Nationals 2006 - Day 2

Running out of things to say. The day started with great hope as we lined up against Furious in the first game of the power pool. Not too much later, hope was extinguished as we lost 15-6. What went wrong in this game? What didn't. The O proved singularly incapable of moving the disc, the wind was a significant factor, and we lost, pure and simple. Meanwhile in the other game, Rhino administered a good ole spanking to Revolver 15-8, setting up the potential for a 3-way tie for second. We started on O in the Rhino game, and quickly scored. They scored with a little difficulty, we scored, and then we got 2 breaks for a 3 point lead. We kept it for one trade, and then gave it right back. We gave up some more before half, but eventually gutted out the halftime lead on server at 8-7. We kept that for a few points until the wheels came off, they got a couple of breaks, we fought back, had our chances, before ultimately losing 14-12. Ouch. Prequarters. Ugh.

Out of the lower pool arose a surprising competitor, Metal ultimate from sister city Cambridge. Meanwhile over in the other prequarter, Ring of Fire was battling it out with Machine. We started on D on the first point, and traded for the first 4 points, although there was at least one turnover per point during. Finally we got our first break, then got the downwind break for the 2 point lead. From there the lead slowly extended, and we ultimately won 15-8 or so. Metal had great difficulty moving the disc against the zone, and played a lot of zone themselves. The wind was VERY strong at this point, and pretty close to straight upwind-downwind.

Ring beat Machine reasonably handily in the other pre-quarter. As I unfortunately predicted, NW now has the chance for an all NW semifinal, although I expect that it will not happen. My predictions are Furious, Chain (over Revolver), Rhino over Bravo, and naturally DoG over Sockeye. Tune in tomorrow (although if we lose either quarter or semi, I may be too drunk to post tomorrow night...)