2019 College Ultimate Champions

The 2019 college ultimate season is now over. Division III and Division I were completed over the last two weekends in  postseason tournaments hosted by USA Ultimate.

DIVISION III
A total of 32 teams competed in College Station, TX, over May 18-19 for the Division III college ultimate championships.

MEN
Middlebury Pranksters (#1) won 15-12 over Air Force (#2).  The Pranksters previously won the D3 men's title in 2003.

WOMEN
Oberlin College Preying Manti (#6) won 13-7 over Bates (#1). This is Oberlin Preying Manti's first-ever national ultimate championship.

DIVISION I
A total of 40 teams competed in Round Rock, Texas, over May 24-27 for the Division I college ultimate championships.

MEN
Brown University Brownian Motion (#2) won 14-9 [8-3 half] over defending champion University of North Carolina Darkside (#1). This is Brown's 3rd college ultimate title (2000, 2005) in the men's division.

WOMEN
UC-San Diego Psychos (#3) won 12-11 [7-8 half] over defending champion Dartmouth Womxn's Ultimate team (#5). UCSD previously won a women's college ultimate title in 2002.

UC-San Diego's Dena Elimelech Earns "Instant Awesome" on ESPN

On the final point of the 2019 women's college final, UC-San Diego's Dena Elimelech made a catch - not this catch; a catch between her calves/ankles. Her catch earned her an 'Instant Awesome' from ESPN.com.

USA Ultimate has already immortalized Dena from her game-ending super layout catch core in the semifinals.

via @USAULTIMATE

Dena Elimelech is a senior at UCSD and plays on San Diego Wilfire in the club season. Dena is currently rostered to play on the women's US National Team at WFDF's 2019 World Under-24 Ultimate Championships.

2019 College Ultimate Championships in Round Rock

The 2019 USA Ultimate College Championships (Division I) begins May 24 in Round Rock, Texas.

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Qualifying College Ultimate Teams for 2019 Championships: Division I

A total of 40 Division I college ultimate teams have qualified for USA Ultimate College Championships. The D-I USAU College Championships are scheduled for May 24-27 in Round Rock Texas. Below are the D-I men's and D-I women's college ultimate teams that qualified for Nationals by region.

Qualifying College Ultimate Teams for 2019 Championships: Division III

A total of 32 Division III college ultimate teams have qualified for USA Ultimate College Championships. The D-III USAU College Championships take place on May 18-19 in College Station, Texas. Below are the D-III men's and women's college ultimate teams that qualified for Nationals by region.

NOTE: Whitman men's team won DIII Northwest Regionals and advanced to DI NW Regionals; Portland was runner-up at DIII NW Regionals and advanced to DIII Nationals.

Chris Webber Moment in AUDL? Nope. The AUDL Refs Goofed Up.

What appeared to be a similar situation as when Chris Webber put his hands together formed the letter "T"with his hands was actually not.  The DC Breeze (2-2) had a chance to beat New York (4-0) on the Empire's home turf in the regular season. Rowan McDonnell called a timeout in sudden death (2OT) which - by rule - DC Breeze had, but the referees deemed the team did not...so it was a turnover at the goal line, and the Empire scored on their next throw; 26-25.

The sudden death, double overtime ending of @thedcbreeze at @empireultimate was WILD

- DC down 2, 1min left in regulation
- NY down 1 under 1min in first OT
- DC has disc with chance to win in 2OT, calls timeout they don't have#AUDL2019 pic.twitter.com/Td5WYE0QKU

— AUDL (@theAUDL) May 13, 2019

D.C. Breeze managing partner Don Grage (who also served on the AUDL rules committee) called out the incorrect ruling on Twitter as a "Tough Loss indeed."

According to the 2018 rulebook, each team has exactly 1 timeout in each and every overtime period.

From the game's recap:

from AUDL article

Even so, according to our player survey conducted in late 2018, the majority of AUDL players are not quite "very familiar" with the American Ultimate Disc League rules.

Premier Ultimate League Standings

After 2 weeks of the PUL season, all but one team has played a game. Week 3 of the PUL regular season continues this weekend. See below for current standings:

Data via PUL; compiled by SLUDGE.