The weather held up nicely today as the teams reconvened on Sand Hill fields for more action.
Game 4 – Round robin – 9:00a vs Condors (Santa Barbara, CA)
The Condors jumped to a quick 2-0 lead as their deep game looked sharp early, but the Revolver pressure ratcheted up for a 15-9 victory. #2 Dan Bellinger had a swooping sky goal over a cluster of people waiting for a disc to drop down and Jacob Juszak played a solid deep game on both the throwing and receiving ends.
Game 5 – Round robin – 10:45a vs Renegade (Los Angeles, CA)
The young LA team brought excellent intensity to this match-up, but we wrapped things up to secure a spot in the finals against our only remaining round robin opponent…
…so we agreed to play one game for the title to 21 points, with three periods. One team would advantageously start the first and last periods on offense, so Boost Mobile suggested an alternative to the disc flip: a 70-yard footrace against their lanky speedster Ezra Schiff. The only rules: we couldn’t use Beau Kittredge, Nick Chapman, or Josh Wiseman. We cajoled the young UC Santa Cruz tryout, Devon Anderson, to clean the mud out of his cleats and race. Devon’s really fast.
Game 6 – Finals – 12:30p vs Boost Mobile (Palo Alto, CA)
We received to start and quickly built a 7-2 lead, then a 14-5 lead, and capped the day with a 21-7 finish. Boost is a dangerous team and will easily get better this season, maybe even making a run at Northwest Regionals in October like last year.
A great opening tournament for the 2011 campaign! The tryouts all played well this weekend, making for some difficult decisions. Thanks to the new guys for adding their best to the team.