Drake University Ibex

This past Sunday, Woman Scorned hosted a small scrimmage in Ames. We invited the Drake University women's team, Ibex. Ibex is a new team for the Central region which was started last year but struggled to gather enough girls to form a solid team. Last season they attended several tournaments but usually ended up combining with other small programs to increase numbers while still gaining valuable tournament game experience.

The first thing that makes Ibex so flippin' awesome, is their name. An Ibex is a goat that has HUGE horns. Supposedly, the purpose of these horns is so that when/if they fall down a mountain slope, they won't injure their head because their horns will protect them. I have no idea if this is true, but I swear this is the story I heard when the team name was decided.

Junior, Jenny Perry, is the captain of Ibex and the founder of the team. She has been involved in ultimate in the area for the past few years and is quite the baller. I know Jenny through playing Des Moines Summer League and from a 17 hour car ride to and from Philly Invite last year (that was an adventure there). Jenny's love for ultimate is awesome, she drove all the way to Philly with us to pickup with a team just to play ultimate, even in sub-par weather conditions.

IBEX brought about 10 girls to the scrimmage this past weekend. It was great to see the passion and drive from such a young program. Although this team is young, their skills are far from lacking. Ibex has height, speed, agility, and passion- all the necessities for a successful team. The combination of their strong leaders, excited girls, superior athleticism, and the tournament experience that they will soon gain, I have no doubt that it will only be a matter of short time before Ibex becomes a contending team in this growing Central Region.