Illinois Ultimate took a strong team to MLC this weekend. Saturday morning we opened up with a good win against Iowa. After losing to Iowa at Nationals it was nice to be able to give them something to worry about early in their season. The final score was 11-5.
Round 2 we gave D-mac a chance to take down his old team for the second time this fall. After getting off to an extremely strong start to the game, which included a Kennedy callahan created by lock down D on the longs, Illinois closed the first half 6-1. However, a scenario which is becoming far too familiar to Illinois Ultimate ensued. GoP went on a run to close the gap to 9-8 Illinois. Soft cap was on making it a game to 10. Fortunately Illinois pulled this one out, but the fact that we needed to pull it out should not be ignored.
Round three against Colorado brought the first beating of Illinois' young season. Going down 7-1 and eventually losing 11-3. This smack down showed us what it will take if we want to get to the highest level that we can. Emotionally out gunned and a serious lack of focus separated Illinois from the perenial power.
The final game of the day against Minnesota brought a similar scenario. Going down 6-3 at half and losing 11-6. Maybe Illinois wasn't able to bounce back from the tough Colorado game, maybe we Minnesota was just better than us, or maybe we just need to work harder in practice.
Tomorrow morning Illinois will play Kansas, the last team Illinois played at Nationals and the game that got us off the schnide.
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