By: Kevin Underhill
After securing a regionals bid on Day 1, UVic could head into day 2 with a championship on their mind. The number two team in the Nation, Oregon waited in the semis. Ego got up a few breaks early and held onto the lead for the rest of the game. Although surrendering a few early breaks, UVic’s O-line settled down and started to rattle off the points. Ashton Pearson continued his dominating performance by victimizing Oregon defenders out and under. Some casual chirping aside, UVic managed to put up 9 points on the NW number 1 and felt good heading into the backdoor semi.
In the backdoor semi final, UVic faced Dirt from Western Washington. UVic looked for revenge in this game suffering a pair of defeats at the hands of Dirt at the beginning of February in Corvallis. The sun was out and beating down on the players as they took the line. UVic got up early and made some big time plays to gain a few breaks. Oliver Telfer had a sick-nasty sky over a pair of Dirt defenders for a huge break down the stretch. As the cap wound down on this game, UVic’s O-line continued to rattle off consistent goals. Hard cap went on and it secured the victory for UVic. Another huge win for UVictim.
“We know we are going to get the W, it just depends on what route we take to get there,” coach Kyle Plumb said before the Dirt game.
This left UVic to take another crack at UW (who just lost the finals). UVic’s 13 man roster was drained after the spirited affair vs WW and dropped a few breaks early. Down but not out, UVic battled back taking back-to-back shots to big Mikey McTaggart for goals, including one nasty sky goal over a leaping UW defender. Mikey was the big winner in more ways than one this weekend! UVic couldn’t sustain the rowdy UW pressure as the game drew to a close. UVic settled for a third place finish, which will be sufficient enough to nab them the 4 spot at NW regionals. A great weekend in Corvallis for the boys from the Island.
Stay tuned for NW Regional Preview!
Full Conference Championships Results: http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-open/tournament/10633
Check out the Skyd Conference Recap: http://skydmagazine.com/2012/04/northwest-conference-championships-2012-recap/
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By: Kevin Underhill
UVic rolled into Crystal Lake Parks with 13 players on Saturday morning. The big story of Saturday was the game against UBC first thing. UVic came into this game knowing they could take a chunk out of their BC rivals. Having played them in a friendly only a few weeks back, UVic felt good going into the match. After dropping the first break and going down early UVic was down at half 6-4. UVictim came back with awesome energy in the second half inspired by the big plays of captain Taylor Nadon. UVic came storming back from 10-8 and forced universe point.
On Universe point, Captain Kevin Underhill lobbed up a skyball that screamed through the stratosphere and floated down over a pack. Big Ashton Pearson got up early and got up big and grabbed it over everyone! He came down and without hesitation, realized he wasn’t in the endzone and hit Nadon for the goal and capped off the monster comeback for the win!
With the big early win over UBC, UVic used up some important energy (Worth it). After quickly fuelling up, UVictim had no rest and went strait into their contest with UW. An un-spirited affair, UVic came out with an 11-6 loss. Knowing they had to win out to clinch UVic rallied and was ready to play Seattle. UVic rolled over Seattle Throbot to give them a little more rest before their battle with Oregon B.
Oregon B gave UVic a little tussle in Corvallis in February and UVic was keen to come out and show them it was a fluke. Sure enough Dr. Long came up with three straight blocks to secure three strait breaks to start off the game. From there Asthon Pearson got wide open on repeat for Nick Wright just continuing to crush Oregon B. 11-6 final score UVic wins.
The last game of the day was against WW – B. Although they had a small roster, they showed some grit. UVic thoroughly stomped Western B. The thought of a semis birth was too sweet. UVic had to go get it. When UW beat UBC, it solidified tomorrows lineup.
UVic plays Ego tomorrow morning and UW will face Western. The boys from the island can sleep easily tonight as they have successfully clinched a berth in NW regionals. They are happy but not satisfied, UVic has work to do tomorrow!
By: Kevin Underhill
April 21st/2nd, Corvallis, Oregon
This will be the 2nd trip down to Corvallis for UVictim in 2012. The first was a successful trip down for Trouble in Corvegas in early February. This time around, they are headed there to start their 2012 College Series run. The ever-challenging Cascadia Conference offers up notorious heavyweights such as Ego and UW and boasts other strong programs such as WW, OSU and Provincial rival UBC.
The Saturday schedule has been posted (see below) and sees a morning matchup between the two BC schools. Uvic will then faceoff against UW before heading into the afternoon facing 3 more hungry squads (Oregon B, Seattle and WW-B).
With 4-5 bids up in the air for Regionals every game will matter on both days. UVic’s Saturday roster has suffered a considerable blow, as Sophomore star Colin Featherston will be writing an exam. Look to see him arrive fresh and ready to dominate on Sunday.
Other players to watch out for include other All-Region nominees Kevin Underhill back from his high ankle sprain and Taylor Nadon. Freshmen of the year hopeful Nick Wright has filled big shoes this year controlling the offense with his filthy throws and calm demeanor. Ashton Pearson showed he had what it took to roll with the big guns in Vancouver a few weeks back. Look for him to dominate in the lanes and reel in big points on the stats sheet!
Coach, Kyle Plumb will be leading a hungry UVic squad to Corvallis with more than qualification in their minds. They are looking to take a big chunk out of the top teams and solidify themselves as a legitimate Nationals contender. Watch out NW, here comes UVictim!
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