[TFDA] New Year Hat Results -- Red over Green (Poulos over Pope)
Christian Schwoerke
schwoerkec at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 3 08:29:19 EST 2008
Christmas colors prevailed at the first Triangle tourney of 2008, with a Stephen Poulos Red
rolling over Taylor Popes Green in the finals 9-3, a score that exactly complemented their first-
game results, five rounds earlier.
The day began with some light winds (that got stronger and gustier as the day progressed), 40-ish
degree temperatures (rising to nearly 50), and a clear sky. Players began to assemble at the
Cedar Forks fields in Morrisville about 9:15, with each team mustering a starting 7 by 9:30.
Games began 10 minutes later.
With each game a short battle to 9 in 1-hour rounds, teams had to come out early with the
strongest defense and surest offense they could muster. Red did not get the memo in the first
round, and they succumbed to green 3-9, while the other first round games were decided by a single
goal. Four rounds later, round-robin standings produced the following:
Green 4-1
White 3-2
Red 3-2
Glue 3-2
Black 2-3
Yellow 0-5
Of note in the final round was Greens acquiescence to Blue. One of their players had not shown
up all day, and his absence had the 4-0 team fatigued, ready to rest during the final round so
that the team could come out strong in the semis. Thus, Blue was able to eke out its third
victory to put them in a 3-way tie with White and Red, both of them having beaten Blue.
Of further note was that the semis round (which included the consolation game for Black and
Yellow) was an exact re-match of the games played in the previous round. Thus Blue (4) matched up
again with Green (1), and White (2) faced off against Red (3) for a second time.
The previous matchup with Black and Yellow had the former team win by 2 goals; in the consolation
game--with Mick Ribault of Yellow and Lindsey Hack and Raj Prasad of Black dropping out--the
result was still a 2-goal difference, with Black again the victor, 9-7.
In the semis games, previous round results were reversed. White had run Red ragged for a 7-4
victory in the previous round, but in the semis matchup, Reds forces regrouped behind Stephen
Poulos, Daniel Dayton, Melanie Morgan, and Tim Sannes to overcome Whites Kris Bass, Rob
Sayre-McCord, Chris Shepard, and Leslie McCormack, 9-5.
The other semis game had the same result, a reversal of the previous round. This one was harder
fought, however, with Blues larger number of subs rotating in frequently to wear down the shorter
Green rotation. Green, behind strong play from Taylor Pope, Dan Snoke, Sharon Tucker, and Brian
Lang, took the half 5-2. Blue resolved for the new year and final half of the game to run harder
and to score at least 2 for every goal from their opponent. Nan Gao, playing with a right
shoulder injured in the first round, led the Blue forces: Hayden Sewell, Lauren Gardner, Baker
Pratt, Josh Murphy, and a host of others still ready to run. Blue inched its way back into the
game, reeling off 3 goals to bring it to 5-5. From this point forward, the game see-sawed with
Green going up 8-7. Blue again tied the score at 8-8, then put out its strongest D line, with
Baker on Taylor, Lauren on Sharon, Nan on Tim, etc., with Hayden playing a loose deep defense on
Greens pickup player Cody (visiting from Iowa). Green ran a string, getting the third pass to
Taylor, pinned up against the sideline, with Baker forcing a flick. Taylor, however, faked just
enough to allow a strong pivot to the break side, from which he launched a low, long pass that
arrived in Codys hands before Hayden could close the gap.
It was to prove a pyrrhic victory for Green, as they were more depleted than formerly and they
faced in the finals a Red squad that had seemed to gain fire. While the points were contested--
with multiple possessions by both sides--Red recovered and controlled the disc more often, taking
half at 5-1, then allowing only 2 more Green goals before ending the finals 9-3 to win the
Triangles first tourney of 2008.
Consolation results:
Black over Yellow 9-7
Semis results:
Red over White 9-5
Green over Blue 9-8
Finals results:
Red over Green 9-3
Line score for the finals:
Green *||* Red
1 Morgan/Lo
2 Poulos/Riley
3 Dayton/J.Snoeyenk
4 Wilson/Riley
Lang/Snoke 1
5 Poulos/Sannes
6 Lo/Wilson
Snoke/Lang 2
7 Poulos/Sannes
8 Sannes/S.Snoeyenk
Cody/Bookhout 3
9 Lo/Morgan
***Rosters
Red Green Yellow
Lynn Pudlo Christine Bookhout Denice Cunningham
Melanie Morgan Renee Sanders Irene Sadler
Pamela Wright Sandy Dempsey Mary Frazer
Sarah Snoeyink Sharon Tucker Thuy Brooks
Daniel Dayton Cody (of Iowa) Adam Grant
Jack Snoeyink Arnett Brown Brian Williams
Michael Fraenkel Brian Holloway Jason Fortner
Mike Riley Brian Lang Joe Wollhar
Sonny Lo Daniel Snoke Marc Kessler
Stephen Poulos Dave Anderson Matthew White
Thomas Kehl-Fie No-show Marcus Mick Ribault
Tim Sannes Nick Crawford Pete Maniloff
Timothy Murray Peter Linnartz Terry Kramer
Wendell Wilson Taylor Pope Thomas Sayre-McCord
Thomas Wicker Tim Brooks
White Blue Black
Jenny Cornejo Anne Burroughs Courtney Paulson
Lesley McCormack Lauren Gardner Jeanette Deupree
Linda Brinkley Mimi Phan Kelly Weeks
Lindsay Lang Sara Veale Lindsey Hack
Bryce Tennant Adam Hardy Butch Konneker
Chris Shepard Alan Ellis Chuck Yu
David Gluhareff Andy Li Joey Connelly
Evan Turner Baker Pratt Johnny Napoli
Kevin Calcagno Christian Schwoerke Jonathan Miller
Kris Bass Douglas Ivers Mark Henkle
Mitch Talley Dusty Hoefer Motts Mueller
Rob Sayre-McCord Hayden Sewell Nathan Fritze
Ross Goldberg Jon Bolding Raj Prasad
Victor Maneilly Joshua Murphy Seth Hopper
Nan Gao Tom Munoz
***Schedule
Field 1 Field 2 Field 3
9:30 green v. red blue v. black white v. yellow
10:30 green v. yellow blue v. red white v. black
11:30 green v. white blue v. yellow red v. black
12:30 green v. black blue v. white red v. yellow
1:30 black v. yellow blue v. green red v. white
Semis #1 Semis #2 Consolation
2:45 1 v. 4 2 v. 3 5 v. 6
Finals
3:45 1 v. 2
***Rules
* All games first to 9, half when one team reaches 5.
* Time cap 50 minutes after start of round. Finish point underway, then add 1
to reset new game goal, not to exceed 9.
* One time out per half. No time outs during the time cap.
* Gender ratio is 5/2, and at least two women must play each point. If a team
chooses to field 3 women, its opponent does not have to match.
* Novelty rule: midfield brick.
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