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| Board Members RUN Roster BRUNT Roster Player Stats Beth Coltman Memorial Tournament TUT 2003 No Surf 2003 RUN No Surf 2003 BRUNT RUB 2003 Choptank 2003 10th Annual Tune-Up 2003 Founder's Club Sectionals RUN 2003 Founder's Club Sectionals BRUNT 2003 Mid-Atlantic Club Regionals RUN 2003 Mid-Atlantic Club Regionals BRUNT Skylander III
| 2003 Board Members
| Brody, Dave 'Weasel' Lionetti, Darren Shultz, Henry Thorne, and Sam Bellin.
| 2003 RUN Roster | Andrew Willment, Ben Banyas, Brandon 'Pre' Redding, Brandon Welch, Brody (Captain), Chris Truffa, Darren Shultz, Dave LaRose, Dave Lionetti, Dave Putz, Dave Vatz, Dave 'Deo' Offner, Jason Short, Jeff Nichols, Jeremy Richardson, Ken Lambert, Matthew Bourland (Assistant Captain), Phil Katz, Sam Bellin, Sam Stein, Sean McComb, and Tom Pribicko.
| 2003 BRUNT Roster | Blake Joy (Co-captain), Dan Kulp, Dane O'Brien (Co-captain), Eli Silk, Jay DeNat, Jim Strathmeyer, Justin Rubb, Keith Heffley, Kevin Jameson, Kevin Peterson, Kevin Walko, Matt Bromberger, Mike Kutscher, Mike LoPresti, Randy Augustine, Rich 'Fraggle' Coker, Steve DiPasquo, Stephen Vadas, Tommy Hendrickson, and Viktor Miladinov.
| Beth Coltman Memorial Tournament April 26-27, 2003 Henlopen, DE 10th place of 12 Teams
| RUN played at the tournament at Cape Henlopen, DE with only 9 players: Jason Short, Dan Kulp, Jeff Nichols, Matthew Bourland, Jim Strathmeyer, Ben Banyas, Tommy Hendrickson, Jon West, and Viktor Miladinov. We all stayed at Jon's family's beach house, 20 minutes from the field. His parents were quite extraordinary as hosts. Thanks to Jon, and all your family!
RUN played incredibly well this past weekend, especially considering the circumstances. We played nearly savage for 7 games against some of the top teams in the region and played above our 12 seed. A fun time was had by all, and I think we played well enough to earn an invite next year.
Coming into the weekend we knew that we had to play smart if we were going to still be alive by the end of Saturday, so the team took this opportunity to really work on smart switching, on field communication, timely cutting, and valuation of the disc. Everyone really stepped it up and played above expectation and since we didn't have anyone on the bench really - people knew they alone had to make plays...and often they did. However, we ended up last in our pool based on point differential because we beat the Stuck Cocks, who beat OLD SAG, who beat us. Also of note, OLD SAG lost to EPig by one point (10-9), and Rage#2 beat EPig - both very suprising finishes. Saturday night we ate at Dogfish Head brewery. Mmmm.
Things we learned: Our goalline offense is possible some of the worst EVER. So many times we worked it down all the way against great teams like Electric Pig and Pike, only to try to force something to the corner or misthrow a break to the back corner. Perhaps fatigue is to blame, but we were really impatient at those times. We might need a completely new strategy here. Changing defenses on teams can be effective. Against the Stuntcocks the first day and a few other times this weekend we would change our zone, change the way we'd play man defense, or just change things for the sake of keeping the opposition on their toes - and teams appeared to be confused. I'd go out on a limb to say that use of such stragtegy probably won us that game Saturday. Our zone O isn't all that awful. Pike ran zone for 3 points, of which we worked it nicely the last two for scores before they aborted their zone. Old Sag gave up early on their zone as well, and didn't return to it until the end of the game. Stuntcocks had a 4 man cup, and they too gave up on it. Perhaps the welcomed rest and need for good decisions made it good, but i think it was mainly our ability to swing it quickly and get continuation, occation crashing of the cup, and general patience.
Anyway - we could have been down when we were losing but instead we came together as a team and got a lot out of the weekend. Playing with so few subs made us appreciate having a sideline to talk, and while it was a nice challenge, we look forward to playing these teams again when full strength.
On an individual note, we saw: Tommy sky Dave Williams of Pike deep in the endzone and in a later game laying out for an errant swing that nobody expected him to get. Jason being poised in zone O and also coming up with a few huge grabs deep. Jeff stepping it up and breaking the cup underneath the mark and over the top, and putting a few great deep shots Viktor making great cuts from the back and hustling to the disc even when he was getting hacked. Ben for his quick swings, deep shots, and for playing every point this weekend. Jon for his consistant play on defense and always staying on the force side of his guy (and for having us be able to crash at his parent's beach house!) Dan for stepping it up on offense, bidding on defense, and ability to run when the rest of us were tired Jim for doing a great job as a handler in the zone and constant valuing the disc Matthew hobbling around and finding ways to get open on eye fakes alone when a lame knee made it impossible to get open otherwise
Saturday Pool Play (1-4): Rage #2 (Philadelphia) 11 - RUN 7 recap Pike (New Jersey) 13- RUN 2 recap OLD SAG (Philadelphia Masters) 12- RUN 6 recap Electric Pig (Greater Washington DC area) 13 - RUN 3 recap RUN 13 - Stunt Cocks (Richmond, VA) 11 recap Sunday Consolation Round Robin (1-1): RUN 7 - Baltimore Galatica 1 recap Stunt Cocks 9 - RUN 4 recap
Day One Game 1: Rage #2 (11-7 Loss) First off was Rage #2. This was, in theory, half of the Rage team. They had a shennanigan-filled plan whereby they split up on Saturday, only to recombine on Sunday. We started off falling behind against them 4-1. Then we traded until it was 9-7. The cap went on and they (unfortunately) scored the last 2 to win 11-7.
They ran a few different offensive sets, including a side-stack and a couple of others. But we adjusted pretty quickly, and they didn't handle our adjustments well. For instance one time they ran a side-stack when trapped on one sideline. Jason Short poached off to the middle of the field, and when the throw went off just up the line he easily made the play, which we converted to an easy score. They seemed to have a good technical grasp of these offenses, but perhaps were inexperienced at running them (no doubt this will change).
Rage #2 went on to take second in the pool by beating EPig. On Sunday they lost a close game against Medicine Men in the quarters - the feature was a pseudo-spike by the tournament director that hit one of the MM players in the head...
Day One Game 2: Pike (13-2 Loss) Secondly, we played Pike. They ran a cup zone, featuring a tight mark by Jagaer (trapping on the flick side only) with a loose cup and wings spread out. We swung the disc pretty well, scoring on a high percentage of our posessions (or so it seemed). In particular, with the disc trapped on the flick side it seemed like swings over to that side would often have easy continuations up the line. They stopped running it pretty quickly, and we were pretty overmatched against their man-to-man D. The final was 13-2.
One of their players suffered a serious-looking knee injury on a D of a throw from Jeff to Viktor. They eventually decided that the injury was accompanied by a "crunch", not a "pop", so it probably wasn't a ligament tear...they moved him to the sideline and play continued. Jeff hurt his thumb on the same play, which seriously impeded his throws for the rest of the day.
Day One Game 3: OLD SAG (12-6 Loss) Our third game was against Old Sag, the defending national champions. This squad was weaker than the team they beat RUN with at sectionals, though. They ran some zone, which we easily picked apart. We had a lot of trouble defending them, although we did try out a series of different poaching plays with moderate success. Eventually the game was tied 5-5. Sometime around here was "the worst play ever" according to Jason Short. They had the disc on their goal line, about 5 yards from the backhand sideline. They ran one of their tricky offenses, with a thrower, three extra handlers spread across the field, a featured iso, and two deeps. Jim was on the mark, forcing flick, and Jason's player was right on the cone on the backhand side. Jim switched the mark to force into Jason's poach on the backhand-side, which left Jason's player uncovered, but in a harmless location. Around stall 4 the thrower wound up for a big backhand huck, and Jason jumped up into the air to get in the way. The throw went up and hit Jason in the arm and ricocheted into his face. What makes it the worst play ever was that the thrower caught the disc off the second rebound! They moved it up the field to take the upwinder and the half. We could never really get back in it, and lost 12-6.
It may have been on the same play where Jason significantly jammed his right thumb, leaving him unable to do anything except (seemingly) catch and throw a disc. He couldn't pick up a gatorade bottle, tie my shoes, or even eat a sandwich with that hand...yet somehow his throwing was unaffected. Weird.
Day One Game 4: Electric Pig (13-3 Loss) Our fourth game was against Electric Pig. They were fast, and ran hard on D. The final was 13-3.
Day One Game 5: Stunt Cocks (13-11 Win) Our last game on Saturday was against Stunt Cocks. We had considered that this was the Game to Win; we lost to them 13-9 last year at Chop Tank. They started out with a 4-man-cup zone, just as we predicted. We broke it down pretty well, and after a few tries they stopped running it. Again they seemed to trap on the flick side (leaving throws up the line open on that side) while playing more conservatively on the backhand side. At some point the score was 6-4.
After scoring, we threw on a new zone for the first time this season. This completely confused them; they moved the disc back from the brick mark until Dan eventually caught a swing right on the goal line. The next point we rotated into a different defense, and they turned it over again quickly. We took half 7-6.
In the second half they figured out both our zone defenses so we eventually switched to a force backhand and stuck with that for most of the rest of the game. The lesson here is that it's good to keep changing up your defense. We extended our lead to 12-7 when the cap went on. At this point we started playing very tentatively - like we'd hit a wall after playing near-savage all day; we were playing to avoid losing rather than playing to win. We gave up one point, then another. Finally when it was 12-11 thee hard cap went on. They turned the disc over in our endzone, we moved it up the field and score. 13-11.
Day Two Game 1: Baltimore Galatica (7-1 Win) Our first game on Sunday was against Baltimore Galactica. We played a pretty relaxed game, with not-very-intense D and easy offense characterized by easy hucks against a much slower team. The final was 7-1.
Day Two Game 2: Stunt Cocks (9-4 Loss) Then we played the Stunt Cocks again. They jumped off to an early lead this time, going up 4-1. We struggled to get back into the game, but it seemed we just didn't have the legs (or maybe the desire), and we eventually lost 9-4. A lot of people go to try new roles on the field during this game.
| 2003 T.U.T. May 10-11, 2003 Toronto, ON, Canada 5th place of 13 Teams
| We played at the tournament with 10 players: Blake Joy, Brody, Dan Kulp, Dave Lionetti, Dave Vatz, Fraggle, Jason Short, Jeff Nichols, Ken Lambert, and Matthew Bourland
Saturday Pool Play (3-0): RUN 14 - PONG (Toronto, ON) 8 recap RUN 15 - Zebra Muscles (Upstate NY) 11 recap RUN 14 - Too Bad (Toronto, ON) 10 recap Sunday Elimination (2-1): Quarterfinals: Nemo (Ann Arbor, MI) 13 - RUN 12 recap Loser's Semifinals: RUN 11 - Too Bad 8 recap Loser's Finals: RUN 0 - X -1 recap
Day One Game 1: PONG (14-8 Win) I have no memory of this game. I know they sent two teams to the tournament and this was their better team. I think we though a zone for a while, but I can't do anything more than that.
Day One Game 2: Zebra Muscles (15-11 Win) Zebra Muscles was the number one seed in our pool and they had beaten us twice last year. Coming off our bye, we stumbled out of our cars, where we had been hiding from the rain, and we tried to get psyched up to play. We came out pretty well and slowly but surely pulled ahead by a few points. However, we gave away that lead and let them tie it up at 7s, but we managed to take half 8-7. The second half we just kept working them hard and getting the turnovers and we slowly pulled ahead.
Day One Game 3: Too Bad (14-10 Win) Last time we played this team, we fought tooth and nail with them but squeaked out a victory. This time we came out pretty hot and never really lost control of the game. They put on a zone on us, but we torched it with some aggressive popping and patient handling. They didn't handle our zone nearly as well. Overall, it was a close game and there were a LOT of turnovers, but once we got up we were never in danger of losing the lead.
Day Two Quarterfinals: Nemo (13-12 Loss) We were really not mentally or physically prepared for this game. Maybe it was the nasty weather, or maybe it was having a first round bye, but Nemo came out with a lot more intensity and hustle than us. By the time we got our crap together, they were up by 3 or 4 and a hard time cap was approaching. The game was already decided by the time we pulled at 13-11, and then we scored the last point, only the make the game seem closer than it really was. Having only 10 people started to show as we were not focusing mentally as a team due to exerting ourselves the day before. A loud sideline and a few more subs, and the outcome of this game could have been very different.
Day Two Loser's Semi-Finals: Too Bad (11-8 Win) We came out superslow against this team and let them grab an early lead, however, we got our act together and were able to pull it out.
Day Two Loser's Finals: (0 - X -1 Win via Forfeit) The other team didn't show up for the Loser's finals. We got the forfeit.
| No Surf 2003 RUN June 21-22, 2003 Cleveland, OH 5th place of 27 Teams
| RUN played at the tournament with 13 players: Ben Banyas, Brandon Redding, Brandon Welch, Brody, Chris Truffa, Darren Shultz, Dave LaRose, Dave Lionetti, Jason Short, Jeff Nichols, Jeremy Richardson (Saturday only), Matthew Bourland, and Stan Marshall
This weekend both teams finished ahead of their seed and played really well together. However, we not only placed 5th and 17th in the tournament, but Jason Short and Ben Banyas dominated at Cups at the party, going 9-0. In their game against the other undisputed champions up to that point, we were down 14-13. Jason hit a crucial 2 pointer, they missed their next shot, then Ben put it away for a come from behind 16-14 win. Way to go Run and BrunT!
Saturday Pool Play (1-3): RUN 13 - MadBrals (Columbus, OH) 5 recap Chicago Machine (Chicago, IL) 13 - RUN 6 recap NT Autobots (Chicago, IL) 13 - RUN 6 recap Zebra Muscles (Upstate NY) 13 - RUN 12 recap Sunday A-Bracket Elimination (3-1): Prequarterfinals: RUN 10 - Squirrel Nuts (Rochester, NY) 8 recap Quarterfinals: Steelhead (Michigan) 13 - RUN 5 recap 5th-6th/7th-8th Game: RUN 13 - Zebra Muscles 5 recap 5th/6th Game: RUN 0 - Nemo (Ann Arbor, MI) -1 recap
Day One Game 1: MadBrals (13-5 Win) This was a game that we seemed to have avoided all last year. MadBrals used to be called MadCow and they generally finished just above or below us at tournaments, however, we never played them. Both teams came out hot and were running hard. We were trading points with them to 2-2. Then Chris Truffa came up big with a callahan goal while we were playing zone D. We continued to trade points to 4-4, when Chris Truffa got his intensity igniting SECOND callahan goal while we were playing zone D. Not bad for a debut performance. That made the score 5-4, and we just kept the energy up and rolled to a victory.
Day One Game 2: Chicago Machine (13-6 Loss) We came out sloppy in this game and allowed them to go up big early. I think the half time score was 7-1. It wasn't pretty, and we were playing badly. Our offense wasn't clicking and our defense was challening them. The second half was much better for us and the score of the second half was 6-5. Our offense got moving, and most importantly our defense got the turnovers we needed or at least made them work for their goals.
Day One Game 3: NT Autobots (13-6 Loss) After an ugly game against, Chicago Machine we just seemed to lack any fire and we really didn't get up for this game. They aren't a bad team, and I won't discredit their win, but we should have given them a MUCH better game. We had no flow and tried to force too many upfield throws instead of patiently working the disc. They beat us easily and this was never a close game.
Day One Game 4: Zebra Muscles (13-12 Loss) This was a GREAT game, but we could have played a lot better. We let them take a lead because we weren't moving the disc enough. Everyone was holding it too long, and we rarely got a swing off the dump. We got the dump and then tried to force it right back up the line which led to one too many turnovers.
Day Two A-Bracket Prequarterfinals: Squirrel Nuts (10-8 Win) On Sunday we ended up with a #8 seed in a bracket of 12. In the prequarter game we matched up against Squirrel Nuts (#9). They were a pretty short team, but had a lot of speed and moved the disc around quickly. Early on they went up 5-1, off of our mistakes. Then we stopped making mistakes and we set the zone, which turned out to be pretty effective. Our wall kept pinching in (as it did on Saturday as well), leading to a number of forced turnovers but also some shots over/through the wall that lead to a few goals. The halftime score was 7-6. In the second half we traded the whole way; we were up 9-7 and about to pull when the cap went on. Congratulations to Matthew for multiple point-blocks in the zone this game. But overall it wasn't a good game for us; we did not move the disc around much and had little flow on offense.
Day Two A-Bracket Quarterfinals: Steelhead (13-5 Loss) Our next match up was against Steelhead (#2), a pre-season form of Big Ass Truck from Michigan (they eventually won the tournament). They ran a lot of zone on us - a 3-3-1 zone that turned into a 4-man cup on the sideline. This was very difficult to break and gave some of our throwers problems. But we did break it a few times, usually by getting trapped on the sideline then getting a quick, long swing to the other side where there was only one defender to stop the continuation. On defense we had trouble stopping their break throws, and their continuations were quick enough that they usually got off several breaks in a row. We were unable to force many turnovers, and lost the game 13-5.
Day Two 5th-6th/7th-8th Game: Zebra Muscles (13-5 Win) Zebra Mussels (#4) lost in the adjacent quarter to a Wisconsin team (#5), giving us a rematch agasint them. Perhaps it was the confidence of playing decently in the previous game, or that we were unhappy with our previous day's performance, or just that their team was exhausted - but we came out playing with focus and intensity. Their team has a couple of very good throwers, so we only ran zone when these players weren't on - mostly we ran a force backhand man D (with good switching). We got the first break, then another one to go up 4-1. Our D was playing solidly, making it hard for them to move the disc and leading to a number of seemingly unforced errors on their part. At the same time our offense really started to click, so we didn't give them many second chances. Halftime score was 7-2. The second half was more of the same - I think we ran a little bit more zone, and they did break it a couple of times. Final score was 13-5.
Day Two 5th/6th Game: Nemo (0- -1 Win) Our win against Zebra Muscles, put us in the 5-6 game. We had an hour off before we had to play it, so most of us walked over to watch Pounce play in the finals (they lost, unfortunately). When it came time to play we found that Nemo (the Ann Arbor team we lost to at TUT) had upset Burn in the 6v7 game. Nemo wanted to RoShamBeau us for the game, but we insisted on playing. (We'd had a discussion on this earlier in the day. The story of run-B's success on Sunday at sectionals last year was recounted, and everyone seemed excited to keep playing even though we were tired and it was getting late. This is a good sign.) But, when it came down to it Nemo conceded the game rather than stay around to play it. So we ended up finishing 5th - ahead of Burn and Scrap, although we unfortunately didn't get to play either of those teams.
| No Surf 2003 BRUNT June 21-22, 2003 Cleveland, OH 17th place of 27 Teams
| BRUNT played at the tournament with 15 players: Bhavin Parikh (Saturday only), Charles Cheever, Dan Kulp (Co-captain), Dane O'Brien (Co-captain), Dave Vatz, Dustin Shultz (Sunday only), Eli Silk, Jeremy Gottlieb, Nick Kaczmarek, Randy Augustine, Rich Coker, Stephen Vadas, Steve Grassel, Steve Hall, and Viktor Miladinov
Saturday Pool Play (2-2): BRUNT 13 - Fatty Magee (Holland, MI) 7 recap BRUNT 13 - Shake (Indiana) 11 recap Squirrel Nuts (Rochester, NY) 10 - BRUNT 8 recap U. of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) 13 - BRUNT 3 recap Sunday B-Bracket Elimination (2-1): Quarterfinals: Rats (Mucie, IN) 13 - BRUNT 9 recap 17th-18th/19th-20th Game: BRUNT 0 - Ohio University -1 recap 17th/18th Game: BRUNT 13 - Unreal (Eau Claire, WI) 4 recap
Day One Game 1: Fatty Magee (13-7 Win) More to come.
Day One Game 2: Shake (13-11 Win) More to come.
Day One Game 3: Squirrel Nuts (10-8 Loss) More to come.
Day One Game 4: University of Michigan (13-3 Loss) More to come.
Day Two B-Bracket Quarterfinals: Rats (13-9 Loss) More to come.
Day Two 17th-18th/19th-20th Game: Ohio University (0- -1 Win) More to come.
Day Two 17th/18th Game: Unreal (13-4 Win) More to come.
| RUB 2003 July 26-27, 2003 Rochester, NY 9th place of 22 Teams
| RUN played at the tournament with 18 players: Ben Banyas, Brandon Redding, Brandon Welch, Brody, Chris Truffa (Sunday only), Darren Shultz (Sunday only), Dave LaRose, Dave Lionetti, Dave Vatz (Sunday only), Fraggle, Jeremy Richardson, Jim Strathmeyer, Jason Short, Keith Heffley, Ken Lambert, Matt Bourland, Phil Katz, and Randy Augustine. Player Stats.
Saturday Pool Play (2-2): RUN 11 - Giant (Boston, MA) 10 recap Rage (Philadelphia, PA) 13 - RUN 8 recap Joystik (Toronto, ON) 13 - RUN 9 recap RUN 13 - Northeast Ohio 8 recap Sunday A-Bracket Elimination (3-1): Prequarterfinals: Stick (Burlinton, VT) 13 - RUN 5 recap 9-12/13-16 Game: RUN 13 - New Noise (Amherst, MA) 9 recap 9-10/11-12 Game: RUN 15 - Too Bad (Toronto, ON) 12 recap 9th/10th Game: RUN 0 - Other Team -1
Day One Game 1: Giant (11-10 Win) This game started out very interestingly. After Giant marched their first possesion down for the score, it was our turn to do the same. But it just wasn't to be because the next point had ELEVEN turnovers before Giant finally scored again making it 0-2. At this point, we started to gel and tied it at 4-4 before letting them pull ahead again to 6-4. Then our defense started getting some big blocks to let us go on a 4-point run to take the half 8-4. After half, we traded points to 9-6 when the ultra-hardcap was supposed to go on. The other team wanted to wait for the horn. The horn never came and finally when it was 11-10, the other team conceded that the game should have been done 30 minutes ago. It was an unfortunate way to end the game, but we were ahead by even more when the cap was supposed to go on.
Day One Game 2: Rage (13-8 Loss) This was one of the biggest games of the weekend for us. Pittsburgh hasn't beaten Philly in 9-10 years I think, and they always bring a great game. Throughout the first half, Rage was incredibly chilly with the disc near their goal line, never allowing us an easy goal. We hung with them to 3-3, but then they began to capitalize on our mistakes and pulled ahead to take half 8-4. We pulled within 3 at 10-7, but then they went on a quick run to finish out the game, 13-8. This is the most points RUN has ever put up against Rage and this wasn't our strongest team either. We are hoping we can do even better at sectionals.
Day One Game 3: Joystik (13-9 Loss) We came out trading points in this game to 2-2, before we finally clamped down and pulled ahead 5-3. However, we got sloppy and they played hot to score 5 to win half 8-5. After that, we never got our footing back. We were able to pull with in 1 at 8-9, but they put together another big string to finish the game. We should have won this game, but we weren't executing when it counted.
Day One Game 4: Northeast Ohio (13-8 Win) This is half of the now combined Cleveland team called Jawbone. They brought an aggressive zone that had worked on us at the intercit scrimmage, but this time we were incredibly patient and worked it up the field. We traded points this way until 3-3. Our zone gave them a little more trouble this time and that allowed us to take half 8-4. Out of the half, we went with more of the same and quickly got another score off Brody's callahan. In the second half they started to bring it and pulled within 2 at 9-7, but it was too little too late. Final 13-8.
Day Two Quarterfinals: Stick (13-5 Loss) Stick is normally called LoG and they came up from the open division to play in the elite one. We had a lot of trouble getting started and they simply pulled ahead and stayed ahead. We never got anything started and just played badly.
Day Two 9th-12th/13th-16th Game: New Noise (13-9 Win) I can't remember this game too clearly, but we definitely got our offense together right away. We came out and took at early 4-1 lead by simply not turning the disc over. Their offense was a little unusual in that they killed us with hammers to break AND force side. However, after taking half 8-4, we traded points the rest of the game.
Day Two 9th-10th/11th-12th Game: Too Bad (15-12 Win) This is the strongest Too Bad team we have ever played and they had a lot of new tricks that caught us by surprise and let them take an early lead, 0-3. Fortunately, our offense and defense started clicking and we were able to get 4 points in a row to take the lead. Then we let them go on a run to take the lead 7-4. We pulled it back, but they took half 8-7. We traded points to 10-10 when we finally pulled ahead.
| Choptank 2003 August 23-24, 2003 Washington, DC 7th place of 16 Teams
| RUN played at the tournament with 22 players: Ben Banyas, Brandon Redding, Brandon Welch, Brody Darren Shultz, Dave Lionetti, Eric Siegmund, Jason Short, Jeff Nichols, Jeremy Richardson, Justin Rubb, Ken Lambert, Kevin Peterson, Matt Bourland, Phil Katz, Randy Augustine, Sam Stein (Saturday only), Sean McComb (Saturday only), Steve Grassel, Tom Pribicko, Tommy Hendrickson, and Viktor Miladinov. Player Stats.
 We came in preseeded 13th out of 16 teams and 4th in our pool, however, we scored 2 big upsets on Saturday against regional rivals Stag Nation and Wuff Warriors to take 2nd in our pool the first day and ended up tied for 7th overall. This was RUN's best showing to date at a tournament. Our record was only 2-4, but this was against some of the best teams we have ever faced. I'm really pleased by how far we have come since last year, and even just this summer. Keep up the good work RUN and BRUNT!
Saturday Pool Play (2-2): Twisted Metal (Boston, MA) 13 - RUN 4 recap RUN 13 - Stag Nation (Washington DC) 5 recap RUN 12 - WUFF Warriors (Wilmington, NC) 8 recap La Cosa Nostra Soldiers (High Point, NC) 15 - RUN 7 recap Sunday A-Bracket Elimination (0-2): Quarterfinals: Pike (Pittsburgh) 12 - RUN 7 recap 5-6/7-8 Game: Tanasi (Tennessee) 11 - RUN 7 recap
Day One Game 1: Twisted Metal (13-4 Loss) This is the closest, blowout that we have ever been involved in. I think we could definitely beat this team later (or at least give them a close game) if we can play them well. However this was an ugly game for us. We came out sloppy for the first game of the day and stayed that way. We weren.t forcing the disc or dropping it too much, but none of our throws were going where they should have been either. We even missed 3-4 dumps and swings, our bread and butter. Despite being down 8-3 at half, we were putting up a fight and they couldn.t get to 15 before the cap went on. The final was 13-4 and though we never game up, we just didn.t get it together either. A quick look at the stats says we scored 33% of the time and 0% on defense, despite getting a few turnovers near the goalline.
Day One Game 2: Stag Nation (13-5 Win) This was a big match up for us because Stag Nation is a regional rival for us and if we want to be top 6 at regionals, we.ll need to go through them. The last time we played them was at club regionals in 2001 when they were still called Bullet. Since then, we.ve come a long way. We have evolved our offenses and defenses and try to play within a system instead of creating one on the fly, and it has really worked to our advantage. We came out hot using our deep game to go 3-0 before they got a point on the board. After this, we traded points to have, but we were able to use our deep and underneath game which was something we used to be lacking.
Day One Game 3: WUFF Warriors (12-8 Win) Another regional rival, WUFF was expected to be the toughest game of the day because they came in with the #1 seed and they were at nationals just 2 years ago. They.ve since been slightly depleted, but they are still a great team. We started on offense, and came out with amazing focus. We marched the disc up the field and scored without a single turnover. A few points later, lead by a layout D by Brandon Welch and a Skying D by Ben Banyas, we found ourselves up 4-0 against one of the better teams we have ever played. WUFF changed up their game a little bit and we didn.t adjust in time before they got 3 big points to make it 4-3. We got our focus back and were able to close out the half 8-4 on a big huck from Sam Stein to a horizontal Phil Katz. Out of half, we kept the pressure on and scored two more times to make it 10-4. WUFF started to turn it on as the cap went on, however we were able to rally behind our deep game and finish the game out 13-8. (Note: This game 9/14 players that played during the game threw for 100%.)
Day One Crossover Game: La Cosa Nostra Soldiers (15-7 Loss) After our big upset against the WUFF Warriors, we had a bye which game us too much time to think. We came into this game slow. It never felt like we were going to win, our hearts just weren.t in it and it showed on the field. I.m not sure what the problem was, but hopefully we can figure it out another time. They took half 8-4, and closed the game out 15-7. This was the only team that got to 15 against us, and I.m sure it had something to do with our lack of heart.
Day Two Quarterfinals: Pike (12-7 Loss) Our first game on Sunday, looked to be one of our toughest of the weekend against the #1 team in the section and one of the best in the region. Statistically, we played some of our best ultimate of the tournament by being patient and only having 12 turnovers all game. It wasn.t enough because Pike made us pay on each and every one of our turnovers. In fact, the first half they did not have a single turnover so they scored every time they touched the disc. The second half, we were able to put a little more pressure on with the defense and get 5-6 turnovers, however, we just couldn.t convert once we got the D. When we played these guys 2 years ago, it was a 15-4 rout, this time only 5 points separated us. A little patience with the disc, should close that gap.
Day Two 5-6/7-8 Game: Tanasi (11-7 Loss) This game we went down early 5-2, and every time we started to show hints of coming back we would slip-up again. After that, we were able to trade points to 8-5, however, once we got the D, we just couldn.t score it. Out of half, we closed to 9-7, but then we had a complete offensive breakdown. We didn.t adhere to the basics we have been practicing, so we ending up giving them 2 easy turnovers, game over 11-7.
| 10th Annual Tune-Up September 6-7, 2003 Naperville, IL 41st place of 48 Teams
| RUN played at the tournament with 23 players: Ben Banyas, Brandon Redding, Brandon Welch, Brody, Chris Truffa, Dan Kulp, Dave LaRose, Dave Lionetti, Dave Putz, Dave Vatz, Deo, Jason Short, Jeff Nichols, Keith Heffley, Ken Lambert, Matthew Bourland, Mike LoPresti, Phil Katz, Randy Augustine, Rich Coker, Sam Bellin, Sean McComb, and Tommy Hendrickson. Player Stats.
We came in preseeded 34th out of 48 teams (2nd in the C division).
Preseeded Pool Play (1-2): Ironwood (Phoenix, AZ) 11 - RUN 8 recap Stonecutters (Illinois) 13 - RUN 7 recap RUN 13 - Bacon (Cincinatti, OH) 4 recap Reseeded Pool Play (3-0): RUN 13 - Discweed/BRUNT (Chicago/Pittsburgh) 2 recap RUN 13 - Nemo (Ann Arbor, MI) 3 recap RUN 12 - Drunken Lemurs (Texas) 6 recap C-Bracket Elimination (2-0): C-Semifinals: RUN 13 - Windy City (Chicago, IL) 5 recap C-Finals: RUN 13 - Helmar (Savannah, GA) 7 recap
Day One Game 1: Ironwood (11-8 Loss) They played okay offense; we didn't. We put on a late run but they won 11-8. Perhaps, we shouldn't have spotted them 4 points to start the game.
Day One Game 2: Stonecutters (13-7 Loss) They ran an odd zone that we hadn't seen before, and we didn't handle it well. Two consecutive thrown callahan goals lead to the unfortunate score of 13-7.
Day One Game 3: Bacon (13-4 Win) We finally got our act together this game and came out hot. We played our O, stuck our D and rolled right through this team.
Day One Game 4: Discweed/BRUNT (13-2 Win) One team bailed on Tune-up the week of so this team signed up at the last minute to help out but didn't even have enough players. We gave them all of our BRUNT players for the game where they took over as the main people on offense and defense.
Day One Game 5: Nemo (13-3 Win) This was a rematch from TUT, where we played a poor game and lost in the first round on Sunday. We came out fired up and didn't let them ever get started. I think they also didn't have a deep team where as we had 22 players and were able to keep throwing freshlines at them.
Day Two Game 1: Drunken Lemurs (12-6 Win) I don't remember much about this game, but it was the first game on Sunday and they didn't put up too much of a fight.
C-Bracket Semifinals: Windy City (13-5 Win) We got to see Windy City finish their game before we got to play them and their one player, Mike Glass, was involved in a heated discussion about a foul call. At the end of it, he took the disc and through it about 120 yards into the parking lot . . . what a throw!?! Anyway, we came out and tried a zone because it was wind, but they absolutely destroyed it with their ability to put a disc anywhere on the field. It was amazing, if not painful. We smartened up and switched to man where we rolled them. Their captain yelled at us for playing man because then the game wouldn't be competitive.
C-Bracked Finals: Helmar (13-7 Win) Helmar is the team Blake Joy co-founded a couple years before he moved to Pittsburgh. This is a team that probably would have beaten or rolled RUN last year. However, we've come a long way and came out strong the entire game. They came out strong but our O line kept putting points on the board and our D line kept playing hard. They only had 14 players, I think, so they were also pretty tired where as we had fresh legs the entire game.
| 2003 Club Sectionals RUN September 27-28, 2003 Freehold, NJ 1st place of 28 Teams
| RUN played at the tournament with 21 players: Ben Banyas, Brandon Redding, Brandon Welch, Brody, Chris Truffa, Darren Shultz, Dave LaRose, Dave Lionetti, Dave Putz, Dave Vatz, Deo, Jason Short, Jeff Nichols, Jeremy Richardson, Ken Lambert, Matthew Bourland, Phil Katz, Sam Bellin, Sam Stein, Sean McComb, and Tom Pribicko. Player Stats.
 Last year RUN finished 6th overall at sectionals, this year we were pre-seeded 5th and looking to improve to 4th at the very least. However, we ended up bringing home Pittsburgh's first open sectional title in 14 years.
Going in, sectionals was a big question mark for Run - we knew we were a much better and different since Choptank and Tune Up, but how that would show itself was still to be determined. As a team with no superstars, people had started believing in a team concept, and one in which nobody has to be a hero. The first sign of this midset paying off was noted on Saturday of Sectionals, where Run stayed focused in putting away the lesser teams. Even though it is easy to expect to win against bad college teams and thus make the games more interesting than needed, Run gave no mercy and stayed intense, giving up only 9 points all day.
The next morning brought different challenges and new goals. Few believed we would beat Pike, but prior successes against good teams gave us enough confidence to believe that if we played intense defense, smart offense and ignored the score, we could hang with them, and we did winning the game 12-10. Similar uncertainty faced Run as we began the game with Master's champs, OLD SAG as nerves showed early on and errant throws and miscommunications kept the game close. Aas the game progressed, we played with more confidence and slowly earned the win.
Run's success at Sectionals was a total team effort, and a great lesson was learned that will hopefully carry on in future tournaments and future years. The achievement of big goals requires total focus on the short term goals. Instead of thinking about winning a tournament - we know think smaller and just focus on the task at that moment on field to shut down your guy, or make the smart throw, or even talk to your teammate on the field. Founders Sectionals 2003 was a big step for Run and a building block for a being a real team.
Saturday Pool Play (4-0): RUN 15 - Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) 1 recap RUN 15 - SCRAP (State College, PA) 4 recap RUN 15 - University of Delaware (Newark, DE) 0 recap RUN 15 - Drew University (Madison, NJ) 4 recap Sunday Placement Play (2-0): Semifinals: RUN 12 - Pike (New Jersey) 10 recap Finals: RUN 13 - OLD SAG (Philadelphia, PA) 6 recap
Day One Game 1: Carnegie-Mellon University's Mr. Yuk (15-1 Win) We started strong, only turning the disc over 5 times during the game. They had one goal on a huck, but this was more than compensated for by callahan scores by Brody (off of his own pull, no less) and Ken. A good victory to start the day.
Day One Game 2: SCRAP (15-4 Win) We came out very strong, starting the game on D and scoring an upwinder to kick things off. Then a downwinder, then another upwinder...then the score was 5-0. When they finally scored we got to bring on an entirely fresh line of O team players, to the dismay of their already-exhausted starting line. We kept up the intensity over the whole game, winning half 8-1 and the game 15-4. This game was characterized by our defense forcing them to make overthrown downwind hucks, and some great upwind puts by Tom. Phil also had an amazing layout flutter-like callahan off of a point block.
Day One Game 3: University of Delaware's Sideshow (15-0 Win) We began this game playing very sloppy, with a lot of unnecessary turnovers. We got the disc back, however, and ended up starting up 5-0. At this point we called a timeout to discuss our sloppy play. After that we played better, cutting out most of the turnovers. We rolled and most importantly did not give them a chance to ring their cowbell.
The 2003 metro-east college rookie-of-the-year winner apparently played on this team. He was no Truffa.
Day One Game 4: Drew University's Bovine Intervention (15-4 Win) Drew had lost to Delaware, but they played a much stronger game against us. We also played worse, with a number of forced throws and blown defensive sets. This was an exercise in concentration; we'd been playing for a long time at this point. I believe we shut them out in the second half to close the game 15-3.
Day Two Semifinals: Pike (12-10 Win) We started on offense, and scored. They went to offense, and turned the disc over twice before we ended up scoring. This set the tone for the rest of the game - we usually scored pretty easily on offense while our defense made their offense work very hard for it. However, on our second offensive posession they got the break back and we were back on serve. We got another break shortly before half, though, and went up 7-5. Phil Katz had a great layout on their goalline to give us a chance to take half 8-5, however we could not convert. After half our D came out very strong and ready for the kill, sending us up 11-7 when the cap went on. At this point we had a mild meltdown, giving up 3 points in a row before putting one in.
We had great play from a lot of players in this game; it seems like everyone had a good game. Memorable plays include a layout D by Phil on the goal line (we were unable to convert), a point block by Jeremy on the goal line (this one we did convert), very tight defense by the entire D team, lots of great throws and catches by Brandon, Weasel, and Sean, and some good hucks by Tom and Ken to receivers like Sam Stein and Dave Putz.
Our offense gave up 3 points while the defense scored 4. The defense definitely won this game, despite their inability to convert once they forced (or were given) a turnover.
On the second-to-last point Tom Pribicko hurt his wrist while chasing down a huck. He was done for the day; this definitely hurt us.
Day Two Finals: OLD SAG (13-6 Win) We started on offense, and after two turnovers - miscommunications on hucks - we scored. Then we got two quick breaks to go up 3-0. They ran a lot of zone, which our D team had a lot of trouble moving the disc against. We showed a lot of patience, though, including one ~100-pass point and one ~50 pass point that culminated in a huck. Our offense had little trouble against the zone, although we did have one turnover on a forced throw. As one of their players said: "We expected you to make mistakes, and you didn't." It was a solid game for us, and a good way to finish the weekend. (The win also prevented giving Pike a rematch at us.)
| 2003 Club Sectionals BRUNT September 27-28, 2003 Freehold, NJ 9th place of 28 Teams
| BRUNT played at the tournament with 19 players: Blake Joy, Dan Kulp, Dane O'Brien, Eli Silk, Jay DeNat, Jim Strathmeyer, Justin Rubb, Keith Heffley, Kevin Jameson, Kevin Peterson (Sunday only), Kevin Walko, Matt Bromberger, Mike Kutscher, Mike LoPresti, Randy Augustine, Rich Coker, Steve DiPasquo, Steve Vadas, and Tommy Hendrickson.
Last year BRUNT finished 13th overall, this year we were pre-seeded 9th and looking to finish high enough to grab another bid to regionals.
Saturday Pool Play (2-2): BRUNT 15 - Haverford University (Haverford, PA) 5? recap BRUNT 13 - Lehigh Univeristy (Bethlehem, PA) 11 recap Penn State University (State College, PA) 15 - BRUNT 12 recap Pike (New Jersey) 13 - BRUNT 2 recap Sunday Placement Play (3-1): BRUNT 13 - University of Delaware (Newark, DE) 5? recap Hobble (Pittsburgh, PA) 10 - BRUNT 8 recap 8-9/10-11 Game: BRUNT 13 - Bucknell U. (Lewisburg, PA) 5? recap 8th/9th Game: BRUNT 0 - Hobble (Pittsburgh, PA) -1 recap
Day One Game 1: Haverford University't Cobar Kai (13- Win) We came out strong and stayed there the entire game. At one point, Randy Augustine skied 3 people for the D and later that point Matt Bromberger hucked one long to Dane O'Brien.
Day One Game 2: Lehigh University's LUFT (13-11 Win) We came out strong and convincingly took half 8-3. However, we then let run a string of points off that made the game much closer that it should have been. They dropped a disc in the endzone that would have tied it at 12-12 before we punched it in.
Day One Game 3: Penn State University's Spank (15-12 Loss) This game we were plagued by drops and turnovers, including 2 easy ones in the endzone at 11-13. This is a game we should have won, but just played too sloppy to take it.
Day One Game 4: Pike (13-2 Loss) Apparently, a team full of Randy Augustine's would have dominated Pike because he is a Pike-killer. In this game, he caught the first goal we had and through a 30yd shot for the other. Unfortunately, we only had one Randy and it stopped there.
Day Two: University of Delaware's Sideshow (15-5? Win) We started out with an impressive defensive RUN and went up 5-0 with just a few heads up poaches and layouts. Our transition defense led to another 3 ponit run once they figured out to stop throwing into poaches.
Day Two: Hobble (10-8 Loss) After going up 5-1 with great offense, they threw on the zone and gave us fits. The worst problem was that we were plagued by drops and lack luster throws in the zone.
Day Two 8th-9th/10th-11th Game: Bucknell University's Mudsharks (13-5? Win) We started out going strong and kept the pedal down until we hit 15. Our transition defense was gerat for 4-5 points, and then a variation worked for another 4-5 points. Finally, some good hard man D with a backhand force (to eliminate their lefty hucker) rounded out the game.
Day Two 8th/9th Game: Hobble (0- -1 Win) More to come.
| 2003 Club Regionals RUN October 4-5, 2003 Fredericksburg, VA 6th place of 16 Teams
| RUN played at the tournament with 21 players: Andrew Willment, Ben Banyas, Brandon Redding, Brandon Welch, Brody, Chris Truffa, Darren Shultz, Dave LaRose, Dave Lionetti, Dave Putz, Dave Vatz, Deo, Jason Short, Jeff Nichols, Jeremy Richardson, Ken Lambert, Matthew Bourland, Phil Katz, Sam Bellin, Sam Stein, and Sean McComb. Player Stats. Like I said, I think we all expected better after the way we played last weekend. We may not have been able to finish higher than 5th, but we should have been able to handle Rage and at least compete with Pike and LCN. I don't like to think that Sectionals weekend was a fluke, but it does go to show that you can't take good play for granted. Maybe all of the mental factors that were working for us last weekend turned against us on Saturday, or maybe it was just bad luck. Either way, it should all give us motivation to improve as invidivuals in the off-season and come back even stronger next year.
Saturday Double-elimination (3-1): RUN 15 - University of Richmond (Richmond, VA) 4 recap La Cosa Nostra (High Point, NC) 15 - RUN 3 recap RUN 17 - MULE (Williamsburg, VA) 16 recap Sunday Double-elimination (0-2): Pike (New Jersey) 15 - RUN 4 recap Rage (Philadelphia, PA) 15 - RUN 11 recap
Day One Prequarterfinals: University of Richmond (15-4 Win) We started on offense, and dropped the first upfield throw, then gave up the quick break. This set a tone for the game (and perhaps for the weekend). We had a lot of sloppy offense this game, but got a lot of turnovers back so we still won easily. We lost Brody for the entire weekend about 2 points into this game.
Day One Quarterfinals: La Cosa Nostra (15-3 Loss) They came out with a very tight defense and a level of intensity we had not yet played against. Our offense was still sloppy, and our defense was lackluster. We kept turning the disc over, and rarely got it back. We had a lot of trouble with their force middle.
Day One Game 3: Upheaval (15-6 Win) Facing elmination, we came out strong. Our offense was still turnover-prone, but our defense was stifling, including 3 consecutive blocks on our own goal line, which was highlighted by Andrew Willment's layout D. In the end, they were eliminated.
Day One Game 4: MULE (17-16 Win) We knew we had to win this game to qualify for Sunday play, and achieve Run's stated goal for the year. And boy, was it tight.
Again we started the game very sloppily, and they went up 3-0. After a timeout, we scored an O. Our D got a few breaks back in the first half and we went up 8-6 at halftime. In the second half they got that break back, then with the score tied at 14 got another break to go up 14-15 - game point for them. But we scored the next point without turnovers, and tied it up at 15s. After the pull, they worked the disc halfway down the field before Chris Truffa made a layout D catch on a swing, and we scored in transition (16-15). On the next point they turned the disc over in our endzone, but after a few stifled upfield cuts a bad dump went off and they caught it for a callahan goal (16-16). On double game point, they pulled, we centered the disc, Weasel hucked to Darren for the goal, and the game was over (17-16). There was much rejoicing.
Day Two Game 1: Pike (15-4 Loss) Needless to say, Pike gave us a much better game than they did at sectionals; they had only a few turnovers. Having Steve O'Lare there made a big difference for them defensively, as our hucking game didn't work nearly as well either. Our offense continued to struggle and we didn't adapt in time.
Day Two Game 2: Rage (15-11 Loss) This was a very close game, but with a disappointing finish. Rage was also not the same team they were last weekend - after losing to MULE, they won out on Saturday (beating Brunt, Medicine Men, and WUFF) to make Sunday play. In this game we were up one break at half, 8-7. We came out in the second half and gave up 4 straight breaks - against the zone! Our O handlers made three uncharacteristic unforced errors, and they quickly converted on all of them. It looked like we might be able to make a run against them at the end, but a couple of turnovers later they ended up getting yet another break on us.
| 2003 Club Regionals BRUNT October 4-5, 2003 Fredericksburg, VA 15th place of 16 Teams
| BRUNT played at the tournament with 14 players: Dan Kulp, Dane O'Brien, Eli Silk, Fraggle, Jay Denat, Jim Strathmeyer, Justin Rubb, Keith Heffley, Kevin Jameson, Mike LoPresti, Randy Augustine, Steve Vadas, Tommy Hendrickson, and Viktor Miladinov.
Saturday Double-elimination (0-2): Electric Pig (Washington D.C.) 15 - BRUNT 0 recap Rage (Philadelphia, PA) 15 - BRUNT20 recap Saturday Consolation Round (0-1): University of Richmond (Richmond, VA) - BRUNT 0 recap
Day One Game 1: Electric Pig (15-0 Loss) More to come.
Day One Game 2: Rage (15-2 Loss) More to come.
Day One Consolation Rounds: Spider Monkeys (15-12? Loss) More to come.
| Skylander III October 11-12, 2003 Edinboro, PA 1st place of 17 Teams
| RUN played at the tournament with 12 players, but never more than 10: Andrew Willment, Brandon Redding, Brandon Welch (Sunday only), Dane O'Brien, Dave Lionetti (Sunday only), Jason Short, Jeremy Richardson (Saturday only), Kevin Walko, Matthew Bourland, Phil Katz (Sunday only), Susie Heckers, and Viktor Miladinov (Saturday only).
On Saturday, the most memorable moment was Bourland and Pre working a give and go all the way up the field. When they finally got the end zone, Andrew Willment tackled Pre. After foul was called, and Pre sees who tackled him, he say, but you're on my team.. The perfect response from Andrew was "exactly."
We warmed up our throws and agility with mack lines. We even completed a couple with everyone involved. Although we went on to win, this warm-up is not recommended for future tournaments. The first half of all the games was filled with ugliness because it was our true warm up.
Andrew Willment had some hot D's and was playing well - until the P.B. & J. game when he got schooled in the end zone by Yanchak.
Saturday Pool Play (4-0): RUN 14 - Edinboro U. Coed (Edinboro, PA) 2 recap RUN 13 - West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) 3 recap RUN 13 - Ithaca U. B (Ithaca, NY) 1 recap RUN 13 - Alfred College (Alfred, NY) 5 recap Sunday Elimination (3-0): Quarterfinals: RUN 15 - Colgate College (Hamilton, NY) 4 recap Semifinals: RUN 15 - Univ. of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) 1 recap Finals: RUN 15 - PB&J (Pittsburgh, PA) 2 recap
Day One Game 1: Edinboro University Coed (14-2 Win) Colors of autumn Vibrant, strong, and elegant Like Edinboro
Day One Game 2: West Virginia University (13-3 Win) Ultimate Day Care The sideline their playground Oh, the toddler life
Day One Game 3: Ithaca College B (13-1 Win) More to come.
Day One Game 4: Alfred College (13-5 Win) More to come.
Quarterfinals: Colgate College (15-4 Win) A pearly white disc The carrot dangles ahead High-flying plastic
Semifinals: University of Pittsburgh (15-1 Win) More to come.
Finals: PB&J (15-2 Win) Pathetic juniors Go cry to your stupid moms You lost Skylander
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