Results of 2019 USA Ultimate National Championships

USA Ultimate's 2019 Triple Crown Tour concluded in San Diego, California, where 48 qualifying teams competed.

Men
Seattle Sockeye [#1 seed] won their first club championship with a finals win 13-12 (8-4 halftime) over Chicago Machine [#6 seed]. This is Sockeye's fourth national championship title and their first  since 2007.

Mixed
Philadelphia AMP [#3 seed] won their 2nd consecutive club championship with a 15-9 victory (8-6 haltime) over San Francisco Mischief [#6 seed].

Women
Brüte squad [#5 seed] won their third club championship with a 15-7 win over Toronto 6ixers [#4 seed]. This was the fourth matchup between these Northeast region teams.

Chart: 2019 USAU Triple Crown Tour Regional Bid Allocations

The 48 bids to USA Ultimate Club Nationals were allocated to the 8 geographic regions. The Northeast region earned the most bids with 10 (3 in Men's + 3 in Mixed + 4 in Women's). Teams will be vying for one Nationals bid in 8 competitions - Great Lakes Men's, Mixed Women's; Mid-Atlantic Women's; North Central Men's, Mixed Women's; and South Central Women's.

Region(s) with the most bids...
in the Men's Division = Northeast, Northwest (3 ea)
in the Mixed Division = Northeast, Northwest (3 ea)
in the Women's Division = Northeast (4)

Compare to last year.

[Data via USAU; chart compiled by SLUDGE]

Prize Money Won by Club Ultimate Teams in Triple Crown Tour 2018

Fifteen (15) club ultimate teams won prize money totaling $29,750 during the 2018 Triple Crown Tour season; each division had five (5) different club teams win money. Seven (7) teams pocketed multiple TCT prize money wins — AMP, Brute Squad, Fury, Love Tractor, Mixtape PoNY, and Revolver.

New York PoNY sits atop the prize money leader board with $7500 which includes their Triple Crown bonus. Boston Brute Squad won the most prize money in women's division with $4500 and Philadelphia AMP topped the mixed division in prize money with $4000. Collectively, these 3 club ultimate teams won over 50% of the prize money in the 2018 season.


RELATED: Prize Money Leaders in 2017

Updated from September 2018

Philadelphia AMP History at Club Nationals

Philadelphia AMP (Mid-Atlantic Region) qualified for the USA Ultimate Nationals every year since 2005. In 2018, the Philly mixed club ultimate team won the USA Ultimate Club Championship.  AMP was coached by Patrick Sherlock. 

Prior to the 2018 season, AMP had finished in the Top-5 four times including a runner-up finish in 2017, and finished in the Top-10 nine times in 12 seasons.

NOTE: Donkey Bomb (2000-2005) preceded the AMP (2006 - current) team name.

New York PoNY History at Club Nationals

New York PoNY (Northeast Region) qualified for the USA Ultimate Nationals 8 times since 2005. In 2018, the men's club ultimate team won the USA Ultimate Club Championship. PoNY was coached by Berend Van Heuvelen, Bryan Jones and Jimmy Leppert.

Prior to the 2018 season, PoNY had never finished in the Top-5 and finished in the Top-10 only twice.

Comparison: Seed vs Finish of Club Teams at 2018 USA Ultimate National Championships

The 4-day 2018 USA Ultimate National Championships were completed in San Diego, California , over October 18-21. The top sixteen (16) teams from each division - men, mixed, women - were in competition.

Here's how each team in the 3 divisions finished compared to their pre-tournament seed. Biggest movers - up and down - also noted.

Women Division

Very little movement in the top-7 seeded teams.
UP(+): San Diego Wildfire (+7); Portland Schwa (+6)
DOWN (-): Madison Heist (-4); Columbus Rival, Raleigh Phoenix (-3)


Mixed Division

The top seed won the championship in a division with lots of movement.
UP(+): New York XIST (+5); D.C. Space Heater, San Francisco Blackbird, New Jersey Jughandle  (+3)
DOWN (-): San Francisco Polar Bears (-5); Minneapolis Drag'n Thrust, Boston Slow White (-4)

Men's Division

Lots of movement in this division.
UP(+): Michigan HIGH FIVE (+6); Austin Doublewide, Minneapolis Sub Zero (+5); Denver Johnny Bravo (+4)
DOWN (-): Boston DiG (-9), Madison Club (-6); Vancouver Furious George (-4)

Results of 2018 USA Ultimate National Championships

USA Ultimate's 2018 Triple Crown Tour concluded in San Diego, California, on Sunday. Two club teams won for the first time while a perennial won their 11th title.

Men
New York PoNY [#3 seed] won their first club championship with a finals win 15-7 San Francisco Revolver [#1 seed]. PoNY's win also earned them the Triple Crown.

Mixed
Philadelphia AMP [#1 seed] won their first club championship with a 13-8 victory over Seattle Mixtape [#3 seed]. This was a rematch from last year's final.

Women
San Francisco Fury [#2 seed] won their eleventh club championship with a 14-13 win over Boston Brute squad [#1 seed].  This was a rematch from last year's final, which was also won by Fury by the same exact score. Brute Squad (27-1) was undefeated in the 2018 season until the championship game.

Qualifying Club Teams For 2018 National Championships

All divisions within all 8 regions completed their Regional Championships to determine which club ultimate teams earned a bid to Triple Crown Tour's National Championships in San Diego, California.

See below for how the 48 Nationals qualifiers finished at Regionals along with how each team was seeded at Regionals.

2018 Nationals Qualifiers by Division and Region

21 out of 24 1-seeds at USA Ultimate Regional Championships qualified for 2018 National Championships; all 3 instances (Atlanta Bucket in Southeast*, Boston Wildcard in the Northeast, and Denver Love Tractor in South Central*) were in the Mixed Division.
*=1-bid regional division

1-seeded Teams Finish at Regionals
Men's Division: 4/8 #1s finished 1st at Regionals; all 8 #1s qualified for Nationals
Mixed Division: 4/8 #1 finished 1st at Regionals; 5/8 1-seeds qualified for Nationals
Women's Division: 6/8 #1s finished 1st at Regionals; all 8 #1s qualified for Nationals

The lowest seeded team to earn a bid to Nationals was 7th-seeded New Jersey Jughandle (Mid-Atlantic Region).

Chart: 2018 USAU Triple Crown Tour Bid Allocations

The 48 bids to USA Ultimate Club Nationals were allocated to the 8 geographic regions. The Northwest region earned the most bids with 8 (3 in Men's + 2 in Mixed + 3 in Women's). Teams will be vying for one Nationals bid in 6 competitions - Great Lakes Mixed, Mid-Atlantic Women's, South Central Mixed and Women's, Southeast Mixed and Southwest Men's.

Region(s) with the most bids...
in the Men's Division = Northwest (3)
in the Mixed Division = Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Southwest (3 ea)
in the Women's Division = Northwest, Southwest (3 ea)

Compare to last year.

[Data via USAU; chart compiled by SLUDGE]

Compilation: USA Ultimate Club Division Triple Crown Tour Prize Money (2013-2018)

Since 2013, USA Ultimate's club season has been awarding prize money for specifically designated Triple Crown Tour events. Two teams have earned prize money every TCT season - San Francisco Revolver (M) and Boston Brute Squad (W). In 6 TCT seasons, Revolver has won $27,250 and Brute Squad has pocketed $18,000. Seattle Mixtape has won the most of any mixed club team with $11,000.

$157,000 = grand total of prize money awarded by USA Ultimate Triple Crown Tour (2013-2018)

37 = # of different teams that have won Triple Crown Tour prize money (2013-20018)

• 16 = # of different mixed club teams with TCT prize money
• 12 = # of different men's club teams with TCT prize money
• 9 = # of different women's club teams with TCT prize money

Triple Crown Tour total prize money [2013-2018]

Top Men's Division Teams by prize money
1. Revolver
2. Seattle Sockeye
3. Chicago Machine
4. New York PoNY
5. Denver Johnny Bravo

Top Mixed Division Teams by prize money
1. Seattle Mixtape
2. Minneapolis Drag'n Thrust
3. Philadelphia AMP
4. Bay Area Polar Bears
5. Boston Slow White

Top Women's Division Teams by prize money
1. Boston Brute Squad
2. Seattle Riot
3. San Francisco Fury
4. Washington DC Scandal
5. Denver Molly Brown


NOTES: Figures as as of 9/5/2018; the remaining TCT 2018 event takes place in October 18-21.

2018 Triple Crown Tour Prize Money Leaders

During the 2018 Triple Crown Tour season, fifteen (15) different club ultimate teams have won prize money totaling nearly $20,000.

Total prize money = $18,750 (as of 9/4/2018)

With wins at US Open and Pro Flight Finale, Brute Squad (W) and PoNY (M) are still eligible for the Triple Crown bonus (+$2000) if either club teams wins at Nationals. Love Tractor (X) is the only other team with 2 TCT wins.

NOTE: The Select Flight Invite did not award any prize money to tournament winners: Oakland Guerrilla (M), Seattle Birdfruit (X), Vancouver Sneaky House Hippos (W).

Calendar of Ultimate Events in Summer 2018

The 2018 summer is going to be busy with USA Ultimate's Triple Crown Tour-naments, the WFDF Club Championships, and the American Ultimate Disc League's final weekend. 

JULY
7-8: USAU Pro-Elite Challenge (Broomfield, CO)
14-21: WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships (Lebanon, OH)
20-22: USAU Masters Championships (Aurora, IL)
28-29: USAU Select Flight Invite (Salt Lake City, UT)
29-: WFDF World Masters Ultimate Club Championships (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)...

AUGUST
-4: WFDF World Masters Ultimate Club Championships (Winnipeg, MB)

3-6: U.S. Open Club Championships (Blaine, MN)

11-12: AUDL Championship Weekend (Madison, WI)
18-19: USAU Elite-Select Challenge (Columbus, OH)


SEPTEMBER
1-3: USAU  Pro Championships (Middletown, NY)
8-9: USAU  TCT Sectionals
22-23: USAU  TCT Regionals


OCTOBER
18-21: USAU National Championships (San Diego, CA)

Comparison: Seed vs Finish of Club Teams at 2017 USA Ultimate National Championships

The 4-day 2017 USA Ultimate National Championships were completed in Sarasota, Florida, over October 19-22. The top sixteen (16) teams from each division - men, mixed, women - were in competition.

Here's how each team in the 3 divisions finished compared to their pre-tournament seed. Biggest movers - up and down - also noted.

WOMEN

A lot of movement with only two (2) teams unchanged and all teams were within +/-4.
UP(+): Columbus Rival (+4); San Francisco Fury, Atlanta Ozone, Portland Schwa (+3)
DOWN (-): Seattle Riot, Texas Showdown, (-4)


MIXED

Top seeds 1, 2, 4 played out accordingly.
UP(+): Dallas/Fort Worth Public Enemy (+7); Connecticut Metro North, Minneapolis No Touching! (+6)
DOWN (-): San Francisco Mischief, Cincinnati Steamboat (-5)

MEN

Top 1, 3, and 4 seeds played out accordingly.
UP(+): Austin Doublewide (+10); New York PoNy (+7)
DOWN (-): Seattle Sockeye (-10); Denver Johnny Bravo (-5), OH/Mi High Five (-5)

NOTE: Games not played (3/4 in W and 9/10 in M, X, W) were given the lower finish (e.g. teams in 9/10 games given 10th since no team "won" the higher finish).

[Data via USAU; compilation and charts by SLUDGE]

2017 USA Ultimate Club Champions

USA Ultimate's 2017 Triple Crown Tour concluded in Sarasota, Florida, on Sunday. Club gold shifts the west coast in 2017.

Men
San Francisco Revolver [#1 seed] won their 5th club championship in 8 years with a finals win 15-7 (8-2 HT) over Austin Doublewide [12th seed]. This was Revolver's 3rd win over Doublewide in the 2017 season.

Mixed
Seattle Mixtape [#1 seed] won their first club championship with a 13-12 (7-8 HT) victory over Philadelphia AMP [#2 seed]. Mixtape's win also earns them the Triple Crown. This win pushed Mixtape's record to (3-1) over AMP during the 2017 TCT season.

Women
San Francisco Fury [#4 seed] won their tenth club championship with a 14-13 (5-8 HT) win over Boston Brute Squad [#2 seed]. This was Fury's first win over Brute during the 2017 season.

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The following U.S. club teams qualified for World Ultimate Club Championships in 2018:

Men's Division
1. San Francisco Revolver
2. Austin Doublewide
3. Raleigh Ring of Fire

Mixed Division
1. Seattle Mixtape
2. Philadelphia AMP
3. Seattle BFG

Women's Division
1. San Francisco Fury
2. Boston Brute Squad
(tied) 3. Atlanta Ozone and Denver Molly Brown

Watch USA Ultimate 2017 National Championships on ESPN

The remaining games of the Triple Crown Tour season will be broadcast live via ESPN. Semis of USA Ultimate's National Championships (Sarasota, FL) will take place on Saturday and the finals of each division will be played on Sunday.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 (all times EDT)
Men's Semifinal #1 @ 11:30am - Raleigh Ring of Fire vs. San Francisco Revolver
Women's Semifinal #2 @ 2pm - Denver Molly Brown vs. Boston Brute Squad
Mixed Semifinal #1 @ 5:30pm - Seattle BFG vs. Philadelphia AMP
Mixed Semifinal #2 @ 8pm - Boston Slow White vs. Seattle Mixtape
(The other men's and women's semifinals will be broadcast by Ultiworld)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22
Men's Championship Final @ 10am - San Francisco Revolver (1) vs Austin Doublewide (12)
Mixed Championship Final @ 12:30pm - Seattle MIXtape (1) vs Philadelphia AMP (2)
Women's Championship Final @ 3pm - Boston Brute Squad (2) vs San Francisco Fury (4)

Watch "games" via ESPN (Saturday; Sunday)

Celebratory Tweets Qualifying for 2017 Nationals: Men's Division

On Sunday, sixteen (16) men's club ultimate teams from 8 Regional tourneys qualified for USA Ultimate's National Club Championship. The majority of teams from the men's division tweeted their accomplishment.

Austin Doublewide
[none]

Boston Dig

So... regionals, yadda yadda yadda we hold seed. See you in Flo-Rida

— Boston Dig (@DigUltimate) September 24, 2017

Boston Ironside
[none]

Chicago Machine

Machine are the Great Lakes Regional champs!!!! Requesting submissions for puns in regards to our 15-11 victory over High Five

— Chicago Machine (@MachineUltimate) September 24, 2017

Denver Johnny Bravo
[none]

Florida United

Billy finds brad to finish the game 15-10 #sarasotaherewecome

— Florida United (@FloridaUnited) September 24, 2017

Michigan-Ohio High Five

Oh hey we won 15-8 on the back of consistent defensive pressure and some SICK plays from Tang and Keegs. Headed to Sarasota! 🖐🏼✈️

— High Five Ultimate (@HighFiveUlti) September 24, 2017

Minneapolis Sub Zero

Tied 14-14, coach tells us it's a game to 16. We break upwind. That's game, coach lied and we're North Central champions!

— ⛄Sub Zero⛄ (@SubZeroUltimate) September 24, 2017

New York PoNY
[none]

Philadelphia Patrol

Leon lines a flick into Papa’s chest, 15-11 over @pghtemper! Back to Nationals!!

— Philadelphia Patrol (@PhillyPatrol) September 24, 2017

Raleigh Ring of Fire

Oops. We won the region. Ring qualifies for Nationals for the 42nd consecutive year.

— Ring of Fire (@ringultimate) September 24, 2017

San Francisco Revolver

In what Joel would describe as a “chill game”, we won the region. Good game @CondorsUltimate!

— Revolver Ultimate (@revolverult) September 24, 2017

Seattle Sockeye

We won finals. Going to Sarasota.

— Seattle Sockeye (@SeattleSockeye) September 24, 2017

Southern California Condors

We goin to the ship

— Condors Ultimate (@CondorsUltimate) September 24, 2017

Toronto GOAT

Continuing the 2-game streak of mounting equine creatures, the herd punches our ticket to nats with a 15-10 victory over @PrideofNY

— GOAT Ultimate (@GOATultimate) September 24, 2017

Washington, D.C. Truck Stop

Truck takes regionals with a win over @pghtemper. Cold take, Max Thorne is 🐐.

— Truck Stop Ultimate (@TruckStopUlti) September 24, 2017

Celebratory Tweets Qualifying for 2017 Nationals: Mixed Division

On Sunday, sixteen (16) mixed club ultimate teams from 8 Regional Tournaments qualified for USA Ultimate's National Club Championship. Here's a compilation of how the mixed division teams tweeted their accomplishment.

Bay Area Mischief

MISCHIEF IS GOING TO NATIONALS!!

— Mischief (@mischief_nation) September 24, 2017

Boston Slow White

15-13 over union. Will play Metro in finals. Slow is going to Nationals

— Slow White Ultimate (@SlowWhite_) September 24, 2017

Boston Wild Card

Something happened and we punched a ticket to Sarasota.. You fill in the blanks!

— Wild Card (@WildCardult) September 24, 2017

Connecticut Metro North

We did it!!! Metro is heading to Nationals!!!

— Cat Or Bag (@CatOrBag) September 24, 2017

Cincinnati Steamboat

Boat takes the ship 13-12 over an insane #TCTGL Regional Finals!! Time for the ⚓️➡️FL!! Great game @The_UPA #greatlakesgreattimes pic.twitter.com/t6akf15H7H

— Steamboat Ultimate (@cincysfb) September 24, 2017

Dallas/Ft Worth Public Enemy

WE'RE GOING TO @DDSiestaKey !!!!!!!!!!!

— Public Enemy (@UltiPublicEnemy) September 24, 2017

Denver Love Tractor

PeteR, out. #daiquiris

— Love Tractor (@love_tractor) September 24, 2017

Durham Toro

WE ARE GOING TO NATIONALS!

— Toro Ultimate (@ToroUltimate) September 24, 2017

Fort Collins shame.

See you all in Sarasota! Playing @UltiPublicEnemy in the finals! pic.twitter.com/kkpgEbidYW

— Shame Ultimate (@ultimate_shame) September 24, 2017

Madison NOISE

In semis, NOISE takes a bid to Sarasota after a 13-8 win over @clxbttp. Finals against @dragNthrust next! #goforthegold #NCRegionals

— NOISE Ultimate (@NOISEUltimate) September 24, 2017

Minneapolis Drag'n Thrust

Drag'n Thrust takes 1st in the region! Headed back to Sarasota. #trustthethrust https://t.co/BkrxuN7q49

— dragNthrust (@dragNthrust) September 24, 2017

Minneapolis No Touching!

We are going to nationals!! pic.twitter.com/yQV9Js7J13

— No Touching! (@notouchingult) September 24, 2017

Philadelphia AMP

check out our captain, Nat, making the final catch & sending @PhillyAMP to nationals! pic.twitter.com/KhyU4owzPy

— UD Sideshow Women (@UDSideshow) September 25, 2017

San Francisco Blackbird

Sorry for no updates but we won! Goin to the big show

— Blackbird Ultimate (@Blackbird_SF) September 24, 2017

Seattle BFG

pic.twitter.com/DTI4HTgxY9

— BFG (@SeattleBFG) September 24, 2017

Seattle Mixtape

We going to state!!!

— Seattle MIXtape (@SeattleMIXtape) September 25, 2017

Celebratory Tweets Qualifying for 2017 Nationals: Women's Division

On Sunday, sixteen (16) women's club ultimate teams from 8 Regionals qualified for USA Ultimate's National Club Championship. Here's a compilation of how the women's division teams tweeted their achievement.

Atlanta Ozone

Region champs!!! See you in Sarasota! pic.twitter.com/prtTjBAxxR

— Atlanta Ozone (@ozoneultimate) September 24, 2017

Bay Area Nightlock

On that note, WE'RE GOING TO NATIONALS!!! We appreciate all the support we've received this weekend! pic.twitter.com/MoGA1bpPzB

— Nightlock (@NightlockUlt) September 24, 2017

Boston Brute Squad

WE GOIN TO NATTIESSSSS!!

— Brute Squad Ultimate (@100percentBS) September 24, 2017

Chicago Nemesis

lost in the finals, but won the game to go! SEE YOU IN SARASOTA 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

— Chicago Nemesis (@ChicagoNemesis) September 24, 2017

Colorado Molly Brown

We're going to the show! 🎉🌈🍾👨🏻

— Molly Brown Ultimate (@MollyBrownTown) September 24, 2017

Columbus Rival

Sophie send an archy flick to Brit in the endzone. 15-11, and we are headed to SaraScottSota

— Rival Ultimate (@RivalUltimate) September 24, 2017

Madison Heist

NATIONALS BOUND!!!!

— Heist Ultimate (@HeistUltimate) September 24, 2017

Minneapolis Pop

WE'RE GOING TO NATIONALS!!!!! pic.twitter.com/Ak3PCKRU1O

— Pop Ultimate (@PopUltimate) September 24, 2017

Portland Schwa

That also means WE'RE GOING TO NATIONALS!!! #DaquiriDeck 🔥🔥🔥🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

— Schwa Ultimate (@SchwaUltimate) September 24, 2017

San Francisco Fury

And we finally took a team pic! Sarasota here we come 🌞🏖 pic.twitter.com/nNfFkdhVMu

— Fury Ultimate (@furyultimate) September 24, 2017

Seattle Riot

We going! pic.twitter.com/t9LVyuor1B

— Seattle Riot (@SeattleRiot) September 24, 2017

Seattle Underground

WE ARE GOING TO NATTIES! WATCH OUT DAIQUIRI DECK WE COMING FOR YOU (also the championship) pic.twitter.com/MGUBHvCspM

— Seattle Underground (@UG_Seattle) September 24, 2017

Texas Showdown

South Central Regional Champs! pic.twitter.com/QbUAhzoHWj

— Texas Showdown (@txshowdown) September 24, 2017

Vancouver Traffic

We're going to Sarasota, baby ☀️

— Traffic Ultimate (@traffic_ulti) September 24, 2017

Washington DC Scandal

pic.twitter.com/a5KLZvQ3KB

— Scandal Ultimate (@ScandalUltimate) September 23, 2017

Toronto 6ixers

(If it wasn't clear, we're going to Florida) #nattiesbound

— 6ixers Ultimate (@6ixersultimate) September 24, 2017

Chart: Performance of Nationals Qualifying Club Teams by Region and Division

Forty-eight club ultimate teams in 3 divisions and 8 regions have earned a bid to Club Nationals. Most regions went according to seed, except for very few exceptions.

Performance by #1 seeds
Overall, all #1 seeds at Regionals qualified for Nationals.

Men: 7/8 (87.5%) won their Region; 8/8 qualified for Nationals
>Chicago Machine (2-seed) won in Great Lakes region.

Mixed: 7/8 (87.5%) won their Region; 8/8 qualified for Nationals
>Dallas/Fort Worth Public Enemy (2-seed) won in South Central.

Women: 5/8 (62.5%) won their Region; 8/8 qualified for Nationals
>Austin Showdown (2-seed) won in South Central region.
>Columbus Rival (2-seed) won in Great Lakes region.
>Madison Heist (2-seed) won in North Central region.

Other broken seeds
Men: SoCal Condors (3-seed) won the 2nd/final bid in Southwest region
Toronto GOAT (4-seed) won the 3rd bid (of 4) in Northeast region.

Mixed: Connecticut Metro North (3-seed) won the 2nd bid (of 3) in Northeast

Women: Portland Schwa (4-seed) won the 3rd bid (of 4) in Northwest

[Data via USAU; Chart by SLUDGE]

Qualifying Club Ultimate Teams For 2017 National Championships

All divisions in all 8 regions completed their Regionals to determine which club ultimate teams earned their region's bid to Triple Crown Tour's National Championships in Sarasota, Florida.

Below is an agglomeration of how qualifying Men-Mixed-Women club teams finished at their Regional tournament.