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Set Fire to the Pain Train

Saturday, Dartmouth went to sectionals in Durham New Hampshire. It was the shortest tournament in Dartmouth’s history.

Posted on 24 April 2012 | 5:24 pm

Those Austin Powers

Dartmouth rolled into Centex, the premier tournament in North America, ready to follow through on our tournament victory at Pres Day. Well we didn’t quite reach our expectations. We made valiant strides that are worth mentioning. Here is our story.

We got at the fields on Saturday at 7:45 a.m., wicked early for us, so that we’d be all warmed up in time for the teams. This tournament, we were more alert and better warmed up since probably Regionals '11.

Game 1 vs. Georgia.

We played a strong trap zone against Georgia, a very good Frisbee team. David threw pinpoint rolling pulls, which enabled our cup to get down and stop their motion. Spencer Diamond ’14 returned from Europe and got a layout in our zone. Dan (Fatty) Harris ’14 also returned from Europe and his buttery upline throws kept the O line moving.

A few critical mistakes from the o line were cashed in and we lost 14-13.

Game 2 vs ASU

Evidently there isn’t a big salary for ”cag swag” .I can’t say a whole lot about this game. Our energy was lagging a lot. It was very hot. During halftime, Brook told us, “When you’re in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging.” So we stopped digging. We made better decisions offensively the second half, but we still lost.

Game 3 vs Minnesota

Captain Scott Sottosanti bought his tickets for this game and showed up mightily. In a weird role reversal, Lee Farnsworth actually hucked the Frisbee to Scott deep in the endzone, who caught it in a full extension bid. So stunning, for 6 seconds it was unclear it was a goal. He also skyd 3 Minnis from a hospital pass from Lee at stall 9.

Our offense shredded their zone, but a couple of bad drops caused a loss for Dartmouth.

Game 4 vs Carleton

Our best game of the day. Our offense turned into 4^th gear against Carleton, and I think we even got a break or two. Captains Engler and Spencer were daemon machines through the CUT zone. We kept them honest and cautious every point. They won.

Day 2

We played a highly contested game against Illinois. In the first half, we kept exchanging downwind points. Lee had a great sky against 2 Illinois players, except one of them made an “unathletic” move against Lee that injured his achilles’ heel.

Then Cecil Qiu ‘13, returning from Africa, got a D, and then busted deep and caught an upwind huck by Scott for the goal.

Then we exchanged upwind points, and we shredded their zone, except they got a couple breaks on us. On universe point, Apollo got a layout D in our endzone, but we turned it. Scott D’d an upline into the endzone but it game back on a contested foul. Illinois then scored and won the game.

Game 3 vs Washingotn

Washington, our opponents in the finals of Pres Day, played well this game, and they out threw us in the wind.

Dan Mott got an expansive layout D in our zone, and Cecil bid all over the field like an Oregon Trail farmer. Fatty had a notable huck to Arthur that sliced through 20mph winds.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t deliver the Frisbee in the endzone after our D’s and we got behind Washington a bit.

Game 4 vs Michigan State

Hats off!

What a fantastic game. We scrimmaged Michigan State to a game of 11. Nate Lehrer played incredible defense, including a layout on a handler. Andrew Pillsbury, always a master of ceremonies, paused to take his hat off while a disc flew in the air, and then skied someone in the endzone.

Alpha legend John Xu controlled the Dartmouth offense this game. In the most incredible scene I have ever seen on a Frisbee field, he managed to throw it through a defender into Pillsbury’s outreached hand in the endzone on a stall 9. It was a poetic way to end our tournament at Centex.

Posted on 26 March 2012 | 6:53 pm

The Keys to San Diego

To Dartmouth Ultimate alums and players, It’s 11:20 am Tuesday morning, and the Dartmouth Pain Train is resting, eating and focusing on the present and the next step. Which is why I mention, simply as a fact, that two days ago, February 19th saw the Pain Train hold the keys to San Diego. What I mean is that the Train won the Pres Day Tournament. Fact.

Before I divulge the hero’s journey our team took, which ended on a catch by Dan Rosengard against University of Washington in the finals, let me give you some context. We were only 16 strong in California, missing more than a line of players: Sam Hills, Dan Harris, Ian Herrick, Spencer Diamond, Richard Lange, Henry Frost, Cecil Qiu, Dan Mott and Sean Derrow. Knowing this, we budgeted our energy extremely effectively (2 pass o line points when possible) and got the most from everyone, like Spartan warriors. Everyone put on sunscreen.

Day 1

Game #1.

This was against Arizona State and might have been our unflowiest game of the tournament. It was pretty close, and there were a lot of hucks either way. Rosie injured his leg d’ing a hospital pass, but he would reappear after the buy round stronger than ever. We won.

Game #2

During the buy we went to the other fields to watch the women play and then returned to play game number 2 against Santa Cruz, and we won handily. Not a lot to say—they did a lot of Moses’ plays http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Red_Sea but Coach Brook Belichick figured out how to contain their deep strikes.

Posted on 22 February 2012 | 11:03 am

Queen City Day 2

We came out firing on 22 cylinders in our opening game against Tufts.

The windy conditions caused a lot of zone on both sides and Dartmouth deservedly derailed Tufts offense for the most part with our hard working zone plan. There were a few points where they blasted through with quick throws, but for the most part we kept them honest, and even got an upwind break, and another d at their endzone. John Xu' 15, freshman handler played impressively for a couple high stakes zone points this game.

Posted on 14 February 2012 | 1:36 pm

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