From: "Jesper" <ECD97JS@sheffield.ac.uk> To: "Britdisc" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: US Nationals Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 09:51:05 -0000 Britdisc, US nationals roundup if anyone is interested Jes > >Good morning everyone, > >Throwing in my two cents about UPA Nationals.. > >Quarterfinals >----- >Sub-Zero vs. Boston - Sub-Zero had a disappointing Thursday, going 1-2 >(losing to Florida and JAM). This dropped them down to the lower division >where they won two re-seeded pool games on Friday to gain entry to the >8-12/9-10 play-in game for the quarterfinals. Their opponent there was >C-BASS (DC Area) who they beat pretty solidly (7-5 half, 15-5 >game?). Boston had won their pool, then won their re-seeded pool. Boston >walked in this game, finishing significantly (45+ minutes) earlier than >any other quarterfinal (thus I did not see any of this game). > >Florida vs. SB Condors - I believe Condors ended up on the same side as >Boston by losing to Furious in re-seeded pool play. Florida got to the >quarters by beating Sockeye 15-14 or 16-15 after being down 14-10 in >the re-seeded pools. Condors 15-10. Florida was really pumped up playing >in front of a medium sized (but very energetic) home crowd. Condors worked >the disc side to side with small passes and overhead swings. Florida >played zone continuously, and flooded near the disc to try to force >turns. When Condors broke past the crowd, they scored. When they didn't, >Florida did. > >Furious George vs. Sockeye - Sockeye was forced to defend their place in >the quarters against Bomb Squad (NY) which had come up through the lower >re-seeded pools. That game was close for about a half. Furious won their >pool on Thursday, won their pool on Friday (beating Condors). Furious by a >whole bunch in this game. > >JAM vs. Ring - This game was *tight*. Observers requested, a fair number >of stoppages, many calls, some huge athletic plays on both sides. Ring >made more spectacular plays, but JAM possessed better and scored more. JAM >15-11. > >Semis >----- >Furious vs. JAM - Last year, JAM choked in the quarters, blowing a big >lead (4+ points) near the end of the game to Sub-Zero. This year JAM >choked in the semis, losing a big lead (3+ points) near the end of the >game (13-10 to 15) to Furious George. 17-14 final. Lackluster game, >esp. in comparison to the other semi. Many, many calls, many long >discussions, observers, looong time between points and with >time-outs. Furious George was down 1-2 breaks the whole game, then rushed >back to win. Evidently they started getting blocks (they had been playing >good D the whole time but no results) near the end of the game. 17-14 >Vancouver. > >Condors vs. Boston - Huge, huge matchup. Placed on the main field, big >crowd. Very exciting. Boston seemed to fall behind 1-2 breaks and stay >there most of the game. Great plays on both side. Good disc motion, >undercuts setting up deep shots. > >Most breaks seemed to go to SB. One example: DoG turnover turns into a >quick Condors break, with 1 cutter open deep pursued by two DoG >players. Huck goes up, but it's a bad throw, low, maybe three feet off the >ground, headed between the two Boston players. A DoG player (John >Bar?) layed out, almost blindly, to his right, and got a hand on the disc, >blocking it, but the MAC popped hard away and right, away from the other >DoG defender to the Condors cutter slightly downfield. Condors score. > >My recollection is of many many travel calls. Boston made mistakes, and it >cost them. SB Condors played better, but I'm not sure they won many >friends or influenced anyone. In one situation in particular, the Condors >scored on a quick sequence up the field, beating DoG up the field. James >Studarus started celebrating in scored-in end-zone, then ran down the >field, jumping between two DoG players who were talking about a foot from >each other (I think one of them was Eric's brother) and sprinting down to >stand in front of Fortunat Mueller who was still at his own brick mark, to >celebrate, screaming in Fortunat's face. Not appropriate. No place in the >game. Empty and classless. Fortunat, admirably, did nothing. Of course, >with the magic of video, that sequence may soon be available for your (and >James') viewing pleasure for a loooong time to come... > >Furious vs. Condors - Game was ok. Kindof flat. Furious fell behind >Condors early, then clawed back to tie around 9, then fell back >again. There were some heated calls and appeals to observers. Most >observer decisions seemed to go SB's way. Furious made uncharacteristic >mistakes, and a number of them. Big drops on basic come-back cuts and the >like. Mike Grant was *huge*. A force on offense and defense. Maybe >Furious's best player, period. > >Condors should have won easily, but got tight near the end. Furious tied >the game at 16. Santa Barbara threw a bad pass on the last point, a high, >arcing forhand huck going upwind. The disc went right over the Vancouver >player's head, but he appeared to lose it in the sun and stumble. Condors >17-16, UPA Open National Champions. > >Women's Final >----- >Dull dull dull. Godiva walked. Big deal. Turnover fest. Dull, slow, a >number of calls, loooong time-outs, not interesting. > >Notables >----- >-Billy Rodriguez had his obscene winning streak (8? championships, 70+ >games) at Nationals snapped. >-The curse of Tune-Up continues (DoG won this year) > >Gotta go work now... > >Akira > >----- ----- >Akira Yamaguchi ABN*AMRO >Inc. >2539 W. Altgeld St. #3 ISI Systems >Group >Chicago, IL 60647-1941 101 N. Wacker Dr. Suite >#1850 >a-yamaguchi-7@alumni.uchicago.edu Chicago, IL >60606-1718 > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.