- Tim Morrill has two new episodes of SSPPTV – one on couch stretches and another on the “pain ball“. For the Ultimate athlete, you don’t want to miss these.
- Lou Burruss on the power of a team name.
- YouthUltimate spotlights Michigan MagnUM.
- Ultimate Rob offers the MTA drill for better throws, catches and pulls.
- Skyd will have more coverage of Conference Championships this week, but here are some highlights:
Open:
- Washington beats Oregon 15-11 on Saturday, but loses in the final to Ego 16-17 after Oregon beat UBC in semis. UBC would best Washington in the 3rd place game.
- Ball State over Indiana.
- UCF shocks Florida in pool play, winning on universe. Florida comes back to win 15-11 in the final.
- Alabama over LSU 16-14.
- Hodags squeak past Wisconsin Whitewater 18-17.
- Harvard over Tufts 15-9.
- Michigan State upsets Michigan 9-7 in the final after losing 7-13 in pool play.
- Wash U takes Ozarks over Kansas State and Kansas.
- Virginia over Virginia Tech 15-12.
Women’s:
- North Carolina over UNC-W.
- Wisconsin Eau Claire beats Bella Donna 8-7.
- Stanford over Cal 15-5.
- Penn State over Penn 6-4.
- Iowa State over Iowa 11-6.
- Seattle Small Fryz sweep 6th Annual Paideia Cup. Open win 12-9 over Paideia, Girls win 14-7 over Paideia.
- The Gators were Skyd’s #1 in our end of season rankings. Here’s a highlight video of their 2011 season submitted by Josh Hurwitz:
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