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USAU College Season - Game 3

Our regular season continued tonight as the A team faced off against Messiah. In the first official competition match up since the heated universe point win at Sectionals, we knew going in that Messiah was going to bring everything they had to this game. For the first time at Winter League they were bringing all of their main starters and had their sights on taking us out. Thankfully we had other ideas and wanted to avoid another hard fought game by playing all out on both sides of the disc. We started out on offense and had a quick deep break after working it up field for a few throws. Our defense took the field and never looked back, rattling off 3 straight points without even turning the disc over. We kept up the momentum by playing hard pressure defense and forcing early turns, allowing us to take a 9-1 halftime lead. We let up slightly in the second half but still maintained control. With a final score of 17-4 we were able to maintain our perfect record heading into next weeks winter league finals and our first tournament of the year.

USAU College Season - Game 2

Night two of winter league found us facing Dickinson B in a very different atmosphere from the first week. We came out strong from the outset and played each point with intensity. This game gave us an opportunity to really work on our offensive consistency and our defensive pressure. C-Will made his first return of the year and everyone played well to welcome him back. We had a strong rotation with several players having standout games including Tim, Pat, Tom, Mark, Drew, Joe, C-Man and many others. This was a good win for us with the final score of 17-1. Next week will be another test however as Messiah ramps up to play us at full strength.

USAU College Season - Game 1

Wednesday 2/2 found us making our way out to Palmyra for the first game of Winter League and the first regular season game of the year. We knew going in that this would be a battle as Dickinson is always amped up to play us and they are a tough squad, particularly when Gutter is on his game. We came out slow and they came out strong so we fell behind 3-0 early before settling ourselves and getting on the board. The rest of the first half was hard fought - they were getting some lucky breaks with their hucks and we were scoring on tough offensive positions. After getting a break back late in the half, we went into a quick half time down 9-7. After working the disc upfield out of half we gave up a goal line turn and Dickinson quickly capitalized to go up 10-7. With just 20 minutes left in the game we started to battle back and started to have things fall our way. We started to get huge on D which caused them to start over playing some discs and just getting flat out beat on others. Our handler D really stepped it up as well, causing them to make mistakes with us right in their faces. We mixed in straight up man, clam and a six man cup with one person manning up on Jake which threw them off considerably. After getting it to 11-10 we were down to the final point as time was expiring. We once again stepped up our defense and finally were able to punch it in on D to force a universe point. We came out with the cup again and forced an early turn which we were able to capitalize into a goal and a victory! It was a tough game to start the season however we really showed that we have the heart to fight back even if we are not at our best initially. There were standouts throughout the game, particularly on defense, with Willie, Ryan, Jeff and Kurt stepping up on the handlers while the trio of Eric, Sully and Justin all wore down Jake deep. Overall it was a solid start to the 2011 USA Ultimate College Season!

Spring 2011

The Spring Season is under way and the schedule is now set. Check out the tournaments list to follow the Scapegoats in the 2011 USA Ultimate College Regular Season!