Saskatoon Recap
Before I get to my Nationals recap it occurs to me I have been remiss in doing one for Disc Odyssey in Saskatoon. So, just a quick one…
Competitive division this year had 5 teams, and almost all were the same as last year when we finshed 3rd. They were, in order we played them, Psychoplastique (Edmonton), Lawn Party (Calgary), Jebus (Calgary), Syndicate (Regina) and Prairie Snatch (Saskatoon).
Saturday we had 4 games. We started flat our first game and went down to Pyschoplastique by a score of 9-2. Our second game against Lawn Party was an improvement, but not enough of one, and they played a very strong game to defeat us by another 9-2 score. Next game was a must-win against Jebus. We finally clicked and won decisively, though the final score escapes me. Finally we played Syndicate in a grudge match from the Regina Riot final. Just like that game, we took a 3-1 lead early… but saw it slip away and we trailed by half. While we didn’t roll over like we did in the Riot final, we never fully recovered and lost by several points.
Not completely down on ourselves, we knew we had one last pool play game Sunday morning to get ourselves in position for semis. We made an appearance at the Saturday night party – several of us went along with Porn-Oh from the rec side, who as always impressed and apparently ended up winning the party with a solid showing and a late exit. Chaos, however, didn’t stick around too late as we had work to do the next morning.
Sunday morning was our last round-robin game, versus regional rivals Prairie Snatch from Saskatoon. They were’t going to nationals this year, but were nonetheless solid. This was a must-win game – we needed it to make semis, and besides our pride was on the line. We do not lose to Prairie Snatch.
Again we got up early, 3-1. They rallied and tied, 3-3, we traded until they went up a break, and they proceeded to take half 7-6. A bit shaken, we regrouped at half. The first half was done – put it out of our minds. Resolving to focus on the now and treat every point as a game to one, we came out swinging second half. Scored the first point easily on O. The a D, and another score. Two more breaks and we were rolling – 10-7. At this point the game got a bit sloppy, but with some huge plays by our big-game players we finally took the game 12-9. On to semis.
The semifinal saw us up against Lawn Party, the team everyone loves to hate but always the favourite to win at these tourneys. We played a much stronger game than in our first matchup, but Lawn Party was as usual a tough opponent. I don’t recall much in the way of specifics but our intensity was high and made them fight for every point, while scoring more than a few ourselves. Final was 15-9 but it seemed much closer. Lawn party went on to win the final over Psychoplastique, 15-8.
No one wanted to play for 3rd so we finished tied with Syndicate. Not a spectacular result, but we were pleased with the effort shown on Sunday. The intensity and drive were there, and Lawn Party was a team as good, if not better, than we would see at Nationals – a close loss to them was as good as a win over a lesser team. Could it be we were finally hitting our stride before Nationals? Two weeks and we would find out.
Competitive division this year had 5 teams, and almost all were the same as last year when we finshed 3rd. They were, in order we played them, Psychoplastique (Edmonton), Lawn Party (Calgary), Jebus (Calgary), Syndicate (Regina) and Prairie Snatch (Saskatoon).
Saturday we had 4 games. We started flat our first game and went down to Pyschoplastique by a score of 9-2. Our second game against Lawn Party was an improvement, but not enough of one, and they played a very strong game to defeat us by another 9-2 score. Next game was a must-win against Jebus. We finally clicked and won decisively, though the final score escapes me. Finally we played Syndicate in a grudge match from the Regina Riot final. Just like that game, we took a 3-1 lead early… but saw it slip away and we trailed by half. While we didn’t roll over like we did in the Riot final, we never fully recovered and lost by several points.
Not completely down on ourselves, we knew we had one last pool play game Sunday morning to get ourselves in position for semis. We made an appearance at the Saturday night party – several of us went along with Porn-Oh from the rec side, who as always impressed and apparently ended up winning the party with a solid showing and a late exit. Chaos, however, didn’t stick around too late as we had work to do the next morning.
Sunday morning was our last round-robin game, versus regional rivals Prairie Snatch from Saskatoon. They were’t going to nationals this year, but were nonetheless solid. This was a must-win game – we needed it to make semis, and besides our pride was on the line. We do not lose to Prairie Snatch.
Again we got up early, 3-1. They rallied and tied, 3-3, we traded until they went up a break, and they proceeded to take half 7-6. A bit shaken, we regrouped at half. The first half was done – put it out of our minds. Resolving to focus on the now and treat every point as a game to one, we came out swinging second half. Scored the first point easily on O. The a D, and another score. Two more breaks and we were rolling – 10-7. At this point the game got a bit sloppy, but with some huge plays by our big-game players we finally took the game 12-9. On to semis.
The semifinal saw us up against Lawn Party, the team everyone loves to hate but always the favourite to win at these tourneys. We played a much stronger game than in our first matchup, but Lawn Party was as usual a tough opponent. I don’t recall much in the way of specifics but our intensity was high and made them fight for every point, while scoring more than a few ourselves. Final was 15-9 but it seemed much closer. Lawn party went on to win the final over Psychoplastique, 15-8.
No one wanted to play for 3rd so we finished tied with Syndicate. Not a spectacular result, but we were pleased with the effort shown on Sunday. The intensity and drive were there, and Lawn Party was a team as good, if not better, than we would see at Nationals – a close loss to them was as good as a win over a lesser team. Could it be we were finally hitting our stride before Nationals? Two weeks and we would find out.
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