Every year, Saucy takes an annual trip to Milwaukee for the No Wisconsequences tournament (No Wisco for short). It’s usually our first experience with windy weather for the season, so teams throw out zone defenses and the sport gains a new level of skill.
This year, however, that was not the case. Because this tournament’s weather is associated with the increasing awareness that winter is coming, it came to no surprise that with the early signs of snow so far this year, No Wisco was canceled. This was a sad moment for the team because it is many of our players’ favorite tournaments of the season. Personally, I was probably hurt a bit more than I should’ve been because this was the second time since I’ve been with Saucy that a tournament was supposed to be in Wisconsin (my home state) and then we didn’t go at the last minute. One day the team will get to meet my dog… Meanwhile, Shayman was hustling around trying to find us a new tournament to go to, since we had all taken time off for the tournament and were dedicated to playing that weekend. And that’s when we found No Missouronsequences (No Missco for short). Washington University’s team WUWU had decided to host a Saturday-only tournament on their outdoor turf field in order to accommodate for some teams that were out of a tournament this weekend due to the difficult Midwestern weather. We were honored to be invited and extra excited to go to St. Louis because Maddie Clark’s family offered to host us all for the night and provide breakfast and dinner for us on the day of the tournament which was extremely awesome and courteous and we could not be more grateful for how welcoming they were (like seriously, huge shout out to the Clark family for welcoming like 20 college kids into your home you are AMAZING)! The tournament consisted of Washington University’s X and Y teams, us, and Knox College, meaning we got to play all of the teams and experience new styles of learning. The weather that day was beautiful and warm (except for the brief rain spell) and we greatly appreciated the opportunity to play at least one more tournament in the sun before the winter season started. Also, because there were only 3 games for each team to play, we were able to start at noon, so the ability to sleep in was very nice. Our first game of No Missco was against WUWU Y. They played a tough zone against us, but we fought hard. Every point was a battle, but we persevered as we tested our skills. We were missing quite a few of our veteran players, but we tried a new strategy of handler and cutter movement that allowed cutters along the sides for easier breaks (a strategy implemented by our lovely coach Annë). The final score was 3-11. Next, we played WUWU X in a similarly well-fought game. WUWU’s two teams had similar plays and techniques, making it easier for us to anticipate their movement after playing the Y team. We fought hard and ended the game at 2-11. Our last game of the day was against Knox College (who had some reinforcements from WUWU’s teams due to low numbers). This game was an even match for the most part and was a nice way to end the day. It ended at 6-10 before we decided to play an extra point after hard cap to actually call it at 6-11. This was probably our most spirited game of the weekend and brought us together as a team (under the shade tent). Overall, we had a great time at the makeshift No Missco tournament hosted by Wash U! We may have lost every game, but the skills we learned will help project us through the season as we keep learning and growing individually and as a team. A weekend full of ultimate is better than a weekend without ultimate, after all. Thanks again to Wash U and the Clark family for hosting and to everyone else who contributed their time and money and efforts to make this weekend possible!
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