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| This year, the Oregon Fall Ultimate Kick-off (O.F.U.K.) was renamed. Regardless of what the tournament is called, O.F.U.D.G. is the most competitive Oregon pre-season tournament. Falling in mid November in the Pacific Northwest, there is often the chance for the games to be rained out, but when the weather cooperates this tournament gives teams from as far away as Utah, California, and Washington a good glimpse of one another. Oregon prides itself in always throwing a really fun tournament, complete with a huge party Saturday night. | |||||||
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1. Washington
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| Tournament Write-Up: (Information provided, in part, by Melina Coogan) Bouncing back from a quarterfinals loss to MoHo (high school club team) at the Sundodgers tournament the weekend before, Washington won O.F.U.D.G., going undefeated through the weekend. UC-Berkeley Y and UW played on Saturday, where Berkeley kept it close in the first half before UW tightened up its game and went on a big run in the second half to finish the game 13-7. In the quarterfinals on Sunday, UW faced the other Berkeley squad. Berkeley X seemed to have less experience on the team than its counterpart, and UW's defensive pressure kept the score to 13-0. In the semifinals PLU matched up against Humboldt State and UW played Tonic. PLU made the finals of Sundodgers the weekend before and is lead this year by Laurel Williams, a handler who plays with the Nationals-level club team Schwa. Unfortunately for PLU, Humboldt utilized a tight four-person cup zone defense that took away PLU's deep game and put pressure on the limited number of experienced handlers on PLU's roster. In the other semis game, UW faced Tonic, an Oregon club team with more experience. Still, UW managed to get a one point lead before the two teams traded until halftime. Tonic's horizontal stack (coupled with no wind) gave them many succsessfully completed deep looks, but impatience in the red zone led to a number of end zone turn overs. UW cranked up its defense and started to look long themselves, gaining momentum and pulling ahead in the second half to take the game 13-9. In the finals Humboldt was playing UW for the first time this fall. UW took an early two point lead, only to have Humboldt tie it up at 6-6 before UW was able to take half 7-6. Humboldt made good use of its four person cup zone, which initially caused problems for UW's offense. While UW's handling core is almost entirely different from its group of lead handlers last year, the experience of former juniors players Jenny Abbeg, Molly Suver, and Claire Suver was clear as UW figured out the kinks in its zone O. Claire Suver especially opened up the field with a number of lefty backhands to break the cup. The Humboldt zone was notably well organized for this early in the season and involved excellent communication and some big defensive layouts by the wing positions. Both teams were playing with intensity and there were also numerous offensive layouts to keep low discs alive. In the second half, UW had settled down into its zone offense and began to look long more often. Susan Shortreed managed to pull down a number of unlikely deep throws for UW. Humboldt did a good job of utilizing its dump-and-swing and its three main handlers also capitalized on post cuts up the line. Its offense was structured in a split stack with two cutters on each side of the field and three handlers hanging back. Nonetheless, what made the difference for UW was its defense. Melina Coogan came up with five defensive layout blocks in the finals by baiting and poaching and UW was able to win 13-9. Very exciting to have such an intense game between regional rivals so early in the season. Of course, as a fall tournament, many teams were playing with technically ineligible players. In particular, UW benefited from the play of Shannon O'Malley, of the club team Riot.
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