Thanks WL!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Great Resource, Now More Accessible
Check out this great resource manual written by great ultimate players and made available by Without Limits. This entire manual is directed toward College Women's (<--spell check really wants me to put 'womenfolk' here, and to be honest I really do too) ultimate, impressive huh? I'd recommend reading it. It has served both helpful and entertaining, especially on long car rides to and from Philly. :) http://issuu.com/mdng10/docs/college_women_s_ultimate_resources_manual
Thanks WL!
Thanks WL!
Monday, November 22, 2010
No Wisconsiquences
No Wisconsiquences-Delafield, WI
Leaving Ames for No Wisco, I remember thinking that there was no way that the weekend would live up to how excited I was for it. Fortunately, I was proved wrong. Feeling overwhelmed by school, I prepared myself for a nice 5 hour drive filled with head phones and studying. As I was sitting there like a good student learning about how low manganese causes tetany, BAMB! ... We killed Bambi :(.
Thankfully, Cassie's trucker-like driving skills saved all of our lives and no one was hurt, plus the car was still drivable. We pulled over and did the whole "cops come to write up a report" thing which took a while. In the mean time, we met some really nice neighbors. After the cop taped our bumper back on (with some duct tape Becca had conveniently just bought at a gas station), we got in our cars ready to make the rest of the trip! ....however, that was not possible because Annichode left her lights on and killed her battery. The first thought was, "No biggie, two cars here, we will just jump it!" However, on second thought, we didn't have jumper cables and even if we did, Cassie's hood was crunched shut. Soooo we went to find the neighbors who pulled up in a huge pickup decked out in Dolphins fan gear to save the day-except they couldn't figure out how to pop the hood so the cop came back and figured that out. IT WAS A MESS! Finally, we got back on the road and had a fairly uneventful rest of the drive.
Saturday games started out great, although it was a little chilly. As the weather warmed up, so did our game AND our cheers. We themed the day's team spirit cheers after Kary Perry songs and cheered each team with a unique cheer, in true WS tradition. Scorned played hard and came together as a team well. Our pool play games were against North Park (13-0), MN-Duluth (13-1), WI-Milwakee (13-3), and Ohio-Wesleyan (13-5). Lauren and Keiser were guest sideline appearances and made the tourney that much better!
The party at No Wisco was great. There was dancing, flip cup, socializing, running around the hotel, and one of the teams (I think WI-Milwakee???) even a small boat race. While Bosco, Top Model and a few others snatched some Patagonia gear, we did not win team jerseys this year. Having our lucky charm, Britt "money" Schenk, studying abroad this Fall was very detrimental to our winning streak. Thankfully, she will be back soon along with a few other world travelers, just in time for spring season!
Sunday we started off our first game against our good friends on SOL (fun fact: this blog was actually started because of their request last year). To make the game even better, Coach Thug (Martha Harris) and Coach Anna Hettler decided to cleat up and show their skills on the field. Both teams traded points as we heckled each other up and down the field. In the end, Scorned tightened our line a little and took the victory (13-10) to advance to quarters. Quarters was against the Ninja's of the University of Minnesota. The wind picked up significantly in this game and WS got the privilege of playing some zone offense. WS kept cool and finished the game 10-5. Semis brought us up against an old regional competitor, Bella Donna from UW-Madison. With a lot of new faces among many familiar ones, this team still brought their game to the field. BD took the lead from the start and although WS fought to take it back, we were unsuccessful. This was a great game with sick layouts, huge hucks, and bodies being thrown everywhere. (8-13)
Highlights: Hitting Bambi, meeting the Dolphin fans, meeting the cute police officer, sneaking into the hot tub, Taco Bell run to get 25 tacos, Lauren's Fun Fetti cookies, "inverse bookends", the f-word game, icing Reebs, making up new cheers for every team, rookie lines, "shots for drops," red-on-red, playing ultimate.
Lowlights: Killing Bambi, not winning team jerseys, Annihka's name being called to win this hat but she was peeing, getting lost a lot.
Leaving Ames for No Wisco, I remember thinking that there was no way that the weekend would live up to how excited I was for it. Fortunately, I was proved wrong. Feeling overwhelmed by school, I prepared myself for a nice 5 hour drive filled with head phones and studying. As I was sitting there like a good student learning about how low manganese causes tetany, BAMB! ... We killed Bambi :(.
Thankfully, Cassie's trucker-like driving skills saved all of our lives and no one was hurt, plus the car was still drivable. We pulled over and did the whole "cops come to write up a report" thing which took a while. In the mean time, we met some really nice neighbors. After the cop taped our bumper back on (with some duct tape Becca had conveniently just bought at a gas station), we got in our cars ready to make the rest of the trip! ....however, that was not possible because Annichode left her lights on and killed her battery. The first thought was, "No biggie, two cars here, we will just jump it!" However, on second thought, we didn't have jumper cables and even if we did, Cassie's hood was crunched shut. Soooo we went to find the neighbors who pulled up in a huge pickup decked out in Dolphins fan gear to save the day-except they couldn't figure out how to pop the hood so the cop came back and figured that out. IT WAS A MESS! Finally, we got back on the road and had a fairly uneventful rest of the drive.
Saturday games started out great, although it was a little chilly. As the weather warmed up, so did our game AND our cheers. We themed the day's team spirit cheers after Kary Perry songs and cheered each team with a unique cheer, in true WS tradition. Scorned played hard and came together as a team well. Our pool play games were against North Park (13-0), MN-Duluth (13-1), WI-Milwakee (13-3), and Ohio-Wesleyan (13-5). Lauren and Keiser were guest sideline appearances and made the tourney that much better!
The party at No Wisco was great. There was dancing, flip cup, socializing, running around the hotel, and one of the teams (I think WI-Milwakee???) even a small boat race. While Bosco, Top Model and a few others snatched some Patagonia gear, we did not win team jerseys this year. Having our lucky charm, Britt "money" Schenk, studying abroad this Fall was very detrimental to our winning streak. Thankfully, she will be back soon along with a few other world travelers, just in time for spring season!
Sunday we started off our first game against our good friends on SOL (fun fact: this blog was actually started because of their request last year). To make the game even better, Coach Thug (Martha Harris) and Coach Anna Hettler decided to cleat up and show their skills on the field. Both teams traded points as we heckled each other up and down the field. In the end, Scorned tightened our line a little and took the victory (13-10) to advance to quarters. Quarters was against the Ninja's of the University of Minnesota. The wind picked up significantly in this game and WS got the privilege of playing some zone offense. WS kept cool and finished the game 10-5. Semis brought us up against an old regional competitor, Bella Donna from UW-Madison. With a lot of new faces among many familiar ones, this team still brought their game to the field. BD took the lead from the start and although WS fought to take it back, we were unsuccessful. This was a great game with sick layouts, huge hucks, and bodies being thrown everywhere. (8-13)
Highlights: Hitting Bambi, meeting the Dolphin fans, meeting the cute police officer, sneaking into the hot tub, Taco Bell run to get 25 tacos, Lauren's Fun Fetti cookies, "inverse bookends", the f-word game, icing Reebs, making up new cheers for every team, rookie lines, "shots for drops," red-on-red, playing ultimate.
Lowlights: Killing Bambi, not winning team jerseys, Annihka's name being called to win this hat but she was peeing, getting lost a lot.
Exit 69
Exit 69-Northfield, MN
After seeing the learning curve at Grinnell, our brilliant captains decided to write history and go X/Y (for the first time ever) to Exit 69. Woman Scorned split up into teams of only 9 girls and faced the competition head on! Although we were separated by several fields and a hill, our hearts still beat together and both teams fought their games hard.
Team X-treme ended their Saturday with only one loss against Saucy Nancy, while Team Yoink (the team I was on, so I actually remember things about games) finished out 4-0 with wins over Eclipse, Freya, Syzygy, and Saucy Nancy. Although we were only 9 strong, both teams fought like we had a full team, and offensive flow and defensive cohesiveness were incredible!
The Hoistad family was kind enough to host us that weekend. They were wonderful hosts and we were once again reminded that Hoistad's mom is, in fact, like 10 times cooler than Wastey herself.
Sunday play started off great right away. Although there was a lot of confusion with the brackets and who played who, conclusions were agreed upon and X-treme ended up playing Yoink in semis. Team X won the game while Saucy battled Syzygy on their home ground. In a close game, Syzygy took the final point and the victory putting them against our combined full squad in the finals. Team X-treme Yoinkers was on fire from the get go. With sick puts from the handlers, insane grabs by cutters, and surprises all around from the rookies, Scorned took a strong lead. Although injuries started to plague us and Syzygy fought back fiercely, Scorned didn't slow down. With amazing grabs by Jessy and unreal D's by Becca, we took the game and our first tournament win of the season.
Highlights: Winning the tourney, winning games with 9 girls, getting to play a lot, someone on the other team yelling "wtf?? who was on goldilocks" when Annihka scored, Cami's awesome PUB gift to Jessy, playing quarters and semis on a field that had half of the end zone dropping off into the woody abyss, and Hoistad's mom refusing to let me study.
After seeing the learning curve at Grinnell, our brilliant captains decided to write history and go X/Y (for the first time ever) to Exit 69. Woman Scorned split up into teams of only 9 girls and faced the competition head on! Although we were separated by several fields and a hill, our hearts still beat together and both teams fought their games hard.
Team X-treme ended their Saturday with only one loss against Saucy Nancy, while Team Yoink (the team I was on, so I actually remember things about games) finished out 4-0 with wins over Eclipse, Freya, Syzygy, and Saucy Nancy. Although we were only 9 strong, both teams fought like we had a full team, and offensive flow and defensive cohesiveness were incredible!
The Hoistad family was kind enough to host us that weekend. They were wonderful hosts and we were once again reminded that Hoistad's mom is, in fact, like 10 times cooler than Wastey herself.
Sunday play started off great right away. Although there was a lot of confusion with the brackets and who played who, conclusions were agreed upon and X-treme ended up playing Yoink in semis. Team X won the game while Saucy battled Syzygy on their home ground. In a close game, Syzygy took the final point and the victory putting them against our combined full squad in the finals. Team X-treme Yoinkers was on fire from the get go. With sick puts from the handlers, insane grabs by cutters, and surprises all around from the rookies, Scorned took a strong lead. Although injuries started to plague us and Syzygy fought back fiercely, Scorned didn't slow down. With amazing grabs by Jessy and unreal D's by Becca, we took the game and our first tournament win of the season.
Highlights: Winning the tourney, winning games with 9 girls, getting to play a lot, someone on the other team yelling "wtf?? who was on goldilocks" when Annihka scored, Cami's awesome PUB gift to Jessy, playing quarters and semis on a field that had half of the end zone dropping off into the woody abyss, and Hoistad's mom refusing to let me study.
Friday, November 12, 2010
The Power of Spring
Last weekend, Woman Scorned ended our Fall season with our last tournament at Harvest Moon. It was a phenomenal tournament on pretty much every level and WS definitely went out with a bang...but that isn't what this blog is about, sorry... I'll hammer those out over Thanksgiving break between turkey and leftover turkey.
As the rain comes down and temperatures drop to near freezing levels, my mind can't help but to jump to the spring season...or at least the preparation for spring season. Spring season, for most college players, is something near holy. Not only is it the time when we get to go back outside and play ultimate, it is the time for real competition! Watching WS improve drastically with each Fall tournament drives my excitement for spring even higher.
In the Midwest (or at least northern part of the US), things work a little differently. For many schools, winter becomes a time when ultimate is not easy to play. Woman Scorned has been fortunate enough, in past years, to have access to a decent sized turf for practices twice a week. This Spring's flooding in Ames took that turf away from us and the future of its return is still TBA. Many schools are forced into gyms or tracks which limit even tossing a disc more than 50 yards, much less playing a realistic game of ultimate.
At club nationals this year, the West Coast pretty much took care of business. The ultimate influence and opportunities in those regions are well advanced and continue to grow. Their ability to play ultimate outside nearly year around also helps maintain interest in the sport. (I remember at 2009 College Nationals the Oregon girls were asking me about how we play ultimate in the winter with all the snow. The gave me a pretty funny look when I joked with them and said we had heated fields we played on.) These are some of the luxuries that, unfortunately, we don't have in the Midwest.
Although there are limits put on us by weather, many programs have not let it hinder them. Even in the past few years, more and more programs are stepping up and using the winter season to push their team to the next level. Teams like Woman Scorned, Saucy Nancy, Bella Donna, and many others have instituted attendance policies to require dedication and increase the expectations of the team. For many teams, winter is the perfect time for teams to improve their athleticism and conceptual aspects of the game. Incorporating sprint workouts, lifting, and plyos are just a few ways that players can utilize the time indoors to gain a step up come spring time. Conceptually, resources like the-huddle, ultimaterob, and other experienced players can be utilized to better understand the sport.
Collaboration between programs can be an important resource as well. Although each team has it's secret weapons, sharing information on successes and failures can help each other's programs to avoid mistakes and take steps in the right direction. Winter scrimmages and indoor tournaments are another priceless opportunity when there is 4 feet of snow outside. Last winter, WS held a scrimmage with SOL and Bella Donna. Although it was only a one day event and there was only one turf to play on, the opportunity to play competitive ultimate was enough of an incentive to drive 5 hours. Being able to provide free housing and a free field made this trip feasible financially for all three teams, and the team connections that grew from this experience were just and additional benefit.
With the new regional boundaries and bid allocation regulations announced by USAU this Fall, there is a lot of buzz and excitement going around. WS will no longer battle Bella Donna or SOL for a bid to nationals, but instead we pick up southern teams that we have historically seen less, like Washington University WUWU, St. Louis University's SLULU, and Kansas University Bettys. The new boundaries, however, maintain several old rivals like Saucy Nancy, Syzygy, and Luther (among others). The new bid allocation system increases the number of regions from 8 to 10 and promises 1 bid per region with the remaining 10 bids allocated by strength with no cap on the number of strength bids each region can earn.
This new system definitely opens up the table for stronger regions to get more teams to nationals and potentially increase the level of competition at the College Nationals tournament. However, this also increases the need for teams to attend high level tournaments in the spring time (also perform well and correctly submit their rosters) like College Centex and Midwest Throwdown that are centrally located to allow teams from multiple regions to attend. Unfortunately, attending tournaments like these require a lot of traveling for teams and an increase in cost which many smaller programs just can't afford. At USAU Club Nationals this past month, there was a Women's Leadership Task Force meeting, at which the development women's ultimate was discussed and plans were initiated to develop and advance playing opportunities for women. The formation of Without Limits is another exciting frontier in the women's game and the reach of their skills clinics is growing with each new tournament.
All of these changes and initiatives are enough to get anyone excited about women's ultimate. It is obvious that the sport is growing as a whole and the women's division is stepping up as well. My hopes are that the new regional boundaries and increased opportunities for women's teams will challenge elite programs to continue to prove themselves, allow "on-the-cusp" programs to take that jump and commit to their goals, and inspire smaller, growing programs to close the gap and prove themselves competitive. Through the work of so many in the past, our sport has come a long ways, but there is still quite a distance to go for women's ultimate, especially in the Midwest. There is definitely a force, that is very much alive, and many amazing people working hard behind it to share the love of ultimate and achieve what we know is possible.
As the rain comes down and temperatures drop to near freezing levels, my mind can't help but to jump to the spring season...or at least the preparation for spring season. Spring season, for most college players, is something near holy. Not only is it the time when we get to go back outside and play ultimate, it is the time for real competition! Watching WS improve drastically with each Fall tournament drives my excitement for spring even higher.
In the Midwest (or at least northern part of the US), things work a little differently. For many schools, winter becomes a time when ultimate is not easy to play. Woman Scorned has been fortunate enough, in past years, to have access to a decent sized turf for practices twice a week. This Spring's flooding in Ames took that turf away from us and the future of its return is still TBA. Many schools are forced into gyms or tracks which limit even tossing a disc more than 50 yards, much less playing a realistic game of ultimate.
At club nationals this year, the West Coast pretty much took care of business. The ultimate influence and opportunities in those regions are well advanced and continue to grow. Their ability to play ultimate outside nearly year around also helps maintain interest in the sport. (I remember at 2009 College Nationals the Oregon girls were asking me about how we play ultimate in the winter with all the snow. The gave me a pretty funny look when I joked with them and said we had heated fields we played on.) These are some of the luxuries that, unfortunately, we don't have in the Midwest.
Although there are limits put on us by weather, many programs have not let it hinder them. Even in the past few years, more and more programs are stepping up and using the winter season to push their team to the next level. Teams like Woman Scorned, Saucy Nancy, Bella Donna, and many others have instituted attendance policies to require dedication and increase the expectations of the team. For many teams, winter is the perfect time for teams to improve their athleticism and conceptual aspects of the game. Incorporating sprint workouts, lifting, and plyos are just a few ways that players can utilize the time indoors to gain a step up come spring time. Conceptually, resources like the-huddle, ultimaterob, and other experienced players can be utilized to better understand the sport.
Collaboration between programs can be an important resource as well. Although each team has it's secret weapons, sharing information on successes and failures can help each other's programs to avoid mistakes and take steps in the right direction. Winter scrimmages and indoor tournaments are another priceless opportunity when there is 4 feet of snow outside. Last winter, WS held a scrimmage with SOL and Bella Donna. Although it was only a one day event and there was only one turf to play on, the opportunity to play competitive ultimate was enough of an incentive to drive 5 hours. Being able to provide free housing and a free field made this trip feasible financially for all three teams, and the team connections that grew from this experience were just and additional benefit.
With the new regional boundaries and bid allocation regulations announced by USAU this Fall, there is a lot of buzz and excitement going around. WS will no longer battle Bella Donna or SOL for a bid to nationals, but instead we pick up southern teams that we have historically seen less, like Washington University WUWU, St. Louis University's SLULU, and Kansas University Bettys. The new boundaries, however, maintain several old rivals like Saucy Nancy, Syzygy, and Luther (among others). The new bid allocation system increases the number of regions from 8 to 10 and promises 1 bid per region with the remaining 10 bids allocated by strength with no cap on the number of strength bids each region can earn.
This new system definitely opens up the table for stronger regions to get more teams to nationals and potentially increase the level of competition at the College Nationals tournament. However, this also increases the need for teams to attend high level tournaments in the spring time (also perform well and correctly submit their rosters) like College Centex and Midwest Throwdown that are centrally located to allow teams from multiple regions to attend. Unfortunately, attending tournaments like these require a lot of traveling for teams and an increase in cost which many smaller programs just can't afford. At USAU Club Nationals this past month, there was a Women's Leadership Task Force meeting, at which the development women's ultimate was discussed and plans were initiated to develop and advance playing opportunities for women. The formation of Without Limits is another exciting frontier in the women's game and the reach of their skills clinics is growing with each new tournament.
All of these changes and initiatives are enough to get anyone excited about women's ultimate. It is obvious that the sport is growing as a whole and the women's division is stepping up as well. My hopes are that the new regional boundaries and increased opportunities for women's teams will challenge elite programs to continue to prove themselves, allow "on-the-cusp" programs to take that jump and commit to their goals, and inspire smaller, growing programs to close the gap and prove themselves competitive. Through the work of so many in the past, our sport has come a long ways, but there is still quite a distance to go for women's ultimate, especially in the Midwest. There is definitely a force, that is very much alive, and many amazing people working hard behind it to share the love of ultimate and achieve what we know is possible.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Incase You Missed It...
Scorned is proud to have this beautiful face on our line:
Although she may have made the big times, being on ESPN news, she is still stuck with us (the true loves of her life). Check it out! There is a great article about ultimate on here too! Sick picture, Jazzy-poo!
Although she may have made the big times, being on ESPN news, she is still stuck with us (the true loves of her life). Check it out! There is a great article about ultimate on here too! Sick picture, Jazzy-poo!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Did You Know that Elephantitis is Actually Spelled Elephantiasis?
Our apologies on the HUGE delay of bloggage. It has been a busy, yet exciting season so far.
Scorned started the season with a majority of our players from last year returning. Last season we graduated (like for realsies) Lauren Theile and Chelle Johnson, but we are looking forward to the return of Magic Liu, Britt Schenk, and Sarah Hoistad in the spring! As a result of these losses, we decided we should recruit some more rookies to join the family!
After doing some recruitment and team building research, we started the year strong with about 15 rookies! (this is a lot for us) The sweet thing is most of them have stuck around, and ALL of them are lookin' great! In fact, we had enough to go x/y (for the first time in WS history) to a tourney this fall!
Our first tournament this Fall, was Elephantitis in Grinnell, Iowa. (this tourney was forever ago, and I don't have exact scores, just a bad memory, sorry.)
With a strong line of more than 20 girls and around 8 rookies, we were extremely excited to toss the new girls in and see what they got. Our first game (I think) was against Sticky Tongues and was filled with an abundance of trash talk between the Pony Keg girls from both teams. Keeping the rotation pretty wide open and pushing our rookies to prove themselves, we traded points for the majority of the game. Even though many of the girls had only been playing a week or two, our flow was fluid and movement of the disc was not a problem. Although Scorned fought through the rain and wind, Grinnell fought harder and took the game with a win by two. Rookie, Cami Nelson, had an insanely sick D on the end zone line that led to a scary time period where we though she broke her arm, but thankfully (after a couple quick X-rays at the hospital) she escaped with just a bone bruise and played in games the next day...what a baller, right?
Although coming off a loss, Scorned was very pleased with the rate of play and level of improvement throughout our game. We walked into our second game versus Gustavus Adolphus with our chins up. This game was a lot of fun and the Outskirtz' ladies were total ballers! The team played hard with a close to (if not completely) savage rotation. Scorned walked away with our first win of the season after a fun game in the drizzle.
Our third game was against our friends from Luther. One super fun and exciting fact about this team, is that they finally have a team name! It is Freya. The game was close with both teams trading points throughout the game. Both teams were looking large and playing the entire rotation to build depth in our programs, and the game came down to universe point with Woman Scorned squeaking in one more score upwind to take the game.
After the game, we had a bye which turned into an extended bye due to storms, which eventually just ended the day. The last round of cross overs were canceled and we headed to the showers. While the rain continued, Scorned headed to the great town of Belle Plaine, Iowa-Home of Lindsey Gapstur (me). Scorned got to experience the BP Bowling alley where we ran into half of my town and everyone stared at the girls wearing weird sweaters (Annihka & Daisy) and those of us wearing ultimate gear still. Although the rain was enough to drive most of the older, lamer girls to sleep indoors in BP, our ROOKIES demanded to camp at the party so that they could win the party...and win the party they did! As if we weren't proud enough of how they played, they went and completely stole our hearts with a party win at Grinnell!
The next day, we swung by the camp ground to grab the victorious rookies, and headed to the smell that is Grinnell for bracket play.
Our first game was against UNI Pandamonium! They have the sweetest team name. This was another great game despite the rain, and after expanding our field from about 50 x 25 yd, to 50x 35, playing through the puddle of an end zone became a lot more fun. Scorned used the game to get together and work out some kinks. Panda played a great game and we look forward to seeing their program grow and joining us in the series this spring.
In the semi's game we met Saucy Nancy Y. This team has spent the past few years growing and giving us trouble at every new match up. With a total of 7 games played last year, we are no strangers and every game if fought with heart on both sides of the disc. Keeping our rotation open, we fought through the first few scores trading points pretty close. Although scorned fought hard and made adjustments, we could not break through Iowa's zone and Saucy took the game pretty handily.
Although coming out of a loss, Scorned's spirits stayed high and our girls kept playing hard and we came back to win our game for third place against Winona.
The weekend was a mind melting amount of fun and the team had a great time bonding and playing some disc. From the start, we could tell that this year is going to be no ordinary year for Scorned. We have strong leadership, excited rookies, an abundance of talent, and a team mindset ever seeking improvement. Woman Scorned is ready to feel the love and unleash our fury!
<3 Gapstur and Kaira
ps. Look for more blogs about Exit 69 and No Wisco soon, but let's be honest, probably not real soon.
Scorned started the season with a majority of our players from last year returning. Last season we graduated (like for realsies) Lauren Theile and Chelle Johnson, but we are looking forward to the return of Magic Liu, Britt Schenk, and Sarah Hoistad in the spring! As a result of these losses, we decided we should recruit some more rookies to join the family!
After doing some recruitment and team building research, we started the year strong with about 15 rookies! (this is a lot for us) The sweet thing is most of them have stuck around, and ALL of them are lookin' great! In fact, we had enough to go x/y (for the first time in WS history) to a tourney this fall!
Our first tournament this Fall, was Elephantitis in Grinnell, Iowa. (this tourney was forever ago, and I don't have exact scores, just a bad memory, sorry.)
With a strong line of more than 20 girls and around 8 rookies, we were extremely excited to toss the new girls in and see what they got. Our first game (I think) was against Sticky Tongues and was filled with an abundance of trash talk between the Pony Keg girls from both teams. Keeping the rotation pretty wide open and pushing our rookies to prove themselves, we traded points for the majority of the game. Even though many of the girls had only been playing a week or two, our flow was fluid and movement of the disc was not a problem. Although Scorned fought through the rain and wind, Grinnell fought harder and took the game with a win by two. Rookie, Cami Nelson, had an insanely sick D on the end zone line that led to a scary time period where we though she broke her arm, but thankfully (after a couple quick X-rays at the hospital) she escaped with just a bone bruise and played in games the next day...what a baller, right?
Although coming off a loss, Scorned was very pleased with the rate of play and level of improvement throughout our game. We walked into our second game versus Gustavus Adolphus with our chins up. This game was a lot of fun and the Outskirtz' ladies were total ballers! The team played hard with a close to (if not completely) savage rotation. Scorned walked away with our first win of the season after a fun game in the drizzle.
Our third game was against our friends from Luther. One super fun and exciting fact about this team, is that they finally have a team name! It is Freya. The game was close with both teams trading points throughout the game. Both teams were looking large and playing the entire rotation to build depth in our programs, and the game came down to universe point with Woman Scorned squeaking in one more score upwind to take the game.
After the game, we had a bye which turned into an extended bye due to storms, which eventually just ended the day. The last round of cross overs were canceled and we headed to the showers. While the rain continued, Scorned headed to the great town of Belle Plaine, Iowa-Home of Lindsey Gapstur (me). Scorned got to experience the BP Bowling alley where we ran into half of my town and everyone stared at the girls wearing weird sweaters (Annihka & Daisy) and those of us wearing ultimate gear still. Although the rain was enough to drive most of the older, lamer girls to sleep indoors in BP, our ROOKIES demanded to camp at the party so that they could win the party...and win the party they did! As if we weren't proud enough of how they played, they went and completely stole our hearts with a party win at Grinnell!
The next day, we swung by the camp ground to grab the victorious rookies, and headed to the smell that is Grinnell for bracket play.
Our first game was against UNI Pandamonium! They have the sweetest team name. This was another great game despite the rain, and after expanding our field from about 50 x 25 yd, to 50x 35, playing through the puddle of an end zone became a lot more fun. Scorned used the game to get together and work out some kinks. Panda played a great game and we look forward to seeing their program grow and joining us in the series this spring.
In the semi's game we met Saucy Nancy Y. This team has spent the past few years growing and giving us trouble at every new match up. With a total of 7 games played last year, we are no strangers and every game if fought with heart on both sides of the disc. Keeping our rotation open, we fought through the first few scores trading points pretty close. Although scorned fought hard and made adjustments, we could not break through Iowa's zone and Saucy took the game pretty handily.
Although coming out of a loss, Scorned's spirits stayed high and our girls kept playing hard and we came back to win our game for third place against Winona.
The weekend was a mind melting amount of fun and the team had a great time bonding and playing some disc. From the start, we could tell that this year is going to be no ordinary year for Scorned. We have strong leadership, excited rookies, an abundance of talent, and a team mindset ever seeking improvement. Woman Scorned is ready to feel the love and unleash our fury!
<3 Gapstur and Kaira
ps. Look for more blogs about Exit 69 and No Wisco soon, but let's be honest, probably not real soon.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Woman Scorned Highlight Video 2010 Season
Long awaited, still kind of janky, but it is here.
Enjoy
http://vimeo.com/15862098
Enjoy
2010 Woman Scorned Highlight Video from Lindsey Gapstur on Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/15862098
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Pre-Grinnell
First tournament this weekend in Grinnell, Iowa. This is always a fantastic tournament to start our season off with. Scorned will be showing up as an excited group of TWENTY-THREE girls! XY might have been a good choice for WS, but unfortunately we are a little rusty on our divination skills.
Our pool consists of Luther, Grinnell, & Gustavus, so it should be a great time on the field playing with these fun-loving teams (and having a little bit of extra camaraderie between the Pony Keg girls).
You can follow our weekend on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ISUWomanScorned.
You can expect an AWESOME recap after the tourney by our very own Kaira Carter some time in the near future :) right on here.
So ladies, in true Woman Scorned tradition, our wonderful captains provided us with a packing list (that lacks sarcasm and ridiculousness) to get you prepared.
Packing List
Red Shirt
White Shirt
Yellow Shirt
Shorts/skirt to play in
Cleats/running shoes
Water bottle
Undies
Socks
Bra
Clothes to wear Saturday night- casual
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Shower items
Towel
Pillow
Sleeping bag/blanket
Something to sleep in
Anything else you can't go without for a weekend
Look for us at the tourney, we will be havin' a great time, winning the party, tearin' up the field, and cheering way too much.
Feel the Love, Unleash the Fury.
Woman Scorned.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Fall Season Kickoff
Iowa State Woman Scorned will be having our first practice Tuesday, August 25, 2010 at Towers fields at 5:30 PM!
Come out to play some ultimate and meet new friends.
Practice will last about 2 hours and you should bring a water bottle, a white t-shirt, and a dark t-shirt.
Practices are held every Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30 PM @ Towers, so if you can't make it tomorrow, be sure to come Thursday or another time.
Thursday we will be having a welcome BBQ after practice so come HUNGRY!
Directions to Tower's Fields
Come out to play some ultimate and meet new friends.
Practice will last about 2 hours and you should bring a water bottle, a white t-shirt, and a dark t-shirt.
Practices are held every Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30 PM @ Towers, so if you can't make it tomorrow, be sure to come Thursday or another time.
Thursday we will be having a welcome BBQ after practice so come HUNGRY!
Directions to Tower's Fields
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