Frisbee teams play in first co-ed tournament

Angad Singh

Sports Editor

The College of Wooster men‘s and women’s frisbee teams participated in a co-ed tournament this week. The tournament was hosted by Denison University in Colum- bus, Ohio on Saturday, Oct. 26. The criteria of the tour- nament were that the teams had to be co-ed, the women and men were divided into two co-ed teams— Wooster X and Wooster Y. However, as the other colleges could not sign up enough players for co-ed teams, Wooster was the only college with a co-ed team in the tournament.

When asked about the tour- nament, captain Charlie Quig- ley ’20 stated, “Going into the year, both Ram Jam and Betty [Gone Wild] captains were looking to play in a mixed tournament. We decided on playing at this tournament hosted by Denison, in Colum- bus. Though we were playing mixed, we were playing in the

men’s division. Not enough mixed teams signed up for a co-eddivision,butwedecided to stay mixed. Our expectation for the weekend was to have fun and play to the best of our abilities.”

Going off of what Quig- ley said, Rephael Berkooz ’21 continued, “We split into two teams where we played six games in total (three each). This was advertised as a mixed tournament. Playing mixed is always fun regardless of the competition; ultimate frisbee is one of the few sports where mixed competition exists and thrives across all levels of skill, and just being able to participate in that culture is al- ways a good time.”

Due to a shortage of players, the two teams only played two games each, with both of the teams losing both of their re- spective games. On the games, Quigley said, “We spent the last week of practices mixed, working on gaining chemistry with each other and getting to know each other’s play styles

better. We sent two teams to the tournament. Each team was supposedtoplaythreegames, but each team had an opponent forfeit due to not enough play- ers or not showing up. Wooster X played Denison and one of the two Kenyon teams, losing both. Wooster Y played Fran- ciscan and the other Kenyon team, also losing both.”

Looking past the results Quigley continued, “Overall, we are very happy with how this tournament went. While the results don’t look great, our goal was to have fun and we believe everyone did.” Echoing Quigley’s sentiment, Mason Minerva ’20 said, “The weather wasn’t ideal but both teams stayed positive and had a great time together.”

Looking ahead to the season next semester, the teams treat these tournament as ‘learna- ments,’ useful learning experi- ences where they can enhance their team chemistry and be- come better players individu- ally and as a team. Happy with the learning experience, Quigley said, “We also saw a lot of good ultimate played by our teams,withonlyfourmixed practices before this tourna- ment. We saw a lot of good flow and disc movement. We don’t have any specific top per- formers as we believe everyone played well.”