1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997

The 1994 season

The NCUL season was a low-key affair, featuring 4-5 tournaments mostly at the Sunnyvale Baylands. The main teams participating were Ebb and Flow, Spastic Plastic, the Knuckle-heads, and MonkeyShine. MonkeyShine won the championship in August.

The 1995 season

NCUL I, Roble Field, April 30th
NCUL II, Sunnyvale Baylands, May 20th
NCUL E1, Roble Field, June 3d
NCUL III, Roble Field, June 24th
NCUL IV, Roble Field, July 8th
NCUL V, Roble Field, July 22d
NCUL E2, Roble Field, August 5th
NCUL E3, Sunnyvale Baylands, August 6th
NCUL VI, Roble Field, August 19th
NCUL Finals, Roble Field, October 22d

Other Tourneys in 1995

Terrible Tenz, Roble Field, August 26th
Division II Sectionals, Roble Field, September 9th
Open Sectionals, Davis, September 30-31st
Coed Nationals, Santa Rosa, October

NCUL I

NCUL I, took place at Roble Field on Sunday, April 30th. Eight teams were divided into an Ambitious Pool and a Mellow Pool. The weather remained grey and threatening all day (it was such a wet, lingering spring this year), and even settled into a soft, but steady rain by the end of the day. But the players seemed to love it - Roble was softer and greener than anyone could remember. Splitting the pools by level of play didn't work as well as planned, since there weren't enough entry-level teams to fill the Mellow Pool. The City team (Cha-huckle) and Oakland team (the Bad Ankles) dominated the Mellow Pool, and Oakland was left standing when they finally faced off. Mission Critical won the Ambitious Pool with a 3-1 record, but since the Bad Ankles won the only cross-pool game of the day to finish 5-0, the Ankles were declared the winners.

NCUL I results

Team              Pool  W-L   PF PA   Team              Pool  W-L   PF PA
Bad Ankles        M     5-0   65 28   Spastic Plastic   A     2-2   42 47
Mission Critical  A     3-1   49 39   MonkeyShine       A     1-3   43 46
Cha-huckle        M     3-1   48 33   Thirst'n'Howl     A     1-2   31 39
Knuckle-Heads     A     2-2   45 43   No Connection     M     1-3   27 43
Apple/Tandem      M     2-2   38 35   Ebb & Flow        M     0-4   17 52

NCUL I games

Spastic Plas.  MonkeyShine    Knuckle-heads  Thirst'n'Howl  Mission Crit.
MoS W 14-12    SpP L 12-14    TnH L 13-15    KnH W 15-13
MCr L  8-13    KnH W 11-6     MoS L  6-11                   SpP W 13-8
KnH L  7-13                   SpP W 13-7     MCr L  7-13    TnH W 13-7
TnH W 13-9     MCr L 11-13                   SpP L  9-13    MoS W 13-11
               BA  L  9-13    MCr W 13-10                   KnH L 10-13

Apple/Tandem   Ebb & Flow     Bad Ankles     No Connection  Cha-huckle
E&F W 13-4     A/T L  4-13    NoC W 13-3     BA  L  3-13    
Cha L  8-13    BA  L  3-13    E&F W 13-3                    A/T W 13-8
NoC W 13-5     Cha L  6-13                   A/T L  5-13    E&F W 13-6
BA  L  4-13                   A/T W 13-4     Cha L  6-13    NoC W 13-6
               NoC L  4-13    Cha W 13-9     E&F W 13-4     BA  L  9-13
                              MoS W 13-9

NCUL II

NCUL II had been scheduled at Roble for Saturday, May 20th, but these plans fell through at the last minute. So the tournament took place at the Sunnyvale Baylands on the 21st instead. The last minute changes took a toll on attendance, and only six teams participated. But the tourney was a lot of fun as usual. The Baylands stayed calm (for a change), the fields were lush and soft, and while the skies stayed gloomy all day, we stayed dry. For the second tourney in a row, the Oakland team (now going as Deaf & Blind) wound up on top, this time with a 3-1 record.

NCUL II results

Team              W-L   PF PA
Deaf & Blind      3-1   51 45	(previously the Bad Ankles)
MonkeyShine       2-1   41 33
Thirst'n'Howl     2-1   35 35
Bad Hair Day      2-2   48 40	(previously Cha-huckle)
No Connection     1-3   37 45
Spastic Plastic   1-3   33 47

NCUL II games

MonkeyShine      No Connection  Bad Hair Day
NoC W 13-6       MoS L  6-13    SpP W 13-7
BHD W 14-12      TnH L 12-14    MoS L 12-14
D&B L 14-15      BHD L  6-13    NoC W 13-6
                 SpP W 13-5     D&B L 10-13

Spastic Plastic  Deaf & Blind   Thirst'n'Howl
BHD L  7-13      TnH L 10-13    D&B W 13-10
D&B L  8-13      SpP W 13-8     NoC W 14-12
TnH W 13-8       MoS W 15-14    SpP L  8-13
NoC L  5-13      BHD W 13-10

NCUL E1

NCUL E1 was held at Roble Field on Saturday, June 3d. This was a special entry-level tournament that drew five teams, three of which were new to NCUL. NCUL regulars included Ebb & Flow and No Conection. New teams included Oracle/Genentech (Genacle!), Air Space, and NASA Ames. For the first two games, NASA and Air Space combined as the Air Balls, and when the Air Space players headed home, NASA managed to field their own team, the Flying Meatballs. The weather was sunny and beautiful and Ebb & Flow won the tournament with 3 wins and one loss. Most of the games were very close, hard fought, and played with great spirit.

NCUL E1 results

Team              W-L   PF PA
Ebb & Flow        3-1   52 42
Apple/Tandem      2-2   41 42
Genacle           1-1   26 25
Airballs          1-1   27 27
No Connection     1-2   30 35
Flying Meatballs  0-1    8 13

NCUL E1 games

Ebb & Flow    Apple/Tandem  No Connection
A/T W 13-8    E&F L  8-13   Air L 13-15
Gen W 15-13   Air W 14-12
NoC L 11-13   Gen L 10-13   E&F W 13-11
FlM W 13-8    NoC W  9-4    A/T L  4-9

Airballs      Genacle       Flying Meatballs
NoC W 15-13
A/T L 12-14   E&F L 13-15
              A/T W 13-10
                            E&F L  8-13

NCUL III

NCUL III was played at Roble Field on Saturday, June 24th, during the record-breaking heatwave experienced in the Bay Area. San Jose temperatures got up to 103 F, but the official temperature in Palo Alto was only 96 F. This had to be an underestimate; it was HOT. Eight teams played, and for the first time this year, we finished the tournament with a real championship game. Mission Critical beat everyone in Pool B and went on to defeat Thirst'n'Howl from Pool A.

NCUL III results

Team              Pool  W-L   PF PA
Mission Critical  B     4-0   50 23
Puppy             A     2-1   34 26  (aka First City etc)
Soul Cheese       B     2-1   30 28
MonkeyShine       A     2-1   29 28
Thirst'n'Howl     A     2-2   38 36
Spastic Plastic   B     1-2   32 37
No Connection     B     0-3   25 41
Ebb & Flow        A     0-3   18 37

NCUL III games

Ebb & Flow       Thirst'n'Howl  MonkeyShine       Puppy
TnH L  7-11      E&F W 11-7     Pup W 11-10       MoS L 10-11
Pup L  6-13      MoS W 13-5     TnH L  5-13       E&F W 13-6
MoS L  5-13      Pup L  9-11    E&F W 13-5        TnH W 11-9
	         MCr L  5-13

Spastic Plastic  Soul Cheese    Mission Critical  No Connection
SCh L  9-13      SpP W 13-9     NoC W 13-6        MCr L  6-13
MCr L  8-11      NoC W 13-6     SpP W 11-8        SCh L  6-13
NoC W 15-13      MCr L  4-13    SCh W 13-4        SpP L 13-15
                                TnH W 13-5

NCUL IV

NCUL IV, played at Roble Field on Saturday, July 8th, may have been the best tournament to date. Craig Russell brought his sound system and barbeque implements, and the weather was just perfect - mid 80s. 10 teams played, and Red Fish Blue Fish, a new NCUL team, swept their pool and won the tournament by beating the KnuckleHeads in the championship.

NCUL IV results

Team                 Pool  W-L   PF  PA
Red Fish Blue Fish   A     5-0   59  36
Knuckle-Heads        B     4-1   57  33
Mission Critical     B     3-1   49  32
Tongue (First City)  A     3-1   44  38
MonkeyShine          A     2-2   41  47
Spastic Plastic      A     1-3   44  44
No Connection        B     1-3   34  44
Ebb & Flow           B     1-3   38  51
Any Team Will Do     B     1-3   28  48
Soul Cheese          A     0-4   29  50

NCUL IV games

Spastic Plas.  MonkeyShine    Red Fish ...   Tongue         Soul Cheese
MoS L 10-13    SpP W 13-10    Ton W 13-9     Red L  9-13
Red L 12-13    SCh W 13-11    SpP W 13-12                   MoS L 11-13
SCh W 13-7     Ton L  9-13                   MoS W 13-9     SpP L  7-13
Ton L  9-11                   SCh W 13-4     SpP W 11-9     Red L  4-13
               Red L  6-13    MoS W 13-6     SCh W 11-7     Ton L  7-11
                              KnH W  7-5

Ebb & Flow     Any Team ...   No Connection  Mission Crit.  KnuckleHeads
Any L  9-13    E&F W 13-9     MCr L  4-13    NoC W 13-4
NoC W 14-12    KnH L  6-13    E&F L 12-14                   Any W 13-6
KnH L  5-13    MCr L  5-13                   Any W 13-5     E&F W 13-5
MCr L 10-13                   KnH L  5-13    E&F W 13-10    NoC W 13-5
               NoC L  4-13    Any W 13-4     KnH L 10-13    MCr W 13-10
                                                            Red L  5-7

NCUL V

NCUL V, was held at Roble Field Saturday, 22 July. In Greg Sloan's absence, Bharat Mediratta, Chris Smith, Annie Peterson, and Stefan Rosner ran the show without a hitch. As is the norm, the weather was very cooperative. And fears that Roble had been double-booked with softball players, forcing the tourney to use only three or even two fields turned out to be unnecessary. The tourney organizers came up with a new field set-up to give the softball players some room, and they were very cooperative. The tournament drew 8 or 9 teams (depending on when you counted), making the organizers' lives extra challenging. Bharat made the best of the situation, allowing for cross-pool games in rounds 2 and 4. The only draw-back to the day was the large number of capped games to keep the tourney on schedule. When the dust settled, the KnuckleHeads had beaten Spastic Plastic in the championship.

NCUL V results

Team                 Pool  W-L   PF PA
KnuckleHeads         B     5-0   56 39
Spastic Plastic      A     4-1   54 36
Thirst'n'Howl        A     2-1   27 28
Binge                B     2-2   41 35
Blue Cheese          A     1-2   27 33
MonkeyShine          A     1-3   43 43
GOATS                B     1-3   34 43
Ebb & Flow           B     1-3   34 47
No Connection        A     0-2   14 26

NCUL V games

Spastic Plas.  MonkeyShine    Blue Cheese    Thirst'n'Howl  No Connection
MoS W  9-7     SpP L  7-9     TnH L  7-9     Blu W  9-7
Blu W 13-7     KnH L 11-12    SpP L  7-13    GOA W 11-8
TnH W 13-7     NoC W 13-8                    SpP L  7-13    MoS L  8-13
NoC W 13-6     Bin L 12-14    E&F W 13-11                   SpP L  6-13
KnH L  6-9

Ebb & Flow     GOATS          Binge          KnuckleHeads
GOA W 13-9     E&F L  9-13    KnH L  8-9     Bin W  9-8
Bin L  5-13    TnH L  8-11    E&F W 13-5     MoS W 12-11
KnH L  5-13    Bin W  9-6     GOA L  6-9     E&F W 13-5
Blu L 11-13    KnH L  9-13    MoS W 14-12    GOA W 13-9
                                             SpP W  9-6

NCUL E2

NCUL E2 was the first tourney of our 2-day NCUL double-header. Four teams played at Roble Field on Saturday, August 5th, for the second special NCUL for entry-level teams. The weather was beautiful (but what do you expect?), and everyone had a great day of ultimate. All the games were close. Most were decided by two points, and the biggest point spread was four. After the four-team round-robin, three teams were tied with 2 wins and a loss, and among these, Apple/Tandem had the best point differential. But we'll never really be sure who won, since the teams seemed more intent on chowing the watermelons that Apple/Tandem brought than playing a final!

NCUL E2 results

Team           W-L  PF PA
Apple/Tandem   2-1  37 33
No Connection  2-1  35 33
Air Space      2-1  33 32
Ebb & Flow     0-3  32 39

NCUL E2 games

Ebb & Flow     Apple/Tandem   Air Space      No Connection
A/T L 11-13    E&F W 13-11    NoC W 11-9     Air L  9-11
Air L 10-13    NoC L 11-13    E&F W 13-10    A/T W 13-11
NoC L 11-13    Air W 13-9     A/T L  9-13    E&F W 13-11

NCUL E3

NCUL E3, played Sunday, August 6th, at the Sunnyvale Baylands, was the second tourney in our NCUL double-header weekend. Usually, the "E" stands for "entry-level," but this time, all of the teams were definitely open-level. Maybe "E" stood for "extra." Spastic Plastic and Thirst'n'Howl played with full teams, while Mission Critical and MonkeyShine played with smaller squads. MonkeyShine brought a team filled out with two high-school-age players and called themselves MonkeyShine, Jr. Mission Critical played with no subs all day, going 6 on 6 in their first and last games. The lack of subs made little difference, and they won all three of their games handily. The day started cloudy, but was sunny and hot by the time things finished up. And those Bayland winds picked up for the later games, so teams played zone, and most of the games wound up being closer (or at least longer) than the scores would indicate.

NCUL E3 results

Team              W-L  PF PA
Mission Critical  3-0  39 11
Spastic Plastic   2-1  31 26
MonkeyShine, Jr.  1-2  23 35
Thirst'n'Howl     0-3  18 39

NCUL E3 games

Spastic Plas.  Thirst'n'Howl  Mission Crit.  MonkeySh. Jr.
TnH W 13-7     SpP L  7-13    Mjr W 13-4     MCr L  4-13
MCr L  5-13    Mjr L  9-13    SpP W 13-5     TnH W 13-9
Mjr W 13-6     MCr L  2-13    TnH W 13-2     SpP L  6-13

NCUL VI

We played NCUL VI on Saturday, August 19th, at Roble Field. 10 teams played, including a new coed team from the City, Wackadoo. There was no undisputed winner, but the First City team (going as Cheek this week), wound up on top (more or less). Mission Critical formed a small team for this tourney that called itself 8 is Enough.

NCUL VI results

Pool A           W-L  PF PA  Pool B         W-L  PF PA
Spastic Plastic  3-1  50 24  Cheek          3-1  50 41
Ebb & Flow       3-1  39 41  KnuckleHeads   3-1  50 37
GOATS            2-2  43 46  MonkeyShine    3-1  49 45
Wackadoo         1-3  29 39  8 is Enough    0-3  26 39
No Connection    0-3  28 41  Thirst'n'Howl  0-2  15 26

NCUL VI games

Ebb & Flow     GOATS          Wackadoo       No Connection  Spastic Plast.
GOA W 13-11    E&F L 11-13    NoC W 13-4     Wac L  4-13
Wac W  9-7     SpP L  4-13    E&F L  7-9                    GOA W 13-4
SpP L  4-13    NoC W 15-14                   GOA L 14-15    E&F W 13-4
NoC W 13-10                   SpP L  3-13    E&F L 10-13    Wac W 13-3
               Wac W 13-6     GOA L  6-13                   MoS L 11-13

MonkeyShine    Cheek          KnuckleHeads   Thirst'n'Howl  8 is Enough
Chk W 13-11    MoS L 11-13    TnH W 13-9     KnH L  9-13
KnH L 10-13    8is W 13-11    MoS W 13-10                   Chk L 11-13
8is W 13-10    TnH W 13-6                    Chk L  6-13    MoS L 10-13
                              8is W 13-5                    KnH L  5-13
SpP W 13-11    KnH W 13-11    Chk L 11-13

NCUL FINALS

We played the last tournament of the '95 NCUL season on Sunday, October 22d, at Roble Field. It was a sunny, breezy day, occasionally gusty. While it hadn't rained in months, a fall dew kept the fields soft for us. Four teams played in the Type-B pool, for relaxed folks who don't let priorities screw up their fun at ultimate tournaments, and six more teams in the Type-A pool who wanted to win! win! win!

Wackadoo finished as the top Type-B team, beating the GOATS, Ebb & Flow, and finally No Connection.

The captains over-ruled the original plans (NCUL is such a democracy!), so the Type-A teams formed into two 3-team pools. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the semis. One pool contained the veteran NCUL teams from last season. In this pool, the KnuckleHeads beat MonkeyShine by one point in a time-capped game, and both those teams beat Spastic Plastic in close games. Red Fish Blue Fish kept their undefeated NCUL record going in the other Type-A pool, Chin Buddy (the First City team) also qualified for the NCUL semis, and Clog (a new NCUL team from Berkeley) finished last.

The KnuckleHeads qualified for the final in a 12-10 game over Chin Buddy, while MonkeyShine, playing with no subs, surprised Red Fish Blue Fish and beat them 11-8. To complete the sweep in cross-pool games of old NCUL teams over new, Spastic Plastic beat Clog in the beer bracket.

The final was a re-match that looked for a while like MonkeyShine's revenge. They were up 10-6 over the KnuckleHeads, and then 12-9 in a 13-point game. Facing game point, the KnuckleHeads scored 5 straight to win 14-12. Chris Sherwood (aka Woody) got an end-zone block at 12-9, and then Tal Tversky (El Camino) got one at 13-12. For the final NCUL point of the 1995 season, Tal Tversky tossed a score to Gus Gonzalez (US-Tampico), giving the KnuckleHeads a 14-12 victory and the 1995 NCUL championship. Gus's catch brought to an end a season that started way back in April when Vas Ketavarapu of Apple/Tandem scored the first point of the NCUL season.

NCUL Final results

Type-A Pool      W-L  PF PA   Type-B Pool      W-L  PF PA
KnuckleHeads     4-0  49 41   Wackadoo         3-0  39 23
MonkeyShine      2-2  45 41   GOATS            2-1  35 22
Red Fish ...     2-1  30 20   Ebb & Flow       1-2  26 32
Chin Buddy       1-2  27 27   No Connection    0-3  15 38
Spastic Plastic  1-2  28 31
Clog             0-3  16 35

NCUL Final games

KnuckleHeads  MonkeyShine  Spastic Plastic
MoS W 12-11   KnH L 11-12
              SpP W 11-7   MoS L  7-11
SpP W 11-8                 KnH L  8-11
ChB W 12-10   Red W 11-8   Clg W 13-9
MoS W 14-12   KnH L 12-14

Red Fish ...  Chin Buddy   Clog  
Clo W 11-3                 Red L  3-11
              Clo W 11-4   ChB L  4-11
ChB W 11-6    Red L  6-11
MoS L  8-11   KnH L 10-12  SpP L  9-13

GOATS         Ebb & Flow   No Connection  Wackadoo
Wac L  9-13   NoC W 12-6   E&F L  6-12    GOA W 13-9
NoC W 13-5    Wac L 10-13  GOA L  5-13    E&F W 13-10
E&F W 13-4    GOA L  4-13  Wac L  4-13    NoC W 13-4

Final NCUL standings for 1995

Teams who played in more than 20 games:

Team                 W-L    %      PF  PA		

KnuckleHeads        18-4   0.818  257 193
First City          14-8   0.636  251 205   (known by many names)
Spastic Plastic     15-15  0.500  314 292
MonkeyShine         13-13  0.500  291 283
GOATS               11-11  0.500  229 221   (Apple/Tandem)
Ebb & Flow           9-20  0.310  256 342
No Connection        6-23  0.207  245 346
Teams who played in 20 games or less:

Team                 W-L    %      PF  PA

Oakland Tech         8-1   0.889  116  73   (Bad Ankles, Deaf & Blind)
Red Fish Blue Fish   7-1   0.875   89  56
Mission Critical    13-2   0.867  187 105
Air Space            3-2   0.600   60  59
Wakadoo              4-3   0.571   68  62
Binge                2-2   0.500   41  35
Genacle              1-1   0.500   26  25
Thirst'n'Howl        7-11  0.389  164 203
MonkeyShine, Jr.     1-2   0.333   23  35 
Soul Cheese          3-7   0.300   86 111   (Blue Cheese)
Any Team Will Do     1-3   0.250   28  48   (merger)
Clog                 0-3   0.000   16  35
8 is Enough          0-3   0.000   26  39   (merger)
Flying Meatballs     0-1   0.000    8  13
The massive cumulatives:

10 tourneys (7 regular, 3 extras)
18 teams (not counting mergers or junior teams)
136 games
2781 scores!

The 1996 season

Spring Fling II, Palmer College, Cupertino, March 16th
NCUL 1, Roble Field, March 17th
NCUL 2, Sunnyvale Baylands, April 6th
Spring Fertility / NCUL 3, Sonoma State Univ, Rohnert Park, April 12-13
NCUL 4 (open/coed), Sunnyvale Baylands, April 21st
NCUL 5 (coed/corporate), Roble Field, Stanford, May 5th

Spring Fling II

Drew and EJ organized this BACU fundraiser which drew 15 coed teams from all over the Bay Area. They held the tournament at Palmer College in Cupertino on March 16th. While the fields were a little worn, the rainy weather broke and everyone enjoyed beautiful sunny skies. Orange Juice, from the East Bay, won the championship. Several of the teams at this tourney had banded together for the event, but several more will probably join NCUL in the weeks to come.

NCUL 1

The NCUL season got off to a great start on March 17th at Roble Field. Eight teams participated, including new NCUL teams from Sonoma (the UFOs), Davis (the Dirts), and the city (Group Therapy). We formed a coed pool of four teams (these three and Ebb and Flow), and an open pool with a new NASA Ames team (Sin Dit), No Connection, the GOATS, and MonkeyShine. At one time or another, all of these teams were also playing coed (except MonkeyShine). The UFOs won the coed pool (although Group Therapy, who lost a close game to them in the first round, pleaded for a final to even the score); MonkeyShine won the open pool.

NCUL 1 results

Coed Pool      W-L  PF PA   Open Pool      W-L  PF PA
UFO Sonoma     3-0  38 21   MonkeyShine    3-0  39 15
Group Therapy  2-1  34 24   Sin Dit        2-1  34 36
Davis Dirts    1-2  21 32   No Connection  1-2  27 34
Ebb and Flow   0-3  21 37   GOATS          0-3  26 41

NCUL 1 games

Davis Dirts  Ebb & Flow     Group Therapy  UFO Sonoma
E&F W 13-10  Dav L 10-13    UFO L 12-14    Gro W 14-12
Grp L  3-9   UFO L  4-11    Dav W  9-3     E&F W 11-4
UFO L  5-13  Gro L  7-13    E&F W 13-7     Dav W 13-5

GOATS        No Connection  MonkeyShine    Sin Dit
NoC L  8-13  GOA W 13-8     Sin W 13-6     MoS L  6-13
Sin L 13-15  MoS L  4-13    NoC W 13-4     GOA W 15-13
MoS L  5-13  Sin L 10-13    GOA W 13-5     NoC W 13-10 

NCUL 2

NCUL 2 was on Saturday, March 6th at the Sunnyvale Baylands, which would have been better called the Sunnyvale Swamplands. Seven coed teams played, including three new NCUL teams: Presidio from the city and the Websters (coed version of Spinderella) and Random Blues from the south bay. RedFish BlueFish and Random Blues both went undefeated, but never played eachother. The Fish were declared the victors by comparing games against common opponents.

NCUL 2 results

Team           Pool W-L  PF PA
Red Fish ...   B    4-0  44  8
Random Blues   A    3-0  33 25
Websters       A    3-2  43 45
First City     B    2-1  27 23
No Connection  C    1-3  27 38
Presidio       A    1-4  34 49
Wackadoo       A    0-4  24 44

NCUL 2 games

Presidio       Websters       Random Blues   Wackadoo
Web  L  6-11   Pre  W 11-6    Wack W 11-8    RB   L  8-11
RB   L  8-11   Fish L  1-11   Pre  W 11-8
NoC  W  9-8    City W 11-8                   Fish L  0-11
City L  7-8    RB   L  9-11   Web  W 11-9    NoC  L  7-11
Fish L  4-11   Wack W 11-9                   Web  L  9-11
 
No Connection  Red Fish ...   First City
Fish L  3-11   NoC  W  11-3
City L  5-11   Web  W  11-1   NoC  W 11-5
Pre  L  8-9    Wack W  11-0   Web  L  8-11
Wack W 11-7                   Pre  W  8-7
               Pre  W  11-4

Spring Fertility / NCUL 3

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NCUL 3 results

Team          Pool W-L  PF PA   Team            Pool W-L  PF PA
Bootilicious  A    6-0  58 32   Davis Team      A    2-2  23 27
Binge         A    4-2  49 37   Stew            C    1-3  25 29
Mad Cows      C    3-1  36 23   Aunt Ida's Wig  B    1-4  23 40
Birds & Bees  B    3-2  44 43   Sultry Skirts   A    1-4  28 41
Kahn Disc     C    3-1  32 19   Wackadoo        C    0-4  17 38
Funkaclog     B    3-1  34 25   World Champs    B    0-5  30 47
Hayfever      C    3-1  28 26

NCUL 3 games

Sultry Skirts  Binge          Bootilicious   Davis Team
Bin  L  3-9    Sul  W  9-3    Dav  W  9-3    Boot L  3-9
Boot L  4-9    Dav  W  9-2    Sul  W  9-4    Bin  L  2-9
Dav  L  4-9    Boot L  3-9    Bin  W  9-3    Sul  W  9-4
Funk L  8-9    WC   W  9-4    B&B  W  9-6    Ida  W  9-5
WC   W  9-5    B&B  W 13-9    Mad  W 12-10
               Boot L  6-10   Bin  W 10-6

Funkaclog      World Champs   Birds & Bees   Aunt Ida's Wig
WC   W  9-6    Funk L  6-9    Ida  W  9-5    B&B  L  5-9
B&B  L  7-9    Ida  L  6-9    Funk W  9-7    WC   W  9-6
Ida  W  9-2    B&B  L  9-11   WC   W 11-9    Funk L  2-9
Sul  W  9-8    Bin  L  4-9    Boot L  6-9    Dav  L  5-9
               Sul  L  5-9    Bin  L  9-13   Kahn L  2-7

Hayfever       Stew           Wackadoo       Kahn Disc      Mad Cows
Stew W  7-5    Hay  L  5-7    Kahn L  4-9    Wack W  9-4    
Wack W  9-6    Mad  L  5-9    Hay  L  6-9                   Stew W  9-5
Kahn W  9-7                   Mad  L  3-9    Hay  L  7-9    Wack W  9-3
Mad  L  3-8    Kahn L  4-9                   Stew W  9-4    Hay  W  8-3
               Wack W  11-4   Stew L  4-11   Ida  W  7-2    Boot L 10-12

NCUL 4

NCUL 4 was another big NCUL success. The Baylands weren't as soupy, the sun was out, and we had eight teams playing. Four teams played in the open pool: Black Mountain, Perfect Teeth, MonkeyShine, and the Funkydudes (from Berkeley). We had advertised the tournament as an OPEN tourney, but several coed teams expressed an interest. Since we were unable to fill our 8 slots with open teams, four coed teams were able to play: Ebb and Flow, Wackadoo, Mismatch Blues (a merger of the Random Blues and the Misfits), and Whatever (Drew Tulchin's coed team from the city). For the first time ever, we actually played on four fields at the Baylands. There really is room! Whatever won the coed pool, and Black Mountain won the open pool.

NCUL 4 results

Open Pool      W-L  PF PA   Coed Pool      W-L  PF PA
Black Mountain 4-0  52 29   Whatever       3-1  48 27   
Perfect Teeth  2-1  33 24   Mismatch Blues 2-1  31 32
MonkeyShine    1-2  24 35   Wackadoo       2-2  38 41
Funkydudes     0-3  22 39   Ebb and Flow   0-4  29 50

NCUL 4 games

Black Mtn.     Perfect Teeth  MonkeyShine    Funkydudes
Fun  W 13-7    MoS  W 13-5    PeT  L  5-13   BlM  L  7-13
MoS  W 13-6    Fun  W 13-6    BlM  L  6-13   PeT  L  6-13
PeT  W 13-7    BlM  L  7-13   Fun  W 13-9    MoS  L  9-13
What W 13-9

Whatever       Mismatch Blues Wackadoo       Ebb and Flow
MMB  W 13-5    What L  5-13   E&F  W 13-7    Wack L  7-13
Wack W 13-3    E&F  W 13-8    What L  3-13   MMB  L  8-13
E&F  W 13-6    Wack W 13-11   MMB  L 11-13   What L  6-13
BlM  L  9-13                  E&F  W 11-8    Wack L  8-11

NCUL 5

What about NCUL 5? Well, six teams showed, and when it ended the results looked like this:
NOATs was a combo of No Connection and GOATs.

NCUL 5 results

Team		W-L  PF PA
Stew		3-0  36 21
Random Blues	3-1  38 29
Ebb & Flow	2-1  31 20
Funkadisc	1-2  29 27
Synopsis	1-3  26 38
NOATs		0-3  14 39

NCUL 5 games

Ebb & Flow       Funkadisc       Synopsis
Syn W 13-5       NOT W 13-4      E&F L  5-13
RB  L  5-13      Stw L  8-12     NOT W 13-8
NOT W 13-2       RB  L  8-11     Stw L  5-11
                                 RB  L  3-6

Random Blues     Stew            NOATs
Stw L  8-13      RB  W 13-8      Fun L  4-13
E&F W 13-5       Fun W 12-8      Syn L  8-13
Fun W 11-8       Syn W 11-5      E&F L  2-13
Syn W  6-3

The 1997 Season

May 17		NCUL 1, Sunnyvale Baylands (coed)
June 15		NCUL 2 - Nasty Nines, Sunnyvale Baylands (coed)
August 3	NCUL 3, Sunnyvale Baylands (open)
August 10	NCUL 4 - B.A.R.E. NCUL, Sunnyvale Baylands (hi-level open)
August 17	NCUL 5 - Sunnyvale Baylands (coed)
August 24	NCUL 6 - Sunnyvale Baylands (coed)

NCUL 1

Coed tournament to be held Saturday, May 17th, at the Sunnyvale Baylands. Hosted by the FlamingO's.
Teams present: Ebb&Flow, Models, Inc., Wackadoo, RippIt, Huck'n'Pray, plus three others. Tourney winner: RippIt.

NCUL 2 - Nasty Nines

4/3 coed event with teams of 9 players (5 men/4 women). Hosted by Kelli Badillo, Alan Harder, Drew Tulchin and Keith Freedman.
12 teams played, co-winning teams: Jedi Poachmasters, Davis Dingoes, Dirty Delicious and Demented (Berkeley), FlamingO's.

NCUL 3

Open tournament run by Chris Illes.
We had fine weather this last Sunday at Sunnyvale Baylands. It never got 
too hot, but the wind did start up earlier than usual.

We had all 10 teams turn out. We played a round robin in two pools with 
at least one crossover game at the end between the winner of one pool and 
one of the leaders of the other pool.

Calistona won that game and seems to be the overall winner having not 
lost all day long. Unfortunately the dry erase markers stopped working 
during the day and I don't have all of the scores or even all of the 
winners for the day. Eh, who cares? We all had fun.

A few things to point out.

We did seem to have a few more injuries than usual for a NCUL, mostly 
twisted ankles, knees, and banged up wrists. There was also a shoulder 
injured and one near concussion (hope it wasn't a concussion, how is that 
girl feeling these days?).

While the near concussion was caused by a collision between a man and a 
women, I don't believe they were guarding each other and, to me, it 
looked like the woman was being the agressive one who ran into the man. 
This collision alone caused little harm, but hitting the ground after 
that was painful, banging her head and knocking the wind out of her. 
Thank goodness for the thick, soft grass at Baylands.

BTW, the grass was drier than usual (i.e. not swampy anywhere) but a bit 
long, hope they mow it soon. Also hope that tourneys 2 weekends in a row 
don't hurt the grass or our relationships with the Sunnyvale Parks 
department.

Lastly, we had an unusual amount of stuff left over. I have 2 T-shirts 
and 3 discs. I can identify the owners of 2 discs (Mitch and Emil). I'll 
post more info on them in a follow up but if your missing something, ask.

There were some more clothes and a pair of roller blades left that didn't 
seem to belong to anyone from NCUL so I left them for the parks people to 
find. If you are missing something you should also contact them.

That's about all for now. I hope that we have at least one more open NCUL 
before Sectionals come up in the fall, give the teams a bit more chance 
to practice.


-Chris Illes
Ultimate forever

Bay Area Regional Experimental(BARE) NCUL

Hi level open tournament run by Chris (Woody) Sherwood.
Teams present: Sake Bomb, Love Gun, La Chupacabra, Barry White

NCUL 5

Coed tournament run by Vadim Akselrod. This is an added date because so many teams wanted to play on the 24th!!

NCUL 6

Coed tournament hosted by Ebb&Flow.