Inside This Issue:• Men’s Spring Season• Women’s Spring Season• Ultimate Abroad• Summer Ultimate (OMK

and Wildwood)

Hot Saucers Ultimate: Spring/Summer 2017

Volume 2, Issue 3

The Men’s team came into the spring season with high hopes after a heartbreaking loss in the 2016 Regional Finals to NESCAC foe Conn. College. They prepared for the stiff Metro (L)East competition by making the grueling 15-hour trip to Myrtle Beach to play in the sanctioned Rip Tide tournament before playing at High Tide. Highlights from Rip Tide included a 10-9 win over Rhode Island on universe point and a 14-5 drumming of SUNY-Cortland in pool play. The Saucers played well at High Tide despite unseasonably cold weather and 30 mph crosswinds. Peaks of the week included buying the team’s first unofficial live mascots (5 goldfish) and keeping a single Costco store in busi-ness with an $800 food excursion. The team went on to roll through Western NY Sectionals with a perfect 6-0 record. The 5-0 pool play was highlighted by wins over

SUNY-Geneseo (15-12), Ithaca (15-8), and SUNY-One-onta (15-4). The Saucers faced SUNY-Fredonia in the final for their only game of Sunday and came out with a 15-12 win, capped off by a 50 yard Sam Carletta ‘17 flick huck to a streaking Jon Shapiro ‘17 for the winning score. For Metro East Regionals the team finished Sat-urday with a 4-1 record, including a nail biting 11-10 win over Wesleyan on universe point and a convincing 11-7 win over rival Colgate. On Sunday, the team came away with a 13-10 win over SUNY-Fredonia before eventually falling 12-14 to a disciplined team of well-oiled tanks from Army in the semi-finals. The team ended one of its most successful seasons ever in all smiles with the hope of doing even better next year.

Men’s Spring Season

Women’s Spring Season

Articles written by Bryan Matte ‘20, Claire Nicholson ‘20, and Alex Stetter ‘20

Current players and alumni at alumni weekend this spring

Click here to see the men’s spring highlight video!

TheHotSaucersfieldedateamforthefirsttimeatRipTide, while in South Carolina on Spring Break. With re-cord cold temperatures, rain, and hail they buckled down and grew as a team. High Tide was another incredible learningexperienceandanumberoffreshmancameintotheir own during the week. Most notably, Clara Cho ‘20 scoredherfirstpointeverwhileplayingwiththealumniteam. The Hot Saucers dominated the Western NY Sec-tionals, crushing Fredonia and SUNY-Cortland in pool play.TheteamlosttoGeneseo(6-11)andmadeaterrificcomeback to beat SUNY-Oneonta (13-9). In bracket play, the team rolled over Colgate (13-3) and Ithaca (13-6), but fellagaintothetalentedGeneseo(3-13).TheteamwasseededthirdgoingintoMetroEastRegionals.Duringpoolplay,theytrouncedVassar13-1andplayedafan-tastic game against SUNY-Oneonta, emerging victorious

12-7.Afterthegame,OneontaandHamiltoncaptainsdis-cussedthepossibilityofthetwoteamsscrimmagingintheoff-seasonwhichhopefullybecomesareality.Inthefinalpool play game, Hamilton lost to Wesleyan (2-13), the teamthatwouldlaterwinRegionals.Inbracketplaythenextday,HamiltonlosttoRPI(7-13)inagameplaguedbythunderstormsandinjuries.VassarwentontoforfeittheconsolationgameandtheHotSaucersalsoforfeitedthenextgameagainstSkidmore,endingRegionalsinfifthplace. Overall, the Women’s team had a strong season, complete with robust practices and excellent tournament play. The Hot Saucers achieved many wins this season, buttheirlossescamewiththeprideofknowingwomen’s ultimateisgrowingandhigherlevelsofcompetitionarebeing reached, making us all better players.

Amelia Mitchell ‘18 and Isabel O’Malley ‘18 both playedonBUDS,amixedteaminBuenosAires.AmeliascoredaCallahanintheirsemi-finalgameinJuly. While abroad Isabel volunteered at the cultural centerofapsychiatrichospitalinBuenosAires.

CoriCrisfield‘18spenthersemesterinWashington,D.C.wheresheworkedfortheEarthDayNetworkandtheMarchforScience.Shedidn’ttosstoomanydiscsbutshespentherfreetimedreamingaboutturn-ingtheNationalMallintoanUltimateFrisbeefield.

Hannah Meisels ‘18 traveled to Melbourne last semes-ter where she traded in her discsforasurfboard.Shealso drastically improved her vertical when she went skydiving.

JuliaDailey‘18playedforawomen’steaminPariswhile studying literature, architecture, art history, and studioart.Shefueledherlayouts with baguettes and croissants; her beret was alwaysperfectlytiltedregardlessofhowhorizontalshe got.

Jared Mandelbaum ‘18 spent his semester in Costa Ricastudyingsustainabledevelopmentwherehetossed a disc on the beach with a Clark Ultimate player. He learned about how the environment is de-grading,butheensuredthathisfrisbeeskillsdidnot.

Alison “Buggy” Kingston ‘18 traveled to Mongo-liatolearnaboutGeopoliticsandNaturalResourceManagement.Sheimpartedthewisdomofdiscthrowing to her host siblings, and while travelling gavefrisbees(andmaplesyrup)asgifts!

NataliePoremba‘18spentthespringtravelingintheTurks and Caicos where she learned about ocean crit-ters,fisherymanagement,andhowlongshecouldgowithout a shower. She also tossed a disc with a Clark Ultimate player when the winds weren’t too strong.

Justin Sonberg ‘18 was in Copenhagen taking classes throughDISandKøbenhavnUniversity,whereheplayed on a club team calledRagnarok.While he did not brandish swords like the vikings, he abso-lutely slayed on the Ultimatefield.

Kuhan Mahendraraj ‘18 studied abroad in Madrid where he insisted that Justin visit him and take this snapchat (right). Ku played as much as he could with a clubmate and threw everyday with his housemate, whose fatherwasaninterna-tionaldiscgolfplayer.He also worked at Médicos del Mundo on a project thathelpedrefugeesandimmigrantswhowereun-justly treated by the medical system in Madrid.

Ultimate Abroad

Article written by Alex Stetter ‘20Support us by visiting:https://hotsaucersultimate.wordpress.com/support/

Graduating Saucers, left to right: Molly April, Audrey Love (Capt), Kateri Boucher (Capt), Curt Lyon,

Logan Yu (Capt), Jon Shapiro, Jeff Greenwald (Capt), and Jonah Boucher (Capt)

Justin Sonberg ‘18 (left) and Kuhan Mahendraraj 18 (right)

in Madrid, Spain

Hannah Meisels ‘18

Some Summer Saucers (everyone’s doing cool things about playing good fris but we don’t have room to talk about them all!)

Sam Carletta ‘17 began his post-Saucers career in New YorkCity,makingtherosterforthenationallyrankedclubteamPoNY.InJuly,theteamplacedninthover-allinthesixteen-teamPro-EliteChallenge.WelookforwardtoseeingmoreofSamashebeginshislifeasalittlefishintheBigApple!

CurrentSaucersEliasGriffin‘20andJackAnderson‘18tookpartintheManhattanUltimateDisc(MUD)Open League. When asked about his summer, Elias humbly stated, “We’re a much stronger team [than Jack’s].Likejustsmashingtheirfaces.”

Alex Stetter ‘20 has been playing pick-up on the State-

house lawn in Montpelier, Vermont. Another rising sophomore, Cam Blair ‘20, participated in the Summer UltimateLeagueofAmherst,MA,wherehereceivedcopiousamountsofunsolicitedfrisbeeadvice/gingerjokes.CamwasdraftedbyagroupofAmherstCollegeplayers, who chose him, “Because you go to a NES-CAC.Andalsobecauseyou’resixfootseven.”

Shortlyafterbeingmedicallyclearedtoresumeplaying,AudreyLove‘17triedoutforthenewlyestablishedclub team Alternative Stacks, where, to nobody’s sur-prise, she made the roster. Audrey practiced with the team this summer, and will continue to do so when the teamcompetesinthemixedClubSeriesthisfall.

At this year’s Ow My Knee tournament in Scotia, New York,theHotSaucersfieldedtwoteams:theHotSau-cers,amixedteamofcurrentplayers,andtheHamilton2Benjamins,amixedteamcomprisedofcurrentandalumniplayers.Theenthusiasmandparticipationofthealumni was absolutely no surprise this weekend; recent graduatesfromtheclassof‘17playedtheirheartsoutandolderalumsasfarbackastheclassesof‘11and‘12playedtheirhearts,knees,andhipsoutaswell.Duetothegenerosityofonealumnaandherfamilyinpartic-ular,theHotSaucerswereabletostayonthebeautifulshoreofLakeGeorge,swimming,frolicking,andofcourse,throwingfrisbees.Neitherteamadvancedtothewinner’s bracket, but instead concentrated on learning toplayasmixedteams,havingfun,andcelebratingthespiritofthegame.TheHotSaucersplayedwellandscoredonavarietyofhigh-performingandhigh-inten-

sityclubteams.InSunday’sfirstgame,theHotSaucersultimatelylosttoPandaTimeontheuniversepoint(11-12),butnotafterbeingdown7-3,clinchingbreakafterbreakandscoringeightpointsinthesecondhalfduetohigh spirit and cool heads. The tournament ended on the Sunday with the Hot Saucers and Hamilton 2 Benjamins scrimmaging each other and then mixing up the teams evenfurthersooldfriendscouldplaytogetheronceagain.

Current players and alumni (mostly in pink) at OMK

Articles written by Cam Blair ‘20, Alex Stetter ‘20, Claire Nicholson ‘20, and Clara Cho ‘20

Readmoreat:https://hotsaucersultimate.wordpress.com

Ow My Knee! (July 22-23)

Current and alumni Hot Saucers converged in Wild-wood,NewJerseyfortheWorld’sLargestBeachUlti-mateTournament,fieldingatotalofthreeteams.Currentplayers, including three honorary Saucers, split into two teams, the Hot Saucers, and HC State. Saturday morning broughtwindsofupto30mphandwetplayingfields.However, both teams persevered, and had tremendous fun,despitelosingeachoftheirgames,untilthefinalmatchupoftheday.Thelastgamepittedtheteamsagainsteachother;withanail-bitingfinalscoreof2-1,HC State took the win. Between matches, both teams foundtimetoobservethealumniteamandstrolltheboardwalk.TheHamilton2Benjaminsfeaturedalum-nirangingfrom‘17gradsto‘11grads.Theymadean

impressiveshowingonSaturday,gettingthrowsoffthatbested the winds and some incredible layouts into the puddles.Sundaydawnedwithperfectweather,forbothswimmingandultimate.Aftertheirfirstgames,thetwocurrent Saucer teams combined into one powerhouse that easily bested the competition presented by The Mighty Hucks. Current player Vi noted that “together we can beat any team,” as all members worked with incredible flowandendzonetoendzoneconnections(thatearnedusdouble points). Between games, the Saucers took swim breaks,withafinaldipaftertheirvictory,beforeplay-ers parted ways. Everyone headed home in their many differentdirections,leavingwithmoresandthanbefore,andfondmemoriesofaWild(wood)weekend.

Wildwood (July 29-30)