Fredonia
looked like they were starting to struggle in the last few
rounds in terms of legs.

Fredonia also suffered an injury to their top player Greg
Wakeman on Saturday (or maybe before the weekend?). His
throwing hand had some messed up fingers which I was told
affected his throwing which they heavily rely on. He had to
cut instead of handle and in the wind they seemed to run out
of throwers.

Colgate was one of the best teams in man to man play. If
there wasn't wind they probably would be headed to
nationals. Kevin Hoercher is an amazing player from a
cutter role but with all the zones his skill was slightly
mitigated. With the sh*tshow that happened at the top of
pool A, they unfortunately drew Fredonia early in the
backdoor bracket though.

The sh*tshow in pool A left Conn College in the finals. But
Conn struggled in the wind and we (RPI) were able to win the
field position battle. Half was 8-3. I think Conn decided
to go hard for the break with a zone out of half since they
were coming down wind. But we were able to work it up the
field and from there they started resting players for the
backdoor game. Its a hard position to be in with tight
lines like Conn had and such long points in the wind.
Stevens played a tough zone on them and ran away with the
game. Looking back on the weekend, so many things could
have been different. Without wind I wouldn't be surprised
if it was two different teams advancing to nationals.

The biggest thing in the end of the day was depth. Stevens
had a massive team and they played a lot of different
people. They beat Conn with their legs in the game to go
even though Stevens had played an extra game. I didn't get
to watch everyone, mostly notably, Cortland, but a lot of
teams had some great players. Max Weigert and Jesse
Moskowitz played amazing for Conn all weekend. Greg Wakeman
was a pretty damn consistent cutter for Fredonia even though
he was playing though an injury. Kevin Quilian, Doug Urbino
and David Ward also played well for Fredonia. I already
mentioned Kevin Hoercher from Colgate, but helping him out
was guys like Mike Girard, #10 and #90. Unfortunately these
guys had to play both ways a lot and were looking a bit
gassed come Sunday afternoon.

We (RPI) were able to play upwards of 14 guys in most games
and that showed come end of the day Sunday. I think the
tightest we called lines was 12 or 13 with 1 or 2 guys going
both ways in our pool play game against Colgate.


Congrats to Stevens, Cornell and Ottawa and good luck at
nattys!

- Dan Donovan
RPI #8

[Jesse Moskowitz]

To go off some of your DIII points:

A score was incorrectly reported on score reporter. Because
of this, Fredonia believed they had the pool locked up after
beating Conn College (us) on Saturday. So, they took a loss
to Cortland first game Sunday. This is the sh-tshow you're
referring to. With some luck, we got sent to the
championship game. Like you said Dan, RPI played the wind
and field position game better than Conn and we packed it in
in the second half. We pretty much ran with 10-11 guys in
the finals and 2nd/3rd game and that killed us in the long
run. Long points, lots of zone, first tourney with
significant wind, and there you have it. Stevens played a
nice cup and disciplined offensive game plan and we couldn't
get back in it.

Dan and Hosmer led RPI and pretty much played on a level of
their own all weekend. Russ on RPI (sophomore) will make
noise in the region for another few years. Joe Babbino is
one of the big reasons Cortland was able to go 4-1 in pool
play. Matt McL and the other handler on Ithaca did their
thing despite their poor team performance. Mason Compton of
Stevens Tech, you could hardly tell there was any wind with
the way he was moving the disc and the freshmen, Brownlee
(??) out of Columbia HS is a phenominal athlete.

Best of luck to RPI and Stevens.

[Desmond]

my bad on the video. no longer private. enjoy.

[JP]

A few thoughts:
That wind on Sunday was ridiculous. Made most games with
quasi-matched teams just trading points back and forth, but,
for example, plays like the Princeton upwind break to beat
UConn in semis show that you have to keep playing until the
imaginary whistle. Half tough luck for UConn there, half
scrappy perseverance from Princeton.

Buffalo looked frustrated a lot (especially in pool play),
and several players got over the top with the douchbaggery.
Mitch Wheeler was a class act - great spirit, apologizing
for some of his players' actions, and pretty throws, great
breaks. Love to see it when players keep up the spirit
despite the lack of any sort of reward in the college game,
had to give that guy a shout-out.

Sure this region is weak in the national scheme of things,
but man you have to love the all-around craftiness up here.
Great weekend!

[dusty]

On Apr 30, 11:49 am, JP <j...@leveraged.com> wrote:
> A few thoughts:
> That wind on Sunday was ridiculous

The future of ultimate is indoors.

I love playing in the wind (and it plays to my few strengths as a
player), but the platonic ideal of ultimate is closer to basketball
than football. It isn't about the physical battle so much as it is
about the aesthetics and efficiency of play.

Just a guess.

Music on tap: A.Dd+, When Pigs Fly

dusty.rhodes
at gmail.com

[Joe]

I don't agree with you calling what happened in our pool a
sh*tshow.

First I'd like to say:
We were screwed out of an opportunity to advance past 5th
place at Sectionals because of point differential and a
crappy schedule. We had 5 straight games on that saturday in
Fredonia, NY ending against a strong Colgate team. That
being said we still snagged the last spot to Regionals after
a close loss against Oneonta on Sunday. So because of one
bad game on Saturday we were denied the opportunity to play
for first and prove we were the best in our section.
Everyone needs to stop underestimating us!

We came out sort of flat against Conn College on Saturday of
Regionals and then had to start a comeback we almost tied it
but then Conn College capitalized to hold their lead of 2.
After winning the rest of the games on Saturday we went into
Sunday knowing that if we beat Fredonia there would be a
3-way tie for first and it would come down to point
differential again.

This game was very intense and everyone played their asses
off. Fredonia started the game off very strong, not like a
team that thought they had the pool on lock. they were up
6-2 on us when we called a time out and we said "its now or
never." We started another comeback and took half 7-6 and
then proceeded to roll all the way to the final score of
13-11.

So Dan because of point differential we were 2 points away
from being in that Championship game. So it wasn't some
fluke its what should have been from the beginning.

I was not aware that wakeman was hurt but he still played
very well and hard as did the rest of the team. Fredonia
played a great game and I don't like the excuse of "oh they
thought they had the pool on lock so thats why we won."

You know why we won its because of:

Tim Kominos - Our deep deep who can sky anyone he wants when
ever he wants

Dan Mercado - Our best handler who can throw the disc pretty
much where ever he wants to throw it

Tim Wuebber - Another strong deep option and one of our best
defenders

Mike Palmisano - One of our workhorses in our ho stack and
poppers in zone.

Steve Bentley - One of our best marks and another awesome
defender

Justin St. Louis - Another strong mark and a brick wall on
defense

Alex Trainor - a rookie handler who has stepped up his game
after we put a lot of pressure on his shoulders this post
season

Jack Labriola - a sophomore who has improved tremendously
over the last year

Charlie Kenline - A rookie who will sky you sitting down

Ethan Giventer - a very fast runner that won't get tired in
the cup

Phil Rascona - a FRESHMAN that skied 5 Fredonia players to
win the game
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3563107130578&set=a.3248354181951.145015.1659852519&type=1&theater

So sorry Jesse but i was not the only reason why my team
went 4-1 in pool play.

After suffering a few injuries we were down to 10 ppl in the
game vs Stevens Tech. Our defense played very well in that
game forcing a lot of turns and getting a lot of D's but we
did not capitalize on offense like we should have.



SO Dan of RPI your lucky that we didn't get those two other
points because you would have been playing SUNY CORTLAND in
the finals and that would have been a completely different
game!


I am no trying to sound arrogant or cocky right now because
when it comes down to it we were not in that championship
game and didn't have all the pieces to the puzzle. I have
the most respect for everyone I played this weekend even if
it didn't seem that way on the field. It's just very
frustrating when tournament after tournament we are counted
out before we are even considered a threat. So mark my words
SUNY Cortland will be going to Nationals next year with or
without me on that field with them! SO STOP UNDERESTIMATING
US!

Oh and I am not going to reply back so don't bother writing
some huge long obnoxious post like I just did : P


NO MERCY! NO LUBE!
Joe Babbino #12
SUNY Cortland Captain/ Co-Founder


HERE COMES THE ...

[Ryan Thompson]

On Apr 30, 1:46 am, Jesse Moskowitz <jmosk...@conncoll.edu> wrote:
> Mason Compton of
> Stevens Tech, you could hardly tell there was any wind with
> the way he was moving the disc and the freshmen, Brownlee
> (??) out of Columbia HS is a phenominal athlete.
>
> Best of luck to RPI and Stevens.
> --
> Posted fromhttp://www.rsdnospam.com

That's Marquez Brownlee out of CHS. Can see him dominating the D3
scene for years to come.

[DanD]

you seem to misunderstand my use of sh*tshow. Not saying
that the play in the pool was shitty, but a three way tie
for first is shitty. When it comes down to point diff
making a huge difference like you said that sucks. If those
games had gone one or two points differently Fredonia or
Cortland could have had the easier Sunday and jumped to the
finals.

Also not sure where I underestimated you guys, all I said
was I didn't get to watch you (other than a play or two) so
I couldn't comment on who was carrying the team.



Dan Donovan

As a side note- I'd recommend not using all the hyperboles
in describing your teammates. It actually takes away from
what you are saying.

[Ryan Delaney]

Joe Babbino - Biggest Noob in the Region and the Mayor of
Stupidville.

[J Mac]

JBabbino wrote on Mon, 30 April 2012 12:58

> Tim Kominos - Our deep deep who can sky anyone he wants
> when ever he wants
>
> Dan Mercado - Our best handler who can throw the disc
> pretty much where ever he wants to throw it

So you have two people that can do whatever they want any
time and you still lost? Your descriptions make everyone on
Cortland seem like a douche and that is a disservice to your
teammates.

P.S. Former resident of Clark 313.

[Dan Naylor]

I would second all the calls for Mason Compton to be d3 all
region. As his club teammate, it's an honor to be on the
same field with him. He's tireless, always carries a great
attitude, isn't afraid of the big moment, is conscientious
and thoughtful as a teammate, and happens to be 6'2, fast,
strong in the air and plenty skilled. Seems like an easy
pick to me.

Chris Fairfield, also from stevens, is another very talented
player to watch out for from that region and should be the
benefciary of the extra attention Mason may receive.


(seemingly posted this in the wrong place)... my bad

[DanD]

Mason Compton is certainly a great player. I think the
biggest thing I took away from this weekend though is how
much he (and the other leaders on that team) have done a
great job with Stevens. Last year at regionals they really
needed him to take over games for them to play well. This
year they had a lot of guys that played and they trusted the
less experienced guys to play them a lot even in close
games.

Over the course of the weekend that really paid off and they
had the legs to make it through the backdoor bracket.

[Joe]

I agree with that he threw one of the most baller backhand
hucks into the wind from about 20 yards out of his own
endzone against us this weekend.

Babbs #12

[DMerc]

I appreciate Joe's enthusiasm about myself and our teammates
and agree 100% with what he said. Having such few players
and 2 injuries by the end of the weekend, my team (Cortland)
fought long and hard for our 5th place spot with Colgate. I
think ourselves, SUNY Fredonia, and Conn College put up
great games and it was a pleasure to play them to that
caliber. I can't say I'm completely satisfied with how the
weekend ended for us and wish we had the opportunity to
fight for that nationals spot without having such a long
schedule with such few people. I get that it's part of the
game to have depth but considering we've only been a team
for 2 1/2 years is pretty impressive if you ask me. I think
we would have given RPI a run for their money if we had
gotten that #1 spot in Pool A.

It was a pleasure playing all the teams this weekend,
notably SUNY Fredonia and Conn College.


And to Dan from RPI....

Joe Babbino lives, breathes, eats, sleeps, thinks, moves
Ultimate. What he said about myself and my teammates is a
great compliment. These so-called "hyperboles" is more like
having faith in your teammates. It's been a privilege to
have played with him for all my years of Ultimate.


NO MERCY! NO LUBE!!!

Dan "Magmar" Mercado #37
SUNY Cortland
Captain/Co-Founder

[brendan]

You want people to respect your team? Win games when it
counts. Nothing else matters.

Incidentally, "No Mercy, No Lube" is a terrible cheer and
hardly helps your case.
--
http://kenyonultimate.wordpress.com/

[Jesse Moskowitz]

Just showin you love Babsy.

[Jesse]

Does anyone know the name of the beaded hair guy from
Wesleyan? He was quite impressive and deserves an
all-region nod in my book.

[Joe]

Oh i know Mouse my point was that there are others besides
me. : )

[Ryan Delaney]

So much for not responding anymore, Joey.

[Dixon]

CanNibble wrote on Mon, 30 April 2012 13:42

> Does anyone know the name of the beaded hair guy from
> Wesleyan? He was quite impressive and deserves an
> all-region nod in my book.

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe that is Mike
Revelas.

The "other" Cornell handlers mentioned earlier that
definitely deserve a mention are Nick Thompson and Adam
Goldberg. Thompson in particular is a dominant force on both
sides of the disc and makes some amazingly athletic plays.

David Wheeler, or better known as Snoflake, from RIT is
definitely one of the biggest all-around threats in the
region. If you've had to cover him or get marked by him you
would understand.

Ginger #5
RIT

[Dave]

jessemoskowitz wrote on Sun, 29 April 2012 23:11

Why were scores reported incorrectly? Who was supposed to
check them and why weren't they checked before they were
posted? How was something as simple as reporting the
correct scores screwed up and allowed to effect the
tournament? I know that you didn't do it, I'm just
wondering if you (or anyone else) knows what happened.

[Brown]

Hey Yall,
Finally my 5 years are up!
Just wanted to say my two cents about my section/region. I
thought sectionals was very smooth I was very impressed with
the improvement in Cconn state. I thought all the teams were
very spirited...
At regionals I was surprised that some players (not on
Wesleyan or Uconn) who were completely oblivious to the
rules, leading to bad spirit. In one instance a player
stalled me during an injury as my player was yelling in
pain, claiming "he hasn't called injury yet"! If people want
more examples I am glad to provide.

On all region (PSA I am awful at names. I know he gets a lot
of hype but it would be a sin if Kamil(?) doesn't get it
from UConn. We didn't play them tight enough that I would be
able to name another player. I thought Yale was solid all
around, they should have 1 all region not sure who... I know
that the Dreds kid from Wesleyan had an awesome game vs us.
CConn had one player who has improved tremendously and
deserves a nod, a man known only as sexy eyes. Cornell
obviously needs one, Neil didn't do much vs us (he didn't
need to, so one of their handlers.
Hearts to you all,
Brown
PS Watch out for my sophomore Sean Fagen (Gray) next Year.

[oherro]

What if your player had decided to play through his injury?
It only makes sense to continue to stall until someone calls
injury. You can always retroactively go back to what the
stall count was at the time of injury.

[Bandes]

My all-region picks (in order, sort of):

Osman Khwaja - Princeton
Matt Chun - Cornell
Mike Revelas - Wesleyan
Billy Katz - NYU
Nick Thompson - Cornell
Sean Childers - NYU
Brian McLaughlin - UConn
Joey Schindler - Wesleyan
Eli Witkin - Rochester
Eric Dixon - RIT
David Wheeler - RIT

I hadn't seen Osman play before this weekend, he's a bigtime
athlete and I can only assume he led Princeton to the finals
(granted they had some pretty sick handlers and great
offensive movement as a team). Matt Chun is craaaazy fast
and scores probably more than half of Cornell's goals. Mike
Revelas is freakishly good (played junior worlds, so you'd
expect him to be)- his throws are perfectly smooth and he
makes tons of bigtime plays. He made the best play I saw
this weekend which was as follows: Mike got a 10-foot-away
handblock on Cornell's FOTY nominee Franklin Li, but then
Franklin handblocked Mike and the disc floated forwards and
up. Mike took like 5 steps and skyed 4 people to recover
possession, then ended up catching a score over a laying out
Cornell defender for bookends. I didn't get to watch NYU
play this weekend but Billy Katz is a freak athlete (almost
single-handedly won high tide finals against
minnesota-duluth) and is the classic athlete type with tons
of layout ds and skys. Kid's a workhorse. Nick Thompson is
the most consistent Cornell handler, who also comes down
with a big sky from time to time or a clutch D as well. Sean
Childers is possibly the best defender in the Metro East.
Brian McLaughlin seemed to me the only UConn player who
really knows the game itself and isn't just an athlete
turned ultimate player. Joey Schindler has unstoppable
breaks, and the best hammer in the region (although
sometimes it might be better if he holstered it, as in the
semis against Cornell). Eli Witkin comes from a background
of ultimate in Minnesota (Hopkins area) and it shows, as
he's a really smart player and despite his lack of speed is
unstoppable on offense. Eric "Ginger" Dixon and David
"Snowflake" Wheeler don't get enough credit for what they
play with. Until this year (when they picked up Connor
Fortin) RIT had like 2 other good kids, a couple alright
kids and 90% scrubs. Ginger and Snow literally run the team,
and have possession about 75% of the time (not exaggerated)
and are both exceptional players who would excel if they had
any real help.

Just my thoughts.

-Matt Bandes
Rochester #3

[Bryan Forman]

I just wanted to recognize some players that I think deserve
to have a few words said about them:

Brian McLaughlin (#2) UConn - Brian is a very solid player
with the offensive ability to beat defenders both ways. His
throws are strong enough that if you let him stay around the
disc he will break you or hurt you over the top, and he is
athletic enough to beat you deep. In many of the games that
I have seen him play, he is a major part of UConn's overall
strategy, plays a ton of points, and should be considered
heavily for 1st team all region.

Ben Weyers (#28) UConn - Ben is a player that has been
impressive to me from the first time I saw him play. He is
an imposing deep threat at 6'5", and knows how to use his
body very effectively. He is also far from one dimensional.
His solid throws and smart decision making mean that he is
not a liability at all with the disc on unders.

Kamil Skwarek (#48) UConn - While I personally feel that
enough people have said his name, Kamil is certainly
deserving of an all region nod. His throws are great, and he
has progressed a lot since his Freshman year playing pick-up
with me at Central Connecticut State (CCSU). Also, his
accent isn't as bad as everyone says it is...

(#14) NYU [Sean Childers?] - From what I have read, I think
it is safe to assume that #14 on NYU is Sean Childers, and
let me say, his defense was not overhyped. He was very good
man to man, and poached very intelligently which meant that
he took away more than just one offensive player at a time.
His defense alone should earn him a spot.

Cornell - Despite the fact that I couldn't pinpoint one
standout on Cornell from the game that I played against
them, I am sure that they had more than one player deserving
of all region honors. Most of their players were disciplined
and played well within their system. Plus, they beat out an
obviously tough Princeton team to punch a ticket to
nationals.

Ray Xi (#5) Yale - Ray is a very good player on both sides
of the disc. Offensively, his sneaky lefty throws generate
breaks for Yale. Defensively, he is a strong man to man
defender and has shown his propensity for giving help deep
and earning poach D's. In spite of his being 5'10" at best,
I have seen him use his ability to reach the disc at its
highest point to embarrass bigger receivers.

Raffi Greenberg (#2) Yale I have only seen Raffi play a
couple of times, but from what I have seen, he is definitely
deserving of a nod for all region. He is fast and athletic
and doesn't try to do too much. He has strong throws that he
pairs with stronger cuts, and is difficult to defend because
he can hurt you deep as well.

And now I would like to throw in some plugs for my teammates
(Central Connecticut State) that have been nominated for All
Region/FOTY honors:

Christopher Cox (#6) FOTY Chris came to us with High School
experience from Longmeadow High School in Mass. He quickly
integrated into our system and became a reliable cutter on
offense. He provides consistent under cuts, and occasionally
puts the disc deep. He lays out for everything, almost to a
fault, and teams are surprised to learn of his relative
youth because of how well adjusted to college play he is.

Tim Farrell (#33) Tim has been a great athlete since he
joined the team. He has since developed into a great player.
He uses his speed and ups to score points, and has developed
throws that allow him to throw assists off of his in-cuts.
His defense has also been improving, and he now often
displays his ability to come from steps behind to surprise
the man he is guarding.

Justin Alexander (#21) - Teams notice Justin right away. We
think it has a lot to do with the fact that he is typically
the tallest man at the tournament. At 6'10" Justin is
obviously going to pull down a great majority of floaty deep
throws, however, he has also shown that he can use some
speed to get behind people to run down discs. When teams
start to back him by 5 yards, he provides almost constant
resets upfield, and rarely turns over a dump throw.

Garrett Santi (#66) As he is affectionately known on our
team "Gerber" plays almost every point for us, and is a rock
at the handler position. His quickness allows him to get
open easily, and his endurance allows him to do it often.
Additionally, he uses those same attributes to frustrate the
other team when he is on defense. His deep throws aren't the
best, however, his breaks and mid range throws are vital to
our offense's vitality. He is a major reason that we earned
a trip to regionals for the first time in our school's
history.

Jeffrey Adams (#27) Jeff has a stereotypical handler build.
He is a player that other teams regularly initially place
their least athletic player on, however, as the game
progresses, he typically draws stronger and stronger
defenders. The reason is because of his throws. He uses his
ability to throw the disc to consistently hurt other teams
in almost every way. Hucks from both sides. The right amount
of touch on almost every throw. And breaks. He loves to
throw them, and even when other teams know he does, he can
still get those throws off. Around the endzone he is the
most dangerous with a high conversion/low turnover rate. He
is the anchor of our offense. As my co- captain, he is also
a very valuable player in terms of bringing up the players
around him. He is a smart and insightful player who
regularly impresses both myself and other teams with his
abilities.

Bryan Forman
Central Connecticut (#1)

[Zack Smith]

I'm going to jump in and make sure some of my guys get
talked about (since voting has opened up). I'll try to keep
this to the basics...

SUNY-Buffalo nominated 5 players, all from our offensive
line:

Jonathan Bain (SR) - #21 - Captain: Typically the first look
from the cutting position. Was a starter all four years he
was on the team and was instrumental in turning the program
around. Bain usually accounts for a solid portion of
Buffalo's goals in every game. When he had to play defensive
points, Jon would be tasked with the opposition's best
all-around player and was either successful in creating a
break opportunity, or reduced his mark's effect on the
point. Bain was also a 2011 2nd Team All Region member.

Mitchell Wheeler (SR) - #17 - Captain: Center handler in a
break first style of offense. Mitch was the main distributor
of Buffalo for the past two years and ran a grinding and
consistent system on our offensive line. Wheelers's throws
and decision making were a big part of how Buffalo came back
from being down 11-12 on the way to a 14-12 victory over
Rutgers to win Pool B.

Robert Smith (JR) - #1 - Captain: Very fiery player and a
great athlete, Rob went from the center handler on the
defensive line to one of the main cutting options on the
offensive line. One of our top guys in terms of speed in a
dead sprint, Rob was often a top underneath option that
created hucking opportunities from the second level. Smith's
handler defense was huge in Buffalo's win over Cornell in
the Western NY Conference Final.

Mitchell Steiner (JR) - #12 - One of our tallest receivers,
Mitch was one of our best deep options. As Buffalo played a
grinding style of offense, Steiner's greatest contribution
was his relentless underneath cutting coupled with
incredible decision making. Mitch is no slouch on defense,
forced to guard guys like Nick Thompson of Cornell all
season long.

Mike Kanaby (JR) - #9 - A strong all-around player, Kanaby
played the most defensive points out of all of Buffalo's
o-line members. While being a dangerous cutter underneath,
Mike often game back to help handle and be a consistent
presence in our zone offense.

While I believe all 5 of these guys deserve to be in the 14,
here are some other players that I would vote for:

Scotty Xu - Rutgers - Fantastic athlete and player...I
absolutely love watching him play.

Mike Sender - Rutgers - Sender has improved so much since
last year, and he was already a solid thrower. Mike had some
of the best pulls that I saw all weekend and he was one of
the hardest guys that Buffalo had to game plan against.

Kamil Skwarek - Connecticut - I feel confident saying that
no one in the region throws like Kamil...a standout on that
fantastic Connecticut squad.

Ben Weyers - Connecticut - Ben is awesome and I wish I could
have watched him play more this season. Connecticut made it
to the Top 20 because of guys like him and it's a total
shame that they won't be competing in Boulder.

Nick Thompson - Cornell - I think Nick is hands down the
best offensive player on the Buds. His agility and speed are
frightening, adding to the already difficult task of
guarding him because of his height. "Stompy" always gets
open underneath, but in 2012 he has exhibited his abilities
behind the disc. In the game against Princeton, Nick was
positioned as the force side handler and rarely failed to
destroy Clockwork's zone and get the disc off the sideline.

Neil Butler - Cornell - Big pulls, big ups, big plays. Neil
has been a monster defender for years (especially in the
glory years of 2009 & 201) and I'm happy he gets to finish
out his college career at the show.

FOTY: Jibran Mieser - Rutgers - Kid is a monster and played
like he was a senior. Rutgers was hard enough to strategize
against. Mieser is ridiculously fast and athletic.

COTY: Anthony Nunez - Rutgers - Nunez has coached at all
levels and he teaches an awesome system. Rutgers uses all 7
of their players on the line and they are always such a deep
team. I give a ton of credit to Nunez for the high level of
play and class that Machine exhibits, regardless of the
score of the game. I would play for him in a heartbeat.

Thanks for reading!

Zack Smith
SUNY-Buffalo Ultimate: Head Coach
USA Ultimate: Metro East Open Regional Director

[Brown]

Nope oherro that would be ok I guess... In this instance the
dust was settled he was arguing it comes in at six when the
injury happened at zero.
Hearts B
Ps I just have a soft spot for people who get hurt and those
who appear indifferent...

[Nawshus]

Babbs- I gotta say that I admire your change from frosted
tips to period blood hair.

Remember to thank Canisius for your bid to Regionals

http://hahgay.com/

[Mark]

How can you hype up a coach (Nunez) when his team (Rutgers)
consistently underperforms? That is almost the definition of
bad leadership.

Leadership is about getting a team to perform well- to get
the team to believe that they deserve to go to nationals and
to play like that consistently throughout the season.

Now this may apply to a bunch of teams but it's definitely
true in Princeton's case: their jump in results (which was
consistent throughout the season - not just at regionals)
should not be overlooked - they had a change in leadership
with first time coach Frederick Brasz stepping up, and the
results speak for themselves.

[Zack Smith]

@justadude:

I understand and respect your plug for the Princeton coach,
who I'm assuming is your coach. Princeton had an awesome
season, and if you believe Frederick Brasz was a major
impact on these results, then I agree that his effect has
been phenomenal. Having watched Clockwork in the finals, and
played them in Pre-Quarters of 2011, I definitely see a
massive improvement of skill AND structure.

However, I do disagree with your take on Nunez. Citing this
year's results, Rutgers went for it all trying to win Pool B
and had an incredibly exciting battle with my team
(SUNY-Buffalo), that was decided by a small margin (having a
lot to do with mental errors). After playing a tight
pre-quarters game, Machine had to battle with the 1 seed
UConn, who I'm still shocked didn't take the region (kudos
to Princeton). Nunez has coached Rutgers for multiple
seasons now, and they improve every time I see them...that's
the value I see with him as a head coach.

If you are going to put someone down on a public forum, have
the decency to leave your name.

Zack Smith
SUNY-Buffalo: Head Coach

USA Ultimate: Metro East Open Regional Director

[Ryan Thompson]

This is Nunez's first season coaching Rutgers instead of Columbia High
School.

[Dan Johnson]

Zack,

This year was actually the first year for Nunez coaching Rutgers
(unless by seasons you meant semesters, in which case you are right,
he has been coaching 2 semesters). Rutgers graduated a total of 8
players last year, two actual seniors and six 5th years/grad students,
plus lost another current 5th year when he broke his ankle at Roll
Call last month. What should have been a complete rebuilding year for
Rutgers, lacking in upperclassmen experience and leadership, was
instead turned around into a team that probably had an even better
season than last year, thanks largely to Nunez. Regarding the
accusations of inconsistency, there is only so much a coach can do to
replace such a loss in leadership. As a colleague I can attest that
while his personality sometimes has been known to rub some people the
wrong way, which has lead to a lot of subjective commentary of him as
a coach, looking purely at the facts his coaching achievements include
building one of the strongest HS programs on the east coast (Columbia
HS, 2004 [?] - 2011), winning an Easterns Championsip in 2008 with
Columbia, a YCC Championship with DEVYL open in 2010, and having
coached more East Coast junior worlds players than *probably* anyone
but Tina Booth and Baccarini.

That being said, I would actually agree with Mark that Frederick Brasz
("Frecka") deserves COTY. Princeton had an amazing season despite no
big-name players but Osman, and was able to expose and exploit a weak
zone O in what was otherwise hands down the best offense in the Metro
East at Regionals in UConn. Huge respect there.

I would also like to go off on the All-Region nominations list, but
instead will second the your FOTY nomination and leave it at that.
Rutgers will hopefully be making a highlight video from footage that
myself and 5th year player Dave Silverman (broken ankle) filmed at
Regionals of Rutgers freshman **JIBRAN MEISER** making huge skies,
layout D's, blazing fast cuts, and shut-down defense time after time.
For reference, Jibran was the curly haired, fairly jacked, 5'9" Indian
looking kid (actually half-black, half-white) who throughout the
season made a name for himself with his huge athletic plays and D
matchups against other teams top receivers. Jibran has indicated
that, despite having played competitive ultimate for less than 2 years
now, he will be trying out for both PoNY and Southpaw this coming club
season, to which I wish him best of luck and could very well see him
making the latter.


-Dan Johnson
2012 Metro East Developmental College Coordinator
Assistant Coach, Rutgers-B

[Blake Dyer]

FOTY: Ross Smith

Who is Ross Smith? I know that we did not see many of our
regional opponents this year during the season, so I feel
the need to promote Ross Smith. If I pointed Ross Smith out
to you in a game, you would say: "That's Ross Smith? and hes
a FRESHMAN? I thought that dude's name was Osman Khwaja!"

Ross Smith played on every single O-line point this season
for Princeton. Many teams in our Region struggled to stop
our O line this year: zero turnovers in an entire game
against Rutgers at Roll Call, only broken twice in three
games on a semi-windy day 1 at Regionals, and strong enough
play in windy conditions on day 2 to get us to the finals.
I have never played with a freshman that I could trust as
much as Ross Smith. Whether he is scoring deep on a huck
from Osman Khwaja, or throwing deep to Osman Khwaja, there
is never a mis-communication. Ross Smith primarily cuts,
but has no trouble dropping back and handling. Ross Smith
can consistently break his mark to get the disc back to the
middle of the field, and Ross Smith always works hard on
defense to get the disc back after a rare team turnover.
Furthermore, Ross Smith never misses practice without a
serious conflict, and Ross Smith always shows up early with
a great attitude. Ross Smith loves and bleeds ultimate, and
Ross Smith should be the Metro NY Freshman of the Year.


--
Blake Dyer
Princeton University

[Krishna Kulkarni]

I'll preface this by saying that I was reserved about
posting since part of me thinks that most of this discussion
and all region honors are of little value, but I gave in to
the desire to have my teammates get some well-deserved
recognition.

All Region:
Osman Khwaja: Hopefully, enough people know of Osman that
he'd be a lock given our success at Regionals, but just in
case you don't know, Osman is a very strong cutter whose
game has no substantial weaknesses (he's actually quite
strong at almost every aspect of the game) and who
particularly excels at hucking (hopefully you witnessed some
of his sweet upwind hucks at Regionals), playing in the air
(you may have seen some of the photos of him skying the crap
out of guys), and making difficult and clutch grabs. As a
result, Osman is a very good defender (he is quite able at
covering opponents' best players, even when they have a
significant height advantage-- which is often, and he is a
great deep deep in our zone), and is outstanding on offense
as a cutter who has the weapons to hurt you regardless of
what you try to take away. I consider him possibly the most
complete and best overall player in the Region plus he does
all this at around 5'9''.

Adlai Felser: When people mention Princeton's sweet
handlers, they're almost certainly thinking of Adlai. As the
center handler for our O-Line who often crosses over to the
D-Line, Adlai carries a huge offensive load, probably the
biggest of the team (especially considering all the zones
we've faced recently that he's been tasked with breaking).
Adlai is a very skilled and intelligent player who can do
most things quite well (e.g. though he doesn't get to play
as much defense as other players, you can usually count on
him to get some sweet layout D's), and who is an exceptional
thrower. He both can put huge hucks and he is proficient at
a dazzling array of break throws that fearlessly puts. Of
all the other throwers I know of in the region, I think only
Kamil Skwarek and Matt 'Gomez' Baum of UConn stand out in my
mind as being particularly distinguished. Based on what I've
seen, I would say that Adlai, Kamil, and Gomez (in no
particular order) are the three best throwers in the
region.

FOTY
Ross Smith: Ross is an extremely valuable part of our team,
as a crucial starting cutter on our O-line. This past year
our O-line typically worked by Adlai getting it to one of
Osman, Ross, or Isaac Julien (3 great O-line cutters) and
then us scoring either by an immediate huck from one of them
to another or by them working it amongst themselves for 2-3
throws for the score. As a result, Ross needed to both be an
excellent receiver and dangerous with the disc, which he
succeeded at tremendously. He's particularly fast, he's a
strong thrower and defender, and he's great going deep and
skying as well. Having played against the teams with some of
the other prominent FOTY candidates, I really believe that
no other freshman is tasked with as much responsibility as
Ross and yet he has thrived, probably pulling down the most
scores of any player I saw all Regionals (and I mean most of
any player, not of any freshman). As only a freshman, Ross
is already one of our universe point players. Also, even
though he's a terrific cutter, he even handles effectively
for the team when necessary. If my impressions of the FOTY
candidates are at all accurate, ignoring Ross would be a
huge snub.

COTY:
Carl 'Frecka' Brasz: Consider the narrative told by these
facts. (1) Just last year, we were a middling team that was
relatively unathletic and often played down -- way down --
to less good teams. (2) Frecka became our coach this year,
bringing with him from his Southpaw experience the attitude
that we would be a tough, gritty team and that we would
focus on out-conditioning the other teams. (3) This year, we
not only made a huge jump in performance in the regular
season, becoming one of the fastest, best conditioned teams
in the region, but then followed that up by outperforming
everyone's expectations by playing a terrific Regionals,
upsetting the supposedly unbeatable top seed (who definitely
had a major size and probably experience advantage on us)
with a tough, gritty performance on the way to barely
missing our first nationals berth in a decade by just two
breaks. Can you tell a more persuasive story of coach in our
region pushing his or her team to reach all their
potential?


Besides our guys, based on what I saw at Regionals and have
learned elsewhere, I would also vote for these guys for all
region (admittedly the wind and frequent zone use at
Regionals may bias my list toward handlers, though Regionals
isn't my only basis here):

Cornell Bo Li
Cornell Nick Thompson
NYU Not sure who this was but it was one of their handlers
who also had some big grabs in their game against us-- he
had tan skin and looked Asian --- maybe it was Kahyee Fong?
Yale Raffi Greenberg
UConn Kamil Skwarek
UConn Brian Varis
Uconn Matt Baum
--
Krishna Kulkarni
Princeton Clockwork #91

[Dan Saipher]

A few names (please note that we did not get to play all of
the teams in our region):

Raffi Greenberg
Nate Taylor
Ray Xi

All 3 (from Yale) were constant thorns throughout the year.
Raffi is an exceptionally fast and hard-working player that
does a tremendous amount of work whenever he's on the field.
The same goes for Ray, who displayed an ability to use the
entire field against us. And Nate Taylor was always a
consistent handler option against us. He plays the game very
calmly and never got frustrated.

The biggest compliment to these three is that know how to
play together. A lot of people wondered why Yale gave us
(UConn) problems during the year, and the truth is that no
matter where they saw us, or how their weekend went, they
came out playing hard and with a ton of energy.

Joey Schindler (Wesleyan)

Most important player on a Wesleyan team that put in a great
run at Regionals. They had an up-and-down season, but I knew
that they had a run in them. If you saw the dude who had the
Coolio hair making plays for NF, you saw the engine of a
really deep and talented team that may have surprised
everyone but me in making it to the semi-finals.

The Handler Core of Princeton

A salute to the guys who beat us. They were tremendous, and
did a great job limiting turnovers deep in their own zone
and getting the disc upwind in a lot of tight situations.
They certainly earned their way into the finals on Sunday.

Bryan Forman and Jeff Adams (CCSU)

Apparently, a lot of noise has been made about Rutgers, but
the fact that unheralded CCSU nearly knocked them out with
about ten guys on Sunday is tremendous. (Getting close to
home) CCSU has always been an athletically talented but
incredibly goofy bunch of guys that seemed to be only able
to make noise at CT Winter Leagues, but the commitment by
their two senior leaders shows that any team is close if
they play hard and work to develop players, no matter how
many guys show up.

Certainly recognition is deserving for:

Neil Butler (Cornell)
Nicky Thompson (Cornell)
Sean Childers (NYU)
Jonathan Bain (SUNY-Buffalo)
Mitchell Wheeler (SUNY-Buffalo)

COTY Shout-Outs:

Jake Taylor (Yale) -- As always, Jake takes an undersized
Yale team and turns them into a group that plays the game
the right way and gets results.

Brett Townsend (Wesleyan) -- He wasn't nominated, but in the
not-so-distant-past, as a player, I personally admit to
looking for blunt instruments to strike Wesleyan players
with. They're now a great group of kids that battled us hard
and deserved their semis berth. Credit to their outgoing
class for help building that team, and to Brett for coaching
them up.

Cheers,
Dan Saipher -- Coach, UConn Grind

[Greg Wakeman]

Joe... This is a shocking post that either shows wild
ignorance or wild stupidity... Fredonia went up 6-2 because
frankly, you guys aren't very good. Fredonia was absolutely
under the impression that they had the pool on lock because
of the score reporting error, and their own stupidity. So
yes, they were wrong that they didn't have the pool on lock,
but yes, they didn't play even close to full speed. If you
think the game you played against Fredonia was them actually
trying to win the game, then hot damn you would be in for
one HELL of a surprise if you played them when they played
their starters. Only one of the 4 players that are on the
Buffalo Hunters played in the entire first half of that game
(Quinlan, because he's a boss). If you think that Fredonia
would bench 3 of its 4 best players for an entire half in a
game that they wanted to win, then you are not an
intelligent individual. It saddens me that you won't be
around to see what a game against Fredonia's starters is
like. I would highly encourage you to come back for a few
tournaments in the fall and play Fredonia when at least half
of their starters are actually playing.

Also, on a side note, Wakeman had, and has, three broken
bones in his throwing hand, and Ward had, and has, a
sprained wrist.

I would also like to congratulate RPI and Stevens Tech. They
played a great day of ultimate on Sunday and proved to be
deeper than the other teams there. The 4 man cup that
Stevens ran was DEVASTATING in that wind.

[Douglas J Urbino]

Im pretty sure that i saw Tim get skyd multiple times against Fredonia
so that statement is just hilarious. Also I dont know how you can have
a crappy schedule at sectionals when you are the 2 seed. If you truly
think that Cortland was better than us, come play us in the fall and
you will be very surprised at the outcome.

Congrats to RPI and Stevens Tech on a great tournament. Good luck at
nationals!


On Apr 30, 1:00 pm, Joe <xchurdler...@aim.com> wrote:
> I don't agree with you calling what happened in our pool a
> sh*tshow.
>
> First I'd like to say:
> We were screwed out of an opportunity to advance past 5th
> place at Sectionals because of point differential and a
> crappy schedule. We had 5 straight games on that saturday in
> Fredonia, NY ending against a strong Colgate team. That
> being said we still snagged the last spot to Regionals after
> a close loss against Oneonta on Sunday. So because of one
> bad game on Saturday we were denied the opportunity to play
> for first and prove we were the best in our section.
> Everyone needs to stop underestimating us!

> Tim Kominos - Our deep deep who can sky anyone he wants when
> ever he wants

[Dan]

just stumbeld upon this on an old skyd article. unimportant
and old, but didn't know about it

All-tournament voting:

1st Team All-Tournament:
Mason Compton - Stevens Tech
Kevin Hoercher - Colgate
John-Henry Hosmer - RPI
Jesse Moskowitz - Connecticut College
Kevin Quinlin - SUNY Fredonia
Greg Wakeman - SUNY Fredonia
Max Weigert - Connecticut College

FOTY 1st Team:
Kevin Quinlin - SUNY Fredonia

2nd Team All-Tournament:
Joe Babbino - SUNY Cortland
Marques Brownlee - Stevens Tech
Dan Donovan - RPI
Chris Fairfield - Stevens Tech
Chris Persichilli - RPI
Doug Urbino - SUNY Fredonia
Henry Zhang - Marist

FOTY 2nd Team:
Marques Brownlee - Stevens Tech