Southwest Regionals Recap

Game 1 vs. Colorado Mamabird
What more can I say about this game. We played an (arguably) a top 5 team in the nation in Mamabird. We went down a quick 5-0 as Colorado capitalized on our throwaways and took half at 8-2. Of note was the scoresheet as Colorado generated ZERO defensive stops on our team as we threw away multiple easy passes and were caught on our heels during their quick transition Defense. At half, we discussed strategy and decided to throw our clam (3-3-2) defense which confused the offense and generated several turns. We were able to convert on several of the turns but ultimately we lost 15-7.











Game 2 vs. Cal Poly SLO

We had played SLO at sectionals twice already and we had a good idea as to what we were facing. The game started off well with points being traded however SLO managed to go up a break on our offense. We were able to claw back to take half, but it was close the entire game at this point. SLO worked it very well through our various defensive schemes and once they were able to break through our initial handling wall defense or on the break side, our team was unsuccessful in recovering and preventing the easy score. We were trading points until about 9's, and that was when our offensive line simply just tanked. We gave up 3 straight breaks and SLO was able to run away with the game, 15-10. It was a very heartbreaking loss as we played very well up till the last stretch.









Game 3 vs. Azusa Pacific

Our third game was against the lovers from APU. This game started similarly like sectionals with our team pulling away in the beginning and then having APU catch up near the end. They were able to move it up the field with their quick handler set that we were unsuccessful in figuring out, and got burned on the dishes and up line cuts. We eventually adjusted after some offensive/defensive adjustments and took the game 15-11. It was not a good game and the win gave us a 1-2 record in pool play and a bracket play game against Colorado State which beat UCLA in pool play to take over the 2nd place in Pool B,








Game 4 vs. Colorado State

We played Colorado State earlier at Trouble in Vegas in February and we went to Universe point at 13's. This game saw the same trend as it was the best game we had played on an offensive standpoint. Our Offensive line of Khosh, Miller, Box, Hammy, Steve, Allen, Max, and Phil were successful in scoring in the first 6 or 7 offensive opportunities. So it was up to the defense which was able to generate a break shortly before half. But as you would have predicted, CSU broke right back and we were all even going into the second half. CSU then broke the offense at around 10's and never looked back as they won the game by one break, 15-13. Of note was the flow of the offensive; the best it has ever been the 3 years I've been playing. There were several points where every member of the line touched the disc atleast once and we were able to dump swing, and break the force and score with ease. This was the end of day 1.







day 2 coming soon...