Sectionals wrap up? Please, what is there to wrap up?
*sigh* here goes…
Sectionals in South Bend was a riveting one day tournament consisting of Nemesis, Dish, Sauce, Purdue and Valpo. Written from the perspective of Nemesis, this tournament was more for us to work on specific things (different looks on D or speedy and efficient points, for instance) than to worry so much about the specific opponents at hand.
First game against Sauce. Who? Is that like Saucy Nancy (the college team), but grown up? Who knows… They scored the most points on us (5) the whole day, but I’m going to chalk that one up to first game lack of focus and inefficient (read: many turnovers) points. They beat us deep a few times by catching defenders flat-footed… throws that you really didn’t expect them to put up, they did, and discs that you didn’t expect them to catch… they caught. So then we decided, enough f’in around, let’s get serious… they scored 4 in the first half and just 1 in the second. 15-5 Nemesis.
Second game was against Purdue (I think). College teams get suckered into club tournaments and then are almost guaranteed no more than 3 points against non-college opponents. I don’t know why that’s enticing, but whatever. 15-0 Nemesis. This one ended as quickly as it began, despite the few ex-standout Purdue players on the team.
Our third opponent was Valpo. Again, the college thing. This game ended in 34 minutes, 47 seconds (minus halftime). A new record? Very reminiscent of old Northwestern v. U Chicago games before they got halfway decent. 15-0 (also reminiscent of NU v. UC, haha)
Final game of the day was against Dish, the second seed in the tournament. Nemesis focused on conversion percentages (the equivalent of a plus/minus in hockey), which helped energize the team and deter people from grabbing the beers, margaritas, mike’s hard lemonades and other goodies that appeared in coolers on our sideline. This game marked the end of our shutout streak but we were glad to be done with it all the same, mainly so we could start drinking.
Drinking, reindeer games, silliness ensues. From the other results, it looks like the only games that were worth playing the entire day were Valpo v. Purdue and Dish v. Sauce. That’s 2 out of 10 games, or 20%. Again, riveting weekend in South Bend… perhaps one of the most exciting moments of the weekend was realizing that the McDonald’s on the way home from South Bend was in CST (whereas South Bend was in EST), so we would actually travel back in time and be able to have McDonald’s breakfast (OMG! It’s only 9:45am here!!! OMG OMG OMG! Egg McMuffin and a sausage burrito here I come! *Drool*!!!)
Editor’s Note: The above post is the stated personal opinion of Candice only and does not reflect the positions or opinions of the Chicago Nemesis Womens’ Club Ultimate Team (CNWCUT) or its individual members. Well, except for one, obviously.
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FWIW, it’s my understanding that the college teams come out to help the club teams by having enough teams in each section to justify a certain amount of bids to Regionals. But even if that’s misguided, I appreciate them coming out.
Sauce threw some nice long forehands. Both Perdue and Valpo won a few impressive air battles. Dish scored once on each of the three Nemesis lines (Moose, Cougar, and Flying Squirrel), causing a scoring conversion rate three-way tie. However, team MOOSE broke the tie by winning two of the three post-game competitions (the longest huck and dance-off), despite losing in the most-pushups-per-minute to Team Cougar.