1. Stanford X
2. Stanford Y
3. UCLA X
4. UC-Berkeley X
5. UCLA Y
6. UC-Berkeley Y
7. UC-Davis
8. Claremont Colleges
9. Humboldt State
10. UC-Santa Cruz
11. UC-Santa Barbara
12. San Luis Obispo (SLO)
13. Chico State
14. Santa Clara
15. High School team

1. Stanford Y
2. Stanford X
3/4. UC-Santa Barbara
3/4. Humboldt State
5/8. Claremont Colleges
5/8. UCLA X
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The weather was beautiful for the tournament weekend, even if the ultimate was not quite as perfect. Fall tournaments tend to have some swilly points, and this weekend was no exception. The tournament was still a great opportunity for teams to give their rookies lots of playing time, and Stanford, UCLA, and UC-Berkeley split into X and Y squads. Both Stanford X and Stanford Y were undefeated going in to the finals, which Stanford Y won on universe point after the cap, 8-7.

In the semifinals, UC-Santa Barbara utilized its deep game effectively by breaking the mark to create space for its cutters. UCSB has a core of experienced players lead by a couple handlers (including captains Jamie and Alden) with very pretty throws, but they were ultimately unable to overcome Stanford, who won 11-9. Stanford X was lead by Enessa Janes and Mary Lyn Stein who each made some big defensive plays for their team over the course of the weekend. The other semifinal game was even closer. Stanford Y's offense was mainly dictated by handler Lauren Casey, but the team had a number of major contributors including Hannah Griego and Ruth Emerson. Stanford was up by two when the soft cap went on, only to have Humboldt score two in a row and tie the game. The next point was rather long and the hard cap horn blew while a hucked disc was in midair, right before it was caught by Stanford's Christina Contreras in the endzone for the game.

The finals was hardly an amazing showcase of the sport, with both teams playing tired and turning the disc over a lot. Stanford X took an early 4-1 lead and was up 5-2 before Stanford Y staged a come-back. Long points kept the game's score low before the hard cap went on at 7-6. Stanford Y scored after a full field huck to Carloyn Abrams to finish the come-from-behind win and take home the prize beer. There were a number of big plays made on both sides and Stanford's athleticism was quite visible. In addition to an already strong recruiting class, Stanford's program definitely benefited from the arrival of freshman Emily Damon (of Amherst HS) who had a number of layout Ds during the course of the tournament. Of note is that although Stanford was split X and Y for this tournament, the teams had a higher veteran to rookie ratio than some of the other X/Y teams during the weekend, which surely helped them both make it to the finals.

Miscellaneous notes about the other teams in attendance:
UC-Berkeley returns a solid group of players and has played well at both Chico and Sean Ryan. Amanda Leahy is abroad this quarter, but the team also picked up some graduate students with prior experience and was already working on different zone defense iterations.

UCLA also showed that they have a lot of potential this year. In just the team's third year of competition, they had a huge group of rookies to bring to the tournament. Anna "Maddog" Navaroz was a key handler for the club team Skyline this summer, and her throws are a pivotal part of UCLA's offense. Other top players include Pooja and Heather "Chuckles" Armstrong.

Claremont was up 7-5 on Stanford X in their quarterfinals game before Stanford started playing zone and went on a run. Sydney gained some valuable experience playing with Seattle club team Viva! during the off-season, and she leads Claremont with confidence. She is part of a trio of handlers including Lyndsay and Claire that is supported by an athletic group of receivers downfield.

UC-Davis was almost at full strength with most of its roster returned from last year, including Lindsey Riemenschneider, Victoria "Chuckie" Wilk, Nerissa, and Sarah Pittiglio. While the team underperformed at Sean Ryan, it will be competitive with the best in the region this year.

UC-Santa Cruz seems like a shell of the team it was last year. UCSC still has phenom Lillian Berla, but it might take until the spring before the team is really clicking. Tegwyn Lewis-Pine and Carmen Ausserer are also key players for UCSC.

Santa Clara was competing in its first tournament ever, which deserves some props. The team only brought seven players to the tournament, but they are coached by Petra (formerly of UC-Davis) and it is great to see the region growing.