OPEN MIXED WOMEN'S MASTERS JUNIORS
WOMEN'S HYPE & REPORTING
REPORTERS: Mila Oh, Lindsay Bales, Amanda Putz
Semi-Final: Prime vs Dame
Quarterfinal: Ruby Cruz vs Dame Then, IT happened. The point to end all points. The Lawrence of Arabia of points happened. Fourteen parched and exhausted women worked their butts off for what seemed like eternity. Dame would work it up, cutting through the wind, until a throw would hit the ground like a ton of bricks. Ruby would fake out the mark and then throw a huck into the endzone and the disc would sail 20 feet past the nearest receiver. After a few dozen times, I looked at my watch and 10 minutes had passed. Both teams began to have trouble completing more than 2 passes in a row. At the 20 minute mark, I thought someone was going to pass out.
At 30 minutes, I could only hope that no one would suffer permanent damage. After more than 40 changes of possession, Ruby tied it up on a short flick from Amanda to Cat Mac. Most ultimate relationships don’t last as long as this point did. But the cap horn had gone so Dame was quick to score the next downwind as Smitty caught a layout goal. 8-7, game to 9. Instead of vesting it for a final downwind point, Dame showed their handling skills, working it past the Ruby D with Deb Murphy throwing to Katie. Game and match.
Semifinal: Prime vs Dame
Quarterfinal: Ruby Cruz vs Dame
By Julia Simon
posted 8/18/03
Prime definitely used their long game. It was pretty amazing to hear Stephanie Chow call the type of throw she was going to make to Vivian Krauchek on the line and then watch Prime excute "as called" perfectly. #10 has stellar long throws, especially her flick. But Dame has its share of sweet throwers, including Kathy J and Deb Murphy. Prime, running a form of horizontal offence, sends Vivian Krauchek long as often as possible. But Dame was able to capitalize on uncharacteristic-looking errors made by Prime and score two beautiful points in a row during the second half of the game. To win, Dame needed to figure out how to shut down Prime’s step around breakforce throws and step it up on defense. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough time left in the game and Prime slipped easily into a finals birth.
Steph Chow commented that Prime had to take advantage of their strengths and against Dame, this meant using their hucking game. Using their speed and height to beat the crafty, wily Dame veterans was Prime’s tactic of choice. Her aspirations for Sunday’s showdown with Stella involve "fewer turnovers and to maintain their intensity during the entire game."
By Noah Goldstein
posted 8/18/03
I enjoyed this match. It was fun. But the big headwind that these women’s teams had to play in didn’t look like that much fun. The beginning of this match up was uneventful. Dame looked like they were taking control of the game at 6-3, showing solid handling skills into the wind for one big break. Ruby called a time out, regrouped and turned on the jets, causing a turn near the endzone on a layout D block to get back the break and tie it up at sixes. Dame countered on the downwind, for 7-6.