Isabel Abarca
Senior Sports Writer
The women’s and men’s ultimate frisbee teams faced off at sectionals two weekends ago, putting an end to regular-season competition.
The men’s team, RamJam, placed fifth out of the nine teams and advanced to regionals, which take place this weekend at Oberlin College.
Betty Gone Wild, the women’s team, fell short of receiving a bid and placed sixth out of the eight teams. They later were offered a bid but plan to refuse it due to lack of interest from team members, according to captain Camille Boufford ’17.
For the second time in RamJam history, the men are moving on to compete in regionals. (The first time happened in 2012.)
“We’ve been training all season for these past couple of weeks, for sectionals and then for regionals,” said Michael Herman ’17.
The training has certainly paid off as RamJam had quite the appearance at sectionals.
The men played against the 10th-ranked team in the nation, Franciscan University. While Wooster ended up losing 13-10, they did manage to take lead of the game at one point.
A couple of key players performed well at sectionals. Dan Lynch ’17 had 14 assists and Emilio Bartlett-Asenjo ’17 had 12 assists.
Garo Matossian ’17 had a breakout weekend with a team high of 10 scores.
Betty, although they will not continue to regionals, had a solid season and are looking forward to building on the talent and team chemistry from this year. Some key players that have contributed to the Betty team are Thea Kwan ’17, Natalie Rummel ’18 and Amy Melena ’16.
RamJam heads to Oberlin College this weekend to play in a decisive weekend of games. If they place first, they will head to North Carolina for nationals.
To keep updated with their progress, follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RamJamUltimate.