Roster 2010-2011

Seniors:
Shane Steinert-Threlkeld
George Lin
Wilson Guan
Kevin Doxzen

Juniors:
Sumon Chattopadyay
Frank Qin
Garrett Lasnier
Thomas Cheng
Stephen Pupkin
Albert Chen
Matt Stroup*
Sheldon Edwards**

Sophomores:
Morgan Coffin
Max Green
Daniel Miller
John Geary
Nirmal Andrapalliyal
Chris Thai
JJ Braddock
Prabhav Deo
Chris Moy
Tom Prats
Mitch Desmond
Jasper Stroud

Freshmen:
Alex Pressman
Aman Shah
Barry Leybovich
Dan Kahn
David Dorsch
David Shen
Elliot Stryker
Evan Rule
Jeff Knox
Justin Li
Mike Musteric
Mitch Sacks
Thomas Wray

Grad Students:
John Rowley

*Abroad Fall 2010
**Abroad 2010-2011 Season

Election Results 2010

For the 2010-2011 season there was a very hotly contested election for all members of the Executive Board resulting in multiple recounts and ending with the following results.

Captain: Shane Steinert-Threlkeld

President: George "The Chairman" Lin

Vice President: Garrett "Greatest" Lasnier

Treasurer: Shumon "Infinite Frare" Chattopadhyay

Secretary: Albert Chen

Social Recruiting: John "Ab" Geary

Historian: J.J. Braddock

TCNJ Invite

SATURDAY

Game 1: TJHSUoP&NJ vs. Hofstra

Final: 8-15

We had no business losing this game, much less losing it by a 7 point margin. We came out strong to the tune of a 2-0 lead, then started to lose our edge. We had trouble dealing with their zone, which was a product of multiple things including a lack of practice at zone (which is in turn a product of a lack of windy practice days!), thinness at the handler position, and a lack of patience in execution. Beating a zone is all about patience, movement, and spacing to create that movement. We need to keep the cup constantly moving by making easy dumps and swings and take open shots when and only when they present themselves. We need to practice these things more, and with a greater variety of throwing-competent players. We picked it up a little at the end, but our performance during the middle of the game was too poor to recover from.

Notable Plays: Kev throws a ill-advised hammer to Geoff, who tip drills it for the score. We run the ror stack and decide it doesn't work as well when there are no cuts.

Game 2: TJHSUoP&NJ vs. Rutgers

Final: 5-15

This game was, in a word, disappointing. Rutgers is an athletic team, and they came out running. On defense, we didn't cover their deeps and let off way too many break throws. On offense, we didn't run through every cut 100% and weren't decisive enough with our throws or cuts. Again, the zone gave us trouble, even despite the lack of wind. In spite of our terrible start, however, I can happily say that we picked things up as the game wore on. Also, the fag with the hat who is constantly smiling is both a humongous tard and an ultra-douchebag. Ultimately, take this game as a learning experience: the way this team played is where we want to be (minus the douchebaggery). We need to run 100% every point, give our handlers break/force in/out looks, and gain the ability and confidence to make throws we can make.

Notable Plays: Matzah Ball catches our first point by catching a deep blade, ending Rutgers' hopes for a shutout. The ror stack works to perfection on a huck to LG, and again fails when no one cuts.

Game 3: TJHSUoP&NJ vs. Princeton

Final: 14-8

A pretty good performance by State. These guys were inexperienced, and we took advantage of it. We converted their gifts into scores, and played some pretty good defense. This game presented a good opportunity for our rookies and less veteran players to get some quality playing time. All of said players held up pretty well, which was encouraging to see. That said, we again displayed the troubling pattern of limping to the finish line. We need to close out games when we have a lead - a more experienced Princeton squad could have easily made us pay. As I said during the Hofstra game, there's no time for lapses during the course of a frisbee game. We're not at the level where we can take a nap during the middle of a game and come back to beat a solid team. We need to execute to our best the whole time. Even so, good job rookies!

Notable Plays: Don't really remembering anything specific from this game, but we in beating Princeton we did officially become the best state school in the Ivy League, becoming TJHSUoP&NJIL!!!!

Game 4: TJHSUoP&NJIL vs. Ramapo College

Final: 14-10

We sucked major-time in the beginning of this game (at some point down 5-0 I believe). Way to fight back and take this game. I'm really proud of the fact that we didn't let ourselves get down too hard, and took the momentum we gained with that first point and ran with it. They threw a bit of a weird zone at us, but after we ramped up the handler movement and got on track with our poppers and wings, Ramapo wasn't a match for us. I do think we may have punted too much given that the wind wasn't actually too bad. Again, we need to be able to swing across handlers in a zone in the wind. A lot of what brought us our early deficit could be chalked up to bad throws and catches. In the wind, the pancake is your friend. Overall though, a great effort by State. This is what can happen if you never let up.

Notable Plays: Tall dude on Ramapo catches pretty much all of our hucks. Great popping by Grizz and Abnirmal. Chode gets beat in pokey by the said tall dude who does lots of flips while playing!?

SUNDAY

Game 1: TJHSUoP&NJIL vs. TCNJ

Final: 12-11

As you can tell by the score, this was one close game. Again, we built a pretty strong lead (I believe about 4 points after half), and let it slip at the end. In my opinion, it's actually easier to play better at the end of a game when behind (since you have the motivation to catch up) than when leading (since it's easier to fall into complacency when ahead). We have got to lose this attitude and focus on BUILDING LEADS rather than giving them up. We need to ramp up our play at the ends of games whether or not we're ahead, because you can bet the other team will do the same. Even with that slight negative, however, this was our best game of the tournament - maybe even the year. With an 11-11 universe point and TCNJ with the disc, we forced a turn and immediately took it the other way for the win. It was sick. Way to defend our lead, get a big win over a good team, and assert our state school dominance.

Notable Plays: LG with the previously mentioned bookends ftw. Nasty.

Game 2: TJHSUoP&NJIL vs. Rutgers

Final: 10-15

So we play that stupid private school from NJ again. Although we didn't get that win, the difference in our play in this game versus the one against Rutgers on Saturday was like night and day. As Shane mentioned, every single point that Rutgers scored was earned. We really had a stretch there in which it really looked like we could take the game. Unfortunately we never got that break that would have tied us and given us some major momentum. We obviously have more work to do, especially on staying active on defense and being aware of where the disc is, but this performance was really encouraging. Rutgers is a really good team with some serious athletic ability, and we hung with them the whole time. By spring, we can be better.

Notable Plays: Our zone O torches their D in about 10 seconds. Asian Rutgers dude and asshole-douchebag tard get mad.

Game 2: TJHSUoP&NJIL vs. Hofstra

Final: 4-7

So in this game we agreed to play mostly rookies and some returners in unfamiliar roles. We learned a lot about ourselves this game, including the fact that Shane can't cut or dump, and that Garrett is the next JD (in the sense that he's awesome and the best handler on the team). Albert and Shu had some nice throws. All and all a fun affair.

Notable Plays: Albert throws a sick huck to Nirmal. Garrett would have scored 15 points if he had any help on the damn field.

Final Thoughts: A really strong showing. Great job by all of you. We still need to work at getting to that level of intensity and consistency that brought us back against Ramapo and got us that win vs. TCNJ and maintaining it whenever we play. I have an interview on Thursday so I won't see you 'til then. I want to hear about an intense and productive practice when I get back

In the meantime, pat yourselves on the back for some really good play, but don't forget we have work to do. Finally, congratulations to Abnirmal for winning the inaugural tournament disc for his consistently good defense and scoring performance. Keep it up.

Love,

The Collective

Maryland Brodown

Short summary: From being last seed in our pool on Saturday, we went 3-0 in pool to win the pool and then also won our crossover game to go 4-0 on the day. On Sunday, we lost the quarterfinal game to George Washington and then beat Gettysburg and won a short (5-point) rookie game against Del-Y to finish 6-1 and get 5th in the tournament.

*Game 1: Penn State B*
Half: 7-4, Final: 13-8
They were short on people and we were able to dig them into a hole early that we never let them out of. We responded fairly well to a Z they through for a few points (except for when I splooged at the end on one point). Very solid on the intensity front in that we played like we wanted to kick their asses and not down to their level. We got broken way too much for the same reasons as usual: not getting a mark on fast enough / not sealing properly. But a good start to the day as we came out firing and not flat on our feet.

Also, we officially began implementing the tunnel system for calling lines before game and at half. Abooyah.

*Game 2: Delaware-Y*

Half: 7-3, Final: 12-9

The first half was, at the time, the best half of Ultimate in my time at Hopkins. Delaware came out piiiissed after losing to a Georgetown team that they thought was inferior. But we broke them right off the bat to build a 2-0 lead and never looked back. We earned turnovers with some hot D and generally capitalized on them. In the second half, we stumbled a bit, and they clawed back to 10-8 at which point they were fired up and thought they were back in the game. Then I threw a huck and LG absolutely posterized their 6'5" giant and completely took the wind out of their sails. We weren't supposed to win this game, but showed very good resiliency in not letting them back in this game. Granted it was a Y team, but they were still supposed to beat us on paper; we will need to win more games like this if we want to make regionals.

*Game 3: Georgetown-Y*
Half: 7-6, Final: 13-10

This was a battle of the 2-0 teams and was a tooth-and-nail battle. No lead for either team was bigger than 1 point until the very end of the game. The game was a bit scrappier than the others as fatigue began to set in; it was a matter of minimizing mistakes. During the first half, *in cutting was completely lacking*. We had to rely way too heavily on hucks which were answered with fantastic catches by Morgan, Rowley, Abnirmal, et al. This lack of cutting stems from a general lack of field awareness: cutters (we do this on D too) often fail to keep an eye on the disc and so are not ready to give swing/continue cuts. Our O stagnated for a few seconds everytime the disc moved as cutters were not ready to time their cuts off of disc movement. This is an area that we improved on in the 2nd half but will need to continue developing as the year goes on. Rookies will continue to improve greatly in field awareness with more playing experience. We also still gave up way too many breaks; marking and sealing is an area we need to improve greatly. They played slightly harder than us at times, with a sick layout in the end zone and another one for swill, but we never allowed them to build any momentum. Fighting off our hardest opponent so far down the stretch was huge. The fact that we were able to close out a game in which we ourselves never built a lot of momentum speaks volumes about the mental fortitude that we exhibited. This game was doubly important for its consequences: we got Rutgers in the crossover game (see below), while Gtown had to face Cornell who trounced them. We won our crossover game and earned a first-round bye on Sunday, while Georgetown had to be at the fields 1.5 hours earlier and play an extra game. But we earned the right to the bye.

*Game 4 (Crossover): Rutgers*

Half: 7-5, Final: 13-9

I mentioned that our first half against Del-Y was our best at the time; that's because this first half outshined that one. Note that this is not in the execution department: both teams were tired at the end of the day and so our throws and catches suffered. Where we really shined this first half was in desire. We gave up a break on the very first point, kept on serve to 2-2, then let them build a 4-2 lead on a break. We responded strong, scoring on our O-point and following up with two breaks to give us a 5-4 lead. After trading points, we responded with one more break to take half 7-5. Coming through while tired and refusing to let them steal the first half from us was HUGE. The second half was sloppier on both ends as their 3 key players began to get tired (and the same happened on our end). Once again, Rutgers thought they were back in the game at 10-8 and 11-9, but we scored and broke them to take the game 13-9, finishing the day strong and establishing ourselves as the best state school in New Jersey. We were able to run them into the ground at the end of the game as we refused to let the fatigue set in like it did for them. Let me say, this was far and away *the best Saturday* that we've had a tournament in a long, long time. The delicious Five Guys was hard earned and well deserved (although it might have contributed to our slowness on Sunday :p). I cannot stress enough how proud I am of the entire team and especially our rookies, who have progressed IMMENSELY since the rookie tournament last weekend. The fact that we were able to accomplish this without some key players (Derka, MG, Rubash, Sheldon, Nirmal, to name just a few who were unable to make it) speaks volumes to the places that we can go this year. We still have a lot of work to do on the execution front if we want to make it to regionals, but we exhibited the kind of mental toughness that will be absolutely essential going down the road. In these close games, especially when we're tired, it can be easy to fold and let the other team run over us. But we absolutely REFUSED to let this happen on Saturday and so we went from being bottom seed in our pool to running the table and learning a first-round bye on Sunday.

Game 1: TJHSUoP&NJ vs. GW

Half: 4-6 Final: 8-11

Coming off a ridiculous performance on Day 1 (which I coincidentally was unable to witness), I know we had high hopes for this game. We came out running - much better than any game in which we started with a bye versus a team that already played a game in recent memory. One real problem, though - *breaks and up-the-line dumps*. They pretty much went up-the-line at will, which is the *single most important *cut to stop when playing handler defense. In the future, everyone needs to line up diagonally IN FRONT of a handler with very tight coverage (na' mean?) in order to stop these cuts. Eventually we our marks got savvy and struck when necessary, which led to their being able to break them quickly. When striking, stop the the pass then jump back immediately. We played better after being down 4-8 after half, but the early deficit was too much to overcome. Notable plays include Shelly's multiple sick skying D's and Abnirmal's veteran-esque read of a huck missed by a dude like 6 inches taller.

Game 2: TJHSUoP&NJ vs. Gettysburg

Half: 8-5 Final: 13-9

TJHSUoP&NJ was hungry for a win after the disappointing loss to GW, and it was evident from the first 2 points. Going up 2-0 after starting on D was certainly nothing to scoff at. Unfortunately, that's when we started playing down to our opponents. These guys seriously threw up CRAP on a consistent basis, yet we never really put our feet on the accelerator. We should have won this game 13-4, and I expect to next time. Our zone D looked pretty good, especially given that we didn't practice it very much. Handlers need to move the disc more on zone O - lateral movement to tire out the cup. I don't care if you have to swing it 50 times a point, eventually it will take its toll. Forcing shit through the cup is *exactly* what they want you to do. Take a cue from Big Bro and chill out, yo'. All players - but especially the rooks, need to keep their heads up; a lot of stuff went by peoples' faces undeterred. Frank tried to huck it to Shane, but failed miserably. Then he blamed it on the sideline, as if that were some sort of active defender. Shelly burned a few people. K Dox and Rowley were consistent (go figure). Shane hucked it a lot. Derka heckled a bunch of girls...some twice. We really need to learn how to close games, this one took way too long.

Game 3: TJHSUoP&NJ vs. Delaware-Y*

Half: 3-1 Final: 5-2

The star is because this was a game to 5 featuring a 5 rookie - 2 returner ratio. We came out pretty strong, with our rookies showing their rookies who's boss. Again, we sputtered out at the end, with Kev having to come in to clean shit up. Abnirmal threw some stuff away, but eventually redeemed it with the huck to Kev ftw. Derka put in K Dox and Poopcan to handle, but neither of them threw any hucks and instead got scored on - Poopcan in particular light up the scoreboard in the wrong sense - so Derka took them out afterward. Sheldon is usually open when he cuts in, so he should do that more often, especially when he decides he wants to do so while running full speed. Overall, pretty much a game to get the rooks some more playing time. Final Thoughts: We *have *to learn to close games. It's really a mental thing - the ability to elevate your level of play when you really need to. It's about confidence and desire. Honestly, some of us have more of those things than others, and all of us don't always have them consistently. All of us have our fantastic moments in practice - it's time to bring those to the game, and do it consistently. All it takes is the belief that you can do what you know you can.

Stop the Swill, UDel Rookie Tournament

Saturday

Game 1: TJHSU-B (The Johns Hopkins State University [at Pennsylvania]) vs. Pitt B

L 2-17

We were a little bit outmatched in this game, both because Pitt is a very good team and because they seemed to have played more returners than we did (a common theme for this tournament). It was our rookies' first college game action and a lot of them got their feet wet. Cuts did not come on time and we didn't dump very well at all.

Game 2: TJHSU-B vs. Penn State-B

L 4-17

Again, this game was tough because they seemed to be playing more experienced players than we were. However, improvement over the first game was clear. A lot of our rookies played some pretty solid defense, especially after being given the seal talk. Abnirmal got a Callahan (woo!). Cutting was again an issue, as a lot of rookies seemed unsure of when to cut and didn't have enough confidence to run their cuts through at full speed consistently.

Game 3: TJHSU-B vs. U Penn-B

L 17-16

Far and away our best effort of the day. It sucks to not have taken this one, but I liked our intensity and focus. We had to come back from a 5 point deficit and even had a point lead late in the game, but couldn't close this one out. Cutting was much better, and we started to take advantage of our deep game. Dumping was also better. Defense was pretty impressive, especially from our rookies.

Sunday

Game 1: TJHSU-B vs. Maryland-B

W 13-9

Woo, our first win for a lot of our new guys. We were much better prepared for this game than the other team, and it showed. We sputtered a little at the end but then focused and closed it out. Derka needed more finesse on a huck to Paranirmal. Good defense combined with some not-so-good offense by our opponents lead to a lot of good turnovers. D-Lines - you have to be able to put in points off turnovers, because that's where we not only get the points we need to win, but demoralize the other team, too.

Game 2: TJSHU-B vs. GW-B

L 13-12

Ouch, another universe loss. Again we couldn't quite get it done. We regressed a little on seals and breaks this game; their ability to break us got them most of their points. Frank actually threw a good huck (either he's developing into a competent thrower, or he had to get a good one eventually by law of averages). Nirmal had a sick lay out face-plant hammer catch from Shane's best hammer ever. Frank also threw a hammer dump to Dug to a much less successful effect. Again, they played more returners than us. Either way, a good and pretty hard-fought game.

Overall

A great first effort from our rookies. Your progress from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon is like night and day. By Sunday afternoon you guys looked pretty impressive. With that said, we have a lot more work to do - if we're going to make it to regionals we need to learn how to focus and play 100% to get the plays we need to close out games.

One thing I want to point out (especially to rookies, but to everyone as well) is that frisbee is heavily dependent on 1-on-1 matchups. When you're on the field, your job is to beat your guy. As a team, we move, flow, and dump/swing in order to open up opportunities for each other to do so, but at the end of the day the team only wins when the players on the field wins their individual matchups - both on D and on O. A big part of that is running 100% always, but an equal part of it is not getting discouraged. Sure, your guy can totally shut you down on your first cut - or maybe even D you on it - but the best players in this game (or any for that matter) will bounce back and beat him on the second (or third, or fourth) cut, or get the D on him to get the disc back. We don't play a professional sport - at this level of competition no one's going to shut you down forever if you commit to giving it your all every second you have on the field - your opponent will break and you'll be in the endzone.

Club Sectionals

Roster:
1. Shu
2. Wilson
3. Rubash
4. Frank
5. Shane
6. Georgatron online (Day 1)
7. Tank (Day 1)
8. Garrett (Grizz)
9. Kdox
10. Albert (Injured reserve)
11. Derk-A
12. kevin
13. squeegee
14. Sheldon (Day 2)


Tournament Summary

Day 1:

American 2
Dangerzone 11

Game notes - Garrett plays intense D. LG gets a layout score after hesitating. American played rookies.

Natty Bros 11
Dangerzone 5

Game notes - Unfortunately, we don't get to take over the name. Neil and Ken are on this team. They might be tarded. EG makes a terrible decision, Wilson decides to be a bitch.

Eastern Motors 11
Dangerzone 3

Game notes - Wilson stops being a bitch. The other team is really fast and tall. They end up finishing third in the section.

Chesapeake 11
Dangerzone 2

Game notes - Fatigue starts to set in.

SMUT W
Dangerzone L

Game notes - Garrett has an epic battle with a sports advantage and ends up getting the best of it.

Day 2:

Georgetown L
Dangerzone W

Game notes - Shotgun for pull. Georgetown plays rookies.

Buzz 15
Dangerzone 13

Game notes - Hard fought game.


Pictures to come.

Legendary

George Lin has reached legendary status. Finished a jug of Carlo Rossi by himself in one night. Legend-wait-for-it-and-i-hope-you're-not-lactose-intolerant-because-the-second-part-of-this-word-is-DARY