What's the ultimate sport? Would you believe me if I told you it's Frisbee? USA Ultimate is the organizing body for competitive Frisbee in North America. This spring more than 12000 student athletes from more than 700 college teams entered their College Championship series. We were at the Metro East D-1 and D-3 Regionals to find out what competitive Frisbee is all about. The college spirit is topping out the decibel meter at the Metro East Ultimate Frisbee Regional tournaments. A pull is what they call the throw off used to start play and after scores. The action is a cross between football and basketball, with self-officiating of tennis thrown in for good sportsmanship. The first day of the tournaments has pool play with each team plays every other one in the event. There is no game clock, first team to 15 wins. Connecticut College came out fast against Marist in a contest between two nationally ranked teams. With nine teams, this D-3 division is more competitive that their D-1 counterpart which only has five. Conn scored early and often, but Marist used their big bomb threat to keep it close. The long pass in Ultimate is called a huck. Conn led by only 2 at the half, but Marist appeared shaken. A confident Connecticut seven took the field for the second half. Their clean, crisp disk handling got Marist wondering and muttering to themselves. They made too many mistakes and Conn capitalized on them to pull away to a 15-7 victory. Both teams qualified for Sectionals out of ...
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