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SDSU is Ultimately Getting Better
By: Richard Prodan

You may have seen people running around Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday nights throwing frisbees on the turf fields near the Aquaplex. And I know what you were thinking, “Where are the dogs?” These guys don’t need dogs to play with frisbees. They are San Diego State’s Ultimate Frisbee team. Ultimate Frisbee, like many other sports, takes athleticism, dedication, perseverance, and a love for the game. The team practices multiple times a week, travels throughout the southwest states for tournaments playing different college teams, and works towards winning a national championship. However, this did not happen over night.
Five years ago, a couple of students took a frisbee and started throwing it around on the San Diego State campus. They caught the attention of some of their peers and began scheduling throwing sessions and working on offensive and defensive strategies. Soon they were traveling to local tournaments playing with other college teams. Little did those ten or eleven guys know that they had laid down the foundation for the San Diego State Ultimate Frisbee Program.
A brief explanation of the rules may be helpful to better understanding the game. The field is 120 yards long including both endzones and forty yards wide. To start a point, seven players from each team start out in opposite end zones and one team throws it to the other. The objective is to catch the disc inside your end zone. A player cannot move once he/she catches the frisbee and a player has ten seconds to throw to a teammate or it is a turn over. Games are traditionally played to fifteen and one can sub out after a point is over. Eligibility for a player is five years once he/she starts playing as long as they are working towards a degree. There are currently over 300 men’s college teams, and the number is constantly growing.
Fast forward five years and the growing program now has both an A and B Team and is hoping to add a women’s team with in the next couple of years. The A Team traveled to Nevada February 8-10 of this year for the annual 3-day Trouble in Vegas Tournament. This year brought eighty men’s teams from all around the nation. San Diego State finished up 24th with big wins over Western Washington, Richmond, and Texas A&M. During the Saturday through Monday of February 16-18, the A Team played in the President’s Day Tournament at UCSD. The team came in to the tournament ranked 5th and played tough the first day defeating Cal Poly SLO and UC Davis. The following day proved to be the best day in San Diego State ultimate frisbee history. The team beat UCLA for the first time in three seasons 12-10. Then, the team beat Arkansas University 12-11. The biggest win for the team was against Arizona, who is currently ranked 4th in the nation. San Diego State pulled out a hard-fought victory on universe point (next point wins) 12-11 with a layout catch by co-captain Will Griffin.
The San Diego State frisbee team is now 36th in the nation, the highest in program history, and hopes to continue climbing the ranks throughout the season. The A team will be traveling north for the Stanford Qualifier at the end of February while the B team has tournaments at both UCI and Long Beach State in March. The championship series (playoffs) will begin for both teams in April.