Glory Days

Team Z aka team zylaphones

Day 1 All started saturday at 9am.

Z vs Lake Forest
-The start of this game was rough, just like most first games when you have a split squad. Also I believe the increase in playing time from the last tournament was a surprise to most. After a slow start the pace started to pick up. Layouts started to happen and intensity showed up. Illinois Z came away with 10-7. Having the game come down to the last few points will be the trend of Z for the weekend. That being said we seemed to be ahead in all these close games.

Z vs Southern Illinois
-SIU had some decent players. They were able to move it down the field pretty effectively at times. With a smaller roster they were in the same boat as us, but one thing they had over us was a lot of height. Z step up and played hard after a slow start again. Z wins 11-7.

Z vs Zubair (take 1)
-Finally the game Z has been wanting all day. A Z vs Z matchup. Zubair, the most spirited player in college ultimate, vs Illinois. Not only did we want to beat Zubair, but we needed to find out if anyone really could contest a foul call made by him. Being only on the same team as him before, we had no clue what it was like to play against him. After Zubair took half 8-4ish Z stepped up big time and won 10-9. This game was sick. Everyone on Z was going crazy. This is why I play ultimate, games like this were everyone takes it to the next level.

Z vs Eastern Illinois
-After having the intensity at and all time high during the second half of the Zubair game, Z lost all of it. Everyone was slow and forcing throws. Turned out terrible and we lost 5-13

I'll get to day 2 later when I am not passing out while typing.