I will admit I found myself looking forward to Saturday
starting on Tuesday. No, it wasn’t
because I was looking forward to the weekend that much, but I was looking
forward to the Summer League ultimate Frisbee tournament. I’d missed it last year, and I really enjoy
it every year. It certainly helped that
my team was the #1 seed going into the tournament.
Unfortunately, we were missing several of our key players,
which meant we were down excellent players and down men. We only had three subs all day instead of the
normal six we’ve been having all season.
But I was ready to dig and do my best.
Since we were the top seed, we started out playing the
eighth seed and immediately went down 2-7.
I’m not sure what was going on that first half, but we battled back to
win the first game 14-12 in overtime (these first two games were to go to 13).
Semi-finals proved to be the easiest game of the day. We won that one 13-6. Again, I don’t know why exactly, but the
other team just didn’t seem to have it together when we played them.
Which put us in the finals!
I honestly thought we’d be eliminated in the semi’s. But by this point, most of the team was
exhausted. I probably should have played
more, but I got plenty of playing time in the finals. This game was to 15, and we wound up losing
8-15. No one on my team was mentally in
the game and we were making some pretty basic mistakes.
However, I was 100% for the day. With how little I played, I really only got
open once. They threw it to me, and I
caught it and successfully passed it on.
No drops. No turns. No throw aways. (If only I could say the same about my pickup
game on Sunday.)
Honestly, I am still very happy about the outcome. My winter league team finished in 5th, and
that’s been my best finish for years before this. Remember, my beach league team didn’t win a
game this last spring. To go from that
to only losing two games all season is wonderful. And this was my first time in the finals for
a while, too.
Can’t wait until next season. Meanwhile, I’ll enjoy the glow of this finish
for a little while longer.
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